Capital Blues

Steven Watkins, a.k.a. Dr. Feelgood

Originally hails from New York City, but Steven now calls San Francisco/Oakland home! He started dancing in 1998, and he began his Blues DJing career at his other adopted home - you guessed it - St. Louis' Cheap Thrills 2004.

Mike Legett

Mike Legett considers herself a musician- one who plays the laptop. She had her first DJ gig handed to her in 2008, and has since pursued her obsession with jazz and blues music with no-holds-barred enthusiasm. She studies rhythm and dynamics by listening to the masters, and applies her dance knowledge to choose music which will push people to dance in ways both new and inspired. Her tunes hail from a variety of eras and sounds, but always with their roots clearly in the past, and an energy that transcends time.

Jered Morin

Straight from Europe comes Jered with over 12 years experience making people dance everywhere around the globe. Since starting in the late 90's, he's become a popular and sought-after DJ for his deep music choices spanning all eras, and his ability to keep you dancing until the sun comes back up.

In 2004, Jered organized the second ever Blues weekend in the US - MezzJelly Blues - which went on to become the longest-running annual Blues festival of the early century. Why? It's his passion for the music that has driven him to be involved in the scene in so many ways; organizer, Competition DJ, and teacher.

Come dance to him and the rest of the DJ Team - some of his favorites - at one of the events he looks forward to the most every year (and nobody even made him put this sentence in here).

Mike Marcotte

Spinning out of control from Washington D.C., Mike Marcotte began triple-stepping back in 1998. Raised with fond appreciation for music that extended past jazz, in high school he played cello and joined the jazz band playing piano. Improvisation did not come easy, but with encouragement and a good ear, anything seemed possible. Soon after learning the basics, Mike did what a lot of dancers do -- play their idea of good music, and by all accounts there was a lot of room for improvement.

Thanks to some breaks from Nancy at Zoot's back in the day, Rayned at k2, the organizers of every DCLX, and Donna and Craig with Virginia State Open there soon was no turning back. Collaborating with Glenn Scales and Jerry Almonte for several years at ALHC prepared him for the rewarding challenge of DJ Coordinator for ILHC and further collaboration with Allen Kerr.

Somewhere along the line, Mike developed interest for blues dancing and with his partner, who was also his first instructor, Donna Barker, helped foster the D.C. blues scene into what it is today. So, with all of these different events and tastes, Mike does his best to read the crowd and ride the collective wave of dancers on all around the floor. Looking back, Mike feels honored to be asked back to many events including ILHC, Lindy Focus, DCLX, Philly Lindy Love, Blues Muse, Pitt Stop, and many more.

Duane Grover

Not interesting enough to have a full bio, there's only one thing a dancer should know about Duane:
"I like my blues like I like my scotch -- straight up."

...the other acceptable answer would be "a lot!"