BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MCS//Port-Townsend---Jefferson-County//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260101T080000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:855763 DTSTART:20260418T140000 DTEND:20260419T040000 STATUS:TENTATIVE SUMMARY:LTD Presents: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats at Palindrome Port T ownsend Event Center DESCRIPTION: LTD Presents LIVE: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats at Palindr ome Port Townsend Event CenterThis limited ticket event is Port Townse nd's chance to experience the multiple award-winning Rick Estrin & The Nightcats.\nLTD Presents is proud to bring multiple award-winning int ernationally known 2025 BMA Band of the Year\, Rick Estrin & The Night cats\, back to Washington State for a short PNW tour! Sponsored in par t by Kat McNeill & Lance Bowman and co-presented with KPTZ Port Townse nd Radio.--> https://rickestrininportT.rsvpify.com <--A limited number of VIP seats (the first two rows) are available for $45 ($50 the day of show).GENERAL ADMISSION ($30/$35 the day of show) are also availabl e.Questions? Please contact us at ltdpresentslive@gmail.comALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE WITHOUT PERMISSIONABOUT RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS:“This band is the best in the land…superior songwriting infused with wit\, humor\, and streetwise insights\, trad itional and adventurous grooves\, impeccable musicianship\, creative a rrangements\, harmonica tutorials and savvy production…funky and ori ginal…always fresh and vital.” –Blues Music Magazine“Rick Estr in & The Nightcats are a formidable force. They sound better than ever [playing] stellar rockabilly\, jazz\, blues and rock\, often in the s ame song\, creating a unique\, time-tested sound rooted in the past\, bolstered by harpist/vocalist Estrin’s time-warping original composi tions.” –No Depression“Estrin defines his own brand of hip. Orig inal blues and vintage rock-style tunes also harbor his superb harmoni ca work. Estrin emotes with just the right mix of kitsch and sincerity . The current litter of ‘Cats\, including guitarist Kid Andersen\, r eigns as the best band anywhere.” –DownBeat“Rick Estrin & The Ni ghtcats are America’s greatest musical showmen…foot-stomping\, wis e-cracking contemporary songs\, a combination of rockabilly\, jazz\, b lues\, rock\, and big band swing. Estrin is a world class musician…t he most colorful and entertaining showman around.” –ForbesBlues vo calist\, harmonica master and songwriting legend Rick Estrin\, leader of the musically fearless\, wildly entertaining\, award-winning band R ick Estrin & The Nightcats\, doesn’t like to talk much about his own musical superpowers. But ask him about the Nightcats—multi-instrume ntalist/musical mastermind/producer Christoffer “Kid” Andersen\, k eyboardist/organ wizard/bass player Lorenzo Farrell and endlessly crea tive drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin—and he’ll be happy to si ng their praises. “This band is killer. I’m enjoying this all more than ever\,” says the man who’s been performing and recording pro fessionally since the early 1970s. “It’s a blessing—there’s so much energy\, so much collaboration. The band is just so good right n ow. And the live show is better than ever.” Living Blues calls Rick Estrin & The Nightcats “a terrific blues band with a real character for a front man\,” continuing\, “Clever\, well-crafted songs frame d by first-flight musicianship…hugely entertaining\, intelligently c onceived and executed roots rock with a wickedly cool and otherworldly twist on tradition. Estrin’s harp work is masterful.”Rick Estrin & The Nightcats’ new album and the band’s sixth release\, The Hits Keep Coming\, packs a powerful punch\, with phenomenal musicianship a nd lyrics—both serious and humorous. Produced by Andersen at his leg endary Greaseland USA studio in San Jose\, California\, the record cap tures the band’s chemistry and magic in what is certainly among thei r strongest\, most urgent and most cohesive releases so far. The Hits Keep Coming is modern