Red House

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the loss of our dear dear friend, Hammond B-3 Master & singer extraordinaire James "Jimmy" Holden. Jimmy succumbed to a Covid-19 infection complicated by kidney & heart conditions. Words cannot express our feelings in this moment. Red House has been in the midst of making a full length 11-song CD, which will feature Jimmy's contributions. Look for more info here as it becomes available.

Edit: April 2021 - Jimmy left a big legacy though, recently enhanced by posthumous "Best of the Blues" Awards for both Hall of Fame & Lifetime Achievement “Best of the Blues Awards” from the Washington Blues Society. Richly deserved, James! :)

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers,
Tim Scott, Mark Noftsger, Robin Crane
The Members of Red House

From 2019:

We feel extremely honored that our band was nominated for the Washington Blues Society Best Blues Band of 2019—our members Jimmy Holden and Robin Crane nominated for Best Blues Piano/Keyboard and the Chris Leighton Best Blues Drummer award, respectively. The big news is that Jimmy Holden won! We were also honored to be invited to perform at the Awards Event in Everett, WA. What a great day, playing for our peers and then watching James "Jimmy" Holden receive his award. Thank you to everyone who nominated us and voted for Jimmy. 

Tim Scott and the members of Red House 
Robin Crane, Jimmy Holden and Mark Noftsger

From 2019:

Most everyone likes to be acknowledged for their accomplishments. Musicians are no exception. Perhaps even more so, in that what we do is a Labor of Love--largely under-appreciated and certainly under-compensated. So an "atta boy" every now and then is especially nice. 

Our band, Red House, is made up of four Seattle natives who have individually been playing music since the Sixties, professionally for almost fifty years each. As a group that’s been together since I moved back home to Seattle (almost 10 years ago), we make the best quality music we are able to and strive for excellence every time we take the stage because it's important to us and it’s the best kind of fun--that's why we're still doing it all these years later. I’ve never been comfortable “tooting my own horn” but in this case, because I’m so proud of who we are and what we do, I feel okay tooting “our’ horn. 

Today, I was excited to learn that our band has been nominated for the Washington Blues Society Best Blues Band of 2019—Jimmy Holden and Robin Crane nominated for Best Blues Piano/Keyboard and the Chris Leighton Best Blues Drummer award, respectively. If you are a member of the Washington Blues Society and will be voting on the WBS Awards for this year (the deadline for ballots is April 9th, 2019), you might consider supporting us but whoever you choose, please keep supporting The Blues and Live Music. We need you. 

Thank you, 
Tim Scott and the members of Red House 
Jimmy Holden, Mark Noftsger and Robin Crane 

PS Send your ballot to: 
Washington Blues Society 
PO Box 70604, Seattle WA. 98127 
Not a member? 
https://wablues.org/about/membership/

Red House is pleased to announce completion of our first recording project, a 4-song EP titled "Over Yonder". This product is now available at our shows & will soon be available at our Store. Watch for info on how to get you some.