Event

"king Louis" Pain and Renato Caranto B3 organ group

San Francisco transplant Louis Pain and Philippines-born Renato Caranto first teamed up as seminal members of the Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group when that band, dubbed Jimmy Maks signature group by The Oregonian, began its storied 20-year run on Thursday evenings at the legendary Portland venue in 1997. Along the way, Louis and Renato have played countless other gigs together in a variety of line-ups: at the Waterfront Blues Festival, the Triple Door, the East Hawaii Jazz & Blues Festival, the Jack London Revue, The Britt Festival, Juneau Jazz & Classics, and other clubs & festivals throughout the Northwest and Hawaii. They've also performed on ten critically acclaimed CDs together, with the last three--released on Louis' own Shoug Records label--each being honored by Downbeat magazine as among the "Best Albums of the Year" (for 2016, 2018, and 2019).

They will be joined by two local favorites, Chic Preston on guitar and vocals and Tim Ortlieb on drums.