blues at its most potent\, intense and fun in al l the right places\, as Rick Estrin & The Nightcats deliver twelve gro ove-heavy\, hard-hitting songs\, including ten written or co-written b y Estrin and two surprising covers (one obscurity from Muddy Waters\, one from Leonard Cohen that Estrin would have liked to have written). From the foot-stomping opener Somewhere Else\, to the harsh reality of the title track (with backing vocals by The Sons Of The Soul Revivers )\, to the musically infectious\, lyrically harrowing song about addic tion\, The Circus Is Still In Town\, The Hits Keep Coming is a lyrical and musical tour-de-force.In addition to Estrin’s celebrated songwr iting and peerless blues harmonica playing\, he and the band are among the most entertaining and colorful showmen around. Estrin’s signatu re streetwise vocals and hipster-cool look\, Andersen’s eye-popping\ , off-the-cuff guitar pyrotechnics\, Farrell’s mighty organ\, piano and bass work and D’Mar’s dynamic\, acrobatic drumming make every one of their live performances a must-see event. “People don’t go out to see people who look like themselves\,” says Estrin. “They w ant to see something special. I was schooled in this business to be a showman\, and that’s what you get when you come to see us perform. W e know how to put on a show. I feel sorry for anyone who has to follow us.”Estrin was schooled by some of the very best blues musicians on the West Coast. While still a teen\, he was tutored by San Francisco ’s famed musician (and pimp) Fillmore Slim. He was mentored by San F rancisco’s legendary Rodger Collins and gigged with blues stars Lowe ll Fulson and Z.Z. Hill. Estrin moved to Chicago when he was 19 to wor k with Windy City bluesmen Johnny Young\, Eddie Taylor\, Sam Lay and J ohn Littlejohn\, and even jammed with Muddy Waters. He returned to Cal ifornia and continued to hone his craft. By the time he joined forces with jaw-dropping guitarist Little Charlie Baty and formed Little Char lie & The Nightcats in 1976—a band he would front for the next 30 ye ars—Estrin was a seasoned performer with plenty of talent and a gift for writing killer original songs.Upon Baty’s retirement from touri ng in 2008\, Estrin\, together with Farrell (a Nightcat since 2003)\, recruited high-flying guitar wunderkind Christoffer “Kid” Andersen and formed Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. With Kid onboard\, the band q uickly became a worldwide favorite with blues fans as well as with cri tics and radio programmers. “Kid’s fearless on the guitar\,” say s Estrin. “He’s really the only guy who could fit in with us.” W ith an uninhibited style that perfectly meshed with Estrin’s wildly imaginative songs\, the new band charged out of the gate with Twisted in 2009\, following up with One Wrong Turn in 2012\, You Asked For It —Live! in 2014\, Groovin’ In Greaseland in 2016 and Contemporary i n 2019. Each album is its own treasure chest full of memorable songs a nd white-hot playing. According to the UK’s Blues & Rhythm\, “Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have crafted an instantly identifiable sound. They serve up insightful\, original blues combined with tough rock ’ n’ roll. This band is superb.”Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have per formed at festivals and concert stages from San Francisco to Chicago t o New York\, and everywhere in between\, and have toured the United Ki ngdom\, Norway\, Belgium\, France\, Switzerland\, Poland\, Australia\, Israel and even Estonia and Russia. The band has twice won the covete d Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year. Additionally\, Estrin has wo n Blues Music Awards for Song Of The Year\, Traditional Male Blues Art ist and for Instrumentalist—Harmonica.The Chicago Sun-Times declares \, “These are serious musicians having a hotter than hot good time. It’s tough to stay in your seat when Estrin and his musical cohorts get cooking.” As No Depression says\, “This is a band that always delivers the goods.”