1

August-September 2012 V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

The Official Publication of the Sacramento Blues Society

2

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

Presidentrsquos Notesmdash Liz Walker

Sacramento

Blues

Society

is a

Proud

Member

of

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues societies in California founded in1979 and

is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit corporation formed to preserve and promote blues music as an art form

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 and provides educational opportunities

for young people with The Blues Foundationrsquos ldquoBlues In The Schoolsrdquo Program

SBS produces and mails a newsletter ldquoBlue Notesrdquo six times a year for our membership

2012 Committee Chairs

BITS mdashCynthia Jaynes Liz Walker Co-Chairs

BlueNotes mdashVj Anderson Jan Kelley Co-Editors

CD ReviewsmdashMindy Giles

EventsIBC Competition mdashSkip Murphy

Gene Chambers Musicians Emergency Fund (GCMEF) 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

2012 Board Officers

Liz WalkermdashPresident

Dave AlcockmdashVice President

Charlene MetzlerndashSecretary

JohnE SandwichmdashTreasurer

Jan Kelley-Parliamentarian

Board Members at Large

Kristen Dahl

Kim DuVall

Tammie Madill

Skip Murphy

Rick Nolan

Zane Toberer

Board of Directors Meetings

2nd Tuesday of each month 700 PM at the SMUD Building 6301 S Street Sacramento CA All SBS members in good standing are invited to attend

August-September 2012

Hi there Itrsquos the middle of summer already Whatrsquos up

with that Remember when school let out and sum-

mer just stretched out in front of you endlessly Not

anymorehelliptherersquos so much going on this summer is

flying by

Between catching as many of the free concerts in the

neighborhood parks the multitude of excellent shows

that come to town rafting golfing vacationing getting

my junk food fix at the State Fair enjoying fresh

picked backyard grown tomatoes and Sloughhouse

corn River Cats games and laughing my head off with

friends while hanging in the backyard I havenrsquot had a

chance to catch my breath let alone crack that great

new summer book Irsquove got sitting on the shelf But as

much as has come before therersquos more in store

You might have already noticed some of the changes

your new Board has made A big thank you to Board

member Rick Nolan for setting us up with some out-

standing new merchandise You can see our new

logo on bright tee shirts and tanks and a really cool

mug Our International Blues Challenge competition

is also taking on a new process and wersquore having a

really big show in a new venue on Aug 10th The

Board has also adopted new spon-

sorship levels Yoursquoll be able to

read more about all of these fur-

ther on in this newsletter

One of the Societyrsquos greatest

needs is someone with print and

media hook ups to help promote

the Blues Societyrsquos goals and events We also need

some help with producing promotional materials for

the Society specifically at this time a Sacramento

Blues Society informational handout Fundraising re-

mains a priority as well With the adoption of new

sponsorship levels SBS is in a position to solicit spon-

sors We just need people to help inform the commu-

nity of all the great things SBS is doing

Please take a minute to say hello to your Board mem-

bers when you see them Let them know what a great

job theyrsquore doing Itrsquos not easy taking on these re-

sponsibilities As always get out and enjoy some of

our regionrsquos live music this summer Therersquos nothing

like that live experience

Take care Peace

3

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Your Sacramento Blues Society Events Chair and here we go again for a new ride Yep I canrsquot even express how ex-cited I am for the events we are bringing to the table and I hope you will enjoy the ride along with me and

the rest of the SBS crew

We are developing a new process for our Annual Competition to represent SBS at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis TN It is now in effect and I hope that it will gain momentum but we canrsquot do this without your sup-port As you can see by the article listed in this edi-tion we want to find all the talent that was not able to handle the cost of travel to Memphis So we have developed a new procedure to defray those costs

Not perfect but a new start

For the 2012-13 Competition we plan on paying the expenses of sending the Societyrsquos sponsored band to Memphis Yes Pay the expenses Of course how much of the expenses we pay will depend a lot on the size of the band and how much money we raise We are already actively raising money by holding various fundraisers shows and soliciting

ldquoSponsorrdquo donations

We are having 4 ldquopreliminaryrdquo competitions and then a ldquofinalrdquo competition where we will choose our spon-sored band All of these competitions will be held in local venues and are also IBC fundraisers toward funding the band we send to the IBC in Memphis Also there is a Guitar being made by Jobe Guitars with the custom pickups made by 3M products in Marysville and believe me the person who wins this in our raffle process will be the owner of a one-of-a-kind high end guitar I will provide pictures in our later Blue Notes articles We need your participation in these fundraisers to ensure adequate funds and moral support for our partici-pating bands Please spread the word stay tuned to the Sacbluescom website and watch for the SacBluesNews email

blasts for up-to-date information

The 1st Holy Moly Show featuring Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers at The Blue Goose Events Center in Loomis on Friday August 10th is our first attempt to bring the Sacramento Blues Society to a bigger audience and provide our members with some of the best national talent that American Blues

has to offer Thackeryrsquos double edged guitar dy-namics allow him to fire off some hard drivinrsquo blues and with back-up from the Drivers so you can expect some explosive

rockblues

The Blue Goose Events Center is located in Down-town Loomis at 3550 Taylor Road and is a Historic Building that has been restored It is a part of The South Placer Heritage Foundation another Non-Profit devoted to community development as we are All profits from this event will be held for expenses of the IBC Competition winner and it is designed to get at-tention to all of our outstanding projects and mem-

bers

A major player in this area to be recognized is Mary Carrera of Carrera Productions She has been a

consistent monetary contributor and guidance coun-selor to the SBS and is personally responsible for many of the great shows the SBS has been so proud to be affiliated with We are very grateful for our asso-ciation with Carrera Productions Another show with Carrera Productions at Three Stages in Folsom is the Tommy Castro Legendary Rhythm and Blues Re-vue on September 28 This show sold out last year

when it was here so get your tickets early folks

Please be aware we need your continued help and assistance in supporting these SBS IBC Competi-tions We want to be represented in Memphis by the best of the best from the Sacramento area We canrsquot do any of this without YOU You the devoted Sacra-mento Blues Society Members are the heart of the

Society and together we can make this happen

If you have a media or art specialty or other talent or ability and want acknowl-edgment for what you can contribute to the Society please contact me Skip Mur-phy at 916-203-4088 We are looking for all and I mean all of our talented mem-bers photographers painters food peo-ple accountants Web Masters you name it we want to know you and your spe-cialty We as Irsquom finding are some of the

most talented people in Sacramento

Keep the Dream Alive and see Ya at the

Holy Moly Show

Holy Molymdashthis is Skip Murphy

Holy Moly Friday August 10th

Jimmy Thackery amp the Drivers The Blue Goose Events Center $1500 pre-sale and Members

