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The Official Publication of the Sacramento Blues Society

This writer, along with some o t h e r l a d i e s w i t h spontaneous natures (you know, the ones that’ll always say ―hell yea I’m in‖ when you get a crazy bug to drive to San Diego for a blues show), recently hit the road for a very quick run to check out my favorite bluesman, Zac Harmon, in

his only west coast appearance this summer.

We made good time to San Diego county, in only 10.5 hours (including a 2 hour stop in Oceanside for a beach walk, cocktails & food.) The new truck practically drove itself with plenty of room and excellent tunes. An evening of grillin & chillin was awaiting us in Carlsbad at my good friend Alice’s house, but first a ―simple‖ task of assembling a gas fire pit (think 4 boxes and a gazillion screws!) Fortified with further cocktails, we dove in. Two hours later with only 2 screws left over, we had flame. Oh yea! Now what’s the point of being that close to the ocean and not partaking of what it has to offer up? So our hostess, who is without a doubt the mostest when it comes to gourmet cooking, grilled up some halibut that was so fresh I swear I got wet when it was unwrapped. An excellent evening around a fire pit we

built (well, assembled anyway) with good food, good wine and good friends set the stage for the day to

come.

85° and light breezes greeted us in Julian, California at the Menghini Winery for the thirteenth annual Blues Bash. Set amongst some rolling hills and horse pastures this festival offered plenty of shaded areas, kickin BBQ (which I managed to get all down the front of me within the first 30 minutes of the day!), two stages with lots of local talent and some imported headliners. Robb Bower (the festival organizer) and Company opened the show with their local 11 year old wonder boy. I just love seeing young players tearing it up on stage with all the ―old‖ dudes. A couple of other local bands performed that apparently didn’t impress me much as I have nothing to say in regards to them. I did represent Sacramento Blues Society to the festival promoters and to the Blues Lovers United of San Diego with whom I ended up having a lengthy conversation

regarding their Blues in the Schools program.

A repeat performance for me, Texas native Catherine Denise (first caught her up in Loma Rica), is an itty bitty thing with a big guitar sound. ―Bad girls galore-give’em a shot of Patron!‖ and we’re off and running with Joe Wood & the Lonely Ones. Very funky, storytelling type set. Zac and the boys were up next. Due to a schedule

Road Trip to Blues Bash-Julian, California

June 17th-19th, 2011 by Lizzie

August-September 2011 Volume 32; Issue 4

―SBS will hold a special membership meeting during

the IBC Competition September 25, 2011 at The

Station in Roseville.

The focus of the special member meeting is to vote on proposed updates and revisions to the SBS by-laws, which will be posted for review in a side room.

during the IBC competition.

Members of the Bylaws Revision Committee will be

available to discuss and clarify the proposed changes, so please do take a moment during the

IBC to cast your vote.

These proposed changes are planned to be posted

on the SBS website, so check them out in ad-vance.

Contact Kristen Dahl should you have ques-tions or comments, at kay.dee55@yahoo.com.

IMPORTANT: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

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Greetings Sacramento Blues Society (SBS)

members and blues enthusiasts,

Ah, summertime in Northern California!

I’m sure you are all aware of the upcoming 2011 Northern California Blues Festival coming to the Auburn District Regional Park on August 5th & 6th with great musicians: Kenny Neal Band, Carolyn Wonderland, Dennis Jones, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Caravan Of Allstars, Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers, Jeff Watson Band with Daniel Castro, The Soulshakers, Todd Morgan & The Emblems and Population 5. Mr. Jason Haxton and his production group have really put together another great line-up for us to enjoy. This will be a wonderful two-day festival with a full variety of blues styles starting on a Friday evening and then all day Saturday. Your SBS is proud to be a major sponsor of this festival and hopefully we’ll see you there. Be sure to stop by our tent for a 2011 festival t-shirt to

support our BITS program!

The SBS will be holding a solo/duo IBC competition in September to send back to Memphis in 2012.

(Stay tuned for more details).

The Fire On The Mountain – Sonora Blues Festival will be held on August 13th in Sonora with a great line-up, the Blues By The Bay Festival in Eureka is scheduled for Labor Day weekend and on

August-September 2011

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES?