*Rick Estrin (harmonica\, vocals)Rick Estrin was born in San Francisco\, California in 1949. As a 10-year-old boy\, he made his way to the tough Market Street area and befriended many of t he neighborhood’s most notorious characters. When he was 12\, his ol der sister gave him a copy of Ray Charles’ The Genius Sings The Blue s\, and he became infatuated with blues and R&B. Albums from Jimmy Ree d\, Champion Jack Dupree\, Mose Allison\, Nina Simone and others soon followed. By the time he was a teenager\, Estrin had immersed himself in the urban\, African American culture surrounding him.He got his fir st harmonica at age 15\, and by age 18 was proficient enough to begin sitting in at Black clubs around the city. The great Lowell Fulson inv ited him to sit in at the Club Long Island\, and that led Estrin to me eting and then opening shows for R&B giant Z.Z. Hill. Estrin worked fi ve nights a week for almost a year with guitar legend Travis Phillips in a band fronted by famed pimp/bluesman Fillmore Slim (who was the ce nterpiece of the acclaimed Hughes Brothers documentary American Pimp). Slim introduced Estrin to San Francisco-based singer Rodger Collins ( She’s Looking Good)\, the man who would become Rick’s first real m usical mentor. Collins schooled Rick on the finer points of songwritin g and show business. At 19\, Estrin relocated to Chicago and worked wi th some of the city’s best bluesmen. He met and jammed with the lege ndary Muddy Waters\, who told Rick\, “You outta sight\, boy! You got that sound! You play like a man!” Muddy wanted Estrin to go on the road with him\, but Estrin missed Muddy’s phone call and it never ha ppened. He eventually moved back to the Bay Area\, met guitarist Charl ie Baty and formed Little Charlie & The Nightcats. With Charlie’s re tirement from touring in 2008\, Rick brought in guitar virtuoso Kid An dersen and formed Rick Estrin & The Nightcats.Estrin cites Sonny Boy W illiamson II\, Mose Allison\, Leiber & Stoller\, Percy Mayfield and De troit bluesman Baby Boy Warren as his major songwriting influences. Hi s work on the reeds is deep in the tradition of harmonica masters Sonn y Boy Williamson II\, James Cotton and Little Walter Jacobs\, while at the same time pushing that tradition forward with his innovative song s. And his sly and soulful vocals are the perfect vehicle for driving those songs home. According to DownBeat\, “Rick Estrin sings and wri tes songs like the brightest wiseguy in all of bluesland and blows har monica as if he learned at the knee of Little Walter.”*Kid Andersen (guitar)Christoffer “Kid” Andersen was born in Telemark\, Norway. He became obsessed with the blues at age 12 and immersed himself in th e music of greats like Muddy Waters\, Otis Rush\, T-Bone Walker and B. B.\, Albert and Freddie King. By the time he was 18\, he had a steady gig in Oslo as a guitarist\, backing American blues stars who came thr ough Norway\, including Homesick James\, Nappy Brown and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. He moved to California as soon as he turned 21 and sta rted touring with saxophonist Terry Hanck. Once in the U.S.A.\, Anders en earned a green card as an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability.” He quickly became a musical force to be reckoned with\, and he was invite d by blues harp legend Charlie Musselwhite to join his band in 2004\, touring with Musselwhite for four years. However\, it was with the for mation of Rick Estrin & The Nightcats in 2008 that Kid found his true musical home base. Kid has been nominated for the Blues Music Award fo r Best Instrumentalist—Guitar every year since 2013. In addition to being an expert multi-instrumentalist (guitar\, bass\, keyboards\, per cussion)\, Kid’s talents as an engineer and producer keep his now-fa mous Greaseland Studio fully booked. Winner of the 2017 Keeping The Bl ues Alive Award\, Greaseland has been featured on NPR\, and has receiv ed multiple Grammy nods. At Greaseland\, Kid has produced\, engineered (and many times played on) albums by Elvin Bishop\, Tommy Castro\, Jo hn Primer\, Nick Moss\, Chris Cain\, DK Harrell\, John Nemeth\, Wee Wi llie Walker and Finis Tasby\, as well as all six Rick Estrin & The Nig htcats releases.