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President’s Notes— Liz Walker Spring is here and before you know it summer is going to be blasting away. Blues festivals are abundant coast to coast but we're not lacking for blues in our own backyard. Through collaborations with Carrera Productions and Swell Productions, SBS members will be able to enjoy such fabulous acts as BeauSoleil Quartet and The Blues Broads. We've also partnered with Coloma Live. Check our website for details. SBS will be hosting their own events as well. Check elsewhere in this publication for details.
will be posted on the website each month. I'd like to thank the Board members for their diligence and willingness. Becoming a Board member is not an easy task and with so many brand new members it has been a very steep learning curve. But the energy and ideas all these new people are bringing to your Society is incredible. For the first time a strategic plan has been developed to help guide the board and the society.
Your Blues Society is trying new things: for instance, the Kaye Bohler original painting auction. The winner was thrilled to gain the painting and Blues In The Schools (BITS) benefited from the auction. In addition, as this newsletter goes to print we are experimenting with a second Saturday event at Laugh's Unlimited, showcasing not only blues but our member visual artists as well. Also, in a further effort towards transparency, the Board meeting minutes
You can view this plan on our website. It's not perfect, nor is it complete, but it is a beginning and a helpful tool. We (the board and your society) could use your help. Please consider getting involved. Join a committee, write an article for this publication, host a fundraiser for BITS. There are multiple avenues to lend your voice and talents to building the Sacramento Blues Society.
New Logo! By Rick Nolan
It’s Time To Get Your Boogie On Under the Stars!
Thank you to all blues fans who contributed a design for our new logo contest. The winner is Dan Winkler!
Saturday, JUNE 30TH What’s better than hanging under the stars on a summer night grooving to some excellent sounds from the Boogie Woogie Queen Wendy DeWitt? I’ll tell you, hanging under the stars listening to Wendy DeWitt and Big Earl and the Crying Shame. That’s right, two foot stomping get up and move acts, one night, one place.
You will soon see this winning design on new t-shirts, tank tops and sweat shirts at SBS events and on our website.
Election Time... will be coming around before you know it. Not just our national elections this fall but elections for your Board. It's not to soon to start thinking about participating in the governing of your Society. Becoming involved with a committee is the best way to find out what's going on and to bring your ideas forward.
PoBoy’Z Bar & Grill 9580 Oak Ave Parkway, Folsom 7-10pm $15 General; $10 SBS Members
sacblues.com
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What’s Happening—by Skip Murphy Hi all you SBS Members! Yep this is Skip Murphy, your Events Chair representative for The Sacramento Blues Society. Holy Moly, time is flyin’ by and it’s getting hotter with the summer months ahead. I want to thank Grant Urias and the Revolving Doors for their continued support of the Sacramento Blues Society. Grant has a Blues Jam at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom every Sunday starting at 7:00 p.m.
SBS is partnering with several shows in the area to bring you some excellent blues with member discounts. Come out and show your support for our partners and for the Blues! June 9th—Coloma Live ($5 discount) June 16th—Blues Broads (A Swell 10% discount) June 30th—Wendy DeWitt and Big Earl ($5.00 off) July 21st—Blues & Bones (when you buy your ticket through SBS the Society receives $5 towards our Gene Chambers Musician Emergency Fund) July 28th—BeauSoleil Quartet (Carrera Productions is a generous sponsor of our Blues in the Schools program)
I don’t know if you have checked out the Randy Carey Jam at Louie’s off Mather Field Drive, but I got to tell you, talk about a boat load of FUN for free. It’s the first Sunday of every month, starting at 2:00 p.m. Great music, great food and, in fact, they have a food competition for each and every 1st Sunday. SOOOOO you can imagine the volume of food and the hype around it! I highly recommend going and spending the afternoon with Randy and the Band. Great guy doing very cool things for you and I. This is a SBS sponsored Blues Jam, so bring your axe and get ready to “throw down”, as we say.
Be sure to check sacblues.com for more information and updates.
The Only Way We Can Make A Difference Is With YOU. SBS hosted its first Second Saturday event May 12 th with Together we can make this year an IMPACT YEAR! Let’s get some ideas going – who wants to help?