Most blues fans readily acknowledge Riley B. King as ―King of the Blues.‖ But B. B.’s surname has proven irresistible to a variety of other stringbenders. What are the actual given names of these other Kings? 1. Earl King; 2. Albert King; 3. Eddie King; 4. Little Jimmy King.

Answers found within this newsletter From the Knowledge Card deck, What Do You Know About the Blues? By Cary Wolfson. Reprinted with the permission of the publisher, Pomegranate Communications, Inc., www.Pomegranate.com, (800) 227-1428

September 17th the Delta Blues Festival in Antioch features some great Bay Area

blues entertainers.

Enjoy the rest of ―Summer 2011‖ by catching some blues

near you!

Coming on Friday, October 21st, the SBS is partnering with Carrera Productions & Events to bring the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring the Tommy Castro Band with Curtis Salgado, Bernard Allison & Deanna Bogart to the fresh new venue – Three Stages at Folsom Lake College. A portion of the proceeds will benefit our BITS program. (More information can be found at www.carrera-productions.com). I’d recommend that

you purchase your ticket early!

Thanks again for your continued support of the Sacramento Blues Society, the Blues In The Schools Program, the benefits, the local clubs, the festivals and the wonderful blues musicians in our area. I can’t stress how important it is to support your local clubs! Just recently one of our favorite venues, Constable Jack’s has had to close the door due to

the struggling economy in our region.

As always, ―Save me a seat‖,

Willie Brown

Willie’s Wise Words

GOT GREAT IDEAS? LIKE TO SHAKE THINGS UP?? LOVE THE BLUES??

Consider serving on the Board of Directors for the

Sacramento Blues Society!!

Each December SBS members elect 5 or 6 officers for 2 year terms on this voluntary Board of Directors (BOD). All SBS matters, programs and events are planned and played out by these 11 members, with

help from various committees.

We are in need of thoughtful, energetic and reliable folks who love the blues and hope to see the blues society become a vital part of the evolving arts com-

munity in the Sacramento region.

Wanna check it out first? Of course you do! So, come out to the next SBS Board meeting, help the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 pm @ the SMUD Building at 65th & S St. In fact anyone interested in serving on the BOD must have attended BOD meet-

ings within the past year.

We will be accepting nominations for BOD members starting September 1, 2011. You can nominate your-self or another SBS member by contacting Cynthia

Jaynes at bits@sacblues.com or 916 202 5075.

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What’s Happening – by Lizzie Walker ;

It's hard to believe it's the middle of summer already! What happened to all those endless long lazy sum-mer days that stretched out in front of you the minute the bell rang on the last day of school? Nowadays the time just seems to whiz by. But no worries...you

still have time to check out some great happenings.

As this goes to print our Mid Summer Madness show will have been a wonderful night under the stars at PoBoy'Z. Coming right up is the Northern California Blues Festival, August 5th & 6th. You don't want to miss the fabulous Kenny Neal, Carolyn Wonderland, Big Brother & the Holding Company and much, much more. The Auburn Regional Park is a wonderful venue with a great natural bowl area for the stage, lots of shade, and plenty of room to boogie. You get a lot for your money at this family friendly festival. Check out the website for more information:

http://www.norcalbluesfest.com.

Miller Park will be rocking Labor Day weekend with the NAACP R&B Fes-tival. SBS is again collaborating on this festival, bring-ing local talent to this show on Sep-tember 3rd

. With a $5 gate admis-sion you'll be able to bring the whole family to enjoy the music and activi-ties. Check back to sacblues.com for more informa-

tion.

The International Blues Challenge competition fol-lows on Septem-ber 25th. This year the competi-tion will be for solo/duo acts only. Details and

more information regarding this event can be found

elsewhere in the newsletter.

October will find SBS sponsoring Blues on the River

with Mick Martin, Jeff Watson and oth-ers on the first Sunday (the 2nd) at

Swabbies.

The VFW Hall Post 67 will again host our annual membership party Sunday, December 4th (don't worry there will be enough bartenders.) We're working on our headliner for that show, a couple of suggestions have been Charlie Musslewhite, Cafe R & B, and Dave Meni-

ketti. Who would you like to see? Let me know.

