2016 Remodel is done!

With a LOT of elbow grease and TLC from staff, friends, and family, we started with a deep clean everywhere from the front of house to the kitchen, got funky with the paintwork, built out some 2-level VIP booth seating, new stage carpet & lighting all around, a new soundboard, Kirk and Terry power-blower cleaned all the speakers... Wear an adult diaper next time you Hit the Highway, 'cause yer gonna crap yer trousers!

2016 Remodel

With a new lease on life, we are coming out swinging!  Building out a new VIP seating section in front of the stage, re-carpeting our stage and throwing in some new stage lighting. Our good buddies Kirk and Terry are replacing the sound board, blowing out the amps and rewiring the whole system. Boom!  We'll update with more photos as the project progresses.  We re-open a week from tonight. 

2015, It's In The Books

What a year, 2015.  Here are some of our personal highlights:…

Fundraisers for beneficiaries we believe in, including the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, Chris Leighton, the Firefighters of Eastern Washington, United By Music North America, SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Project), Raven’s 15^th Annual Jam For Cans for Northwest Harvest, “Nick-a-Palooza”…

A memorable weekend with Maria Muldaur, the first evening with Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band and the second a multi-media retrospective “Way Past Midnight” where she did it all and gave the packed house a night none will forget…

Special Events like Chris Jones' & Ed’s Big Sexy Birthday Hoedown, Ridin’ with the King: a Musical Tribute to B.B. King, Mary St. Sin's Fried Chicken & Birthday Bash, Sex Worker Appreciation Day, Slide Monsters, A Tribute to Stevie Wonder & Motown, Bawdy Storytelling's "The Business of Pleasure”;  Burlesque by Lady Drew Blood, Maggie McMuffin, the Shanghai Pearl.  We presented shows at the Triple Door Theater, including Bobby Rush and a series of Sunday shows in their Musiquarium Lounge…

It has been a fun, exciting, interesting year by any measure.  Here's a partial list of who played here in twenty fifteen...

Acapulco Gold

Alice Stuart

Amanda Hardy Band

Andrew Norsworthy

Andy Stokes Band

Annie Eastwood

Ayron Jones & the Way

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons

Ben Rice

Big Monti

Big Road Blues

Billy Stoops & the Dirty Angels

Bleed Together

Blues Rock Hudson

Brian Butler

Brian Kent

Brian Lee & the Orbiters

Brian Nova & Felonius Funk

Bruce Lavin

Bump Kitchen

Calvin Conway

Candye Kane

Carl Sonny Leyland

Carl Verheyen Band

CD Woodbury Band

Che Blaq

Chebon Tiger

Chris Eger Band

Chris Leighton

Chris Stevens

Chris Tussing

Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band

Country Dave Harmonson

Country Lips

Daniel Castro Band

Darrius Willrich

Dave Fleschner

David Raitt & the Baja Boogie Band

Dean Reichert

Dick Powell & Billy Stapleton

Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe

Dirty Rice

DK Stewart's Pocket Change

DoctorfunK

DreamWreck

Drummerboy's monthly series featured Tuck Foster, Little Bill, Jim King, Paul Green, Mark Riley, Billy Shew, Eric Rice, Leanne Trevalyan, Billy Stoops, John Kessler, Eric Robert, Norman Baker, Rece Jay Newton, Dan Berkery, Tim Shaughnessy, DreamWreck, Ben Smith, Brooke Lizotte, Jon Bayless...,

Dudley Taft  Band

Duffy Bishop

Duke Evers

Dwayne Darby

Emmanuel del Casal

Erin Rae Murray

EveryLeaf

Franco Paletta & the Stingers

Hank Shreve Band

Hard Money Saints

Heather Rayburn

Henry Cooper

Honkey Tonk Union

Hot Roddin' Romeos

Hot Wired Rhythm Band

Hunter & the Dirty Jacks

Jack Cook

Jack Geary & the Owl N' Thistle Band

Jack Rainwater

Jackrabbit Starts

James Howard Band

James King & the Southsiders

Jar of Flies

Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind

Jim McLaughlin

Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers

John "Scooch" Cugno & Mike Shea

John Bayless

John Hanford

John Hodgkin

John Nemeth

JP Hennessy

JP Soars & the Red Hots

Justin Kausal-Hayes

Karen Lovely Band

Ken DeRouchie Band

Kenneth Brian Band

Kevin Andrew Sutton & the Northwest All-Stars

Kevin Selfe & the Portland Blues All-Star Big Band Revue

Kim Field's Big Blues Revue w/ the Emerald City Horns, Ron Bailey & Mark Dalton;