$2000 at the door

4

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Blues In The Schools is on summer break ndash wersquore busy what are you doing Irsquom sure the BITS students and musicians are using some of this down time to dig deeper into the blues Irsquove been keeping up with some of our younger players and where theyrsquore playing through the Sacramento BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Facebook page (Find us make us your friend) Rosemont and West Campus high school students will be performing for the Old Highway 99 Festival on Saturday July 28 2012 Itrsquos a

real honor that they have been invited to play and we would like to thank Skip Murphy for promoting BITS

and arranging for the young bluesmen to have a paying gig On August 10th we are raffling off a Gibson Epiphone guitar donated to Charity Guitars by Joe Bonamassa

and signed by artists in re-cent SBS shows The pro-ceeds will go directly to the BITS program Tickets have been sold for the past few months and we are ready to pull the winning ticket Be sure to attend the Jimmie Thackery Show on August 10 2012 at the Blue Goose in Loomis to get your ticket Details are listed elsewhere in this issue of the Blue Notes

I also want to thank Mary Carrera of Carrera Produc-tions for the love and support she has shown the Blues In the Schools program over the past year Carrera Productions has been presenting fabulously entertain-ing intimate blues shows at the beautiful 3 Stages

J Geils Showmdashby Zane Torberer photo by Richard White

Blues in the Schools - by Cynthia Jaynes photo by Richard White

I had the opportunity to attend the J Geils Show sponsored by the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) and Carrera Produc-tions on June 20 2012 at Three Stages in Folsom To say I was excited at the pros-pect of seeing a legend such as J Geils live and in person is an understatement to say the least I had never been to a concert at Three Stages and was very pleased wih the facility It is a beautiful very well-appointed venue with great acoustics and overall sound quality Seating is very comfortable and literally there is not a bad seat in the house

venue on the grounds of Folsom col-lege Mary has arranged for a por-tion of the ticket sales for these re-cent events to be donated to BITS We have received over $2000 in donations which have been used to bring BITS to 5 public schools one academy for special needs students and to the WIND Youth High School for homeless teens Thank you Mary We (the Sacramento Blues Society) enjoy working with you and appreciate your generous support in bringing blues music into schools which are facing depleted arts enrichment programs Carrera Productions obviously supports the blues and our mission to preserve and promote this music we all enjoy The BITS Committee will be updating our Strategic Plan (ya gotta have a plan right) which will hope-fully push the program along to better and brighter places There is much work still to be done and a logi-cal plan makes things run fairly smooth and stay on track The Blues community ndash which includes SBS members and blues lovers in general will often come to BITS with some thoughts on improving our program and exciting things we could do We appreciate all these terrific ideas and the energy and the enthusiasm in which they are presented However there are only a handful of people making BITS happen and we canrsquot possibly do it all at the same time and still move ahead So we must take some time to carefully con-sider and plan where our few resources should go to make the most of what we do have If you are interested in helping BITS achieve our goals in the 20122013 school year please contact Cynthia Jaynes at 916 202-5075 or bitssacbluescom

What a great show in a fabulous theatre The main lineup consisted of J Geils Jeff Pitchell and Gerry Beaudoin (left) as well as a most excellent backup band J Geils was kind enough to sign the Blues In The Schools (BITS) guitar pictured that will soon be raffled off to help raise funds for the BITS program Rich-ard White an SBS represented pho-tographer was permitted backstage and documented the evening with some really great photographs

2

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

Presidentrsquos Notesmdash Liz Walker

Sacramento

Blues

Society

is a

Proud

Member

of

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues societies in California founded in1979 and

is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit corporation formed to preserve and promote blues music as an art form

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 and provides educational opportunities

for young people with The Blues Foundationrsquos ldquoBlues In The Schoolsrdquo Program

SBS produces and mails a newsletter ldquoBlue Notesrdquo six times a year for our membership

2012 Committee Chairs

BITS mdashCynthia Jaynes Liz Walker Co-Chairs

BlueNotes mdashVj Anderson Jan Kelley Co-Editors

CD ReviewsmdashMindy Giles

EventsIBC Competition mdashSkip Murphy

Gene Chambers Musicians Emergency Fund (GCMEF) 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

2012 Board Officers

Liz WalkermdashPresident

Dave AlcockmdashVice President

Charlene MetzlerndashSecretary

JohnE SandwichmdashTreasurer

Jan Kelley-Parliamentarian

Board Members at Large

Kristen Dahl

Kim DuVall

Tammie Madill

Skip Murphy

Rick Nolan

Zane Toberer

Board of Directors Meetings

2nd Tuesday of each month 700 PM at the SMUD Building 6301 S Street Sacramento CA All SBS members in good standing are invited to attend

August-September 2012

Hi there Itrsquos the middle of summer already Whatrsquos up

with that Remember when school let out and sum-

mer just stretched out in front of you endlessly Not

anymorehelliptherersquos so much going on this summer is

flying by

Between catching as many of the free concerts in the

neighborhood parks the multitude of excellent shows

that come to town rafting golfing vacationing getting

my junk food fix at the State Fair enjoying fresh

picked backyard grown tomatoes and Sloughhouse

corn River Cats games and laughing my head off with

friends while hanging in the backyard I havenrsquot had a

chance to catch my breath let alone crack that great

new summer book Irsquove got sitting on the shelf But as

much as has come before therersquos more in store

You might have already noticed some of the changes

your new Board has made A big thank you to Board

member Rick Nolan for setting us up with some out-

standing new merchandise You can see our new

logo on bright tee shirts and tanks and a really cool

mug Our International Blues Challenge competition

is also taking on a new process and wersquore having a

really big show in a new venue on Aug 10th The

Board has also adopted new spon-

sorship levels Yoursquoll be able to

read more about all of these fur-

ther on in this newsletter

One of the Societyrsquos greatest

needs is someone with print and

media hook ups to help promote

the Blues Societyrsquos goals and events We also need

some help with producing promotional materials for

the Society specifically at this time a Sacramento

Blues Society informational handout Fundraising re-

mains a priority as well With the adoption of new

sponsorship levels SBS is in a position to solicit spon-

sors We just need people to help inform the commu-

nity of all the great things SBS is doing

Please take a minute to say hello to your Board mem-

bers when you see them Let them know what a great

job theyrsquore doing Itrsquos not easy taking on these re-

sponsibilities As always get out and enjoy some of

our regionrsquos live music this summer Therersquos nothing

like that live experience

Take care Peace

3

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Your Sacramento Blues Society Events Chair and here we go again for a new ride Yep I canrsquot even express how ex-cited I am for the events we are bringing to the table and I hope you will enjoy the ride along with me and

the rest of the SBS crew

We are developing a new process for our Annual Competition to represent SBS at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis TN It is now in effect and I hope that it will gain momentum but we canrsquot do this without your sup-port As you can see by the article listed in this edi-tion we want to find all the talent that was not able to handle the cost of travel to Memphis So we have developed a new procedure to defray those costs

