Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, Tom McCall Park, Miller Stage, Naito Parkway, Portland, OR
Pianist and singer DK Stewart is a Cascade Blues Association Muddy Hall of Fame recipient with over 12 Muddy awards to his credit and was recently inducted into the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. He has produced three CD releases over the last two years: Live In Olympia and For The Troops featuring the DK Stewart Sextet, and the Tell Mama Etta James Tribute CD, a production shared with Portland arranger and saxophonist Chris Mercer. Mercer joins Joe McCarthy on trumpet in the DK Stewart Sextet horn section with Peter Dammann on guitar, Joseph Conrad on bass and Ed Pierce on drums. I'll be a special guest, playing Hammond B-3 with the group.
A former member of the Robert Cray, Paul deLay and Curtis Salgado bands, Stewart has been a fixture in and around the Portland music scene for over 40 years and has been traveling regionally with the DK Stewart Sextet since 2007.
