Happy M ay Blu es Fan s! By Renee Erickson W ow! The Sacramento Blues Society started this year off with a bang! The Kenny Neal show was off the hook awesome, and we were lucky enough to have Sacramento?s own Ro Harpo join Kenny onstage bringing the crowd to a frenzy. Many thanks to all who attended, and I hope you had as much fun as we did. Please read Barbara Katen?s review in this newsletter. After you read it, you might get the impression that she thinks Kenny is one good-looking dude! (And we all would agree!) I must take a moment to brag about the SBS Blues in the Schools Program. This Committee has done amazing things over the years with the local youth in our community, and it just keeps getting better. They are now working with at risk teenagers who have embraced the program and are deriving great benefit from it. Liz W alker has a great article in this issue! If you ever wonder what your membership dollars go toward, this program alone will make you feel it?s worth it. The Events Committee is busy planning the rest of the year. We have plans for some great events, so stay tuned. If you don?t know this by now, you can now purchase your tickets to SBS Events online on our website. I strongly suggest that if you know you want to attend a certain event, you get your ticket online. We were surprised how many people pre-paid for the Kenny Neal show so to be sure you?re in, get your tickets online. Of course, they are always available at the door also. Many thanks to Jan Kelley, Kristen Dahl, and Art Quinn for their hard work on the Committee. We can always use more volunteers and fresh ideas; so if you?re interested in joining us, please get in touch with me! If you haven?t been to our website recently, please check it out. We?ve made some awesome changes! Sometimes we get so caught up in our events etc., we forget to mention all the people who make everything behind the scenes happen. Scott W illson and David Alcock, W illie Brown thanks for the website, Facebook, and everything else that you do to support us. You rock! Lastly, I would like to thank those of you who took me up on my offer in the last newsletter to send in your thoughts, ideas, and opinions about SBS, our events, the direction we are heading, etc. I believe that I responded to all of you; so know that your voice is heard. We are looking forward to a summer filled with sunshine and Blues Festivals. See you all out there!
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BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS Sac Blues Society is
Liz Walker
NOW on Twitter !
Every year we get our hair blown back by what these young?uns achieve in just eight short weeks. I?m sure you?ll agree when you join us on Thursday, May 4th at the Rockin?Stoney for another fabulous evening of youthful passionate blues. We?ve been working hard all spring with presentations throughout Sacramento County thanks to the generosity of the Any Given Child program. This program was piloted four years ago in two school districts. W ith funding from the Kennedy Center for the Arts schools throughout the county, we are now entitled to a minimum of 1 arts presentation a year. Thanks to the hard work of the BITS committee and the professionalism of our presenters/ musicians we have gained (and maintained) quite a reputation for bringing the goods and the number of presentations has increased over the years. Yolo County Arts Council is also a big supporter of BITS and has involved us in several different projects. In addition to bringing presentations to their local schools we?re also presenting in their juvenile hall and community schools. These at-risk students have a lot going on in their worlds and the blues speaks to them directly. BITS is very excited to work with the council on an upcoming project involving veterans and their families. If the funding is approved, this project will kick off in the fall and involve songwriting, music instruction, family art projects and performances at two VFW posts.
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Do w e h ave you r cu r r en t con t act in f o? Every now and then, we want to remind our members and especially our member bands and musicians, to please make sure to update the SBS with your current contact info. That means, if you've recently moved, we need your new address as well as your e-mail, phone and website URL, please. We want to stay in touch!
M A Y 4th
I can?t believe it?s time for the annual BITS Showcase! The students participating in our three after school programs have been working hard and can?t wait to show off their chops.