Not perfect but a new start

For the 2012-13 Competition we plan on paying the expenses of sending the Societyrsquos sponsored band to Memphis Yes Pay the expenses Of course how much of the expenses we pay will depend a lot on the size of the band and how much money we raise We are already actively raising money by holding various fundraisers shows and soliciting

ldquoSponsorrdquo donations

We are having 4 ldquopreliminaryrdquo competitions and then a ldquofinalrdquo competition where we will choose our spon-sored band All of these competitions will be held in local venues and are also IBC fundraisers toward funding the band we send to the IBC in Memphis Also there is a Guitar being made by Jobe Guitars with the custom pickups made by 3M products in Marysville and believe me the person who wins this in our raffle process will be the owner of a one-of-a-kind high end guitar I will provide pictures in our later Blue Notes articles We need your participation in these fundraisers to ensure adequate funds and moral support for our partici-pating bands Please spread the word stay tuned to the Sacbluescom website and watch for the SacBluesNews email

blasts for up-to-date information

The 1st Holy Moly Show featuring Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers at The Blue Goose Events Center in Loomis on Friday August 10th is our first attempt to bring the Sacramento Blues Society to a bigger audience and provide our members with some of the best national talent that American Blues

has to offer Thackeryrsquos double edged guitar dy-namics allow him to fire off some hard drivinrsquo blues and with back-up from the Drivers so you can expect some explosive

rockblues

The Blue Goose Events Center is located in Down-town Loomis at 3550 Taylor Road and is a Historic Building that has been restored It is a part of The South Placer Heritage Foundation another Non-Profit devoted to community development as we are All profits from this event will be held for expenses of the IBC Competition winner and it is designed to get at-tention to all of our outstanding projects and mem-

bers

A major player in this area to be recognized is Mary Carrera of Carrera Productions She has been a

consistent monetary contributor and guidance coun-selor to the SBS and is personally responsible for many of the great shows the SBS has been so proud to be affiliated with We are very grateful for our asso-ciation with Carrera Productions Another show with Carrera Productions at Three Stages in Folsom is the Tommy Castro Legendary Rhythm and Blues Re-vue on September 28 This show sold out last year

when it was here so get your tickets early folks

Please be aware we need your continued help and assistance in supporting these SBS IBC Competi-tions We want to be represented in Memphis by the best of the best from the Sacramento area We canrsquot do any of this without YOU You the devoted Sacra-mento Blues Society Members are the heart of the

Society and together we can make this happen

If you have a media or art specialty or other talent or ability and want acknowl-edgment for what you can contribute to the Society please contact me Skip Mur-phy at 916-203-4088 We are looking for all and I mean all of our talented mem-bers photographers painters food peo-ple accountants Web Masters you name it we want to know you and your spe-cialty We as Irsquom finding are some of the

most talented people in Sacramento

Keep the Dream Alive and see Ya at the

Holy Moly Show

Holy Molymdashthis is Skip Murphy

Holy Moly Friday August 10th

Jimmy Thackery amp the Drivers The Blue Goose Events Center $1500 pre-sale and Members

$2000 at the door

4

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Blues In The Schools is on summer break ndash wersquore busy what are you doing Irsquom sure the BITS students and musicians are using some of this down time to dig deeper into the blues Irsquove been keeping up with some of our younger players and where theyrsquore playing through the Sacramento BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Facebook page (Find us make us your friend) Rosemont and West Campus high school students will be performing for the Old Highway 99 Festival on Saturday July 28 2012 Itrsquos a

real honor that they have been invited to play and we would like to thank Skip Murphy for promoting BITS

and arranging for the young bluesmen to have a paying gig On August 10th we are raffling off a Gibson Epiphone guitar donated to Charity Guitars by Joe Bonamassa

and signed by artists in re-cent SBS shows The pro-ceeds will go directly to the BITS program Tickets have been sold for the past few months and we are ready to pull the winning ticket Be sure to attend the Jimmie Thackery Show on August 10 2012 at the Blue Goose in Loomis to get your ticket Details are listed elsewhere in this issue of the Blue Notes

I also want to thank Mary Carrera of Carrera Produc-tions for the love and support she has shown the Blues In the Schools program over the past year Carrera Productions has been presenting fabulously entertain-ing intimate blues shows at the beautiful 3 Stages

J Geils Showmdashby Zane Torberer photo by Richard White

Blues in the Schools - by Cynthia Jaynes photo by Richard White

I had the opportunity to attend the J Geils Show sponsored by the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) and Carrera Produc-tions on June 20 2012 at Three Stages in Folsom To say I was excited at the pros-pect of seeing a legend such as J Geils live and in person is an understatement to say the least I had never been to a concert at Three Stages and was very pleased wih the facility It is a beautiful very well-appointed venue with great acoustics and overall sound quality Seating is very comfortable and literally there is not a bad seat in the house

venue on the grounds of Folsom col-lege Mary has arranged for a por-tion of the ticket sales for these re-cent events to be donated to BITS We have received over $2000 in donations which have been used to bring BITS to 5 public schools one academy for special needs students and to the WIND Youth High School for homeless teens Thank you Mary We (the Sacramento Blues Society) enjoy working with you and appreciate your generous support in bringing blues music into schools which are facing depleted arts enrichment programs Carrera Productions obviously supports the blues and our mission to preserve and promote this music we all enjoy The BITS Committee will be updating our Strategic Plan (ya gotta have a plan right) which will hope-fully push the program along to better and brighter places There is much work still to be done and a logi-cal plan makes things run fairly smooth and stay on track The Blues community ndash which includes SBS members and blues lovers in general will often come to BITS with some thoughts on improving our program and exciting things we could do We appreciate all these terrific ideas and the energy and the enthusiasm in which they are presented However there are only a handful of people making BITS happen and we canrsquot possibly do it all at the same time and still move ahead So we must take some time to carefully con-sider and plan where our few resources should go to make the most of what we do have If you are interested in helping BITS achieve our goals in the 20122013 school year please contact Cynthia Jaynes at 916 202-5075 or bitssacbluescom