*Lorenzo Farrell (piano\, organ\, bass)Lorenzo Farrell was born in Lexington\, Kentucky\, and grew up in Bloomington\, India na\, where he started playing piano at age five. He picked up the acou stic upright bass during his high school years\, and later became an i n-demand blues and jazz bassist on the Northern California scene. Sinc e joining the Nightcats in 2003\, Lorenzo has returned to piano\, as w ell as organ and synthesizer\, showcasing the unusual technique\, pion eered by greats like organist Jimmy Smith\, of playing bass lines with one hand and traditional keyboard parts with the other. Lorenzo has a lso performed and recorded with many other artists\, including Duke Ro billard\, Wee Willie Walker\, Fillmore Slim\, Alabama Mike\, Finis Tas by\, Jackie Payne\, Terry Hanck and Little Charlie Baty’s Organ Grin der Swing. Now based in the state of Washington\, Lorenzo is a foundin g partner and artistic director of LTD Presents\, a community arts org anization whose mission is to bring world-class blues and jazz to the Pacific Northwest. According to Estrin\, “Lorenzo has been an absolu tely pivotal player in the Nightcats’ development for over 20 years. His phenomenal keyboard work\, not to mention his behind-the-scenes o rganizational skills\, have really helped propel the band to new heigh ts.”*Derrick “D’Mar” Martin (drums)Derrick “D’Mar” Marti n is an unstoppable force of nature. D’Mar is a musician\, producer\ , songwriter\, singer\, educator\, entertainer and motivational speake r. He traveled the world for 17 years as the drummer for the legendary Little Richard. D’Mar also worked with a number of other artists in cluding Dorothy Moore\, Bobby Rush\, Vasti Jackson\, Ali Ollie Woodson (The Temptations)\, Big Jack Johnson\, Carla Thomas\, Billy Preston\, Roy Gaines\, Mitch Woods\, Jackie Payne\, Syl Johnson\, Bob Margolin and Tutu Jones before joining the Nightcats. He shares his passion for music education in his own music lecture series entitled Drums & More when he’s not bringing all of his many talents to The Nightcats. “Getting Derrick in the band was the final piece\,” says Estrin. H e’s relentlessly positive and his drumming brings us to another leve l.”Bio written by Marc LipkinLTD Presents: Rick Estrin & The Nightca ts LIVE at Palindrome Port Townsend Event Center is sponsored in part by Kat McNeill & Lance Bowman and Co-Presented by KPTZ Radio Port Town send.Printing Provided by Chuckals Office Supply***LTD Presents - "Bri nging World-Class Blues & Jazz to the Pacific Northwest"www.LTDPresent sLIVE.comJoin our free monthly email newsletter for more information a nd upcoming shows. ***The Palindrome Event Space is a uniquely histori c Port Townsend building that has been home to many events over the la st century\, ranging from weddings\, concerts\, dance classes\, lectur es\, illicit prohibition­ era dance parties and more vaudeville circu s than you could shake a juggling club at.Sometime in the 1920s the ba rn was used as a dance hall. The Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling tr oupe purchased it in 1986\, renovating it into a practice and rehearsa l space and named it “The Palindrome.” Over the years many wedding s\, dances\, and events have been held here.In 2014 Eaglemount Wine an d Cider purchased the property to expand our operations after outgrowi ng our original space. Today\, we seek to revitalize the life of this beautiful space and are working to ensure this historic structure is u sed to its full potential in the community. Whether you’re intereste d in having your dream wedding here or are looking to host another typ e of event\, we would love to work with you to make your dreams for Th e Palindrome come true. The Palindrome Event Space is a perfect venue for a wide variety of gatherings including concerts and dances\, works hops and meetings\, celebrations of life\, family reunions and benefit fundraisers.For bookings contact:ewinecider@gmail.com URL:https://rickestrininportT.rsvpify.com DTSTAMP:20260502T014026Z ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="mailto:ltdpresentslive@gmail.com";CN=David Hudson: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR