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Here's something from our May performance at Zippy's

Don't forget to come celebrate Zippy's birthday with us on Friday, July 18th.

Peace,
Chad

And a Great Time Was Had By All

All photos courtesy of Mark Hintz

On Friday, February 15th, the Three Chord Progressives played for an enthusiastic crowd at Zippy's Java Lounge. The house was a mix of the young and the young at heart and the atmosphere was fun filled. It took almost no prodding to fill the room with laughter and song and a great time was had by all.

We hope to see many of the same faces (as well as many new ones) when we return to Zippy's on Friday, March 14th.

Rock On!
Chad

Peace, Love, and Rock-n-Roll

Throughout history, music has played an important part in every great social/political movement. In recent times many have been inspired by the likes of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon.

On Friday night, February 15th, the Three Chord Progressives, a trio of activist/musicians from Snohomish County will continue the tradition of political activism through music when they perform from 7-9 at Zippy's Java Lounge in Everett.(1804 Hewitt Ave.)

The trio came together in the summer of 2007 as the brainchild of Luis Moscoso, Secretary of the Washington State Democrats and Director of Government Relations for the Washington Public Employees Association. Joining Moscoso are Jackie Minchew (Chair of the 44th LD Democrats) and Chad Shue (Chair of Democracy for Snohomish County and Blogger at The Left Shue and Washblog).

After only a few a few weeks of rehearsals the trio made their debut at the Snohomish County Democrats picnic at the Tulalip Amphitheater (where they were asked to repeat their four rehearsed songs a couple of times). They have since performed for 32nd LD Chair, Lila Smith (in her DNC Candidate Hospitality Suite) at the WSDCC quarterly meeting in Wenatchee, at the King County Democrats Awards Banquet, and most recently as the motivational entertainment for the WPEA's "Lobby Day" in Olympia. Zippy's Java Lounge, while open to the general public, is widely known as "the activist's gathering spot" in Everett. Owner Marilyn Rosenberg‏ is a founding member of Green Everett; a group dedicated to promoting sustainable living in Everett and Snohomish County. She is also well respected for promoting local artists, musicians and poets.

Each of the members of the Three Chord Progressives has a history of performing in musical groups in their previous lives. They have found that a common appreciation of the music of those mentioned above (and other musician/activists) has made working together a real pleasure. While most of the material they perform comes from the folk/rock era of the 60's, an occasional love song or finger snapper has been known to be thrown in simply for the pleasure of it.

If you have the time and happen to find yourself in the Everett area on February 15th, you should drop in for a couple of hours of Peace, Love and Rock-n-Roll with the Three Chord Progressives.

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue

Pics from the SCDCC Picnic 2007