What a great show in a fabulous theatre The main lineup consisted of J Geils Jeff Pitchell and Gerry Beaudoin (left) as well as a most excellent backup band J Geils was kind enough to sign the Blues In The Schools (BITS) guitar pictured that will soon be raffled off to help raise funds for the BITS program Rich-ard White an SBS represented pho-tographer was permitted backstage and documented the evening with some really great photographs

3

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Your Sacramento Blues Society Events Chair and here we go again for a new ride Yep I canrsquot even express how ex-cited I am for the events we are bringing to the table and I hope you will enjoy the ride along with me and

the rest of the SBS crew

We are developing a new process for our Annual Competition to represent SBS at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis TN It is now in effect and I hope that it will gain momentum but we canrsquot do this without your sup-port As you can see by the article listed in this edi-tion we want to find all the talent that was not able to handle the cost of travel to Memphis So we have developed a new procedure to defray those costs

Not perfect but a new start

For the 2012-13 Competition we plan on paying the expenses of sending the Societyrsquos sponsored band to Memphis Yes Pay the expenses Of course how much of the expenses we pay will depend a lot on the size of the band and how much money we raise We are already actively raising money by holding various fundraisers shows and soliciting

ldquoSponsorrdquo donations

We are having 4 ldquopreliminaryrdquo competitions and then a ldquofinalrdquo competition where we will choose our spon-sored band All of these competitions will be held in local venues and are also IBC fundraisers toward funding the band we send to the IBC in Memphis Also there is a Guitar being made by Jobe Guitars with the custom pickups made by 3M products in Marysville and believe me the person who wins this in our raffle process will be the owner of a one-of-a-kind high end guitar I will provide pictures in our later Blue Notes articles We need your participation in these fundraisers to ensure adequate funds and moral support for our partici-pating bands Please spread the word stay tuned to the Sacbluescom website and watch for the SacBluesNews email

blasts for up-to-date information

The 1st Holy Moly Show featuring Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers at The Blue Goose Events Center in Loomis on Friday August 10th is our first attempt to bring the Sacramento Blues Society to a bigger audience and provide our members with some of the best national talent that American Blues

has to offer Thackeryrsquos double edged guitar dy-namics allow him to fire off some hard drivinrsquo blues and with back-up from the Drivers so you can expect some explosive

rockblues

The Blue Goose Events Center is located in Down-town Loomis at 3550 Taylor Road and is a Historic Building that has been restored It is a part of The South Placer Heritage Foundation another Non-Profit devoted to community development as we are All profits from this event will be held for expenses of the IBC Competition winner and it is designed to get at-tention to all of our outstanding projects and mem-

bers

A major player in this area to be recognized is Mary Carrera of Carrera Productions She has been a

consistent monetary contributor and guidance coun-selor to the SBS and is personally responsible for many of the great shows the SBS has been so proud to be affiliated with We are very grateful for our asso-ciation with Carrera Productions Another show with Carrera Productions at Three Stages in Folsom is the Tommy Castro Legendary Rhythm and Blues Re-vue on September 28 This show sold out last year

when it was here so get your tickets early folks

Please be aware we need your continued help and assistance in supporting these SBS IBC Competi-tions We want to be represented in Memphis by the best of the best from the Sacramento area We canrsquot do any of this without YOU You the devoted Sacra-mento Blues Society Members are the heart of the

Society and together we can make this happen

If you have a media or art specialty or other talent or ability and want acknowl-edgment for what you can contribute to the Society please contact me Skip Mur-phy at 916-203-4088 We are looking for all and I mean all of our talented mem-bers photographers painters food peo-ple accountants Web Masters you name it we want to know you and your spe-cialty We as Irsquom finding are some of the

most talented people in Sacramento

Keep the Dream Alive and see Ya at the

Holy Moly Show

Holy Molymdashthis is Skip Murphy

Holy Moly Friday August 10th

Jimmy Thackery amp the Drivers The Blue Goose Events Center $1500 pre-sale and Members

$2000 at the door

4

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Blues In The Schools is on summer break ndash wersquore busy what are you doing Irsquom sure the BITS students and musicians are using some of this down time to dig deeper into the blues Irsquove been keeping up with some of our younger players and where theyrsquore playing through the Sacramento BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Facebook page (Find us make us your friend) Rosemont and West Campus high school students will be performing for the Old Highway 99 Festival on Saturday July 28 2012 Itrsquos a

real honor that they have been invited to play and we would like to thank Skip Murphy for promoting BITS

and arranging for the young bluesmen to have a paying gig On August 10th we are raffling off a Gibson Epiphone guitar donated to Charity Guitars by Joe Bonamassa

and signed by artists in re-cent SBS shows The pro-ceeds will go directly to the BITS program Tickets have been sold for the past few months and we are ready to pull the winning ticket Be sure to attend the Jimmie Thackery Show on August 10 2012 at the Blue Goose in Loomis to get your ticket Details are listed elsewhere in this issue of the Blue Notes

I also want to thank Mary Carrera of Carrera Produc-tions for the love and support she has shown the Blues In the Schools program over the past year Carrera Productions has been presenting fabulously entertain-ing intimate blues shows at the beautiful 3 Stages

J Geils Showmdashby Zane Torberer photo by Richard White

Blues in the Schools - by Cynthia Jaynes photo by Richard White

I had the opportunity to attend the J Geils Show sponsored by the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) and Carrera Produc-tions on June 20 2012 at Three Stages in Folsom To say I was excited at the pros-pect of seeing a legend such as J Geils live and in person is an understatement to say the least I had never been to a concert at Three Stages and was very pleased wih the facility It is a beautiful very well-appointed venue with great acoustics and overall sound quality Seating is very comfortable and literally there is not a bad seat in the house

venue on the grounds of Folsom col-lege Mary has arranged for a por-tion of the ticket sales for these re-cent events to be donated to BITS We have received over $2000 in donations which have been used to bring BITS to 5 public schools one academy for special needs students and to the WIND Youth High School for homeless teens Thank you Mary We (the Sacramento Blues Society) enjoy working with you and appreciate your generous support in bringing blues music into schools which are facing depleted arts enrichment programs Carrera Productions obviously supports the blues and our mission to preserve and promote this music we all enjoy The BITS Committee will be updating our Strategic Plan (ya gotta have a plan right) which will hope-fully push the program along to better and brighter places There is much work still to be done and a logi-cal plan makes things run fairly smooth and stay on track The Blues community ndash which includes SBS members and blues lovers in general will often come to BITS with some thoughts on improving our program and exciting things we could do We appreciate all these terrific ideas and the energy and the enthusiasm in which they are presented However there are only a handful of people making BITS happen and we canrsquot possibly do it all at the same time and still move ahead So we must take some time to carefully con-sider and plan where our few resources should go to make the most of what we do have If you are interested in helping BITS achieve our goals in the 20122013 school year please contact Cynthia Jaynes at 916 202-5075 or bitssacbluescom

