PORT ANGELES — The Mark DuFresne Band on Saturday brings the blues to Studio Bob, 118 ½ E. Front St.
The band plays blues, boogie and soul, said Mark Cole, owner of New Upstage productions, which is producing the show.
“This man’s voice and his harmonica that comes across like a Hammond B3 organ will bring you to your feet,” Cole said, “and Studio Bob provides room for you to get up and move.”
The show begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 and available online at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-DuFresne or at Harbor Art Gallery, 110 E. Railroad Ave.
DuFresne — a vocalist and renowned harmonica player — is one of the most sought-after blues talents in the Northwest, according to his website.
DuFresne has recorded three albums of all original music — “Out of That Bed,” “Have Another Round” and “There’s A Song In There,” which featured the lineup of the former Hollywood Fats Band.
Recently, DuFresne has toured in Europe with guitarist Maurizio Pugno, bassist Alberto Marsico and Gio Rossi.
Roomful of Blues
DuFresne is a former lead vocalist for the Grammy-nominated band, Roomful of Blues, which he joined in 2002, according to his website.
The band began in Westerly, R.I., in 1967 when legendary guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley played tough, no-holds-barred Chicago blues.
There have been 48 members of Roomful of Blues since its start including Ronnie Earl and Curtis Salgado, and decades of nominations and music awards.
While DuFresne was with the band — he left in 2006 — the group received a Grammy nomination for the album, “That’s Right.”
The band also won the W.C. Handy award for Best Band in 2004.
During that time, The New England Blues monthly awarded DuFresne Best Blues Vocalist.
He returned home to the Pacific Northwest in 2006, and is now a Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame inductee.
For more information, call 360-385-2216.
