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started his musical career at 16 playing acoustic upright bass in his high school jazz ensemble,
studying electric bass and playing with the top-40 cover band Prestige. After a 10-year hiatus, Vijarro
began playing the Spokane area in 1987 with the classic rock group The Breaks. Three years later the
blues bug bit him, and he joined the Spokane band, J.R. Boogie gaining experience working clubs,
festivals and shows all across the Northwest opening for many national acts, including Delbert
McClinton, Charlie Musselwhite, Edgar Winter, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Rogers and Johnny Clyde
Copeland. Since 1997, he has worked with D.C Black and the Healers strumming up their brand of
rockin' blues throughout the Northwest, followed by taking the helm at bass in Spokane's popular
top-40 band, Legend. Vijarro then joined The Pat Coast Band in early 2002 touring all around
the Northwest region and completed a studio project titled, 'Don't Touch My Guitar'. This album
received the Inland Empire Blues Society's award for 2003 'Best New Album'. Vijarro also performed
with reggae singer Benville 'Raggs' Gustaffe and his reggae/RB band, Bush Doktor throughout
2005-2006. In addition to performing with the touring band, he continued to expand his fretted and
fretless bass skills freelancing and playing with his blues, jazz, folk, and rock duo The Doghouse Boyz
as well as with the jazz-funk improvisational ensemble Pressure Groove which featured guitarist, and
friend, Ken Luker. Vijarro is considered one of the most solid bass musicians in the region, for which
he received honors from the Inland Empire Blues Society and fans as the 2002, 2003, and 2004 'Best
Blues Bassist'. The Doghouse Boyz have also received the Inland Empire Blues Society's 2003, 2004,
and 2005 Empire Award for 'Best Acoustic Blues Act' putting him in the I.E.B.S. 'Hall of Fame' for three
consecutive Empire Awards for Best Blues Bassist and Best Acoustic Blues Act. The Doghouseboyz
schedule of shows can be found at www.doghouseboyz.com.
studying electric bass and playing with the top-40 cover band Prestige. After a 10-year hiatus, Vijarro
began playing the Spokane area in 1987 with the classic rock group The Breaks. Three years later the
blues bug bit him, and he joined the Spokane band, J.R. Boogie gaining experience working clubs,
festivals and shows all across the Northwest opening for many national acts, including Delbert
McClinton, Charlie Musselwhite, Edgar Winter, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Rogers and Johnny Clyde
Copeland. Since 1997, he has worked with D.C Black and the Healers strumming up their brand of
rockin' blues throughout the Northwest, followed by taking the helm at bass in Spokane's popular
top-40 band, Legend. Vijarro then joined The Pat Coast Band in early 2002 touring all around
the Northwest region and completed a studio project titled, 'Don't Touch My Guitar'. This album
received the Inland Empire Blues Society's award for 2003 'Best New Album'. Vijarro also performed
with reggae singer Benville 'Raggs' Gustaffe and his reggae/RB band, Bush Doktor throughout
2005-2006. In addition to performing with the touring band, he continued to expand his fretted and
fretless bass skills freelancing and playing with his blues, jazz, folk, and rock duo The Doghouse Boyz
as well as with the jazz-funk improvisational ensemble Pressure Groove which featured guitarist, and
friend, Ken Luker. Vijarro is considered one of the most solid bass musicians in the region, for which
he received honors from the Inland Empire Blues Society and fans as the 2002, 2003, and 2004 'Best
Blues Bassist'. The Doghouse Boyz have also received the Inland Empire Blues Society's 2003, 2004,
and 2005 Empire Award for 'Best Acoustic Blues Act' putting him in the I.E.B.S. 'Hall of Fame' for three
consecutive Empire Awards for Best Blues Bassist and Best Acoustic Blues Act. The Doghouseboyz
schedule of shows can be found at www.doghouseboyz.com.