Please contact either Skip Murphy skip1955@comcast.net or Zane Toberer ztoberer@gmail.com
the support of Laughs Unlimited, a SBS Business Member. The show featured Kathie Lambert and Richard White. I’m not sure if any of you have heard of Kathie Lambert, but if you remember, she did one of the Blue Notes cover pages. Not only is she a great artist but a wonderful asset to our community, as well as a longtime resident and advocate for the Arts in Sacramento. Our second Artist is a newcomer to the SBS, Richard White, and I’m sure you have seen his work as well. Richard took the picture and designed the graphics for The Stephen Schofer Benefit that was just held at the Torch Club.
Thanks for all your support, and keep a seat for me.
The talent that we have in our SBS community is extensive and I think as a group we can impact Sacramento as well as get attention to, as players call it, the “back line.” Please feel free to contact me if you’re interested in displaying your work during our next foray into the Second Saturday arena (location and month to be announced, check back to sacblues.com for updates.) IBC is coming! We have some great ideas in store for the upcoming International Blues Competition (IBC) this fall. Our goal is to make the next IBC better than the last, then the next IBC even better than that, and then the following year even better… well, I think you get the idea! We want to actively include the local Sacramento (and area) musicians and bands to assist with selection criteria, promoting the event and fund raising. We need ideas, as well as PARTICIPATION from the Blues Community for not just making a great IBC, but to also have a lot of fun, get a big Pot O’ Gold to pay the winner to truly cover expenses and yes, get some recognition and promotion for participating bands and SBS along the way.
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A little History on Blues in the Schools by Cynthia Jaynes and Liz Walker; photos by Bob Cosman Why we do it:
COVER PHOTO by Bob Cosman; Kara “Cordova Red” Wall, Sage Lauwerys & Veronica Tezare; West Campus HS
piece band and a jam session where the kids had an opportunity to play with the band. That first year the musicians were volunteering their services. Every one of the players would share how much they loved doing this and how rewarding it was to share their passion, to possibly ignite a spark in a young musician and watch them embrace the blues!
Our Blues in the Schools (BITS) program has a mission to provide special opportunities to educate youth in the Sacramento area in order to teach the historical significance of the Blues and its beginning and ongoing impact on American and World culture. The goal of the Blues in the Schools program strives to bring musicians, educators, storytellers, and other performers together to assist each other in teaching students about Blues music, its culture and its impact on American history.
Receiving Recognition for our program and our musician/clinicians: Upon completion of the first year, the committee gathered feedback from the students and teachers. Armed with the compiled data, thank you letters and news articles, the program was able to get grants from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, along with donations from Wal-Mart and Target. Blues in the Schools was on the way!
The Beginning: The Society had a small Blues in the Schools program in the early 1980’s that brought name entertainers to local schools, then the program Mick Martin, Marta Gee, Jackie diminished from lack of Greene and an enthusiastic student attention. In 2004, reenergized with new officers, two Board members began rebuilding the program, despite having no funds and no working relationships with any of the schools in the area. Stan Alves recruited willing musicians to donate their time and Cynthia Jaynes reached out to respected local Blues historian, radio personality and musician, Mick Martin, to see if he was interested in bringing the blues to local students. Fortunately, Mick was totally willing to volunteer his time as the main lecturer and promoter for the program. BITS began at a charter school with about 30 music students grooving to a lecture along with a live performance by a full volunteer band. The students were invited to join with the band to jam and sing. The second session featured an up and coming kid named Jackie Greene. Jackie has a huge following here in Sacramento and this got the attention of the Sacramento News and Review. They sent a reporter and photographer to cover the presentation. With press covering the second event, BITS was up and running.
