Saeeda Wright has been seen on stages backing Prince, as a member of his New Power Generation, the Pacific Northwest’s own Liv Warfield and is featured with the Tim Snider Trio. She is very well known and respected for her work as a soloist with the Oregon Symphony and has been a regular participant in Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival.
Ken Boddie sits down with Saeeda to talk about her musical memories of the Fourth of July and her long overdue debut at the festival as a band-leader in her own right.