Art by Grego Anderson
www.mojohand.com
grego@mojohand.com
Supporting Maine Musicians that perform Blues, Roots, Swamp Rock, Funk, Jazz, Americana, Bluegrass & Rockabilly.
Musicians & Venues please send Gigs by Tuesday for inclusion.
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Mar
29
Thu
2018
Contact
VenueB. Good
Address15 Exchange Street Portland, ME
Time NotesJam every Thursday
NotesI've heard this is Acoustic only. Still Unsure who host is
Apr
1
Sun
2018
Apr 1 @ 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Jun
3
Sun
2018
Jun 3 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Jul
15
Sun
2018
Jul 15 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Jul
29
Sun
2018
Jul 29 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Aug
11
Sat
2018
Aug 11 @ 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Aug 11 @ 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Aug
12
Sun
2018
Aug 12 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Aug
19
Sun
2018
Aug 19 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Aug
26
Sun
2018
Aug 26 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
VenueGary's Old Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055-0548
Time NotesJam every Sunday
Jam Run ByKrister Rollins usually hosts
NotesJam Starts at 8PM inside if it's raining
Jan
13
Sun
2019
Jan 13 @ 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
VenueHydeout at The Wharf
Address1 Wharf St, Hallowell, ME 04347
NotesFundraiser for Gayle Chung and her son, 5 year old, Liam Nichols. Both were injured Christmas Eve as they were struck by a vehicle in a local grocery store parking lot! Great music planned for the day, and not a regular jam.
Music starts at 5:30 with Kenya Hall!!! Scolded Dogs, The Boneheads, Robby Coffin Combo, Marcelo Landaeta, The Sunday Jam Band with Steve Jones, David Thibodeau, yours truly and Dickie Doo... and TONS OF SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS!! Brad Truman is running SOUND!!! SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR!!
Feb
26
Tue
2019
Feb 26 @ 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Apr
20
Sat
2019
Apr 20 @ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
Venue49 Franklin
Address49 Franklin St, Rumford, ME 04276
NotesNotes from BCR Website - Catch BCR at this fundraiser for the Larry Labonte Recovery Center in Rumford, Me. Fun for the whole family and includes a spaghetti dinner and chances to win big prizes from a host of community donors! Event starts at 3:00 p.m. and the music kicks off at 5:00 p.m. Come on by and contribute to a cause near and dear to our hearts.
May
19
Sun
2019
May 19 @ 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact
(207) 761-6665
VenueThe Landing at Pine Point
Address353 Pine Point Rd, Scarborough, ME 04074
NotesThis is a fundraising event for Nicolle. Nicolle was diagnosed with stage-4 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, an extremely rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. It has already spread to her lymph nodes, spinal cord, bones and liver. We are hopeful that the funds raised from this event will give her and her family a little peace of mind as they fight this fight.
Jul
24
Wed
2019
Jul 24 @ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Contact
(207) 233-4668
VenueRegency Hotel
Address20 Milk St, Portland, ME
Aug
10
Sat
2019
Aug 10 @ 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
VenueMountain Valley Stomp
Address200 Mountain View Drive, Dixfield, ME 04224
NotesDOORS OPEN 11 AM - SHOW STARTS AT NOON - Notes from BCR - It’s the 2nd annual Mountain Valley Stomp! Curated by Jessica & Steve, the MVS is a blues fest not to be missed. This year’s line up features Maine blues legends Jimmy Junkins & The Soulcats, Maine’s 2018 “Road To Memphis” finalist Matt & The Barnburners, Maine’s 2016 “Road To Memphis” finalist L.C. Williams & The Driver (with support from BCR’s rhythm section) and the intermission act this year is our hosts, Steve Bailey & Jessica Hines, with special guests joining in. Please visit the web site for all the details, including a link to reserve a camping spot at the Mountain View Campground.
The awesomely talented Dave Mello will be providing our Pre Stomp entertainment in the barn, this year, on August 9th, so be sure to make arrangements to incorporate this intimate show into your weekend. For more info on the Pre Stomp message us on our Facebook page or call: 207-310-4010 / 207-357-2784
Aug 10 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Contact
(207) 824-4044
VenueRide To Recovery & BBQ Savage Bros Country Store
Address96 Sunday River Rd., Bethel, Maine 04217
Notes
Aug
17
Sat
2019
Aug 17 @ 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact
(207) 693-6806
VenueGary's Olde Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055
NotesMaine Blues Heritage Foundation
Mar
15
Sun
2020
Mar 15 @ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
VenueHydeout at The Wharf
Address1 Wharf St, Hallowell, Maine 04347
NotesAs we all know, our good friend and career Wharf bartender, David Pottle, suffered 2 heart attacks, underwent emergency surgery a few weeks ago, AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT!! He’s got a lot of cardiac rehab to attend before he can return to work so the whole crew of us decided to throw a fundraiser to help support him through this difficult time.
Sundays at The Wharf is honored to help plan a great day of music for all of you to enjoy as we put our COMMUNITY Heart and Soul (hey, I know that one on the Piano!!) together for one of our favorite bartenders, David Pottle.
MUSIC LINE-UP (not in any particular order… right now! )
The Boneheads
Robby Coffin Combo
Probably Josh and The Wednesday Jam Posse
Black Cat Road with Jessie Hines (oooh that washboard!)
Juke Joint Devils
Sundays at The Wharf Host Band with Special guests
Kenya Hall and MANY OTHERS!
Professional Sound offered by Brad Truman.