What a great show in a fabulous theatre The main lineup consisted of J Geils Jeff Pitchell and Gerry Beaudoin (left) as well as a most excellent backup band J Geils was kind enough to sign the Blues In The Schools (BITS) guitar pictured that will soon be raffled off to help raise funds for the BITS program Rich-ard White an SBS represented pho-tographer was permitted backstage and documented the evening with some really great photographs

4

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Blues In The Schools is on summer break ndash wersquore busy what are you doing Irsquom sure the BITS students and musicians are using some of this down time to dig deeper into the blues Irsquove been keeping up with some of our younger players and where theyrsquore playing through the Sacramento BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Facebook page (Find us make us your friend) Rosemont and West Campus high school students will be performing for the Old Highway 99 Festival on Saturday July 28 2012 Itrsquos a

real honor that they have been invited to play and we would like to thank Skip Murphy for promoting BITS

and arranging for the young bluesmen to have a paying gig On August 10th we are raffling off a Gibson Epiphone guitar donated to Charity Guitars by Joe Bonamassa

and signed by artists in re-cent SBS shows The pro-ceeds will go directly to the BITS program Tickets have been sold for the past few months and we are ready to pull the winning ticket Be sure to attend the Jimmie Thackery Show on August 10 2012 at the Blue Goose in Loomis to get your ticket Details are listed elsewhere in this issue of the Blue Notes

I also want to thank Mary Carrera of Carrera Produc-tions for the love and support she has shown the Blues In the Schools program over the past year Carrera Productions has been presenting fabulously entertain-ing intimate blues shows at the beautiful 3 Stages

J Geils Showmdashby Zane Torberer photo by Richard White

Blues in the Schools - by Cynthia Jaynes photo by Richard White

I had the opportunity to attend the J Geils Show sponsored by the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) and Carrera Produc-tions on June 20 2012 at Three Stages in Folsom To say I was excited at the pros-pect of seeing a legend such as J Geils live and in person is an understatement to say the least I had never been to a concert at Three Stages and was very pleased wih the facility It is a beautiful very well-appointed venue with great acoustics and overall sound quality Seating is very comfortable and literally there is not a bad seat in the house

venue on the grounds of Folsom col-lege Mary has arranged for a por-tion of the ticket sales for these re-cent events to be donated to BITS We have received over $2000 in donations which have been used to bring BITS to 5 public schools one academy for special needs students and to the WIND Youth High School for homeless teens Thank you Mary We (the Sacramento Blues Society) enjoy working with you and appreciate your generous support in bringing blues music into schools which are facing depleted arts enrichment programs Carrera Productions obviously supports the blues and our mission to preserve and promote this music we all enjoy The BITS Committee will be updating our Strategic Plan (ya gotta have a plan right) which will hope-fully push the program along to better and brighter places There is much work still to be done and a logi-cal plan makes things run fairly smooth and stay on track The Blues community ndash which includes SBS members and blues lovers in general will often come to BITS with some thoughts on improving our program and exciting things we could do We appreciate all these terrific ideas and the energy and the enthusiasm in which they are presented However there are only a handful of people making BITS happen and we canrsquot possibly do it all at the same time and still move ahead So we must take some time to carefully con-sider and plan where our few resources should go to make the most of what we do have If you are interested in helping BITS achieve our goals in the 20122013 school year please contact Cynthia Jaynes at 916 202-5075 or bitssacbluescom

What a great show in a fabulous theatre The main lineup consisted of J Geils Jeff Pitchell and Gerry Beaudoin (left) as well as a most excellent backup band J Geils was kind enough to sign the Blues In The Schools (BITS) guitar pictured that will soon be raffled off to help raise funds for the BITS program Rich-ard White an SBS represented pho-tographer was permitted backstage and documented the evening with some really great photographs

5

Jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell came into my ldquosonicrdquo view late Im so much the richer for that now comfortable music connection with this native New Yorker I know that after scrutinizing her talent Im the poorer for not having heard this woman sooner But Catherine as they say was a late-bloomer albeit has worked with names that have blinked on mar-quee lights just like her father Luis Russell did Mr Russell was Louis Armstrongs music director in the mid-40s and was a pianist composerarranger and big band leader Catherine Russell sings at Harlows 2708 J Street Fri-day September 21 showtime 7 PM Swell Productions and Capital Public Radio (my old stomping grounds) are making it happen Tickets wwwswell-productionscom

Catherines voice is a unique mixture of what almost seem contrasting qualities Its velvety and smoky yet clean clear---so confident with the music---and spot-on with intonation I like that Coming from a musical family Catherines mother Car-line Ray (a veteran jazz bassist and vocalist) brings it altogether for Catherine with her fathers musical experi-ences early in the 20th century in New Orleans Chicago and New York City Mr Russell and Armstrong were almost the same age born 1902 and 1901 respectively I was pleasantly surprised to hear how Catherine and the ensembles that back her on two CDs (ldquoInside This Heart of Minerdquo and ldquoStrictly Romancinrdquo) capture the es-sence of different kinds of great music that so many of

Volume 33 Issue 4 August-September 2012

Catherine Russell is Coming- Copyright copy 2012 by Gary Chew All Rights Reserved

us love American Popular Songs like ldquoIm In The Mood For Loverdquo and ldquoAs Long As I Liverdquoare given adroit polished readings by Catherine On listen-ing to other tracks her ensemble suggests

something very near to greats from back-in-the-day like Django Rheinhardt Joe Venuti and a little of the more modern sounding Art Van Damme And did I hear something akin to Nat Coles legendary trio Then theres blues and swing---which her father in a big-band kind of way was early into I noticed the jump dixieland and straight ahead as well as a little gospel she sings with her mother Banjo playing sprang from among the instrumentalists on other tracks that spread Russells music concept on these CDs wide and most Americanall performed over the plate and in the pocket Whoa She does nothing not solid and I think the lady could sing it all backwards and still cut it---and wed love it I must even fess-up and say that Catherine does a Duke EllingtonMack David song that Id not heard ldquoLong Strong and Consecutiverdquo It was just one of those things---I missed Well as Ive said for a long time now ldquoTheres no time like the presentrdquo even if the bloomings late When Russell gets to Sacramento I hope shell sing ldquoAll The Cats Join Inrdquo and Fats Wallers ldquoInside This Heart Of Minerdquo Ill be in the audience in rapt attention