It is sad news that the region is losing another blues club. Constable Jack's closed it's doors at the end of July and we will miss them. Club owners every-where have shared with me the struggle of keeping the doors open and the music playing. The Sacra-mento region is rich in live music. Do what you can to support it. Check back to sacblues.com for more details as events draw near and thanks to our Face-book friends for checking in as well. Get on out there

and boogie down the summer.

Liz

SAVE THE DATE!

Aug 5th & 6th

NorCal Blues Fest

@ Auburn Regional Park

Sept 3rd

R&B Fest @ Miller Park

Sept 25th

IBC Competition @

The Station

Oct 2nd

Blues on the River @

Swabbies

Dec 4th

Membership Party @

VFW Hall Post 67

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES?

1. Earl Johnson was a prolific songwriter who played guitar on a host of New Orleans R&B hits in the 1950s. His fame didn’t really

leak out of the Crescent City until he made several CDs on Black Top in the 1990s.

A few of us from Sacramento trekked down to Stockton to Ronnie Jon Lozano’s Pacific Grill Thursday, July 7th to hear some of the best in blues harmonica and we were definitely not disap-

pointed.

Watching Little Charlie Baty

playing blues brought back many good times when he was ―the man‖ in Little Charlie & the Night-

cats, which is now known as Rick Estrin and the Nightcats. He definitely hasn’t lost his chops; as he demon-strated quite well, playing throughout the entire set of 2 ½ hours non-stop. Sure wish we could see more of him these

days, he’s fantastic!

Mark Hummel took the lead as

MC extraordinaire, and is proba-bly the most long-winded per-son I know. And I mean that in a good way, having counted at least 17 measures where he

played on that harp without a breather, until it was his last breath. It was a real treat to see him up front

and personal. Mark’s been or-ganizing these events for sev-eral years now and always comes up with great internation-ally known talent. He played a lot of jump blues, at which he excels, and made everyone wish they could get up & dance, concluding with the beautiful

song ―Midnight Creeper.‖

Continuing the set was Lazy Lester, an older gentleman from Louisiana who had a long

and successful career with Excello Records. After a hiatus of nearly two decades, Lester returned to re-cording and touring due to popular demand. He has

been inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame and has won a W C Handy (Blues Music Award) for his recording ―Lazy Lester Rides Again.‖ Lester makes one feel like his jokes and stories, harp playing and singing, are meant only for you. He favored us with some of his hit songs from previous years - ―Blues Are Knockin’ At My Door,‖ ―Chicken

Fat‖ and ―Rainin’ In My Heart,‖ amongst others.

And then the Magic really be-gan, with the entrance of Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz),

original member of the J Geils Band for many years, a true virtuoso on the harmonica. Never one to put on airs, he related how he was terribly ill with whooping cough just last year, from August to Decem-ber & wasn’t sure he’d ever play again. It sure wasn’t evi-dent now, as he showed what

trills & drills he can do with ease. Many of you can remember ―The Centerfold‖ which helped get them airplay in the 80’s and ―Love Stinks.‖ One song I hadn’t heard before was called ―Temperature‖ and was executed flawlessly. Magic Dick is truly magic with his harp! The J Geils Band tours infrequently now, with the next scheduled show in August in Bos-

ton.

Last but not least by any means, June Core on drums and R. W. Grigsby on bass kept it all together with their fine rhythms. Closing out the evening, Kyle Rowland was invited to join in at the finale with all the

harp players and did a fine job, as always.

Check out Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout tour dates & try to catch one of these shows, you’ll be

glad you did!

A ‘MAGICAL’ NIGHT—MARK HUMMEL’S HARMONICA BLOWOUT

By Jan Kelley; photos by Bob Cosman

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Blues In the Schools—By Cynthia Jaynes

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Jeesh! Where did the summer go? Have we had summer yet? Whassup with the cool cool Sacramento summertime blues? The Blues In The Schools committee has been working hard to expand the blues scene, reach out to communities we haven’t visited and turn more young music lovers onto the world of blues. I’m so excited to announce that Dave and Kira Channell will be teaching a short term arts camp at a Pacific Housing complex in Roseville during August, 2011. This is a pilot project and if all goes well, we hope to replicate that at other

sites in the area.

The new and improved Blues In The Schools DVD is nearly completed and will be coming soon to a PC

near you! We’ve worked hard for nearly a year in getting this recorded and mastered professionally and I can’t wait to see the finished product. Big thanks to Liz Walker and Gerry Blalock for the countless hours spent in

production.

