Led by singer-songwriter, guitarist and Northwest scene veteran Basnight, Seattle's Jim Basnight Band features a collection of musicians with extensive and unique musical backgrounds. The ensemble combines jazz, blues, country and acoustic rock flavors into a new free-form pop genre that highlights the frontman's well-crafted songs, some of the finest pop gems around. Basnight's career, starting with his run in The Moberlys in the '80s and continuing through The Rockinghams in the '90s and solo stings throughout, has received acclaim from critics all over the world. His music has been released in the U.S. and Canada as well as England, Germany, Spain, France, Scandinavia, Australia and Japan. Publications like Rolling Stone, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, and Billboard (to name just a few) have praised his diverse talents and named him in year-end best-of lists. His career is chronicled in numerous books about rock & roll and in the Experience Music Project's Northwest exhibit. www.jimbasnight.com

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