Realizing that Blues in the Schools was a viable program, a committee of folks dedicated to expanding BITS created a strategic plan and came up with a program with multiple aspects and projects. Part of the mission of BITS is to support Sacramento's local blues musicians. With support from the Sacramento Blues Society and fund-raising efforts, all musicians performing in one aspect or another for BITS are now paid for their talent and time. Expanding to After-School and Beyond: For the past four years BITS has offered after school lessons on guitar, drum and bass in two high schools. BITS have also been a favorite of the Yolo County Arts Council, bringing not only the lecture series to Yolo County schools for the past five years but introducing a song writing contest this year. This contest originated with the Sacramento County Office of Education Court/Community Schools where at-risk students wrote the lyrics to a blues song. The contest has now produced four new baby blues songs (with musical arrangement, performance and recording done by musicians from the program) all compiled on a CD. Liz Walker had the privilege of delivering the CD to this year’s winner, Ammon Burdge. Ammon’s song ‘Sky’s Turning Gray Blues’ was inspired by a tough day at work. He has been a member of the school Jazz Band for three years and was also recognized for his outstanding guitar playing at Sacramento State University’s Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival. This busy young man hopes to soon release an album with his Liz & Ammon Burge sister, and he also plays with
BITS was also fortunate to have a recently retired music teacher (and boogie woogie pianist!) Gaye Wood as one of the regenerating members. She was instrumental in getting the program into a local school district. During that first year, nine schools received a free lecture by Mick accompanied by a guitarist. This presentation was followed by a second performance which featured Young Jackie Greene more lecture content, a full 4 or 5 at the keyboard 4
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Yolo Schools ‘Syncopating Sea-Monkeys’. Ammon has been accepted to Northern Arizona University and we wish him well on his studies to eventually plans to become a lawyer.
local musicians and music venues Blues in the Schools also brings economic growth to the Sacramento region. How you contribute to the program: To help fund the BITS program, the Society holds an annual concertfundraiser. This year was no exception and our members responded with generosity. The BITS Benefit was held at The Station in Roseville and headlined by The Dennis Jones Band, a local favorite from Los Angeles. The students from our after school program at Rosemont and West Campus High Schools played and rawked the crowd! They were fantastic! If you were there, thanks for attending. The funds generated by this event help cover the costs not paid by grants. Max Vann, Alex BryThank you for supporting your ceson Rosemont HS Society and Blues in the Schools
The Mighty Horn Section: Michael Scott, Maja Spencer, Tuesday “Bruiser” Watkins, Linh “Spicy Chicken” Tran, Emma Jong & Elizabeth “Llama” Perez; West Campus HS
With all of the school performances and various programs, BITS brings the blues to well over a 1,000 kids each year, That is over 8000 students since Miya Wafford, Nestor Reyna, Ca- 2004. Thousands of sey Krzywoszyja, Travis Manning young souls exposed to & Alex Bryceson; the Blues!!! Some of these Rosemont HS students are now regulars at the local blues jams. It’s a joy to behold! One teacher wrote to us’ “I really want to thank you for all that you do, the work that you put in, and the grants that you write that give students such amazing opportunities!” We can only respond that we believe the amazing teachers and students that we have met through BITS deserve the praise. Reaching out to at-risk students: But BITS isn't limited to school sites. The program has brought the blues to such organizations as WIND Youth (a school for homeless teens) and the local Boys & Girls Club. Los Angeles. We've provided a summer program at a local housing complex, and hope tp start a program at an agency that provides services to children in crisis. Impacting the local Arts scene: Gaining recognition from national and local foundations, BITS has been recognized for their efforts in bringing music back into the lives of young people. The program’s interactions within the Sacramento arts and business community, including the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Alisia Gomez & Michael Commission, Yolo County Arts Roa, Rosemont HS C o u n c i l , R e x Foundation/Sacramento Kings, and more, have enabled all involved to bring about a higher awareness of the blues. But more than that, BITS has brought passion, confidence, broadened horizons and opportunities not otherwise available to young people of our community. By supporting 5
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Meet your new BOARD Members—by various Jan Kelley, Parliamentarian
JohnE Sandwich, Treasurer
I guess you could say I’m the ‘oldtimer’, having been a part of the SBS in some form or other for about 25 years. Former positions: Secretary, Calendar Grrrl, Membership, President and probably others I’m forgetting. BLUES has been a part of me, just never realized it ‘til I moved to Sacramento in 1984 and went to the Sacramento Blues Festival produced by the late Phil Givant. I’ve been a volunteer ever since.
