DJ Schedule
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front Room | Back Room | Front Room | Back Room | Front Room | Back Room | |
| 09:30pm | Kristina Arscott | Lorenzo Andrade | LIVE MUSIC: Luther & the Healers |
Bill Borgida | HSDS DJs | Ivy Grey |
| 10:00pm | ||||||
| 10:30pm | Jerry Warwick | Mihai Banulescu | Ben Long | Chris Ransdell | Lorenzo Andrade | |
| 11:00pm | ||||||
| 11:30pm | ||||||
| Midnight | Cid Galicia | Dori Strohl | Patrick Warren | NO BACK ROOM | ||
| 12:30am | Mihai Banulescu | Andrew Sutton | ||||
| 01:00am | NO BACK ROOM | |||||
| 01:30am | Jerry Warwick | |||||
| 02:00am | Ben Long | Lessa Thieme | NO DANCE SCHEDULED | |||
| 02:30am | Karen Maria Capo | |||||
| 03:00am | NO DANCE SCHEDULED | NO BACK ROOM | ||||
| 03:30am | Drew Robinson | |||||
| 04:00am | ||||||
| 04:30am | ||||||
Featured DJs & Musical Guests
Our DJs have shared a list of their favorite songs or a description of their style, check 'em out and get ready to dance!
Cid Galicia, Chico, CA
Cid Galicia has been DJing for 2 years now; beginning with house parties and then, under the tutelage of Scott Kaufman and Ron Thompson, DJing lindy nights at Midtown Stomp. The genres Cid DJs are lindy and blues, spending time in the study of their music, artists, and history. Cid is always searching for new versions of classic songs. He has djed such events as the Utah Lindy Exchange, Reno Dance Sensation, Friday Night Blues, Blues Rising, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues Shout, and Down Home Blues.
He is known for a contemporary/traditional blues mix. His contemporary music echoes the traditional origin and is interspersed with traditional voices.
You'll find traditional music mixed in with contemporary works such as:
- Da Thrill Is Gone - Christ Thomas King
- I'v Got You Under My Skin - Biz Markie/Lou Rawls
- Lullaby of Birdland - R&B Version
- I Need Some Money - John Lee Hooker
One of his strengths as a DJ is pairing songs that tell a story. His favorite pair is Dr. John's Marie Laveau and Chris Thomas King's "like a hurricane" ( subtitled:echoes of marie laveau). The first song has a more traditional feel and oratory historical quality. As if a father were telling his children a word of mouth piece of history. CTK's version is like that young boy recalling his fathers story and relating it to his contemporary experience. He makes sure his contemporary creativity as a DJ/dancer is rooted and listens to the past it echoes.
Chris Ransdell, Tulsa, OK
Chris tries to find music that inspires creativity and blues movement in many genres; primarily: Soul, Folk, Tango, R&B, Acoustic, & alternative. Chris was coerced into trying Swing Dance in 1998 and has been hooked ever since. He started teaching Lindy and Blues in 2001, and had his national DJ debut at the first "Cheap Thrills" in St. Louis. Since then he has taught and DJed at workshops regionally and across the country.
Luther & the Healers, Houston, TX - Live Band
Formed about 10 years ago, when Luther relocated from Chicago to Houston, Luther and the Healers are a local Houston blues band who play regularly at the Big Easy. Luther plays lead guitar and handles most of the vocals. Together with Magic, Mike, and Barry, they are the hardest working band in Texas. Luther's strong, howling guitar lead, a great keyboard solo, and the steady bass groove here all pointed to how tight and capably this band can play. The band is both talented and fearless, taking on Stevie Ray Vaughn, Otis Redding, Jonny Lang, B.B. King, and many other greats.
Karen Maria Capo, Portland, OR - Guest Vocalist
Karen Maria Capo, Lead Vocalist and Songwriter for Midnight Siren, began her career on Broadway at the age of 11 in the musical DUDE by the authors of HAIR. She performed in various plays and cabarets until she completed her studies at the prestigious School of Performing Arts in New York. Karen Maria is a staple in the swing and blues community as a dancer, DJ, singer, and all-around entertainer. She has performed at Cheap Thrills, Sacramento Lindy Exchange, Austin Lindy Exchange, Emerald City Blues, Red White and Blues, and countless others. You can catch her performing regularly in her hometwon of Portland with her new band Porkpie.
Patrick Warren
Patrick began dancing in 2002 after being dragged kicking and screaming to a Swing class. He was instantly hooked. Introduced to Blues dancing in 2004, Patrick began attending several Blues weekends. After taking Blues musicality through a Jerry & Kathy class at Cheap Thrills, he became hooked on Blues music. He began collecting a wide variety of music that he felt was ideal for Blues dancing, with an emphasis on smooth, sultry Blues. The next logical step was for Patrick to begin sharing his music with others.