We also have a new and improved logo for BITS which will be featured all over the place in the near future. Take a look and enjoy! Thanks to Rick Nolan of Bluezzee-tees, Dan Winkler of Quantum Graphics,

and Laura Lund for seeing this project through.

SACRAMENTO BLUES SOCIETY BLUES HALL OF FAME

Dennis Moffett and Sally Katen

A few years ago the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) started the Blues Hall of Fame. Every year a committee assembles to review the nominations that are currently being accepted. The main requirement to qualify for consideration is to have been involved in the Sacramento blues scene for at least 20 years. Applications will be accepted until September 1 and the final selection will be made in time for our Annual

Membership (Christmas Party) in December.

The Hall of Fame Honorees are displayed on the SBS’ Wall of Fame at the Torch Club in downtown Sacramento. We thank Marina Texeira for allowing and joining with the Sacramento Blues Society in honoring the Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame Musicians and Blues Music Promoters. Go to www.sacblues.com and pick the ―Hall of Fame‖ link. All the rules, forms and necessary information are posted at this web link. Please consider the musicians and/or promoters or any other blues lovers

that meet these qualifications.

Every calendar year the Sacramento Blues Society Membership elects new Board Members. These Board members decide the direction of the Sacramento Blues Society. Any active member can run for the Board by just presenting your name to the Board prior to the elections at the December Board Meeting. The Board meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the SMUD building between 59th and 65th Street by Highway 50. The meeting starts at 7 PM and anyone can attend. A board member is elected for a 2-year term and can only be on the Board for 2 terms (4 years in a row). After that, he/she must stay off the Board for one

year.

Being on the Board is a volunteer position but if you

are interested in the Blues activity in the Sacramento Area, it is a good way to be a part of what is going on in Sacramento and surrounding areas. This is my last year (my 4 years are up) to be on the Sacramento Blues Society Board due to term limits. Several other Board Members are also terming out. We are looking for new people to help us out by attending some of our Board meetings and then running for a seat on the Board. It is very important that you attend some Board meetings if you are interested in joining the Sacramento Blues Society

Board.

Please consider attending the next Board meeting on

the second Tuesday of the month at SMUD.

Attend a Sacramento Blues Society Board Meeting by Dennis Moffett

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What can be nicer than escaping the 100 degree Sacramento heat by slipping down to the beautiful

Monterey bay for three evenings of music? The 2011 Monterey Bay Blues Festival weather was the usual—about 68 degrees with morn-ing and evening fog, but

that did not dampen the spir-

its of the crowd.

This festival is two ex-tremes—a huge arena with limited access for viewing and photos, and two out-door stages with more

access and interaction with

the artists.

I made my list, and dashed from stage to stage, trying not to miss a thing, but, alas, couldn’t do it all. My Fri-day highlights were The Blues Broads (Dorothy Morri-son, Angela Strehli. Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Deanna Bogart) and Café R&B

(Byl Carrington and Roach). The arena stage featured R&B, which drew the boomers, but did not

interest me.

Ruthie Foster and Magic

Slim called me to the Arena Stage on Saturday, and I did duck back in to catch a bit of Bobby Rush, but the ―real blues‖ were again out on the grounds stages. Both Bobby Rush and Chick Willis are talented

musicians, but I personally do not

August-September

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES?

2. Albert Nelson sometimes claimed to be B.B.’s brother, but that was just confabulation – although he was indeed born in Indianola,

Mississippi, like the master. His left-handed guitar playing would have stood out no matter his name or relations.

care for their stage p e r f o r m a n c e s —reminds me of bur-lesque. Mavis Sta-ples took me to the Arena stage Sunday, and again, the rest of my time was spent on the grounds. Too much ―R‖ and not

enough ―B‖ for me. (However, a little zydeco from Chubby Carrier was

a nice seasoning for the

field of blues.)

I really like seeing our area musicians on the festival stages, and our harp loay-ers were well represented. Wingnut Adams, Sean McGroarty and Darryl

Mans f ie ld p e r f o rm ed with Used Blues Band. Our own 18 year old Kyle Rowland did the hometown

proud with a great set.

Kyle also teamed with a 17 year old guitar player, Livia Slingerland at the Sly McFly after-jam. When the p o w e r went out these two

held the audience until power came back on, about 45 minutes. Great

job, Kyle and Livia!

