Music

Joe Demers (Denver)

Joe & Nelle are known for being very versatile dancers ranging from modern Jazz to vintage Blues to performance Lindy Hop. They possess an aesthetic quality that flourishes as a dance couple. They continually train, travel & teach worldwide and pride themselves with basing their dancing on original styles while continually striving for new ideas. They believe that Blues is a very eclectic term & dance. Within each genre and style of music there are rhythms & moods that change the blues aesthetic & connection. The constant change & freedom within the music really attracts them to the dance. Blues is a feeling that comes from within. It’s an expression and release of emotions & personality. When you dance with a partner that can match you, you'll feel like the only dancer in the room… just you, your partner, the music, & the floor. www.joeandnelle.com

Cid Galicia (Chico)

Cid has been djing for 4 years now; beginning with house parties and then, under the tutelage of Scott Kaufman and Ron Thompson, djing lindy nights at Midtown Stomp. After which, he began djing frequently at FNB, getting to dj along such great influences as Steven Watkins and Roy Rydbeck. Cid djs blues, spending time in the study of its music, artists, and history. Always searching for contemporary hits and classic songs.  Some of his favorite artists are Etta James, John Lee Hooker/Jr, Chris Thomas King.  Some of his favorite songs are "Come into my Kitchen", "Lets Burn Down the Cornfield", "Comes Love". He has djed such events as the Utah Lindy Exchange, Reno Dance Sensation, Blues Rising, Emerald City Blues Festival, Steel City Blues, and Blues Shout.

Whitton Frank (Los Angeles)

Whitton started dancing at the tender age of eight, when she was enrolled in a ballet class. As the years progressed so did her love of dance.  Whitton is originally from breezy San Francisco, but learned to blues dance at college in Pittsburgh, PA. It has been her goal to bring a little bit of the "Pittsburgh Dirty Blues" to California. She has DJed various events in Pittsburgh including End of the Month Blues and Saturday Late Night Blues.  She loves both classical and contemprary blues music and artists and tries to reflect that when she DJs. Whitton teaches a weekly blues class in Los Angeles with Tim on Wednesday Nights. www.mondaynightblues.com

Kristin Buxton (Los Angeles)

Kristin started DJing lindy in Portland in 2001.  While she always played some blues during her lindy sets she didn't start DJing blues events until 2005. She got hooked and has since DJed blues sets in Seattle, Portland and LA.

Scot Mattson (Denver)

Scot is the greatest DJ ever, in the entire universe, past, present and future. He owns every song ever recorded. He's building a time machine so he can go back and record all the songs that weren't. He never gets requests because he always plays the exact song everyone wants to hear when they want to hear it. Scot thinks jets are cool.

Roy Rydbeck (San Francisco)

Roy has been a regular Blues and Lindy Hop DJ since 1998. He DJed in Tampa from 1999-2000, Chicago from 2000 to 2005, and San Francisco from 2005 to 2009. Roy is currently one of the regular DJs at San Francisco’s Friday Night Blues, as well as at the numerous San Francisco Blues parties. Roy has DJed numerous events across the map, including events in:  Chicago, San Francisco, Tampa, Miami, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, St. Louis, Memphis, Indianapolis, Moscow, and St. Petersburg (Russia). Roy’s has a preference for Chicago Harmonica, Guitar and Piano Blues but his DJing is a good mix of different kinds of Blues. Some of Roy’s favorite artists are Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, T-Bone Walker, Howling Wolf, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Jay McShann, Billy Boy Arnold, and Sonny Boy Williamson-2.