Sbs v33 3 jun jul 2012

1

The Official Publication of the Sacramento Blues Society June-July 2012 Volume 33 Issue 3

2

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 3 June-July 2012

Presidentrsquos Notesmdash Liz Walker

will be posted on the website each

month

Id like to thank the Board members for their diligence and willingness Becoming a Board member is not an easy task and with so many brand new members it has been a very steep learning curve But the energy and ideas all these new people are bringing to your Society is incredible For the first time a strategic plan has been developed to help guide the board and the

society

You can view this plan on our website Its not perfect nor is it complete but it is a beginning and a helpful tool We (the board and your society) could use your help Please consider getting involved Join a committee write an article for this publication host a fundraiser for BITS There are multiple avenues to lend your voice and talents to building the

Sacramento Blues Society

Spring is here and before you know it summer is going to be blasting away Blues festivals are abundant coast to coast but were not lacking for blues in our own backyard Through collaborations with Carrera Productions and Swell Productions SBS members will be able to enjoy such fabulous acts as BeauSoleil Quartet and The Blues Broads Weve also partnered with Coloma Live Check our website for details SBS will be hosting their own events as well Check elsewhere in this publication

for details

Your Blues Society is trying new things for instance the Kaye Bohler original painting auction The winner was thrilled to gain the painting and Blues In The Schools (BITS) benefited from the auction In addition as this newsletter goes to print we are experimenting with a second Saturday event at Laughs Unlimited showcasing not only blues but our member visual artists as well Also in a further effort towards transparency the Board meeting minutes

Itrsquos Time To Get Your Boogie On

Under the Stars

Saturday JUNE 30TH Whatrsquos better than hanging under the stars on a summer night grooving to some ex-

cellent sounds from the Boogie Woogie Queen

Wendy DeWitt Irsquoll tell you hanging under

the stars listening to Wendy DeWitt and

Big Earl and the Crying Shame

Thatrsquos right two foot stomp-ing get up and move acts

one night one place

PoBoyrsquoZ Bar amp Grill 9580 Oak Ave Parkway Folsom

7-10pm $15 General $10 SBS Members

sacbluescom

Election Time

will be coming around before you know it Not just our national elections this fall but elections for your Board Its not to soon to start thinking about participating in the governing of your Soci-ety Becoming involved with a committee is the best way to find out whats going on and to bring your ideas forward

Since this is an ldquoevenrdquo year there will be six va-cant seats on the Board to fill Can your seat fill one

New Logo By Rick Nolan

Thank you to all blues

fans who contributed a

design for our new logo

contest The winner is

Dan Winkler

You will soon see this

winning design on new

t-shirts tank tops and

sweat shirts at SBS

events and on our web-

site

3


Hi all you SBS Members Yep this is Skip Murphy your Events Chair representative for The Sacramento Blues Society Holy Moly time is flyinrsquo by and itrsquos getting hotter with the summer months ahead I want to thank Grant Urias and the Revolving Doors for their continued support of the Sacramento Blues Society Grant has a Blues Jam at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom every Sunday starting at 700 pm I donrsquot know if you have checked out the Randy Carey Jam at Louiersquos off Mather Field Drive but I got to tell you talk about a boat load of FUN for free Itrsquos the first Sunday of every month starting at 200 pm Great music great food and in fact they have a food competition for each and every 1st Sunday SOOOOO you can imagine the volume of food and the hype around it I highly recom-mend going and spending the afternoon with Randy and the Band Great guy doing very cool things for you and I This is a SBS sponsored Blues Jam so bring your axe and get ready to ldquothrow downrdquo as we say SBS hosted its first Second Saturday event May 12th with the support of Laughs Unlimited a SBS Business Mem-ber The show featured Kathie Lambert and Richard White Irsquom not sure if any of you have heard of Kathie Lambert but if you remember she did one of the Blue Notes cover pages Not only is she a great artist but a wonderful asset to our community as well as a longtime resident and advocate for the Arts in Sacramento Our second Artist is a newcomer to the SBS Richard White and Irsquom sure you have seen his work as well Richard took the picture and designed the graphics for The Stephen Schofer Benefit that was just held at the Torch Club The talent that we have in our SBS community is exten-sive and I think as a group we can impact Sacramento as well as get attention to as players call it the ldquoback linerdquo Please feel free to contact me if yoursquore interested in dis-playing your work during our next foray into the Second Saturday arena (location and month to be announced check back to sacbluescom for updates) IBC is coming We have some great ideas in store for

the upcoming International Blues Competition (IBC) this fall Our goal is to make the next IBC better than the last then the next IBC even better than that and then the fol-lowing year even betterhellip well I think you get the idea We want to actively include the local Sacramento (and area) musicians and bands to assist with selection criteria promoting the event and fund raising We need ideas as well as PARTICIPATION from the Blues Community for

not just making a great IBC but to also have a lot of fun get a big Pot Orsquo Gold to pay the winner to truly cover ex-penses and yes get some recognition and promotion for participating bands and SBS along the way

