Tall Static

OMG we're at The Blue Diamond PDX tonight with our super-special guest, the one and only Lloyd Jones! This is a can't-miss event – Pat, Whit, Ed and Jim have been cooking up a tasty stew of originals and covers, plus did we mention LLOYD JONES will be joining us and playing his own original songs?! You owe it to yourself to get out to Portland's Muddy Award-winning blues mecca, the Blue Diamond, and enjoy this show. We will not disappoint!

We are so thrilled to announce that Pat McDougall's album "In The Key Of Sorry" received a Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award for Best NW Recording last Sunday! Pat is pictured here receiving the award from Music Millennium's music industry heavyweight Terry Currier – a huge honor in itself! (📸 Debra Penk)

Tall Static – Pat McDougall, Whit Draper, Ed Pierce and Jim Solberg – is the core band on "In The Key Of Sorry," giving the album its emotional foundation and bringing the songs to life whether they call for bluesy shuffles, funky R&B grooves or tender ballad moods.

We send our huge thanks to the Cascade Blues Association – both its membership for supporting and voting for this project, and the CBA board and volunteers for undertaking the monumental task of producing the event again after a year without it. What an achievement to be doing it again!

We also thank our co-producer Jimi Bott – it just would not be the same record without him sitting in that seat. Make your records at Roseleaf Recording! That guy's obviously doing something right!

Thanks to everyone who assisted in the fundraising efforts to get this project finished, and again to those who nominated and voted for it. If you don't yet have your own copy (whaaaaaat?!), a quick trip to patmcdougall.com will take care of that in a jiffy.

We're playing this Friday evening 10/14 at Fido's - Beer Dogs Pizza and 48 North Pizzeria - Tigard – with special guest Ben Rice! Nice early evening – 6-8 PM – so you can go catch other music afterwards. It'll be a fun, danceable mix of our originals, Ben's originals, and tasty cover tunes in a comfortable, dog-friendly outdoor setting. Throw in a generous tap list and FREAKIN DELICIOUS Italian food and you've got a peak musical experience! Please come out and support our band and this great venue. Pat just might have a free CD for you if you ask real nice. Event details here: https://fb.me/e/1T0TTn6WX