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July 23 • The Stacy Jones Band + Redlight Challenge

The Stacy Jones Band

The Stacy Jones Band, a Northwest  group, is composed of multi award winners Stacy Jones, her father Tom Jones who accompanies Stacy on bass, Rick J. Bowen on drums, and the newly added Eric Rice on guitar.
The group hones in on classic Blues honesty with Rock power and  Americana flair.

The Stacy Jones Band received the "2026 Best of the Blues Award" for " Best Blues Rock Band" (our sixth )  and Rick J Bowen received the 2026 "Blues Drummer" award (his fourth)  From The Washington Blues Society :The Seattle Based Affiliate of the Blues Foundation in Memphis TN
Eric Rice = 2024 Best Electric Guitar Award and Blues Slide Guitar Awards winner. 
 
Stacy Jones and her band are no strangers to success. They has been nominated, multiple times, for “Best of the Blues” awards, and has received  the "Best Band Award," five times in row 2018 thru 2022   plus over a dozen other BB awards, from the Washington Blues Society including Best Female Vocalist, Blues Harmonica, Blues Songwriter, Electric Guitar ,Slide Guitar, Blues Bass, Blues Drummer  and the 2022 Blues Performer Award.

In 2017 she was accepted in the first round of Grammy Voting for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” and “Best Americana Song” and was chosen to represent the South Sound Blues Association as the entrant for the 2018 Best Self-produced CD Competition at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN. She has also charted on Roots Radio Report Top 40. 
 
A dynamic performer and expressive vocalist, Stacy has taken the stage at the Chicago Blues Festival, SXSW, juke joints in Mississippi, riverboats in California, headlined festivals, toured Europe and shared stages with ZZ Top, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Charlie Musselwhite, Lee Oskar, Mike Zito and the Blood Brothers  and many other legends. Their music has been described as "A Whiskey & Water Baptism that lace Blues and Rock edges." “With her feet firmly planted in roots-based music, Stacy Jones pays homage to the blues but experiments by mixing in some mild-Americana and subtle Country licks. Dynamic vocals fueled by powerful lyrics." "the rolling thunder blues of Howlin’ Wolf mixed with the honesty of Lucinda Williams.
 

Redlight Challenge

Red Light Challenge is a powerhouse pop-rock duo that’s like if Neon Trees and Coldplay had a baby at a Walk the Moon concert. It’s Sean and Kyle Luster, brothers and best friends with undeniable onstage chemistry and witty banter. These two misfits, originally from Hawaii but now based in Boise, Idaho, mix catchy melodies, infectious music, and lyrics so personal, it’s like they talked to your therapist before the show. Sean plays the bass, Kyle shreds the guitar, and they alternate lead vocals over a tapestry of tracks while throwing in sibling harmonies so magical, you’ll think you’re at Disneyland.

Downtown Association of Yakima

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