The bay area bands, Blues at Eleven, J.C. Smith, Tip of the Top, Dale Ockerman, Mike Ham-mar,and Twice as Good, etc., filled

the grounds with faithful followers each evening, and a good time was had by

all.

Festival by the Bay—Monterey Bay, that is! By Valeriejeanne Anderson

Wingnut Adams

Darryl Mansfield

Jeff Minneweather w Kyle

Henry Oden with Kyle Rowland Band

Kevin Burton w/ Kyle

Gary Mendoza w/Kyle’s

Kyle Rowland

Kyle and Kenny Marchese

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Road Trip—Continued

I was bright red but know my head was nodding YES! Too soon their set was over and they were gone. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he’s like warm maple syrup being poured all over my body. The Dennis Jones Band finished out the day and while I like them fine and they’re a really good band I just couldn’t focus on any more music. It was all over for me at

that point.

Our road trip was rounded out with a

late night visit to an old friend who is now living on a

yacht in downtown San Diego and breakfast at

another friend’s new digs. We hit the road by 11

a.m. and were home by 8 p.m. Not a bad weekend

for a quick out-of-towner.

August-September

conflict in Santa Monica, The Zac Harmon Band switched headliner spots with The Dennis Jones Band. The change in the line-up worked just fine for me as my excitement level was starting to reach fever pitch. In no time at all the women were screaming and the men were squirming. The energy and talent this band brings to the stage is just phenomenal. You can tell that these guys just loving playing together. The set had some new arrangements and some of his ―classics‖. This author got some special love from the stage when Zac asked in the middle of Sugar man, ―so Liz, you gonna let me be your Sugar man?‖ Okay, just let the ground open up right now and swallow me. I’m sure

STOP THE PRESSES! By Lizzie

ety. Second: contact us at Sacibc@gmail.com for an application form and send your name, act name, single or duo, email and phone number, along with your registration fee of $20 (and membership appli-cation/fee if necessary) to SBS/IBC, P.O. Box 60580

Sacramento, CA 95860.

The application deadline is September 15th. The first ten acts to enter, according to postmarks and after verifying SBS membership, will compete for

a chance to go to Memphis, Tennessee.

The winners will receive $1500 for travel expenses, plus the SBS will hold two fund raising events to benefit our winner. The second place winner will open at our Annual Membership Party held in De-

cember

Do your part in Keepin’ the Blues Alive by coming out to this event and supporting the SBS and local Blues

artists!

The Sacramento IBC 2011 Competition: The Tradition Continues

By David Alcock

Do you like fun times? Do you want to support the best of the best of Sacramento Blues artists? Then you won’t want to miss Sacramento Blues Society's IBC 2011 Competition on Sept 25, 2011 – 2pm at The Station. You know we love to throw a party and this year’s competition will be no exception as we search for Sacramento's best SOLO/DUO act to send to Memphis for the International Blues Chal-

lenge.

The Station (located at 1100 Orlando Ave., Roseville, right off I-80 @ the Auburn Blvd/Riverside exit) re-starant has been a big supporter of the SBS, and their support continues today. They have donated their bar and restaurant for this event. Good food, great drinks, and the best in Blues will be available for the whole family to enjoy. AND tickets for the

event are only $5.00 at the door!

So, you may be wondering, how do I get some of this smooth action? Easy. First: the act or individu-als must be members of the Sacramento Blues Soci-

We can’t let this newsletter go to press without a giant holler of THANKS to Marshal Wilkerson and all the musicians who took part in the Super Jam at Swabbies on the River July 17th. Whew! What an incredibly groovy day.

