13 Nights on the River

Sweet Baby James & King Louie Band

Free Outdoor Concert on the Columbia River
Beer Garden, Market
At Columbia View Park in Old Town St. Helens

About the Band
Ever since Louis Pain and Sweet Baby James joined forces as King Louie & Baby James, there's been plenty of buzz. The Oregonian called the band "stellar...top shelf...exemplary." And the Cascade Blues Association wrote that KL & BJ's debut Waterfront Blues Festival performance "definitely falls in with the best of the festival's celebrated history. With the line-up making up this group, how can you possibly go wrong?"

That line-up starts with Louis Pain and Sweet Baby James Benton. As a key member of the Paul deLay Band and Mel Brown's popular B-3 Organ Group, Louis led the local revival of the Hammond organ sound. And Sweet Baby James has been one of the most soulful vocalists in the Northwest since the heyday of Portland's legendary Williams Avenue scene in the '50s. Filling out this exciting band are NW standouts Renato Caranto on sax, drummer Micah Kassell, and guitarist Peter Dammann.