I’ve been playing the guitar since I took it away from my father (he had a deaf ear) at the age of 6, switching to bass soon after. My mother played piano at our Baptist church and I would accompany her. So gospel was my appetizer, classic rock was my main meal for years, and now in my golden years, blues has become my just desserts. I’ve retired now in Sacramento and intend to help bring music to those that will listen. I can see the altruistic drive & wonderful events that SBS has created for NorCal musicians, and it is appreciated! Any efforts that I can donate to furthering the local blues and music scene will be selfless, enthusiastic and untiring.
Tammie Madill, Committee
Merchandise
I have been an active member of the Sacramento Blues Society for 12 years. I raffled off a beautiful handmade quilt and donated proceeds to Blues In The Schools. I helped sign up new SBS members at the Northern California Blues Festival two years in a row and the NAACP Rhythm, Blues and Soul Festival at Cal-Expo in 2010. I also went to the 2009 IBC to support the SBS entrants the Delta Wires and Pinkie Rideau and have volunteered for many events since 2005.
Zane Chair
I've been a member of the Sacramento Blues Society for over four years; two as a member and two as a business member. (www.Bluezzee-Tees.com). I love the BLUES!
Skip Murphy, Events Chair Skip did not submit a statement. However, he has written to you in his Events articles.
The Sacramento Blues Society promotes the BLUES to its fullest in the Sacramento & surrounding area towns. I will help promote SBS and keep introducing it to New and Old Blues Fans. Let’s keep Sacramento Blues Society ALIVE for many years and wearing SBS t-shirts, tank tops and sweat shirts!
Liz Walker—President Dave Alcock—Vice President Charlene Metzler–Secretary JohnE Sandwich—Treasurer Jan Kelley-Parliamentarian
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I want to promote the Blues as an art form in this area and will do my best to further that goal by assisting with producing memorable concerts featuring local and national talent. I promote an environment that fosters/mentors young people in pursuit of furthering the Blues, as well as helping to develop young individuals that have a natural talent for playing Blues music.
Rick Nolan, Merchandise Chair
2012 Board Officers
Toberer,
2012 Committee Chairs BITS —Cynthia Jaynes, Liz Walker, Co-Chairs BlueNotes! —Vj Anderson, Jan Kelley, Co-Editors Events/IBC Competition —Skip Murphy Gene Chambers Musicians Emergency Fund — Kim Duvall Sacramento Blues Hall of Fame—Sally Katen; Board Liaison— Jan Kelley Membership/Volunteers —Zane Toberer Merchandise/Concessions/Graphics — Rick Nolan Public Relations —Liz Walker SacBlues e-News/Calendar —Willie Brown Web —Kristen Dahl
Board Members at Large
Kristen Dahl Kim DuVall Tammie Madill Skip Murphy
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George Clinton's Mothership—by Cynthia Jaynes , Photos by VJ Parliament formed The Funkadelic Parliaments as brought the a doo -wop party to Lake group in the Tahoe and to late 1950s. my surprise The funk the room was sound, socially packed with conscious lyrthe next genics, and the Peration of Funk mytholf u n ka t ee rs! A full costume party in session? No—It’s just a little P-Funk! (Taken in New Orleans– 2009) ogy were deWhat a veloped prishow! There were no less than 12 performers on- marily by Clinton and have been especially influential stage at any one time, including a roller skating for later R&B, hip hop, and rock music. cheerleader, shirtless cowboy in white fur chaps & big ol' pimp hat, Lige Curry on bass, Maggot Brain It's a real shame that Clinton must continue to tour in (Michael Hampton), two keyboardists, four guitarists, order to make a living. Although in 1979 Clinton and and a half dozen singers. 15 members of Parliament/Funkadelic were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, legal issues have We were treated to two hours of sci-fi soul pop psy- kept them from realizing financial security. So be chedelic jammin', with George Clinton, 71, at the sure to support George & the Mothership next time helm. George Clinton has been the driving force be- they land near you! hind the development of the P-Funk sound, having
Nominations , Please - by Sally Katen The Sacramento Blues Society is soliciting nominations for the 2012 Hall of Fame and we've made it very easy to participate. You may now submit nominations online from our web site! To nominate a worthy person, please go to sacblues.com website and click on the Hall of Fame logo on the left, which will take you to our Hall of Fame page. Be sure to read the nominating guidelines and selection process before submitting an inductee; the nominee must adhere to the guidelines. There is no limit to how many you may nominate as long as they meet the qualifications. These are people who had an impact and overall influence on Blues in the Sacramento region for 20 or more years. There are a lot of Nominees waiting for you to send me their names! All nominees must be submitted prior to September 1, 2012. The 2012 Sacramento Blues Society - Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be during the annual "Membership Party" in December 2012, and plaques for the inducted personalities will join the past nominees at the Torch Club’s “Wall of Fame”.
