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The 18th annual Solar Cook-Off
July 12, 2008
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The 18th annual Solar Cook-Off
takes place on July 12th at the
Taylorsville Campground.
Daytime festivities include awesome craft and food booths, solar displays, and dancing under the parachute to ten bands. Admission to the daytime event is a mere $10, which makes it the best entertainment bargain of this
busy summer season.
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The party begins on Friday night July 11th with live music to jumpstart to the event. Be there early and join us at 7:30 pm. Overnight camping is available and most all attendees take advantage of this annual gathering to hang out all day and overnight. Camping is $14 a night with flush toilets and showers available .
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The Saturday evening dance on the bouncin' Taylorsville Grange Hall floor begins at 8:30 PM with Rick Estrin & The Nightcats and it always sells out, so be sure to get your tickets as soon as they go on sale. You can find tickets in Reno at Recycled Records, or in Plumas County at Quincy Natural Foods, Plumas Arts or the Genesee Store. Call Blackhawk Solar to charge by phone or to get additional information from Bill or Mel Rockett at (530) 283-1396.
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
One day back in 1970, a 20-year old Rick Estrin had the opportunity to play harmonica with Muddy Waters and his band at the Sutherland Hotel on 47th and Drexel in Chicago's South Side. During the break, Muddy called Estrin over, shook his finger in his face, and shouted, "You outta sight boy! You play like a MAN boy! You got that sound boy, I KNOW that sound when I hear it, that's MY sound!"
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| Today, singer/harmonica player/songwriter Rick Estrin ranks among the very best harp players in the blues world. His work on the reeds is at once deep in the tradition of harmonica masters Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter Jacobs while at the same time pushing that tradition forward. The Associated Press called his harp playing, "endlessly impressive." The great guitarist Robert Lockwood, Jr. (who was schooled by Robert Johnson and who played on most of Little Walter's Chess recordings) told Estrin, "Little Walter would be very proud of you." |
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For more than 30 years and nine albums, Rick fronted the jumping, swinging Little Charlie & The Nightcats. But now, with Baty's recent retirement from touring, Estrin -- along with the Nightcats longtime rhythm section of J. Hansen and Lorenzo Ferrell and fiery guitarist Kid Andersen -- is ready to take the lead on his own. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats' sound, while still swinging the blues, is a harmonica-driven, rocking, guitar-fueled rave-up. The band performs the well-known, well-loved songs from Estrin's massive catalog, and introduces plenty of new material along the way.
Rick's seemingly effortless command of the harmonica is matched only by his soulful vocals and remarkable original songs. Ever since he started performing his own material, it has become increasingly clear that Rick Estrin is a songwriter of unparalleled skill. His quick wit, coifed hair, pencil-thin mustache and sharp attire inform his songs in a way Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Willie Dixon and Elvis Presley would all be proud of. Blues Revue declared, "Estrin sits on one of the finest blues catalogs of any band on the planet. His carefully wrought lyrics penetrate human weakness with the precision of a boxer, though more often than not, he chooses to leave you laughing after the blow's been struck."
"You outta sight boy! You play like a MAN boy!
You got that sound boy,
I KNOW that sound when I hear it, that's MY sound!"
Muddy Waters
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