Norman Sylvester, “The Boogie Cat,” is an Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductee, and is one of the most engaging blues showmen around the Northwest. Norman has released a new CD of ten original songs “Blues Stains on my Hands,” a tribute to all the Pioneers of Blues who traveled the Chitlin’ Circuit keeping the blues and its history alive. Influenced from his Southern Baptist early years and the Gospel Quartet his father, Mack Sylvester, toured with (they were as sharp with their fashion as they were in their harmonies), these examples show in Sylvester’s own performance. There is the work for the paycheck and the work for your passion. Norman’s music is most definitely his passion! The Boogie Cat has paid his dues and now he is living his dreams.