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CD Reviews Nathan James & The Rhythm Scratchers
raging night seeing them in a Memphis juke joint back in the early 1990s along with the Blues Revue staff.
What You Make of It (Delta Groove)
With titles like “Pay the Piper”, “Working Man,” “Sugar Daddy,” “Woman Do Right,” and “Black and Blue” you are getting timeless lyrics that could have been released in the 1950s-1960s. Nearly all of these songs are written by Eddie Dattel and Wally Ford. Eddie is the owner of the label.
The blues master cryptologist James Harman can always be counted on to discover and mold great talent. SoCal guitarist Nathan James is perhaps one of the best to emerge from Harman’s tutelage. On this Delta Groove debut, Nathan and the Rhythm Scratchers deliver a snaky, slightly hoodified gem of an album full of country blues, (Delta and Piedmont), and the echoey reverbed R&B sound of the 1950s. It’s a great sound that James calls “Washtar Soul.” That is from the guitar he built up from scratch (pun intended) in his garage. See, it is a travel size washboard and a fretted guitar neck made from an ax handle. He wears metal finger picks! Plug that boy in now! And the piece de resistance, none other than Super Chikan taught Nathan how to wire LED lights from an auto parts store to a 9-volt battery and install in the Washtar.
This CD is really wonderfully programmed, moving from powerful up tempo to afterhours ballads. They know how to NOT overplay with lengthy solos and give each ensemble member a spotlight. The churchy B-3 padding on many of the songs by Joe Boogie (!) and the warm Stax-like horns (Carl Wolf and E.J. Dyce) again bring the southern soul to the forefront. Chromatic harp from Billy Gibson gets a turn on “Let’s Get Together.” It is stark, slow and marchlike and tells of a bandstand plea. Gibson is on five tracks. “Trickle Down Blues” sung by James Bonner is a bona fide “Stray Cats Strut” delight. The background vocals and tasty clarinet makes it a perfect election year single. There is deep honesty, stateliness and fun here. Somebody ought to get this CD to the Allman Brothers right quick and let them cover some of these songs. -Mindy Giles-
The opening track “Chosen Kind” is a rabble rouser of an opener—Nathan calls it “hill country trance groove,” but I think it could make the Hatfields and the McCoys drop their guns and dance. The balance of the power trio (drummer Marty Dodson and bassist/harmonica man Troy Sandow) are exceptional in their unified vision in the great body of work here –the instrumentals are inventive and really show off his homemade guitar sound and sympathetic sonic recording style ( lots of live, one room, no isolation). Nathan sings his lyrics soulfully in a true voice, unaffected, engaged. Four cool covers fill in the bigger picture of Nathan’s musical mind: “Black Snake Jiver,” a Blind Boy Fuller ditty, “Later On,” a dark Jimmy McCracklin track about chance love, “I’m A Slave To You,” an obscure Bobby Patterson tune, and James Harman’s enticing sex potion ode “Rhino Horn, ” in which Harman sings and plays harp. -Mindy GilesDaddy Mack Blues Band Pay the Piper (Inside Sounds) Memphis knows how to groove – deliberately, confidently. This band, with their fifth album, is no exception. Led by guitar and singer Daddy Mack Orr, there are direct nods to both Son Seals and Albert King, in his pinched gritty, ferocious 60s70s guitar sound. And interestingly, his vocals have that great gargly Gregg Allman tone. The two brothers, Harold and James Bonner (bass and guitar) are blood-related to the legendary Memphis band, The Fieldstones. I had a 8
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Horsemen’s Club April 15, 2012—by Steve Cagle There were no April showers on this blue-sky Sunday afternoon as a lawn filled with blues lovers gathered for the inaugural Po’ Boyz blues festival on the grounds of the venerable equestrian country club. The ingredients were all there for a soul-satisfying day, as evidenced by the collective smiling faces and dancing feet.