Kurt Lindsay

LaTanya Horace

Liam o'Maonlai

Lisa Mann And Her Really Good Band

Lissa Ramaglia

Lloyd Jones Struggle

Lori Hardman

Mac Potts

Maria Muldaur

Mark DuFresne Band

Mia Vermillion & Friends

Michael Baxter

Midnight Rambler

Mike Marinig

Mississippi MacDonald

Mitch Pumpian

Modern Relics

Mojo Cannon

Moxie

Nancy Claire

Nathan James & the Rhythm Scratchers

Nearly Dan

Neil Brown

Nick Baker

Nick Vigarino's Meantown Blues

Northern Pacific

Patti Allen & Monster Road

Paul Green Blues Band

Payson

Polly O'Keary & the Rhythm Method

Rae Gordon

Rafael Tranquilino

Randy Oxford Band

Rashonn Johnson

Rick Bowen

Rick Estrin & the Nightcats

Ricky Lynn Johnson

RL Heyer

Robbie Laws Bigger Blues Band

Robin Moxey Band

Roger Fischer

Rose City Kings

Roseland Hunters

Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers

Shawn Smith

Six Gun Romeo

Slim Jimmy

Smokin' Joe Kubek Band & Bnois King

Son Jack Jr.'s House of Bourbon w/ Michael Wilde & the Total Experience Gospel Choir;

Sourmash Stevedores

Stacy Jones Band

Stereo Embers

Steve Bailey & the Blue Flames

Studebaker John & the Hawks

Sugaray Rayford

Suze Sims

Terry Evans

The 24th Street Wailers

The Alkis

The Black Clouds Blues Band

The Charlatones

The Fabulous Roofshakers

The Forty Fours

The Funk E Fusion Band

The Guessing Game

The Highway 99 Spotlight Series featured Willy Straub, Polly O'Keary, Billy Hancock, Steve Sarkowsky, Dan Tyack, Miguel El Show, Jeff Russell, Brian Nova, Chris Eger, Patrick McDanel, Rod Cook, Scotty Harris, Tommy Wall, Marc Lagen, Dave Kennedy, Randy Norris, Ron Hendee;

The Poulsboys

The Scotch Tops

The Shaken Growlers

The Starjays

The Strange Tones

The Trailer Park Kings

The True Romans

The WIRED! Blues Band

The Yada Yada Blues Band

Tom V Jones

Tony Grasso

Too Slim & the Taildraggers

Whitney Monge

Xolie Mora & the Strange Kind

Happy Holidays!

37th Annual Blues Music Awards

From Ed: The 37th annual Blues Music Award nominees have been announced and once again the Pacific Northwest has been represented. Around the club we have always considered Seattle and Portland as one big backyard when it comes to international representation out of Memphis, (The International Blues Challenge, Blue Music Awards and The Keeping The Blues Alive Awards.) We'd like to congratulate all of the 37th annual Blues Music Award nominees. An extra special Northwest congratulations to Pacific Northwest nominees Jimi Bott, Lisa Mann, Karen Lovely and Mary Flower. Now if you don't have your Blues Foundation membership please follow the link below and check out all of the Blues Music Award nominees while you sign up!! 37th Annual Blues Music Awards

Peace & chicken grease

"It takes a village." During the holiday season, please consider doing what you can for others. Perhaps that means kicking a nickel to a cause you believe in, donating cans to a food drive, or volunteering your time somewhere. Participating as members of our community is essential to the goodness of any society. Whichever causes may speak to you... help. In the winter, it's natural to focus on food and water. Whether it's World Hunger Year, water.org, Northwest Harvest, or any other worthy organization doing good work for folks who need a little help, millions of good people need food and clean water to survive. Got an extra buck or two? Got a couple/few hours time on a Saturday morning? Whatever it is, we're all in position to do something for our fellow Brothers and Sisters of the world.

Happy Holidays and Moving Forward

From Steve: Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope that all of our fans/artists/staff/friends are having a great holiday season and enjoying your time with friends and family. Since the news broke about our opportunity to extend our lease for another two years, the response from everyone has been heartwarming; to know that we have become a vital part of the city's music scene is very rewarding. We have heard from many of the artists that play the club and they are equally excited about our news. The Washington Blues Society (WBS) ran a nice photo and story about our "hanging around" in their monthly newsletter - the Bluesletter. As we prepare for the New Year, we are deep into planning some really great new things for the club; I don't want to do a "spoiler alert" but we are gonna knock some things around and make the club even better. So be on the look-out for that as we head into January. Since we did not get the news about the lease extension until a week or so ago; we were unable to book the first couple of weeks of January; so we figured this would be a good time to makes some changes, do some cleaning and get our house in order. Our plan right now is to be closed from January 1-12, 2016; and then re-open on January 13. I am putting the finishing touches on the booking for the balance of January and I think you'll like what you see. Plus, now that the agents across the country know we are back, many have been calling and looking for dates for some major talent to play the room. There is no question that we are excited about the future and the chance to keep the blues alive at Highway 99!! We will still have our challenges - and our neighborhood will apparently still be under construction. We appreciate all of you and the efforts you make to patronize the club. As always - keep in touch - come see us before the year is over - GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR NEW YEARS SHOW!! Are you kidding me? The 44's AND Kevin Selfe and his wicked pissa all -star band from Portland and Chebon Tiger and more..!!! This is going to be a grand evening and tickets are selling fast... Thanks for being there for us and supporting the club and the blues - and live music. Without you - this doesn't work - and we knew that our work was not quite done yet. Thanks.