DJs
Steven “Dr. Feelgood” Watkins, San Francisco
Steven, a.k.a. Dr. Feelgood, lives in San Francisco/Oakland, though he originally hails from New York City. He began DJing Blues for dancers in 2004 and is constantly striving to spread his love for the BLUES. The Good Doctor tries to bring some smooth, sultry, gritty, “Hot Skirt Music” to the dance floor in order to transform venues into JOINTS.
Roy Rydbeck, San Francisco
Roy has been a regular Blues and Lindy Hop DJ since 1998. He DJed in Tampa from 1999-2000, Austin from 2000 to 2005, and San Francisco from 2005 to 2010. Roy is currently one of the regular DJs at San Francisco’s Friday Night Blues and at 9:20 Special, as well as at the numerous San Francisco blues parties. Roy has DJed numerous events across the globe, including events in: Austin, San Francisco, Tampa, Miami, Tampa, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, New Orleans, Dallas, New York, St. Louis, Memphis, Indianapolois, Moscow, and St. Petersburg (Russia). Roy’s Blues DJing is a good mix of different kinds of Blues. Some of Roy’s favorits are Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, T-Bone Walker, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Guitar Shorty, Billy Boy Arnold, Memphis Minnie, and Sonny Boy Williamson-2, and Taj Mahal.
Julie Brown, Boston
Julie got her start DJing in Pittsburgh in 2006, and burst onto the big scene at East Meets West and Emerald City Blues Festival 2009. She now DJs regularly in Boston, where she lives, dances, works, and occasionally sleeps. Julie’s musical tastes span from the soulful to the sultry, the dirty to the demure, but always with a healthy dose of attitude. What she loves most is to see you out there dancing and feelin’ it!
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, where she learned vintage ballroom, but learned to Swing and Blues dance at college in Pittsburgh, PA. She got her start Djing blues at some of the late night house parties in Pittsburgh and then moved onto events like End of the Month Blues and Saturday Late Night Blues. t has been her goal to bring a little bit of the Pittsburgh Dirty Blues to California. She loves both classical and contemprary blues music and artists and tries to reflect that when she DJs. She has also DJed contemporary ballroom music at various venues in San Francisco like Friday Night Waltz. She was invited to be the house DJ at LA’s monthly blues venue DoSomethingBlue two years ago. She has spun in cities all over the states including all around LA, Hawaii, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Humboldt, San Diego, Seattle and Denver.