the stage to deliver their special blend of bayou blues and swampland soul. It was evident from the first note that the members of this family band (Kenny, brothers Frederick and Darnell, nephew Tyree and drummer Bryan Morris) were no musical strangers to each other, displaying an almost telepathic rapport in their note-perfect performance. The front stage lawn was immediately filled with dancing revelers as front man Kenny commanded the attention and adulation of everyone within earshot. He moved out into the crowd during his signature vintage soul medley anchored by the Ivory Joe Hunter chestnut, “Since I Met You Baby,” giving audience members a face-to-face front row experience as he played guitar and orchestrated a sing-along as he mingled with the crowd.
Things got rolling with the Boogie Woogie Queens, Wendy DeWitt, Sue Palmer and Dona Oxford, setting the enthusiastic crowd in motion. Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers followed with a spirited set of their trademark high-octane Northern California blues. Joining Mick and company was Kyle Rowland, whose mastery of blues harmonica continues to take him further from “new kid” status and closer to “old pro”. Roharpo and Tyree Neal added a generous helping of fiery Louisiana funk to the equation before making way for the classic-style soul, rhythm and blues of Earl Thomas. Earl’s set elevated the celebratory atmosphere, concluding with an extended rendition of the classic “Blind, Crippled and Crazy.”
Fillmore Slim and Kyle Rowland joined the Neal family for a funk-intensive finale that rivaled James Brown and included many nods to the hardest working man in show biz. When the smoke cleared, the audience departed, basking in the glow of complete musical satisfaction. Kudos to Po’ Boyz proprietor and event producer Brenda Taylor, whose premier Horsemen’s Club event was an unequivocal success and we hope the first of many such events. Thank you Brenda, Kenny and everyone who helped make it a memorable day in Sacramento.
The Main Event followed, as Kenny Neal and his band hit
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.
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Louie’s Cocktail Lounge 3030 Mather Field Road Rancho Cordova CA 95670 916-262-9151
313 Laurence Ave.
Northern California Blues Festival
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Bluebird Tours Grady O'Bryant 1017 Bluebird L St. Ste Tours 580 Sacramento, CA 95814 Grady O’Bryant (916)443-8741 office (916)271-2685 cell (916)473-5789 fax www.sactrips.com California Seller of Travel #2084147-40
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.
Andy Keene & Kinda Blue 916-799-1544 ajkeane3@aol.com
Johnny “Guitar” Knox Dave Croall & the Soothers 916-455-6349 rightdave@hotmail.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
Bobby Blues Ray 916-422-5830
Midnight Mind-Katie Knipp Solo singer/songwriter http://www.katieknipp.com/ (415) 272-7581 katiek4604@comcast.net
Chicken & Dumpling www.chickenanddumpling.net 530-753-5265 or 530-902-7209
O Street Jumps Dan 916 -944-7292 Cari 916-725-4889
Coyote Slim 408-838-0456 bluesman@coyoteslim.com www.coyoteslim.com
Packard Slim www.packardslim.com
Big Earl and the Cryin\' Shame Phone E-mail
Gail Jo & the Criminals of Love Gail Bischo—916-729-4238 gjwb944@yahoo.com Gary Mendoza Band 916-599-9947 www.garymendozaband.com
The Bad Catz Zane Toberer 530-391-8089 http://badcatz.webs.com/ The Bluz Houndz Dave Anthony 916-991-6148
Russell Blues Band Clint Marrs, Vocals & Guitar 530-307-1709 crmarrs@crmarrs.com Snake Alley Tommy Ing—707-495-4779 tboneblues@att.net www.snakealleyband.com
The Blues Vandals 916-384-7457 bluesvandals.com Used Blues Band Sean McGroarty 916-204-9800 Sean@myifp.com Val Starr & the Blues Rocket Val Starr 916-765-0162 JohnE Sandwich 916-225-0209 www.bluesrocket.biz
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