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August-September 2011

Joe Bonamassa Dust Bowl

(J&R Adventures) http://jbonamassa.com/ With the first cut 'Slow Train', Mr. Bonamassa sets

the stage for a cloyingly hot and beautifully descrip-tive release. As the recreated chugging of the train picks up pace and moves down the line, picking up hitchhikers in the form of deep soulful vocals and eloquent guitar work, we chug along to the final stop where we encounter the 'new world' of the 'Dust Bowl'. Wonderful 'spaghetti western' guitar tones announce our arrival – here we are treated to an empty world where all we ―get is indecision – the classic run around.‖ Layers of sound created by hand percussion, keyboard, drums and guitar fills the space with an amazing understanding of the subject matter. Joe does not do it alone – he fea-tures John Hiatt (Tennessee Plates), Vince Gill (Sweet Rowena), and Glenn Hughes (Heartbreaker). His work with Mr. Hiatt is especially joyful, in counter balance to the feel of the release, yet it has its place in the overall picture. Fun, rocking and gotta get away feel takes us on the joy ride on this Cadillac with Tennessee plates. 'Sweet Rowena' is a solid blues shuffle where Mr. Gill and Mr. Bonamassa trade vocals and guitar licks that showcases both their versatility and urges us to re-think the industry imposed 'genres' or categories of music that seem to keep us apart more than bring us together. This is another fine album by Joe and in it he shows his ab-

solute mastery of the guitar.

JP Soars: More Bees with Honey

(Soars High Productions) http://www.jpsoars.com/ I firmly believe that the first cut on a release

should set the stage for what follows – so it better be a grabber. Mr. Soars understands this, as 'More Bees With Honey' does just that, featuring Ms. Robin Rogers working the vocal hive with JP in an up-tempo swinging rollick thru the old adage that our parents, no doubt, told us repeatedly, ad nauseum. Mr. Soars’ vocals are certainly unique. Gritty, coarse but spot on, they hold a certain throw-back feel that the Blues has always had, and at times forgets. On 'So Many Times' Soars sings of tears gone dry and the release of a, yet again, unfaithful lover. This is set up in a standard slow blues format featuring some nicely constructed guitar work over the back-drop of Travis Colby's keyboard. JP covers a wide range of styles here, from a funky, wah-wah-laced 'Doggin', to a West Coast swing, tempo-shifting burner 'Hot Little Woman', that extolls the virtues of this special type of woman. I am not quite sure if the tongue is in the cheek or not, but it's cool either way! An interesting cover of Louisiana Red's 'Sweet Blood Call' reminds us that the Blues was created in a less than perfect life, and that some of the lyrics are not as PC as we may like. JP does some nasty guitar work as he drives us around the back roads of the Blues as they used to be. I think this song shows us the link between Hip-Hop, RAP and the Blues quite nicely. Listen to the lyrics, and then maybe listen to some Muddy Waters and others to realize the propin-quity of these seemingly unrelated styles. The final cut here is 'Where'd You Stay Last Night' a great ad-aptation of 'Baby Face' Leroy Foster lyrics and music by JP. This one takes us home and leaves us want-ing more. On this release, Mr. Soars selects from his hive of influences including Johnny Guitar Watson, Guitar Slim, Muddy Waters, Stax and Hill Country Blues – and throws in a little bit of heavy metal for spice. JP is one of the exciting young artists in the Blues. He applies modern touches to classic, tradi-tional Blues music and is doing a damn good job of it. Jimi Patricola Blues411 51 Reitz Parkway Pittsford, NY 14534 chef jimi/ writer reviewer of the Blues and more blues411.com thebluesblast

CD Reviews: Hot Fun in the Summertime! By ChefJimi

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES?

3. Eddie Milton learned his chops on the West Side of Chicago, where he cut heads with the best of them. He later went on to spend 20 years as Koko Taylor’s guitarist and bandleader.

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New Bands receive a Free Business card size ad in the first Blue Notes Following your

membership date and follow-up listings for as long as you remain a Band Member, a link from our

website to yours and the announcements and offers to Musicians received on our website.

H i r e a n S B S m e m b e r b a n d

Al Zaid & Classic Soul 916-627-8627 www.gigsalad.com/al_zaid_classic_soul_band_ sacramento Andy Keene & Kinda Blue 916-799-1544 ajkeane3@aol.com Bad Catz Zane Toberer 530-391-8089 http://badcatz.webs.com/

Blues Farm Band Dave Broida 916-996-5222 BluzHoundz Dave Anthony 916-991-6148 Bobby “Blues” Ray, Jim Monroe & The Blue Knights 916-422-5830 Chicken & Dumpling www.chickenanddumpling.net 530-753-5265 or 530-902-7209 Delta Wires Prima Management 510-814-0872 info@deltawires.com Derek Abel Band 707-580-7052 derekabelband@gmail.com Diamond Bob & the Alley Sneakers bobperro@yahoo.com 408-313-7194 www.diamondbobsblues.com