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Andrew Sutton
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Ben Long, Portland, OR
- Schlektron - Mouse On Mars
- Actionist Respoke - Mouse On Mars
- We Have a Map of the Piano - Mum
- Awake On A Train - Mum
- Alone in Kyoto - Air
- Le soleil est près de moi - Air
- Ghostwriter - RJD2
- Pelican Narrows - Caribou (aka Manitoba)
- Auto Rock - Mogwai
- Cinder And Smoke - Iron & Wine
Bill Borgida, Austin, TX
- Blues In The Night - Louis Armstrong
- Travelin Women Blues - Eric Bibb, Rory Block
- Evening - TBone Walker
- I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues - Ella Fitzgerald
- Black and Tan Fanstasy - Duke Ellington or Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
- Makin Whoopie - Ray Charles
- Handy Man - Alberta Hunter
- T'aint Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Sugar In My Bowl - Nina Simone or Blue Room Boys
- Night Train - Al Grey
Drew Robinson, Portland, OR
- Georgia on my Mind - Jools Holland Ft. India Arie
- She - Norah Jones
- Missing your love - Jonny Lang
- Dirty, Low Down Bad - Keb' Mo'
- Big Long Slidin' Thing - Dinah Washington
- Gimme One Reason - Tracy Chapman
- Use Me - Bill Withers
- Son of a Preacher Man - Aretha Franklin
- Sad, Sad Sunday - E.G. Knight
- Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - Bobby Blue Bland
Eric Thompson
DJ Info Coming Soon
Ivy Grey, Houston, TX
- Don't Whisper - Shemekia Copeland
- Darker Side - Jonny Lang
- Kozmic Blues - Janis Joplin
- I Just Wanna Make Love to You - Louise Hoffstein
- Secret - Maroon 5
- Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
- Love Me Like a Man - Bonnie Raitt
- Come to Mama - Ann Peebles
- I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King
- Come On In This House - Miki Honeycutt
- Mama Told Me Not to Come - Johnny Copeland
Jerry Warwick, Dallas, TX
DJ Info Coming Soon
Karen Maria Capo, Portland, OR (by way of Florida and Texas)
- Bump And Grind - Denise LaSalle
- Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Soul Serenade - Chico Banks
- Harlem Nocturne - Conrad Korsch
- You Can Leave Your Hat On - Etta James
- Fire - The Toledo Show
- Oreo Cookie Blues - Suzie Vinnick
- Railroad Porter Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Sexual Healing - Anne Haigis
- Just For A Thrill - Aretha Franklin
Kristina Arscott, Houston, TX
- Ernestine Anderson (Houston, TX) - I Love Being Here With You
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (lived in Austin, TX) - Rivera's Invitation
- Johnny Copeland (lived in Houston, TX) - Further On Up the Road
- Floyd Dixon (Marshall, Texas) - Houston Jump
- Ruthie Foster (Gause, TX) - Death Came A-Knockin'
- Lyle Lovett (Klein, TX, lives in Houston, TX) - She's No Lady
- Ella Mae Morse (Mansfield, TX) - 40 Cups of Coffee
- Renee Olstead (Houston, TX) - Summertime
- Big Mama Thornton (Houston, TX) - Life Goes On
- T-Bone Walker (Linden, TX) - T-Bone Shuffle
Lorenzo Andrade, Portland, OR
- Portishead - Glory Box
- Tin Hat Trio - Helium
- Katie Malua - Just Like Heaven
- Peter Gabriel - SledgeHammer
- Al Green - Simply Beautiful
- Luciano Supervielle - Miles De Pasajeros
- Lucio Demare - Din Don
- Rodolfo Biagi - El Recodo
- Carlos Di Sarli - El Pollito
Lucky Skillen, New York, NY
- DJ Info Coming Soon
Mihai Banulescu, San Francisco, CA
- De Cara A La Pared (Lhasa)
- Sing Along (Dave Matthews, Blue Man Group)
- Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Sweetbox)
- Bottle Up And Go (John Lee Hooker)
- Amazing Grace (Blind Boys Of Alabama)
- Fire (Coco De Mer)
- Milonguea del Ayer (Craig Einhorn)
- Milonga Triste (Hugo Diaz)
- St. Louis Blues (Etta James)
Patrick Warren
Some of my favorite blues songs to play (but you never know what will get played until you feel the crowd):
- Silent Nite - Blues Company
- Red Mud - Chris Thomas King
- You Left Your Mark On Me - Bleu Jackson
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Eric Bibb
- Full Moon On Main Street - Freddie & The Screamers
- St. Gabriel - Marcia Ball
- Hit The Road Jack - Laverne Butler
- Why Don't You Do Right? - Amos Milburn
- Come on in My Kitchen - Rory Block
- All Night Long - Aretha Franklin
- Real Life Blue - Alvin Lee
- Amazing Grace - Blind Boys Of Alabama