Saturday June 30 2012 proved to be another s p e c t a c u l a r Music Under the S ta r s n ig h t hosted by the S a c r a -

mento Blues Society at Po Boyz Bar and Grill in Folsom Everyone was treated to an incredible night of music enhanced by the perfect weather The night started in the Po Boyz courtyard with Big Earl amp The Cryin Shame delivering Chicago blues with Big Earls own entertaining twist The band was stacked with talent that left the crowd beg-ging for an encore

After a quick set change it was time for a master of

the 88s Wendy DeWitt and her drummer Kirk Har-

wood to take the stage The Boogie Woogie Queen

immediately had the dance floor filled and proved her

well-deserved title The duo had just driven down

from a PortlandSeattle tour and with their unmatched

energy levels they captivated the au-

dience with songs from their highly

regarded latest CD Industrial

Strength Wendy and Kirks humor-

ous interplay between songs added

to Wendys uplifting piano skills and

smoky vocals and held everyones

attention Wendy DeWitt and Kirk

Harwood truly made this a night to

remember

Starry NightmdashBy Bo Ely photos by Bob Cosman

6

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

Some Past Winners of our IBC Competition that went to Memphis

August-September 2012

Photos by Bob Cosman

7

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

The IBC Explained mdash By Jan Kelley

The International Blues Challenge (IBC) held annu-ally since 1985 in Memphis by the Blues Foundation is a prestigious event for the world-wide Blues commu-nity Less than 70 bands competed in 2004 about 95 in 2005 120 in 2006 and more than 150 in 2007 And with that growth the countries represented and the cali-ber of the acts has also increased causing the compe-tition to become even more challenging In the begin-ning artists competed for the pleasure of showcasing their music and sharing with others from various coun-tries Awards and prizes came later Many of the artists competing at this annual event in Memphis winner or not go on to further their profes-sional careers and cite the IBC as a huge stepping stone for them Here are a few first or second place winners at the IBC and the year they won See how many you recognize Zac Harmon and the Midsouth Blues Revue 2004mdashSirius XM Best New Artist Award 2005 Blues Music Award Winner Best New Artist 2006 Also in-cluded in Zacrsquos career is an extensive list of CDs (side man and solo) writer producer actor more awards including the Peavey Award and tours with Bluesapa-looza twice He is truly an Ambassador of the Blues Eden Brent (soloduo) 2006mdashAppearances at the British Embassy My South Celebrations radio shows many blues festivals as well as frequent ap-pearances on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise where she is a favorite performer The Blues Revue magazine and other blues magazines have written glowing articles about her She currently has two CDs to her name as a solo artist Sean Carney (Band) 2007mdash In addition to winning the band award also won for Best Guitarist his 2007 and 2008 Blues For A Cure shows and CDs raised over $50000 for the cause His Life of Ease CD was produced on his label Night Owlz Records which he founded in 2006 In 2009 his 2007 Canadian re-cording Live Blues On Whyte was released Homemade Jamz Band runnerup (very close)2007mdash Ages 7 11 and 13 at the time youngest band to ever compete in the IBC Played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise 2007 Played in the BB King Homecoming in Indianola MS 2008 They currently have 2 CDs released Trampled Under Foot 2008mdashIn addition to Best Band Nick won the Albert King Award for guitar-ist Played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise

in 2009 Have 4 CDs under their name and have been on the cover of Blues Revue Nominated for Blues Blast Magazine Best Blues Band of the Year in 2012 Lionel Young (soloduo) 2008mdashViolinist Lionel Young has won numerous awards including The Young Artist Award (Pittsburgh Symphony) The Concerto Contest (Carnegie-Mellon) The Passamenic Award (Branchwood String Quartet) and the award for the Best Blues Band in Westwordrsquos Best of Denver Hersquos also won a position with The Den-ver Chamber Orchestra and played on the Legendary Rhythm ampBlues Cruise JP Soars Band 2009mdashCurrently nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues Male Artist Prolific songwriter and singerguitarist currently has 2 CDs under his name and one jointly with Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers Grady Champion 2010mdashBlues singer and har-monica player played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise in the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival and in the Chicago Blues Festival 3 times Blues Critic Award for Best Down Home Blues Song for ldquoMake That Monkey Jumprdquo 2011 Nominated for three Blues Music Awards 2012 The Lionel Young Band 2011mdashFirst IBC dou-ble winner ever The prizes that are now being awarded to the winners are incredible IBC winners receive cash and profes-sional consultations and assistance gigs at top festi-vals and a slot on the 2013 Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise The Band Division is eligible for 1st 2nd and 3rd place awards each of which includes a cash award and other professional services A 1st and 2nd place prize goes to the SoloDuo Division The Best Guitarist in the Band competition is recognized with a custom-built ES-335 guitar generously donated by Gibson Guitars So all you blues musicians reading this does this pro-vide you with plenty of incentive (See Skip Murphyrsquos column) To learn more about the IBC please go to wwwbluesorg the Blues Foundationrsquos website and click on the IBC logo There is a wealth of information on it

August-September 2012

7

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

The IBC Explained mdash By Jan Kelley

The International Blues Challenge (IBC) held annu-ally since 1985 in Memphis by the Blues Foundation is a prestigious event for the world-wide Blues commu-nity Less than 70 bands competed in 2004 about 95 in 2005 120 in 2006 and more than 150 in 2007 And with that growth the countries represented and the cali-ber of the acts has also increased causing the compe-tition to become even more challenging In the begin-ning artists competed for the pleasure of showcasing their music and sharing with others from various coun-tries Awards and prizes came later Many of the artists competing at this annual event in Memphis winner or not go on to further their profes-sional careers and cite the IBC as a huge stepping stone for them Here are a few first or second place winners at the IBC and the year they won See how many you recognize Zac Harmon and the Midsouth Blues Revue 2004mdashSirius XM Best New Artist Award 2005 Blues Music Award Winner Best New Artist 2006 Also in-cluded in Zacrsquos career is an extensive list of CDs (side man and solo) writer producer actor more awards including the Peavey Award and tours with Bluesapa-looza twice He is truly an Ambassador of the Blues Eden Brent (soloduo) 2006mdashAppearances at the British Embassy My South Celebrations radio shows many blues festivals as well as frequent ap-pearances on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise where she is a favorite performer The Blues Revue magazine and other blues magazines have written glowing articles about her She currently has two CDs to her name as a solo artist Sean Carney (Band) 2007mdash In addition to winning the band award also won for Best Guitarist his 2007 and 2008 Blues For A Cure shows and CDs raised over $50000 for the cause His Life of Ease CD was produced on his label Night Owlz Records which he founded in 2006 In 2009 his 2007 Canadian re-cording Live Blues On Whyte was released Homemade Jamz Band runnerup (very close)2007mdash Ages 7 11 and 13 at the time youngest band to ever compete in the IBC Played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise 2007 Played in the BB King Homecoming in Indianola MS 2008 They currently have 2 CDs released Trampled Under Foot 2008mdashIn addition to Best Band Nick won the Albert King Award for guitar-ist Played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise

in 2009 Have 4 CDs under their name and have been on the cover of Blues Revue Nominated for Blues Blast Magazine Best Blues Band of the Year in 2012 Lionel Young (soloduo) 2008mdashViolinist Lionel Young has won numerous awards including The Young Artist Award (Pittsburgh Symphony) The Concerto Contest (Carnegie-Mellon) The Passamenic Award (Branchwood String Quartet) and the award for the Best Blues Band in Westwordrsquos Best of Denver Hersquos also won a position with The Den-ver Chamber Orchestra and played on the Legendary Rhythm ampBlues Cruise JP Soars Band 2009mdashCurrently nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues Male Artist Prolific songwriter and singerguitarist currently has 2 CDs under his name and one jointly with Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers Grady Champion 2010mdashBlues singer and har-monica player played on the Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise in the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival and in the Chicago Blues Festival 3 times Blues Critic Award for Best Down Home Blues Song for ldquoMake That Monkey Jumprdquo 2011 Nominated for three Blues Music Awards 2012 The Lionel Young Band 2011mdashFirst IBC dou-ble winner ever The prizes that are now being awarded to the winners are incredible IBC winners receive cash and profes-sional consultations and assistance gigs at top festi-vals and a slot on the 2013 Legendary Rhythm amp Blues Cruise The Band Division is eligible for 1st 2nd and 3rd place awards each of which includes a cash award and other professional services A 1st and 2nd place prize goes to the SoloDuo Division The Best Guitarist in the Band competition is recognized with a custom-built ES-335 guitar generously donated by Gibson Guitars So all you blues musicians reading this does this pro-vide you with plenty of incentive (See Skip Murphyrsquos column) To learn more about the IBC please go to wwwbluesorg the Blues Foundationrsquos website and click on the IBC logo There is a wealth of information on it

August-September 2012

8

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Late in The Lonely Night

Tommy McCoy (Earwig Music)

The touchstones for many bluesblues-rock lovers over the last several decades have been The Allman Brothers (whether led by each genera-tional slide maestro DuaneWarrenDerek) and Stevie Ray Vaughan So when you hear the well-travelled singersongwriter and guitaristband leader Tommy McCoy that acknowledgement comes through The title track ldquoLate in The Lonely Night ldquo is a strong minor key alliterative treat that shows off his guitar prow-ess without getting in the way of the songmdashhe is lyrical and his playing supports the lyrics That might be an ob-vious gimme but too many players have a hard time re-membering to do this In eleven songs McCoy never over plays rather his playing shines with taste and knowledge Hammond B-3 player Tim Heding has the goods too and he co-propels this and six other tracks lsquoNever Shoulda Listenedrdquo is a cheeky musical meacutenage agrave trois with singer Karyn Denham and barrelhouse piano woman Liz Pennock I hope this is their You Tube choice Two left field favorites for me are his great versions of juke box ditties from my high school days ndashboth by McCoyrsquos famous fellow Floridiansmdashthe Cornelius Broth-ers and Sister Rose ldquoItrsquos Too Late to Turn Back Nowrdquo and ldquoTreat Her Like a Ladyrdquo These dual hippie RampB hits were funky then and they still are on this disc McCoyrsquos big bold vibrato baritone and his chunky rhythm playing are lots of fun and when he rips off those blistering leads you can just feel the Florida sun grinning

-Mindy Giles-

Ron Sorin and the Blue Coast Band

Lake City (Big Lake Records)

This one just keeps getting stronger with each listen Sorin is a born-in-Chicago harp player and longtime side-man but this is his first solo recording Since Sorin ap-parently doesnrsquot sing hersquos done us the favor of drafting vocalist extraordinaire Tad Robinson for seven cuts Robinson has become known more as a soul-man but here he showcases his splendid blues chops The band

CD Reviews

is made up of solid veterans of the blues circuit Ken Say-dak keys Marty Binder drums Harlan Terson bass and Mark Wydra guitar John Brumbach contributes sax on two cuts Pete Benson plays organ on two You are treated to fifteen tracks with only three covers These three are inspired a Duke Ellington ldquoGood Gal Bluesrdquo rdquoIrsquove Got No Stringsrdquo an instrumental that seemed familiar but I have to admit I had to read it was from the Disney movie Pinocchio A harsh trill opens ldquoGimme Dat Harp Boyrdquo before melding into the raw driving riff and vocal of the Captain Beefheart tune The originals donrsquot stray from familiar frameworks of harmonica blues idiom but new twists on old riffs abound in Sorinrsquos masterful playing Sorinrsquos chops are firmly based in a foundation of Little Walter and like Charlie Musselwhite Sorin will transition from a muscular bass riff to a sinewy shower of single notes and jazzy flourishes For any fan of Chicago blues harmonica this disc is a spectacular discovery

-Bob Coffey-

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

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Cant Be Satisfied The Life amp Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon Phillip Davis is a fan of the Blues and rdquoplays a bit of guitar but is an amateur rdquo He jo ined the Sacramento Blues Society many years ago about the time he saw Muddy at the Blues Festival in Land Park rdquomaybe 80 or 81 a couple years before he diedrdquo After reading this book he was inspired to write a review to encourage others to read it also

This book has been out a long time Im not sure why I never read it before Its terrific It starts with Muddys life as a sharecropper on Stovalls Plantation on the Mississippi Delta a life not much better than a slaves Robert Johnson amp Son House are his inspiration and in the person of Son House his teacher Muddyrsquos move to Chicago is one of the greatest things that ever happened to the blues There are many great artists but Muddy was the 1st to play an electric guitar (not an acoustic with an added pickup) He literally converted the Delta blues to electrified Chicago blues creating an entirely new genre Because of this he is in my humble opinion the greatest bluesman ever For good listening after reading the book try Muddyrsquos The Plantation Recordings 1942 when Alan Lomax travelled to Stovalls for the 1st recordings And my favorites are Hard Again Im Re ady and The W oods tock A lb um

