KIM FIELD AND THE PERFECT GENTLEMEN is an all-star roots-music group based in Portland, Oregon. Fronted by harmonica player and vocalist
Kim Field, the band includes Vyasa Dodson (guitar and vocals), Whit Draper (guitar and vocals),
Denny Bixby (bass, keyboards, and vocals), and Jimi Bott (drums).
The group’s members have performed throughout the United States and Europe at such showcases as Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival, the Tampa Bay Blues Festival, Canada’s Tremblant Blues Festival, the Lucerne Blues Festival, Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival, and on the Legendary Blues Cruise. Individually, the members of the Perfect Gentlemen have been honored by the Cascade Blues Association with a total of nearly 30 Muddy Awards for their instrumental prowess and their recordings. Drummer Jimi Bott and guitarist Whit Draper have both been inducted in the Cascade Blues Association’s Hall of Fame. Bott was the winner of the 2015 Blues Music Award for best blues drummer and has won 12 Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award for best drummer, an award that is now named after him.
With their international reputations as true blues stars, and the release of their new album "Don't Need But One," Kim Field and the Perfect Gentleman have established themselves as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier R&B acts.