Photo, Irma Thomas, by Catherine Nomura
In 1999, Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival added a third stage. Oregon Food Bank raised more than $210,000 and 80,000 pounds of food at the Festival. And KBOO Community Radio was there, broadcasting live. Performers included Koko Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Booker T & The MGs and Charlie Musselwhite. Plus R.L. Burnside, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Guy Davis, Mark Hummel with Big Joe Duskin and Joe Beard, Indigo Swing, Johnny Nocturne Band, Lazy Lester with Teddy Morgan and Sevilles, Little Malcolm and the Zydeco House Rockers, Magic Slim and The Teardrops, Cookie McGee, Mike Morgan and The Crawl, Geoff Muldaur and Fritz Richmond, Charmaine Neville, Paul deLay with the Rockin' Johnny Band, Johnny Rawls Revue, Eric Sardinas, Josh Smith and The Frost, Irma Thomas, Jimmie Vaughan, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Corby Yates and more