SBS is partnering with several shows in the area to bring you some excellent blues with member discounts Come out and show your support for our partners and for the Blues

June 9thmdashColoma Live ($5 discount)

June 16thmdashBlues Broads (A Swell 10 discount) June 30thmdashWendy DeWitt and Big Earl ($500 off)

July 21stmdashBlues amp Bones (when you buy your ticket

through SBS the Society receives $5 towards our Gene Chambers Musician Emergency Fund)

July 28thmdashBeauSoleil Quartet (Carrera Productions is a

generous sponsor of our Blues in the Schools program)

Be sure to check sacbluescom for more information and

updates

Letrsquos get some ideas going ndash who wants to help The Only Way We Can Make A Difference Is With YOU Together we can make this year an IMPACT YEAR Please contact either Skip Murphy skip1955comcastnet or Zane Toberer ztoberergmailcom Thanks for all your support and keep a seat for me

Whatrsquos Happeningmdashby Skip Murphy

4


piece band and a jam session where the kids had an opportunity to play with the band That first year the musicians were volunteering their services Every one of the players would share how much they loved doing this and how rewarding it was to share their passion to possibly ignite a spark in a young musician and watch them embrace the blues Receiving Recognition for our program and our musicianclinicians Upon completion of the first year the committee gathered feedback from the students and teachers Armed with the compiled data thank you letters and news articles the program was able to get grants from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission along with donations from Wal-Mart and Target Blues in the Schools was on the way Realizing that Blues in the Schools was a viable program a committee of folks dedicated to expanding BITS created a strategic plan and came up with a program with multiple aspects and projects Part of the mission of BITS is to support Sacramentos local blues musicians With support from the Sacramento Blues Society and fund-raising efforts all musicians performing in one aspect or another for BITS are now paid for their talent and time Expanding to After-School and Beyond For the past four years BITS has offered after school lessons on guitar drum and bass in two high schools BITS have also been a favorite of the Yolo County Arts Council bringing not only the lecture series to Yolo County schools for the past five years but introducing a song writing contest this year This contest originated with the Sacramento County Office of Education CourtCommunity Schools where at-risk students wrote the lyrics to a blues song The contest has now produced four new baby blues songs (with musical arrangement performance and recording done by musicians from the program) all compiled on a CD Liz Walker had the privilege of delivering the CD to this yearrsquos winner Ammon Burdge Ammonrsquos song lsquoSkyrsquos Turning Gray Bluesrsquo was inspired by a tough day at work He has been a member of the school Jazz Band for three years and was also recognized for his outstanding guitar playing at S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e Universityrsquos Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival This busy young man hopes to soon release an album with his sister and he also plays with

A little History on Blues in the Schools

by Cynthia Jaynes and Liz Walker photos by Bob Cosman

Why we do it Our Blues in the Schools (BITS) program has a mission to provide special opportunities to educate youth in the Sacramento area in order to teach the historical significance of the Blues and its beginning and ongoing impact on American and World culture The goal of the Blues in the Schools program strives to bring musicians educators storytellers and other performers together to assist each other in teaching students about Blues music its culture and its impact on American history The Beginning The Society had a small Blues in the Schools program in the early 1980rsquos that brought name entertainers to local schools then the program diminished from lack of attention In 2004 re-energized with new officers two Board members began rebuilding the program despite having no funds and no working relationships with any of the schools in the area Stan Alves recruited willing musicians to donate their time and Cynthia Jaynes reached out to respected local Blues historian radio personality and musician Mick Martin to see if he was interested in bringing the blues to local students Fortunately Mick was totally willing to volunteer his time as the main lecturer and promoter for the program BITS began at a charter school with about 30 music students grooving to a lecture along with a live performance by a full volunteer band The students were invited to join with the band to jam and sing The second session featured an up and coming kid named Jackie Greene Jackie has a huge following here in Sacramento

and this got the attention of the Sacramento News and Review They sent a reporter and photographer to cover the presentation With press covering the second event BITS was up and running BITS was also fortunate to have a recently retired music teacher (and boogie woogie pianist) Gaye Wood as one of the regenerating members She was instrumental in getting the program into a local school district During that first year nine schools received a free lecture by Mick accompanied by a guitarist This presentation was followed by a second performance which featured more lecture content a full 4 or 5

