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    3 CD box set with 40 songs about Olympia WA plus a detailed 80 page book with the history behind the songs and a plethora of great photos. With over 100 Olympa musicians. Stunning!

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about

The Evergreen Ballroom was a roadhouse in the best old-fashioned
sense of the word. I think I only went there once and I remember little
about it, probably having too much fun. Fortunately, its history is pretty
well documented by former Olympian Pete Blecha on HistoryLink.org and Rebecca Sanchez at ThurstonTalk.com.Check ‘em out!
This song was really fun to do. Joe came up with the whole “Thelonious
Monk” bit for the jazz section, he also insisted (rightly) that Merrilee Rush had to be in the song. Gene wisely pushed me aside and said “let me play some jazz chords on my semi-hollow body guitar” while Lisa got all swingin’. I think it was also Gene’s idea to put the “Louie Louie” riff in the end. Pure genius, right?

Blecha, Pete. (2011) Evergreen Ballroom: Olympia’s Lost Landmark (1931-2000).
Retrieved from www.historylink.org/File/9557
Sanchez, Rebecca. Evergreen Ballroom History Series: Johnny Cash’s Teenage Queen Contest.
Retrieved from www.thurstontalk.com/2021/04/26/evergreen-ballroom-historyseries-johnny-cashs-teenage-queen-contest/

lyrics

Going to the Evergreen Ballroom
Little Bill and the Bluenotes tonight
Sonics, Wailers, Paul Revere and the Raiders
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
Dancing at the Evergreen Ballroom
Duke Ellington, that man can swing
Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, and Count Basie
Dancing to that rhythm it’s everything

Built on old 99, 1931
Burned down built again, 1932
By Walter Sholund and his family
Built with old growth timbers
1,600 hundred square foot
maple dance floor

Party at the Evergreen Ballroom
Johnny Cash will pick his Teenage Queen
Prize - fifty dollars cash Dinner with Johnny
Broadcasting the show on KGY
Country hoedown at The Evergreen Ballroom
Hank Williams, Hank Thompson, Brazo Valley Boys
Marty Robbins, Ferlin Husky, Glen Campbell, Bobby Bare
Roy Acuff and the Grand Ole Opry crew

The Green liked to serve the soldiers at Fort Lewis
Ran a bus to Tacoma so they could party hard
You could get a decent meal at the restaurant
You could get a fight in the parking lot

Ownership changed hands many times over its seventy years
July 21, 2000, it burned down to the ground

Jazzing at the Evergreen Ballroom
Charlie Parker - Bird! blowing bebop all night
Dave Brubeck taking five as the opener
(Bird quote): “There’s no genius, there’s only practice.”
Getting soulful at The Evergreen ballroom
Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson and The Spinners
Ike and Tina Turner, Albert Collins, BB King
Marvin Gaye, James Brown and his Famous Flames

Rocking with Bill Haley and The Comets
Opening up Seattle’s Dave Lewis Combo
Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
Richard Berry introducing Louie Louie

Going to the Evergreen Ballroom tonight!
Everybody gonna dance tonight!

credits

from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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