JACK COOK'S UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
- June 3, 2009 (Wed, 8:30pm-12:30am): w/Heather Banker
& the Nearly Homeless Blues Band, Two Scoops Moore &
Son Jack jr. @ Nectar 412 N 36th St (Seattle, WA;
206-632-2020).
- June 5, 2009 (Sat, 7:30pm-10:00pm): w/Heather Banker
& the Nearly Homeless Blues Band @ Third
Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest
Park, WA; 206-366-3333).
- June 6, 2009 (Sat, 8:00pm-12:00am): Jack Cook & the
Phantoms of Soul @ Marco
Polo Bar & Grill (5613 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA;
206-762-3964).
- June 12, 2009 (Fri, 9:00pm-1:00am): Chris Stevens &
the Surf Monkeys @ Highway
99 (1414 Alaska Way, Seattle, WA; 206-382-2172).
- June 20 (Sat, 8:00pm): Jack Cook & the Phantoms of
Soul perform "I Thought I Heard Elliott Bay", a NW Bluesical - $15 general admission $10 students / seniors
@ The Ethnic Cultural Theatre (3939 Brooklyn Ave
NE, Seattle, WA; 206-543-4635).
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June
26, 2009 (Sat, 8:00pm-11:00pm): w/Dana Lupinacci & Billy Reed
@ Stan's
Bar-B-Q (58 Front Street, Issaquah, WA; 425-392-4551).
- August 15, 2009 (Sat, 4:00-10:00pm): Seventh Annual Victory Heights Jokum Festival w/Mick Knight's Dry Bone Shuffle,
420 Flight with Shawn Stecker & Billy Reed, Jack Cook & the Phantoms of Soul featuring "Hurricane" Andrew Larsen, Mike Lynch "Harmonica Playboy" with Chris Stevens' Surf Monkeys
@ Schudie's Beer & Chicken Grotto 2021 NE Northgate Way in Victory Heights,
WA; 206-517-5294).
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The Phantoms
of Soul is a group specializing in forgotten Blues Songs from
the 1920's thru the 1950's. Sources of material range from
singers of the Deep South to the Great Northwest Corner. The
leader is Guitarist/Singer/Jazzhornist/Songwriter Jack Cook,
who has been performing traditional Blues in the Seattle area
for over 30 years. Jack was inducted into the Washington Blues
Society Hall of Fame in 2006 and won Best Acoustic for 2007.
In 2007 the Phantoms of Soul won Best Traditional Act as well.
Other Phantoms include Hugh Sutton on Piano & Accordion, Al
Farlow on Clarinet & Saxophones, Steve Branca on Acoustic
Bass & Dave Hudson on Drums.
“The
origins of Jokermania are as difficult to pinpoint as the
beginnings of Jazz or the Blues. We do know that the union
of two great but completely different minds formed an institution
to be remembered by dozens. “Joe & Okes” may have not created
a genre out of thin air but they were early tinkerers of
an art form back in a time when there were no boundaries
& no books to play by. They made their own rules.”
(From the chronicles of “Joe & Okes”)
“I THOUGHT I HEARD ELLIOTT BAY”
by RAYMOND BARROW
Northwest blues scholar Raymond Barrow has spent most of the waking hours of his adult life researching the details behind pre-rock & roll northwest blues legends, “Joe & Okes”. These visionaries, along with their contemporaries, cultivated a unique music style, climaxing in a frenzy known as “Jokermania".
Candid “Joe” McKroy from Astoria, Oregon and Freddy “Okes” Callicott from Bethel, Alaska both arrived in Seattle separately in 1949, around the time of one of the city's major earthquakes. Joe McKroy & his Minstrels of Mischief became fixtures around the Pike Place Market, recording “Baby Let Me Vamp On Your Viaduct” and “Columbia River Blues” for Lenora Records. Freddy “Okes” Callicott first united with Seattle hipster, Denny Palatine and his uptown group, the Regraders. Together they recorded Palatine’s tribute to the Denny regrade, “It’s A Dirty Job (but somebody’s got to do it)” and Callicott’s own Jelly Roll Morton influenced “I Thought I Heard Elliott Bay” for Summit Sounds. Eventually Joe & Okes teamed up, becoming celebrities of the day and recording their collaboration “Meet Me Up In Playland” and Okes’ own lament “Blues For Salmon Bay”, for Mop Street Records. Other related artists and songs include Roebuck “Country” Holmes with “Magnolia In The Pines”, Otis McClellan with “Otis' Mood” and Denny Palatine’s tribute to Joe McKroy, “Bug Out”.
“I Thought I Heard Elliott Bay” is the presentation of Raymond
Barrow’s story and the musical works mentioned. Brad Harrington
will read excerpts from the story. Legendary NW sound engineer
Kearney Barton will be announcing the song selections as radio
personality Barney K. The music will be performed by Jack
Cook on guitar, jazzhorn & vocals, Hugh Sutton on piano, accordion
& vocals, Al Farlow on clarinet & baritone saxophone, John
Marshall on harmonica & vocals Steve Branca on bass and Dave
Hudson on drums.
Photos from the show.
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