Young Jackie Greene

at the keyboard

Mick Martin Marta Gee Jackie

Greene and an enthusiastic student

Liz amp Ammon Burge

COVER PHOTO by Bob Cosman Kara ldquoCordova

Redrdquo Wall Sage Lauwerys amp Veronica Tezare West Campus HS

5


Yolo Schools lsquoSyncopating Sea-Monkeysrsquo Ammon has been accepted to Northern Arizona University and we wish him well on his studies to eventually plans to become a lawyer

With all of the school performances and various programs BITS brings the blues to well over a 1000 kids each year That is over 8000 students since 2004 Thousands of young souls exposed to the Blues Some of these students are now regulars

at the local blues jams Itrsquos a joy to behold One teacher wrote to usrsquo ldquoI really want to thank you for all that you do the work that you put in and the grants that you write that give students such amazing opportunitiesrdquo We can only respond that we believe the amazing teachers and students that we have met through BITS deserve the praise Reaching out to at-risk students But BITS isnt limited to school sites The program has brought the blues to such organizations as WIND Youth (a school for homeless teens) and the local Boys amp Girls Club Los Angeles Weve provided a summer program at a local housing complex and hope tp start a program at an agency that provides services to children in crisis Impacting the local Arts scene Gaining recognition from national and local foundations BITS has been recognized for their efforts in bringing music back into the lives of young people The programrsquos interactions within the Sacramento arts and business community including the Crocker Art Museum Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Yolo County Arts C o u n c i l R e x FoundationSacramento Kings and more have enabled all involved to bring about a higher awareness of the blues But more than that BITS has brought passion confidence broadened horizons and opportunities not otherwise available to young people of our community By supporting

Blues in the Schools continued

local musicians and music venues Blues in the Schools also brings economic growth to the Sacramento region How you contribute to the program To help fund the BITS program the Society holds a n a n n u a l c o n ce r t -fundraiser This year was no

exception and our members responded with generosity The BITS Benefit was held at The Station in Roseville and headlined by The Dennis Jones Band a local favorite from Los Angeles The students from our

after school program at Rosemont

and West Campus High Schools

played and rawked the crowd They

were fantastic If you were there

thanks for attending The funds

generated by this event help cover

the costs not paid by grants Thank you for supporting your Society and Blues in the Schools

The Mighty Horn Section Michael Scott Maja Spencer

Tuesday ldquoBruiserrdquo Watkins Linh ldquoSpicy Chickenrdquo Tran Emma Jong amp Elizabeth ldquoLlamardquo Perez West Campus HS

Alisia Gomez amp Michael

Roa Rosemont HS

Miya Wafford Nestor Reyna Ca-

sey Krzywoszyja Travis Manning amp Alex Bryceson

Rosemont HS

Max Vann Alex Bry-

ceson Rosemont HS

6

JohnE Sandwich Treasurer

Irsquove been playing the guitar since I took it away from my father (he had a deaf ear) at the age of 6 switch-ing to bass soon after My mother played piano at our Baptist church and I would accompany her So gospel was my appetizer classic rock was my main meal for years and now in my golden years blues has become my just desserts Irsquove retired now in Sacramento and intend to help bring music to those that will listen I can see the altruistic drive amp wonder-ful events that SBS has created for NorCal musi-cians and it is appreciated Any efforts that I can do-nate to furthering the local blues and music scene will

be selfless enthusiastic and untiring

Zane Toberer Membership

Chair

I want to promote the Blues as an art form in this area and will do my best to further that goal by assist-ing with producing memorable concerts featuring local and na-tional talent I promote an environ-ment that fostersmentors young people in pursuit of furthering the Blues as well as helping to develop young individuals that have a natural talent for play-

ing Blues music

Skip Murphy Events Chair

Skip did not submit a statement However he has written to you in

his Events articles

Volume 33 Issue 3 June-July 2012

2012 Board Officers

Liz WalkermdashPresident Dave AlcockmdashVice President Charlene MetzlerndashSecretary JohnE SandwichmdashTreasurer Jan Kelley-Parliamentarian