Book Review - by Phillip Davis

On Tuesday July 3rd I had the immense pleas-ure of hearing James Hunter at Harlowrsquos Thank you to SWELL Productions for con-stantly reminding us of the wealth of talent in the

world of blues This band brought to mind the early British invasion and reminded me of the resurgence or birth of modern blues in Amer-ica With two saxes key board stand-up bass teamed with a smooth smooth drummer the guitar just danced over the top Hips are sway-ing toes are tappinrsquo and baby sing to me Noth-ing fancy here just solid rhythm delightful lyrics

and good olersquo fashion feel-good blues When the band has smiles from here to there you know theyrsquore got a groove on Of course I could only understand every other word when James broke for a story (the Brit accent you know) And then I stopped into darsquoTorch where Howell

DeVine was picking on the back porch I only wished it was my back porch because I just was-nrsquot sure how much more I could take in one night Washboards stand up harp pricking crying blues This trio really took you to school Fabu-lous Over and over I say the same thinghellipwe are in-credibly blessed in this town with blues talent Every night all over the region someone is dipping into that river of soul blood and guts known as the blues Does that sound too preachy Maybe but true

Out and Aboutmdashby Lizzie

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

louiescoctailloungecom

August-September 2012 Volume 33 Issue 4

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

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4 August-September 2012

Cant Be Satisfied The Life amp Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon Phillip Davis is a fan of the Blues and rdquoplays a bit of guitar but is an amateur rdquo He jo ined the Sacramento Blues Society many years ago about the time he saw Muddy at the Blues Festival in Land Park rdquomaybe 80 or 81 a couple years before he diedrdquo After reading this book he was inspired to write a review to encourage others to read it also

This book has been out a long time Im not sure why I never read it before Its terrific It starts with Muddys life as a sharecropper on Stovalls Plantation on the Mississippi Delta a life not much better than a slaves Robert Johnson amp Son House are his inspiration and in the person of Son House his teacher Muddyrsquos move to Chicago is one of the greatest things that ever happened to the blues There are many great artists but Muddy was the 1st to play an electric guitar (not an acoustic with an added pickup) He literally converted the Delta blues to electrified Chicago blues creating an entirely new genre Because of this he is in my humble opinion the greatest bluesman ever For good listening after reading the book try Muddyrsquos The Plantation Recordings 1942 when Alan Lomax travelled to Stovalls for the 1st recordings And my favorites are Hard Again Im Re ady and The W oods tock A lb um

Book Review - by Phillip Davis

On Tuesday July 3rd I had the immense pleas-ure of hearing James Hunter at Harlowrsquos Thank you to SWELL Productions for con-stantly reminding us of the wealth of talent in the

world of blues This band brought to mind the early British invasion and reminded me of the resurgence or birth of modern blues in Amer-ica With two saxes key board stand-up bass teamed with a smooth smooth drummer the guitar just danced over the top Hips are sway-ing toes are tappinrsquo and baby sing to me Noth-ing fancy here just solid rhythm delightful lyrics

and good olersquo fashion feel-good blues When the band has smiles from here to there you know theyrsquore got a groove on Of course I could only understand every other word when James broke for a story (the Brit accent you know) And then I stopped into darsquoTorch where Howell

DeVine was picking on the back porch I only wished it was my back porch because I just was-nrsquot sure how much more I could take in one night Washboards stand up harp pricking crying blues This trio really took you to school Fabu-lous Over and over I say the same thinghellipwe are in-credibly blessed in this town with blues talent Every night all over the region someone is dipping into that river of soul blood and guts known as the blues Does that sound too preachy Maybe but true

Out and Aboutmdashby Lizzie

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

louiescoctailloungecom

August-September 2012 Volume 33 Issue 4

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

louiescoctailloungecom

August-September 2012 Volume 33 Issue 4

11

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 4

Andy Keene amp Kinda Blue 916-799-1544 ajkeane3aolcom Bad Catz Zane Toberer 530-391-8089 httpbadcatzwebscom Big Earl and the Cryin Shame 209-450-4141 bigearlgmailcom Blues Vandals 916-384-7457 bluesvandalscom Bobby Blues Ray 916-422-5830 Chicken amp Dumpling wwwchickenanddumplingnet 530-753-5265 or 530-902-7209

Coyote Slim

408-838-0456

bluesmancoyoteslimcom

wwwcoyoteslimcom

Dave Croall amp the Soothers 916-455-6349 rightdavehotmailcom Diamond Bob amp the Alley Sneakers 408-313-7194 wwwdiamondbobsbluescom Gary Mendoza Band 916-599-9947 wwwgarymendozabandcom Kyle Roland Band kylerowlandyahoocom wwwkylerockinrowlandcom O Street Jumps Dan 916 -944-7292 Cari 916-725-4889 Randy Carey randrockprodigynet 916-607-0695 Rolling Blackouts deborahsingsblueshotmailcom

August-September 2012

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

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

Sacramento Blues Society

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

If this information does not apply to you specifically we are hoping you will forward to any interested IndividualsBands that you may be aware of having an interest in competing Thank you for your support Enter Your BAND In the SBS Competition for entrance to SBSrsquo 2013 International Blues Challenge The Sacramento Blues Society holds an annual competition to choose a band to sponsor for the yearly International Blues Competition held in Memphis TN SBS will hold 4 ldquopreliminaryrdquo competitions one per month beginning in July and continuing through October Preliminary winners will advance to a Final Competition in early November The Final Competition will judge the preliminary winners and determine the winning band to represent SBS in Memphis During the Competition the SBS Events Committee will pro-mote fundraisers and related activities to pay all reasonable travel expenses for our winning band including transporta-tion food lodging and related expenses For eligibility entry forms and more specific information please visit the SBS website wwwsacbluescom Official IBC information and rules can be obtained by visiting httpwwwbluesorg

P O Box 60580

Sacramento CA 95860-0580

Take a trip to Memphis On Our Cover

Blues- rocker Jimmy Thackery was born in Pittsburg PA in 1953 His interest in music began in high school Listening to the music at the time he found himself drawn to both blues and rock musi-cians and was intrigued by the artists that combined both He has been busy both touring on his own and with bands He joined the Nighthawks from the early 1970rsquos until the mid-dle of the 1980rsquos when he joined and led the Assas-sins Since 1991 he has been leading the Drivers and now you have a chance to catch him in the area

Friday August 10th Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers The Blue Goose Events Center

3550 Taylor Road Loomis Doors Open 630 PM

$1500 pre-sale and Members $2000 at the door