Music Millennium's 43rd Anniversary Celebration featuring Lisa Mann record release party

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Cake and beverages at 5:30 PM, followed by free live performance at 6:00 PM

Music Millennium opened on the Ides of March in 1969 at 3PM with the Beatles’ “All Too Much” blaring out of the stereo system. Specializing in mostly underground music not found in the department stores, drugstores or the couple of record stores which existed at the time, Music Millennium filled a niche for the Portland music community. Titles by Fairport Convention, Frank Zappa, John Fahey, The Fugs and Holy Model Rounders were stocked in the small store along with the sounds heard on the then three month old FM station, KINK- The Underground Link.



The store quickly grew in the first five years to its current size, including the addition of a classical store called The Musical Offering, now known as Classical Millennium. A second Music Millennium store was also added next to the now defunct Purple Earth Tavern at NW 21st & Irving, and later relocated to 23rd & Johnson, before closing in 2007.



It's 43 years later and Music Millennium is the oldest record store in existence in the Pacific Northwest! Come celebrate with us on March 15, 2012 at 5:30 PM, when we will once again play the Beatles’ “All Too Much”, followed by cake and beverages. A live performance record release party by Lisa Mann will begin at 6 PM.



Lisa Mann is the Cascade Blues Association's Hall of Fame for three consecutive wins for Bass player of the Year. She has also received the Muddy Waters "Duffy Bishop Award" for Vocalist of the Year in 2009. In 2012, Lisa took home a Portland Music Award for Outstanding Achievement in Blues. Lisa and Her Really Good Band represented the CBA at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in Feb 2011, where they made the semi-finals.



Her influences run the gamut, from low down blues sisters Etta James and Koko Taylor, to singer-songwriters like Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow, to R&B belters like the late Little Milton. She writes the majority of her recorded material, and her songs paint pictures of a gritty history of personal experience in life, love and the not-always-pretty music business.



Lisa has shared the stage with many Northwest greats such as Paul DeLay, Duffy Bishop, Ellen Whyte and Sonny "Smokin'" Hess. She has often lent her bass grooves and musical direction to Sonny Hess' NW Women's Rhythm and Blues Revue, a very popular showcase at festivals such as Waterfront Blues and their annual charity Christmas show.



On Lisa Mann's latest release, Satisfied, ten memorable original tunes and three soul-stirring cover songs make up a stunning celebration of blues, blues-rock and R&B. There are special appearances from legendary guitarist Lloyd Jones, Delta Groove artist Mitch Kashmar, internationally acclaimed harmonica player Joe Powers, and many more. The covers include songs from Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Little Milton and a smoky solo bass rendition of a Carole Bayer Sager composition, "Alone."

http://www.lisamannmusic.com/