2012 Committee Chairs

BITS mdashCynthia Jaynes Liz Walker Co-Chairs BlueNotes mdashVj Anderson Jan Kelley Co-Editors

EventsIBC Competition mdashSkip Murphy Gene Chambers Musicians Emergency Fund mdash Kim Duvall

Sacramento Blues Hall of FamemdashSally Katen Board Liaisonmdash Jan Kelley

MembershipVolunteers mdashZane Toberer MerchandiseConcessionsGraphics mdash Rick Nolan

Public Relations mdashLiz Walker SacBlues e-NewsCalendar mdashWillie Brown

Web mdashKristen Dahl

Jan Kelley Parliamentarian

I guess you could say Irsquom the lsquoold-timerrsquo having been a part of the SBS in some form or other for about 25 years Former positions Secretary Calendar Grrrl Member-ship President and probably others Irsquom forgetting BLUES has been a part of me just never realized it lsquotil I moved to Sacra-mento in 1984 and went to the Sacramento Blues Festival produced by the late Phil Givant Irsquove been a

volunteer ever since

Tammie Madill Merchandise

Committee

I have been an active member of the Sacramento Blues Society for 12 years I raffled off a beautiful handmade quilt and donated pro-ceeds to Blues In The Schools I helped sign up new SBS members at the Northern California Blues Festival two years in a row and the NAACP Rhythm Blues and Soul Festival at Cal-Expo in 2010 I also went to the 2009 IBC to support the SBS entrants the Delta Wires and Pinkie Rideau and

have volunteered for many events since 2005

Rick Nolan Merchandise Chair

Ive been a member of the Sacra-mento Blues Society for over four years two as a member and two as a b u s i n e s s m e m b e r (wwwBluezzee-Teescom) I love

the BLUES

The Sacramento Blues Society promotes the BLUES to its fullest in the Sacramento amp surrounding area towns I will help promote SBS and keep introducing it to New and Old Blues Fans Letrsquos keep Sacra-mento Blues Society ALIVE for many years and

wearing SBS t-shirts tank tops and sweat shirts

Meet your new BOARD Membersmdashby various

Board Members at

Large

Kristen Dahl Kim DuVall

Tammie Madill Skip Murphy

7


George Clintons Mothershipmdashby Cynthia Jaynes Photos by VJ

Nominations Please - by Sally Katen

Pa r l ia m en t Funkade l ic brought the party to Lake Tahoe and to my surprise the room was packed with the next gen-eration of funkateers W h a t a show There were no less than 12 performers on-stage at any one time including a roller skating cheerleader shirtless cowboy in white fur chaps amp big ol pimp hat Lige Curry on bass Maggot Brain (Michael Hampton) two keyboardists four guitarists and a half dozen singers We were treated to two hours of sci-fi soul pop psy-chedelic jammin with George Clinton 71 at the helm George Clinton has been the driving force be-hind the development of the P-Funk sound having

formed The Parliaments as a doo-wop group in the late 1950s T h e f u n k sound socially conscious lyr-ics and the P-Funk mythol-ogy were de-veloped pri-

marily by Clinton and have been especially influential for later RampB hip hop and rock music Its a real shame that Clinton must continue to tour in order to make a living Although in 1979 Clinton and 15 members of ParliamentFunkadelic were inducted into the Rock amp Roll Hall of Fame legal issues have kept them from realizing financial security So be sure to support George amp the Mothership next time they land near you

The Sacramento Blues Society is soliciting nomina-tions for the 2012 Hall of Fame and weve made it very easy to participate You may now submit nomi-na t ions on l ine f rom ou r web s i te To nominate a worthy person please go to sacbluescom website and click on the Hall of Fame logo on the left which will take you to our Hall of Fame page Be sure to read the nominating guide-lines and selection process before submitting an in-ductee the nominee must adhere to the guidelines There is no limit to how many you may nominate as long as they meet the qualifications These are peo-ple who had an impact and overall influence on Blues in the Sacramento region for 20 or more years There are a lot of Nominees waiting for you to send me their names All nominees must be submitted p r i o r t o S e p t e m b e r 1 2 0 1 2 The 2012 Sacramento Blues Society - Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be during the annual Membership Party in December 2012 and plaques for the inducted personalities will join the past nomi-nees at the Torch Clubrsquos ldquoWall of Famerdquo