SUGGESTED DONATION, $5. With raffles and loads of fun to be had!! Stay tuned! There is more information coming!!! See you on the 15th! ♥ cp
Jul
11
Sat
2020
VenueThe Hydrant
Address187 Main St, South Paris, ME 04281
NotesThe Hydrant will host
The Paul Dube
Bucket List Jam
Sat July 11th 6pm
Big Jamming Session!!
Paul would like to have one big party with anyone who has played with him over the years!
Come Celebrate Paul
JAM with him & friends
Event Link
https://facebook.com/events/s/paul-dube-bucket-list-jam/530712124487267/?ti=cl
Oct
3
Sat
2020
Oct 3 @ 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
VenueMac's Grill
Address1052 Minot Ave, Auburn, ME 04210-3746
NotesDouble Check the times folks...some info shows 6 as start time and some shows 4 pm
Uncle Andy’s Digest presents their 6th Annual Summer Block Party to benefit Make-A-Wish Maine 4-8 PM at Macs Grill on Minot Ave in Auburn. Only $25/pp. when you buy them now. $35 at the door if we have any left 100 person limit. Live Streamed Online Auction Live Music featuring Bonnie Edwards and the Practical Cats at 6:15PM.
Click here for tickets: https://one.bidpal.net/summerblockparty/ticketing
Oct
8
Thu
2020
Contact
(207) 934-8432
VenueGFB Scottish Pub
Address32 Old Orchard St. OOB
Jam Run ByMike Hayward
Jul
11
Sun
2021
Contact
207 345 3211
VenueThe Silver Spur
Address272 Lewiston St., Mechanic Falls, ME 04256
NotesPORTLAND, Maine — Frank Coffin, a bassist who seemed to play with everyone under Maine’s musical sun, died Friday after a recent cancer diagnosis. Coffin was 65.
A planned tribute concert at the Silver Spur in Mechanic Falls on Sunday, organized by friends and fans to help with Coffin’s medical bills, will go on. Instead of a tribute show though, with Coffin in attendance, it will be a memorial to one of the state’s most respected country music stalwarts.
“My heart is broken,” said Maine guitar legend Denny Breau, a co-organizer of the event. “The hardest thing is not being able to say goodbye.”
Breau met Coffin in the 1970s and they started playing regular gigs together in the 1980s. Hundreds — possibly thousands — of gigs later, Breau knew Coffin as well as anyone.
“He was a wonderful man with an even keel,” Breau said. “He never got upset and we never had one cross word in all these years — and that’s unusual for musicians.”
With his dark, rose-tinted glasses, wry beard and trucker’s cap often perched high on his head, Coffin was an enigmatic stage presence who oozed cool, along with quiet confidence.
Offstage, Breau said Coffin was kind, with a dry sense of humor. As a bass player, he was unmatched, steady and tasteful.
“He was a rock. He never overplayed,” Breau said. “He knew what went where and layed down a groove you could drive a truck through.”
In addition to playing with Breau, Coffin played in a host of bands over the years such as Taste, Malinda Liberty and the Grownups and the Hurricane Mountain Band.
“And, of course, he sat in with everybody,” Breau said, “like, hundreds of bands.”
Coffin was born in Rumford in 1955 and lived in Auburn for many years with music and life partner Liberty. The couple were together for 46 years.
Liberty gained statewide fame in 1986 with the perennial seasonal gem, the “Maine Christmas Song.” As always, Coffin was by her side, playing bass on the track.
Liberty first met him in 1976, when putting one of her first bands together.
“Everybody said I had to get Frank Coffin, so I did,” Liberty said.
A year later, they were an official couple.
“He was quiet and handsome and humble,” she said, “And he loved music as much as I did — and he treated me really great.”
Coffin then became a second father to Liberty’s two daughters, then 3 and 8 years old.
“He loved us like his own,” Nicole Latourneau said. “We never called him Frank. To us, he was always Papa.”
Later, Coffin also became an enthusiastic grandfather of three, writing personalized children’s books for each of them.
While working as a musician by night and on the weekends, Coffin also had a 20-year, steady job at Musician’s First Choice, a music store in Augusta, where he especially took pride in helping customers pick out their first instruments.
Coffin’s laid back, friendly demeanor made him a natural salesman, said store owner Steve Beaulieu.
“We had so much fun here,” Beaulieu said. “Over the last 25 years, I probably spent more time with Frankie than my wife — and we never had an argument.”
Beaulieu said he knows exactly what he’ll miss most about Coffin. “His heart. He was the sweetest guy ever, my best friend,” he said.
As word of Coffin’s death spread around social media on Friday, over a hundred stunned tribute posts appeared in just a few hours.
“Frank was a pro’s pro, and as cool as it gets,” said Tim Emery, a guitar slinger and co-owner of Buckdancer’s Choice Music Co. in Portland.
“He wasn’t my friend,” Wesley Littlefield said. “He was everyone’s friend.”
“Through Frank, I took note that less can be more,” Steve Mercier said.
“You were the foundation of every band you were in,” said Maine country musician DeeDee Allen, who also owns the Silver Spur.
Originally, Liberty was going to sing at Sunday’s show but she’s canceled those plans. It would be too difficult, she said. But she hopes everyone else comes to sing and play and remember Coffin.
“He was the leader of the band,” Liberty said, “and I know he wants us all to keep playing.”
The Frank Coffin concert is scheduled for Sunday, July 11, from 1 to 6 p.m. at The Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. in Mechanic Falls. Admission is $10, BYOB.
