Artis The Spoonman, Jim Page, Caroline Aiken and the Yes Maam Family Band 7/6 Tractor

What/when/where
Sunday, July 6, a celebration of three Seattle music icons: Jim Page and Artis The Spoonman, plus Caroline Aiken and The Yes Maam family Band, will be held at the Tractor Tavern.  

Caroline Aiken first met Artis, Baby Gramps while she was busking at Pike Market in 1975. They took her under their wing and gave her a musical community (and showed her where the free hot coffee was, hidden for buskers deep in the bowels of the market.) 
We will miss Gramps on this show and we send him much love.

Chris Lunn, founder of Victory Music, was instrumental in giving Caroline a hand up by booking her into the 1976 Folk Life Fest and beyond.
Caroline has performed Bumbershoot many times, Pier 62-63 and the Seattle Zoo with the Indigo Girls. 
Caroline Aiken and The Yes Maam Family Band will join Jim Page and Artis the Spoonman on stage July 6 7pm at the Tractor Tavern. 
Special guests include Christine Gunn on Cello, Joel Tepp on Guitar and harmonica, Jeff Tassin on guitar, and Kym Trippsmith as 'Mystriss' of Ceremonies.

www.carolineaiken.com/epk
www.yesmaamfamilyband.com
www.lizmelendez.com
www.dianedurrett.com

Videos here depict Caroline Aiken and YMFB opening for the Indigo Girls Jan 14 2025 at Terminal West in Atlanta, GA. Emily Saliers performs "White House Blues" with YMFB, written by Caroline Aiken.  https://www.facebook.com/witchywatcher/videos/569413122573066

Jim Page pics and Bio
https://www.facebook.com/jim.page.585
"One Of The 50 Most Influential Musicians In Seattle History" - Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. Recorded 24 albums. Songs covered by Doobie Brothers, Christy Moore, Leftover Salmon, Michael Hedges, Dick Gaughan. Toured 13 countries. "If Jim Page ain’t the bastard son of Woody Guthrie I’m T-Bone Walker" -  Robert Hunter

Baby Gramps 
http://www.babygramps.com/promo.php Gramps on David Letterman!
 www.babygramps.com
(I'm leaving this on here so you can see Gramp's amazing time with Letterman. We will miss you Gramps!)
Artis Spoonman
"... Artis the Spoonman, Seattle's best kept secret"
- Steven Tyler
"You haven't got a commercial bone in your body"
- Frank Zappa
CIVIL-MINDED, GLOBAL CONSCIOUS, RHYTHM and RHYME
Artis the Spoonman is a living myth. Since 1972 he has created a state-of-the-artcultural legend. From the sidewalks and bars of Seattle, San Francisco,Manhattan,Sidney, London, Dublin, Munich and Singapore, to the theatresof Broadway,the stages of International and National television and therecording studios of Frank Zappa and Soundgarden, his spellbinding, faster-than-the-eye-can-trackspoonplaying has been a passionate rhythm enhancement for Rock, Fusion, Folk,Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical and Uncatagorizable music, virtually everywhere. His avante-garde percussion, coupled with his contagious spirit,willchange your life- or at least your ideas on cutlery ...

"... best spoonplayer in the whole damn universe" - Pete Seeger
"What did he eat for breakfast, gunpowder?" - Lacy J. Dalton
"Finally, some real music" - Mickey Hart

Caroline Aiken: "Years of performing, beginning in 1969 in NY, California, PNW, South America, UK and Europe, Caroline Aiken was named "The Best Acoustic Act"(Atlanta Mag) in her birth town of Atlanta, GA. Her rich history includes recording and performing with Bonnie Raitt and the Indigo Girls, opening for Arlo Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, Randy Newman, Little Feat, 38 Special, Beach Boys, Janis Ian, Richie Havens...regional and national festivals, radio shows, workshops and concert series, with 9 nationally acclaimed recordings. "Sensual voice, masterful songwriting, expert guitar" (Victory Music-Seattle), Caroline anchored the city's acoustic and folk scene, influencing up and coming artists whom she took under her wing, including Indigo Girls and Shawn Mullins." GA MUSIC HALL OF FAME
NPR's MOUNTAIN STAGE @ UGA Performing Arts Center - AIKEN: Featured performer, along with Randall Bramblett and Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers - http://www.npr.org/2012/05/08/152298187/caroline-aiken-on-mountain-stage