A full costume party in session NomdashItrsquos just a little P-Funk (Taken in New Orleansndash 2009)

8


Nathan James amp The Rhythm Scratchers What You Make of It (Delta Groove) The blues master cryptologist James Harman can always be counted on to discover and mold great talent SoCal guitarist Nathan James is perhaps one of the best to emerge from Harmanrsquos tutelage On this Delta Groove debut Nathan and the Rhythm Scratchers deliver a snaky slightly hoodified gem of an album full of country blues (Delta and Piedmont) and the echoey re-verbed RampB sound of the 1950s Itrsquos a great sound that James calls ldquoWashtar Soulrdquo That is from the guitar he built up from scratch (pun intended) in his garage See it is a travel size washboard and a fretted guitar neck made from an ax handle He wears metal finger picks Plug that boy in now And the piece de resistance none other than Super Chikan taught Nathan how to wire LED lights from an auto parts store to a 9-volt battery and install in the Washtar The opening track ldquoChosen Kindrdquo is a rabble rouser of an openermdashNathan calls it ldquohill country trance grooverdquo but I think it could make the Hatfields and the McCoys drop their guns and dance The balance of the power trio (drummer Marty Dodson and bassistharmonica man Troy Sandow) are exceptional in their unified vision in the great body of work here ndashthe instrumentals are inventive and really show off his homemade guitar sound and sympa-thetic sonic recording style ( lots of live one room no iso-lation) Nathan sings his lyrics soulfully in a true voice unaffected engaged Four cool covers fill in the bigger picture of Nathanrsquos musi-cal mind ldquoBlack Snake Jiverrdquo a Blind Boy Fuller ditty ldquoLater Onrdquo a dark Jimmy McCracklin track about chance love ldquoIrsquom A Slave To Yourdquo an obscure Bobby Patterson tune and James Harmanrsquos enticing sex potion ode ldquoRhino Horn rdquo in which Harman sings and plays harp -Mindy Giles-

Daddy Mack Blues Band

Pay the Piper (Inside Sounds)

Memphis knows how to groove ndashdeliberately confidently This band with their fifth album is no exception Led by guitar and singer Daddy Mack Orr there are direct nods to both Son Seals and Albert King in his pinched gritty ferocious 60s-70s guitar sound And interestingly his vocals have that great gargly Gregg Allman tone The two brothers Har-old and James Bonner (bass and guitar) are blood-related to the legendary Memphis band The Fieldstones I had a

CD Reviews

raging night seeing them in a Memphis juke joint back in the early 1990s along with the Blues Revue staff With titles like ldquoPay the Piperrdquo ldquoWorking Manrdquo ldquoSugar Daddyrdquo ldquoWoman Do Rightrdquo and ldquoBlack and Bluerdquo you are getting timeless lyrics that could have been released in the 1950s-1960s Nearly all of these songs are written by Eddie Dattel and Wally Ford Eddie is the owner of the la-bel This CD is really wonderfully programmed moving from powerful up tempo to afterhours ballads They know how to NOT overplay with lengthy solos and give each ensem-ble member a spotlight The churchy B-3 padding on many of the songs by Joe Boogie () and the warm Stax-like horns (Carl Wolf and EJ Dyce) again bring the southern soul to the forefront Chromatic harp from Billy Gibson gets a turn on ldquoLetrsquos Get Togetherrdquo It is stark slow and march-like and tells of a bandstand plea Gibson is on five tracks ldquoTrickle Down Bluesrdquo sung by James Bonner is a bona fide ldquoStray Cats Strutrdquo delight The background vocals and tasty clarinet makes it a perfect election year single There is deep honesty stateliness and fun here Some-body ought to get this CD to the Allman Brothers right quick and let them cover some of these songs -Mindy Giles-

9

Thanks to our Business Members (listed below and next page)

for supporting our efforts to entertain and educate the community with blues events and music programs


