Episode 6 Jumpin Josh and Cloud Chowder

Jumpin Josh Bio

Jumpin Josh is a true bluesman with talent beyond his years. He has had the privilege of taking guitar lessons from Nicole Fournier, an award winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter. To see his progress in the last year only makes you wonder what lies ahead for this true blues spirit.

Jumpin Josh has been fortunate enough to play with greats such as Randy Oxford, Billy Stoops, Ian Crawford, Michael Miller Band, Mark Whitman and “BIG”, Ms. Peaches, Malcolm Clark, Ben Rice Band, as well as many other great Northwest talents.

Jumpin Josh’s first stage experience was at Jazzbones in Tacoma where he appears regularly at Randy Oxford’s Thursday night Blues Theater, an all ages jam. His venues range from blues festival such as Rockcut, Mt. Baker, Portland Waterfront, Ashland, Suncadia, Out to Lunch Concert Series, and special guest for various charitable events.

He had the pleasure of playing with legends such as Roy Gains, Bobby Rush, Joey Gilmore, and Dennis Jones among others on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise last October in the Mexican Riviera , where he appeared nightly in the Crow’s Nest. Jumpin Josh also plays blues harmonica and was fortunate enough to meet and play with harmonica great Lee Oskar.

Jumpin Josh will definitely play a big part in the "next generation of the blues".

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Cloud Chowder Bio

Formed in August 2011. TJ and Ryan had played together in the first (and probably last) Emerald Ridge High School blues band The Stoney Lonesomes, a project brought to life by TJ and guitarist Jake Moorhead. After graduation the band split up. TJ and Ryan then began plans to form a new band and began looking for a bass player. The search didn't last long. TJ and Ryan where already aware of Grant Rieke who was the younger brother of Ben Rieke who TJ sang with in the choir. After contacting Grant he was immediately on board. Cloud Chowder developed quickly since TJ and Ryan had worked out most of the bugs with The Stoney Lonesomes. After starting as mainly a blues band Cloud Chowder developed into their own style. The band marked the begining for TJ's songwriting. As the voice of the band, TJ brought in a strong folk influence which he had been exposed to since birth thanks to his uncle, singer songwriter Bill Davie. He also brought in blues and jazz influences which had helped develop his singing and guitar playing. Ryan also brought in a jazz influence with his very uniuqe drumming. A very folkie song can be made very interesting with Ryan's jazz style. It was obvious that Grant would fit in perfectly from the first note he played in the garage. He was an excellent viola player and bass was a side instrument he had worked with. He caught up with TJ and Ryan almost instantly and developed a style that fit right in. When you listen to Cloud Chowder you can expect to hear folk songs containing jazz improv, straight blues tunes, a song emerging from nothing or a maybe a Grateful Dead cover.

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