Doni Harvey 415-308-2836 www.doniharvey.com Gary Mendoza Band 916-599-9947 www.garymendozaband.com Isis & Cold Truth 408-835-4168 Myspace.com/coldtruthband\ Jeff Watson Band 916-709-9696 jeffwatsonband.com myspace.com/jeffwatsonband Johnny “Guitar” Knox Dave Croall & the Soothers 916-455-6349 rightdave@hotmail.com

O Street Jumps

Dan 916 -944-7292

Cari 916-725-4889

Phil Berkowitz & the Dirty Cats 415-337-5448 www.philberkowitz.com Russell Bleus Band Clint Marrs, Vocals & Guitar 530-307-1709 crmarrs@crmarrs.com Rube & the Rhythm Rockers 530-518-9546 www.myspace.com/ruberhythmrockers Snake Alley Tommy Ing—707-495-4779 www.snakealleybluesband.com

Spotted Dog Rockin’ Blues Revue Greg Gartrell—916-332-5417 raulduke52@sbcglobal.net www,spotteddogmusic.com Steve Foster Band 916-276-9170 Stevefosterband @comcast.net The BluSoul Band Daniel Watts 916-899-1043 www.theblusoulband.com Two Tone Steiny & the Cadillacs 916-765-5564 twotonesteiny@yahoo.com Volker Strifler Band 707-363-0080 www.volkerstrifler.com

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When you introduce your business to our

members with a contribution of a

$100.00 annual business membership,

you will receive a web-link from our site

and a business card size acknowledgement in

each of our bi-monthly newsletters to

show your support for our

Blues Music and Education programs.

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Chops Not Chaps Music Productions

Roy Rogers Slide Guitar & Piano

(530) 205-2023

www.roy-rogers.com

Welcome New Business Member!

August-September 2011

Please Patronize the following Businesses and venues

that Support your Blues Society

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES? 4. Memphian Manuel Gales took his stage name from heroes Jimi Hendrix and Albert King. Living out a dream, he eventually joined

Albert’s band. (The elder statesman, in his loose-with-the truth fashion, referred to him as ―my grandson‖). He also played blues-

metal with brothers Eric and Eugene before dying of a heart attack at thirty-four.

From the Knowledge Card deck, What Do You Know About the Blues? By Cary Wolfson. Reprinted with the permission of the

publisher, Pomegranate Communications, Inc., www.Pomegranate.com, (800) 227-1428

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Northern California Blues Festival

3941 Park Dr., Ste. 20-339 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-4549

(916) 350-4640

e-mail: info@norcalbluesfest.com

Website: http://www.norcalbluesfest.com

313 Laurence Ave.

Kansas City, Mo

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U. S. POSTAGE PAID SACRAMENTO, CA PERMIT NO. 2149

Board of Directors Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of

each month 7:00 PM at the SMUD Building, 6301 S Street,

Sacramento, CA.

All SBS members in good standing are invited to attend.

Blue Notes! is

The official bi-monthly

Newsletter of the

Sacramento Blues Society.

Send information for the

newsletter to

editor@sacblues.com

or mail to

Editor,

P. O. Box 60580

Sacramento, CA 95860-

0580

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) Is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit corporation formed to

preserve and promote blues music as an art form.

Sacramento Blues Society is one of the oldest blues societies in California, founded 1979.

SBS has kept the blues tradition alive in the Sacramento

area by promoting the local blues music scene and bringing internationally renowned artists to the region.

SBS is an affiliate member of The Blues Foundation.

SBS provides educational opportunities for young people with the Foundation’s “Blues In The Schools” Program.

SBS produces a newsletter, “Blue Notes” Bi-Monthly

(six times a year) and mails to our membership.

P. O. Box 60580

Sacramento, CA 95860-0580

Visit our website at

www.sacblues.com Current calendar, news, past newsletters and more!

Not a member? You will find Membership forms online.

SBS Board of Directors

Dave Alcock

Willie Brown—President

Roni Cook

Kristen Dahl-Parliamentarian

Cynthia Jaynes

Kathleen Kelly-Treasurer

Linda McShane

Charlene Metzler–Secretary

Dennis Moffett—Vice President

Doug Thomson

Liz Walker