Horsemenrsquos Club April 15 2012mdashby Steve Cagle

There were no April showers on this blue-sky Sunday af-ternoon as a lawn filled with blues lovers gathered for the inaugural Porsquo Boyz blues festival on the grounds of the venerable equestrian country club The ingredients were all there for a soul-satisfying day as evidenced by the col-

lective smiling faces and dancing feet

Things got rolling with the Boogie Woogie Queens Wendy DeWitt Sue Palmer and Dona Oxford setting the enthusiastic crowd in motion Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers fol-lowed with a spirited set of their trade-mark high-octane Northern California blues Joining Mick

and company was Kyle Rowland whose mastery of blues harmonica con-tinues to take him further from ldquonew kidrdquo status and closer to ldquoold prordquo Roharpo and Tyree Neal added a generous help-ing of fiery Louisiana funk to the equa-tion before making way for the classic-style soul rhythm and blues of Earl Thomas Earlrsquos set elevated the cele-

bratory atmosphere concluding with an extended rendition

of the classic ldquoBlind Crippled and Crazyrdquo

The Main Event followed as Kenny Neal and his band hit

the stage to deliver their special blend of bayou blues and swampland soul It was evident from the first note that the members of this family band (Kenny brothers Frederick and Darnell nephew Tyree and drummer Bryan Morris) were no musical strangers to each other displaying an almost telepathic rapport in their note-perfect perform-ance The front stage lawn was immediately filled with dancing revelers as front man Kenny commanded the at-tention and adulation of everyone within earshot He moved out into the crowd during his signature vintage soul medley anchored by the Ivory Joe Hunter chestnut ldquoSince I Met You Babyrdquo giving audience members a face-to-face front row experience as he played guitar and orchestrated a sing-along as he mingled with the

crowd

Fillmore Slim and Kyle Rowland joined the Neal family for a funk-intensive finale that rivaled James Brown and included many nods to the hardest working man in show biz When the smoke cleared the audience departed basking in the glow

of complete musical satisfaction

Kudos to Porsquo Boyz proprietor and event producer Brenda Taylor whose premier Horsemenrsquos Club event was an

unequivocal success and we hope the first of many such events Thank you Brenda Kenny and everyone who

helped make it a memorable day in Sacramento

10

Northern California Blues Festival

e-mail

infonorcalbluesfestcom

Website

httpwwwnorcalbluesfestcom

313 Laurence Ave

Kansas City Mo

64111

1-888-BLUESINrsquo

wwwbluescruisecom

Please Patronize the following Businesses and venues

that Support your Blues Society with their membership

Louiersquos

Cocktail Lounge

3030 Mather Field Road

Rancho Cordova CA

95670

916-262-9151

11

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 3

Andy Keene amp Kinda Blue 916-799-1544 ajkeane3aolcom Big Earl and the Cryin Shame Phone E-mail Bobby Blues Ray 916-422-5830 Chicken amp Dumpling wwwchickenanddumplingnet 530-753-5265 or 530-902-7209

Coyote Slim

408-838-0456

bluesmancoyoteslimcom

wwwcoyoteslimcom

Gail Jo amp the Criminals of Love Gail Bischomdash916-729-4238 gjwb944yahoocom

Gary Mendoza Band 916-599-9947 wwwgarymendozabandcom

Johnny ldquoGuitarrdquo Knox Dave Croall amp the Soothers 916-455-6349 rightdavehotmailcom Midnight Mind-Katie Knipp Solo singersongwriter httpwwwkatieknippcom (415) 272-7581 katiek4604comcastnet O Street Jumps Dan 916 -944-7292 Cari 916-725-4889 Packard Slim wwwpackardslimcom Russell Blues Band Clint Marrs Vocals amp Guitar 530-307-1709 crmarrscrmarrscom Snake Alley Tommy Ingmdash707-495-4779 tbonebluesattnet wwwsnakealleybandcom

June-July 2012

Spotted Dog Rockinrsquo Blues Revue Greg Gartrellmdash916-332-5417 raulduke52sbcglobalnet wwwspotteddogmusiccom Steve Foster Band 916-276-9170 Stevefosterband comcastnet

The Bad Catz Zane Toberer 530-391-8089 httpbadcatzwebscom The Bluz Houndz Dave Anthony 916-991-6148 The Blues Vandals 916-384-7457 bluesvandalscom Used Blues Band Sean McGroarty 916-204-9800 Seanmyifpcom Val Starr amp the Blues Rocket Val Starr 916-765-0162 JohnE Sandwich 916-225-0209 wwwbluesrocketbiz

