'Swampabilly blues" at the Ridge

Next to step up to the KOHO 101.1 Mission Ridge Mountain Music Festival stage this Saturday night is none other than Junkyard Jane, that ol' "swampabilly" band of yore. The Tacoma group's sound of blues, country, rock, Americana, funk and folk is best described as a giant gumbo served in big portions. Here's a taste of them playing "I Can't Let Go." The band dates back to 1997. Founding members Billy Stoops and Leanne Trevalyan had worked together on occasion and had been doing their own projects — The Generators and Cobalt Hook — when they decided to form Junkyard Jane. "I'm a southern boy basically," Stoops told BluesNotes in an interview. "I have a strong influence of southern music but more from soul music, and I've always been influenced by the New Orleans kind of grooves, R&B and a lot of Texas." Added Trevalyan: "A lot of people think we are from the South or New Orleans, and we are from the Northwest. That shocks some people." Junkyard Jane will perform from 6:45 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Hampton Lodge at Mission Ridge.

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