Thanks to our Band Members for supporting our efforts to entertain and educate the

community with blues events and music programs

New Member Bands receive a

Free Business card copy in the first

Blue Notes Following your

membership date and

follow-up listings while a Band Member

a link from our website to yours and

any announcements and offers to Musicians

received on our website

Bluebird Tours Grady OrsquoBryant

Bluebird Tours

Grady OBryant 1017 L St Ste 580 Sacramento CA 95814

(916)443-8741 office (916)271-2685 cell (916)473-5789 fax wwwsactripscom

California Seller of Travel 2084147-40

12

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U S POSTAGE PAID SACRAMENTO CA PERMIT NO 2149

Blue Notes is

The official bi-monthly

Newsletter of the


Co-editors

Vj Anderson amp Jan Kelley

Send information for the

newsletter to

editorsacbluescom

or mail to

Editor

P O Box 60580

Sacramento CA 95860-0580

Not a Member

Join on our website

wwwsacbluescom Current calendar news past

newsletters and more

P O Box 60580


SBS Board of Directors Top Row Directors JohnE Sandwich Zane Toberer

Second row Directors Kim DuVall Tammie Madill Jan Kelley Liz Walker Charlene Metzler Rick Nolan

Not pictured Directors Dave Alcock Kristen Dahl Skip Murphy

2


Presidentrsquos Notesmdash Liz Walker

will be posted on the website each

month

Id like to thank the Board members for their diligence and willingness Becoming a Board member is not an easy task and with so many brand new members it has been a very steep learning curve But the energy and ideas all these new people are bringing to your Society is incredible For the first time a strategic plan has been developed to help guide the board and the

society

You can view this plan on our website Its not perfect nor is it complete but it is a beginning and a helpful tool We (the board and your society) could use your help Please consider getting involved Join a committee write an article for this publication host a fundraiser for BITS There are multiple avenues to lend your voice and talents to building the


Spring is here and before you know it summer is going to be blasting away Blues festivals are abundant coast to coast but were not lacking for blues in our own backyard Through collaborations with Carrera Productions and Swell Productions SBS members will be able to enjoy such fabulous acts as BeauSoleil Quartet and The Blues Broads Weve also partnered with Coloma Live Check our website for details SBS will be hosting their own events as well Check elsewhere in this publication

for details

Your Blues Society is trying new things for instance the Kaye Bohler original painting auction The winner was thrilled to gain the painting and Blues In The Schools (BITS) benefited from the auction In addition as this newsletter goes to print we are experimenting with a second Saturday event at Laughs Unlimited showcasing not only blues but our member visual artists as well Also in a further effort towards transparency the Board meeting minutes

Itrsquos Time To Get Your Boogie On

Under the Stars

Saturday JUNE 30TH Whatrsquos better than hanging under the stars on a summer night grooving to some ex-

cellent sounds from the Boogie Woogie Queen

Wendy DeWitt Irsquoll tell you hanging under

the stars listening to Wendy DeWitt and

Big Earl and the Crying Shame

Thatrsquos right two foot stomp-ing get up and move acts

one night one place

PoBoyrsquoZ Bar amp Grill 9580 Oak Ave Parkway Folsom

7-10pm $15 General $10 SBS Members

sacbluescom

Election Time

will be coming around before you know it Not just our national elections this fall but elections for your Board Its not to soon to start thinking about participating in the governing of your Soci-ety Becoming involved with a committee is the best way to find out whats going on and to bring your ideas forward

Since this is an ldquoevenrdquo year there will be six va-cant seats on the Board to fill Can your seat fill one

New Logo By Rick Nolan

Thank you to all blues

fans who contributed a

design for our new logo

contest The winner is

Dan Winkler

You will soon see this

winning design on new

t-shirts tank tops and

sweat shirts at SBS

events and on our web-

site

3













updates



4







Young Jackie Greene

at the keyboard



Liz amp Ammon Burge



5


















Roa Rosemont HS



Rosemont HS

Max Vann Alex Bry-

ceson Rosemont HS

6





Chair


ing Blues music



his Events articles


2012 Board Officers













Committee





the BLUES




Board Members at

Large



7









8






CD Reviews


9













crowd






10


e-mail


Website


313 Laurence Ave

Kansas City Mo

64111

1-888-BLUESINrsquo

wwwbluescruisecom



Louiersquos

Cocktail Lounge


Rancho Cordova CA

95670

916-262-9151

11



Coyote Slim

408-838-0456


wwwcoyoteslimcom




June-July 2012








membership date and






Bluebird Tours




12


Blue Notes is


Newsletter of the


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