Nominations for Hall Of Fame 2017 by Sally Katen Each year the Sacramento Blues Society calls for nominations of people who live in the Greater ?Sacramento area?who have been either a performer (musician/ vocalist), promoter, or a non-performer (supporter of the blues) with 20 or more years in the Sacramento area, and who are determined under the guidelines to be deserving of recognition. There is a selection process for the SBS Hall of Fame which is explained below. If you are interested in nominating someone, please submit your nomination online at sacblues.com/ blues-hall-of-fame, or send and mail names to our P.O. Box 60580, Sacramento Ca. 95860-0580 or hand a list of names to a SBS board member. All past inductees are listed online at sacblues.com (with photo and bios). If you?re ever in the Torch Club, please check out our W all of Fame with photos and our perpetual plaque. There are seven years of Inductees on the W all and we, the Hall of Fame Committee and our SBS Board Members, are proud of not only the W all, but all the Inductees, knowing that the nominations originated from the blues fans!! Thank You! Just a little bit about the process and how we count on not only SBS Members, but blues lovers in our area. Did you know that you do not need to be a SBS Member to submit a nomination or to be a Hall of Fame Inductee/ Member? But you do need to be a Sacramento area resident to qualify for nomination, or have been a resident when qualifying activities were performed. To assist in helping the Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame, we need to know who you feel would be worthy to be part of the HOF by nominating worthy and deserving people from our area to be honored. We are a committee of 11 SBS HOF blues lovers and HOF inducted members who feel that there are many dedicated, musicians/ promoters/ supporters that have made a difference in the blues in the Sacramento area. We count on your nominations yearly to help make a variety of names to choose from. You may submit as many different nominations each year as you want. The more names we receive, the harder we work to verify their contributions. We accept names all year but close considerations for the current year at the end of June. The HOF Committee starts working on bios as we receive nominations. We take the names that have been submitted, not only for the current year, but for each previous year. (I have saved each nomination since I took over the Hall of Fame in 2010). Each committee member may have one or as many as three bios to write up on the nominees received for that year. Then we take each nominee and discuss their dedication, their local contribution to our Sacramento area and if they are local area residents, to be qualified. Over several hours and several meetings, we come up with as many as five deserving people to induct into the current year?s Hall of Fame. We do have deadlines to meet, and that is why the deadline to nominate someone is June 30th, 2017 so we can have our meetings and meet the Blue Notes deadline of August 1st. However, if the nomination does not meet the deadline, it will be assigned for consideration the next year. SBS Board Members and HOF Committee Members have been telling folks how easy it is to submit a person for consideration online. Also, you can name as many different people as you want on the form. I also want you to know that all nominations submitted come directly to my email, so there is no delay in receiving them. This year?s event will be September 24th, 2017 at Harlow?s with the after-party at the Torch Club. So, send your nominations in! Looking forward to a great year!!
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Even t s! by Jan Kelley Hey there blues buddies! Looks like everyone had a great time at our new venue, Station 1 at Burgers and Brew in West Sacramento for the Kenny Neal show. I know I did! Many thanks go out to the staff at Station 1, our devoted volunteers and to Janet Hongola, Liz W alker and Kathy Ely for providing the terrific raffle prizes! Please see Barbara Katen?s article in this issue for a short review of the show. And by now, the W omen Sing the Blues show will have occurred, again at Station 1, which everyone agrees is a nice venue but the parking is a real issue. The owners are very nice and are happy to have us. I?m sure we?ll be back there again. In the meantime, take a gander at what we have coming up and mark your calendars. There are more in the works so stay tuned. Don?t miss out, your Events committee is working hard to present some fun stuff for YOU! May 4th* (Thurs) BITS Showcase/ Stoney Inn 6:00-9:00 PM BIG DAY OF GIVING FOR SBS! July 16th (Sun) Tia Carroll/ Fair Oaks Clubhouse 3:00-6:00 PM Aug 6th* (Sun) IBC Competition/ Stoney Inn 1:00-6:00 PM Sep 16th (Sat) Chicken Fest table/ Fair Oaks Park 10:00 AM -6:00 PM Sep 24th (Sun) HOF Induction/ Harlow?s 2:00-6:00 PM (After Party @the Torch Club!) Oct 7th (Sat) Blues By the River featuring Mick 2:00-10:00 PM Martin, Pinkie Rideau, Ryder Green, And the Laurie Morvan Band/ Swabbie?s MORE TO COME! We are happy to say some of our member bands/ duos will soon be entertaining at the Viewpoint Gallery on 2nd Saturdays and are looking forward to a new partnership with them. We?re always looking for volunteers to give us a hand with raffle prizes, setup of tables, etc. Did you know you get a free admission to our event if you give us a hand? Please contact Liz W alker, our current Volunteer Coordinator to put your name in!
Display by Liz Walk er
The Sacramento Blues Society was honored to be selected by the South Natomas Library to have a display depicting our many activities. This will be on view throughout the month of April. Arrangement by Liz W alker. South Natomas Library, 2901 Truxel Ave. Check for hours @ http:/ / www.saclibrary.org/ Locations/ South-Natomas
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Sacr am en t o?s Tor ch Clu b By Ro Bloodwell The Dennis Jones Blues Band was a powerhouse of rhythm, soul and blues performed at Sacramento's Torch Club, provoking a shoulder to shoulder packed dance floor. The intoxicating concoction of his heat driven riffs, funky drum and bass back beat of his new band was rolled out on "Enjoy the Ride" from his new CD entitled "Both Sides Of The Tracks". Serving up some of his meaty chops on "Big Black Cat" and "Devil's Nightmare" was enough to leave the crowd reeling. If you missed the show, I implore you to drop what you are doing and take advantage of having another opportunity to witness this funky, raw, uptown blues class act on Saturday June 10th, 2017 9pm at the Torch Club located at 901 15th street, Sacramento, Ca.92514.
Ken n y Neal Was Of f t h e Hook ! By Barbara Katen W hat can I say? The Sacramento Blues Society brought it home with the Kenny Neal & Neal Family Band show Friday, March 31st. I can?t thank our very own Jan Kelley and Renee Erickson (SBS Events Committee Chairs Extraordinaire) enough for pulling this show together. This was my first time seeing Kenny and I wasand still am blown away! I arrived at the Station 1, Burgers & Brew in West Sacramento venue during Kenny?s sound check. I wanted to start dancing right then and there but I had business to attend to in assisting with the door set up so held myself in check. But that didn?t stop me from bopping and swaying in place, however after several minutes the music stopped and lo and behold who should appear right before my very eyes? Mr. Kenny Neal himself. Have I mentioned what a good-looking dude this fella is? Yes, I went all fan-girl on him but in doing so I got a hug! Well worth the embarrassment I caused myself and I?d do it again!
Now on to the music? taking the wording directly from the SBS website, ?One of the strongest modern proponents of Baton Rouge swamp blues, Kenny Neal is a second -generation southern Louisiana bluesman who is cognizant of the region?s venerable blues tradition and imaginative enough to steer it in fresh directions.?Absolutely. Kenny had the crowd dancing, clapping, whooping and hollering. Particular attention was given to his latest critically acclaimed cd ?BLOOD LINE?, released in 2016, and a 2017 Grammy Nominee as well as a nominee for the Blues Music Awards in Memphis this May. Kenny delighted the crowd with songs from that cd in addition to many others. Several other highlights of the night were his rocking tribute to the late great Chuck Berry and Sacramento regions own Roharpo the Bluesman taking the stage with Kenny and band, blowing everyone?s hair back. W OW is all I can say. All in all, this magical musical night was as close to perfect as I?ve experienced in many a moon. Hey, did I mention that Kenny Neal is one good-looking dude? 6
A n Ev en i n g w i t h M ar i e an d W al t er T r o u t By Jan Kelley and Ruby Gypsy Prior to the March 11th 8 PM show at the Harris Following Marie?s presentation, W alter Center for the Arts with blues rock guitarist Trout played an amazing show! extraordinaire, W alter Trout, people were given an Strutting the stage and soothing the crowd opportunity to meet and talk with his wife and with his legendary Fender Strat and Mesa manager, Marie B. Trout, PhD. She gave an Boogie amp, W alter Trout & his band are a interesting 20-minute presentation and outline of unique and powerful force. The drummer, her newly released book: The Blues ? W hy it Still Michael Leasure, was phenomenal! He did a Hurts So Good, which examines the societal aspect powerhouse drum solo that lasted nearly 10 of the blues influence in healing and why it is minutes!! predominantly baby boomers who are the fans. A brief Q and A session followed. W alter played one song that touched Hosted by Carrera Productions and the everyone?s hearts deeply; ?Take Me Sacramento Blues Society, this presentation was Home?told the story of when W alter was free to the public and well-received. All book sale very ill in the hospital for a long period proceeds benefit the HART fund, which assists while waiting for a liver transplant and musicians in need and is available for sale in finally asked his wife to take him home. paperback as well as Kindle/ eBook on Amazon.com. She crawled into the hospital bed with him and held him, letting him know everything would be alright and that he needed to stay to have a fighting chance. Once the song ended, Marie Trout came out onto the stage and the two embraced each other for a long moment. It was very beautiful and touching. The evening ended with the Trout band, complete with son Jon, showing their thanks by playing a fantastic encore? and a good time was had by all.
ROAD TRIP By Linda McShane Years ago, many of us enjoyed traveling to Eureka, Ca. for the outdoor festival "Blues by the Bay". It was a fun festival & we miss it! So several of us ventured up to Eureka once again to check out the Redwood Coast Music Festival 3/ 30-4/ 2. Although it was an indoor festival with several venues scattered around the city, we were not disappointed & a good time was had by all! RCMF mimics the SMF (Sacramento Music Festival) in that it started as a jazz festival and now has come around to include many types of music such as blues, zydeco & Rockabilly to name a few. People are into "swing dancing" up there, so each venue had a nice dance floor. Food and beverages were available as well. Friday & Saturday nights, the Municipal auditorium was blues central with a great blues line up each night! Fortunately, shuttles were readily available to take you home after dancing all night! W alking is totally an option and we did plenty of that while wandering in old town checking out shops and restaraunts. Eureka may seem far away, but if you have a day or two to meander along the avenue of the giants with a stop in the Redwood's, it's very enjoyable. I shall return!
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Redw ood Coast M u sic Fest ival by Derral Campbell I couldn't believe the Redwood Coast Music Festival's lineup - a marked return to Blues music. W ith artists like Duke Robillard, James Harman, Michael Doucet, Kenny Neal and Rick Estrin and the Nightcats featured in two "Blues Nights" at the venerable Eureka Municipal Auditorium, it seemed an impossible return to earlier times, to long-gone Festivals and shows. And though it was held on April Fool's weekend, there was no surprise let-down. In fact, it was truly a flawless time, a sunny weekend, a well-run festival with top-notch talent. The Friday Blues Night hit the ground swinging with Sacramento's Two-Tone Steiny & the Cadillacs, jumping and thumping the blues while swing dancers filled the Muni floor. Nathan James and the Rhythm Scratchers followed, building the momentum as Nathan went wild on his home-made washboard guitar, strumming with finger picks while playing solos on the strings. His band backed up the veteran James Harman. Though Mr. Harman had been hospitalized the night before, after a W inters appearance, he delivered a strong set as usual, and seemed in particularly good voice. Friday headliner Duke Robillard proved his prowess yet again. Sometimes I think I'm very lucky to live in this time, to see these artists creating, live. For me the highlight of the weekend was the Saturday noon tribute to Charles Brown, put together by his old band leader, guitarist Danny Caron. John Cocuzzi of Sacramento and his drummer Danny Coots were joined by the great saxophonist Jeff Ervin and Caron's partner in the Flambeau band, bassist Steve Parks. The best word for this show is "sublime." Each musician is a master of phrasing, timing, and dynamics, and their sum was somethin' else! The tribute was held in the restored Eureka Theater, an elegant backdrop worthy of the onstage majesty. Back to Muni for the Saturday Blues Night, Gator Nation fired up the dancers with the rub board-beatin' rhythm of Zydeco and Cajun music. Kenny Neal followed with hard hitting Lousiana funk, soul and blues, and his walk out into the audience lit up the crowd. Michael Doucet joined with Tom Rigney and Flambeau for a second helping of fun gumbo, their fiddles spiced up with Danny Caron's hot guitar and Carolyn Dahl's keyboard. Bayou ballads and dancehall stompers had us all going, and by the time Rick Estrin & the Nightcats took the stage, it was pretty easy pickings for surprise drummer D'Marr, who stunned the crowd with the highest energy yet. He was only sitting in until their new drummer arrives, but coupled with the fireworks of Kid Andersen on guitar and Rick's harmonica virtuosity, the evening's excitement was sustained and driven upward. Lorenzo Farrell's keyboard and booming left-hand bass anchored and drove what was, to me, the strongest Nightcats show in years.
IBC Com in g Up! By David Alcock Got Blues? Well, this is your chance to get more for less. The Sacramento Blues Society is going to be holding our Annual IBC Competition featuring up to 10 of the best Blues bands going head to head for the chance to represent SBS at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. This year?s competition will be Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Stoney?s Rockin?Rodeo, and will be a great event at a super low price. All the bands will bring their A-Game. There will plenty of good drinks, hot food and good times. I had the opportunity to go to Memphis for the IBC and it was an amazing experience supporting The Used Blues Band. W hat an honor it was to see our local musicians competing along with some amazing bands. I found myself feeling like a kid in a candy store walking from club to club listening to some of the best Blues the world has to offer. In each club was a different band or solo/ duo act playing every type of Blues one can imagine. It was kind of like the dim sum of the Blues. If you have ever wanted to play and compete in Memphis, this is your chance! We are looking for up to 10 bands to compete. Registration will begin on May 15th and is first come first serve, so register early. All of the registration details and rules will be on www.sacblues.com. This year SBS will be offering $4000 in travel expenses and the registration fee is only $25. The slots fill up fast, so sign up early. For more information go to www.Sacblues.com. See you at the show!
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Celebr at e t h e Blu es at a Fest ival! By Cari Chenkin Seeking some inspiration when writing this article, I looked up the origins of the word ?festival?and found it comes from the Old French - festival "suitable for a feast, solemn, magnificent, joyful, happy," and directly from Medieval Latin festivalis"of a church holiday" (see festivity). W hile I don?t think of a Blues Festival as ?solemn?, they are joyful and happy, and suitable for a feast (especially some BBQ!). And there?s arguably a connection between church and the gospel roots of some blues, so that part kind of fits, too. W hat all this is bringing me to is that, now that spring is here, it?s Festival Season as well! From April through the fall, there are a multitude of Blues Festivals taking place all over the country, and even all over the world. We are lucky, in Northern California, to have a lot of great opportunities for festival fun, not to mention great weather in which to party! In addition to being a great source of fun and music, festivals benefit the communities in which they occur, by supporting other community businesses that supply the food and drink, sanitary facilities, security personnel, sound and stage personnel, and other services and supplies. So, a well-attended festival becomes a contributor to a community?s economic health. One of my favorite aspects of a music festival is the opportunity to see multiple bands for one admission price. Festivals also offer opportunities to local bands and artists, as well as new, young and up-and-coming bands, to appear alongside the nationally known acts that usually headline these events. It?s great to see our local favorites and friends get the chance to showcase their music to a wider audience, as festivals become destinations for out-of-town enthusiasts too. In the list of upcoming regional festivals I?ve compiled to accompany this article, there are a bunch of festivals that feature some of our local favorite and SBS member bands. (I?ve put an asterisk by those that are featuring our local faves!). So, whether you stay local, or venture to other cities or states, you?re sure to find a fun festival to attend. Grab your low-back chair, a friend or two and head to one soon; I intend to be at as many as I can get to this season. See you on the dance floor!
For more complete listings of festivals, there are several good websites to view, including
bluesfestivalguide.com &
www.musicfestivalwizard.com/ festival-genre/ blues
1Online Etymology Dictionary, Š 2010 Douglas Harper
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JIM PUGH / LITTLE VILLAGE FOUNDATION Froma telephoneinterviewon BluesSpectrum, KVMR Community Radio3/ 26/ 2017 By SteveCagle, Broadcaster andJan Kelley, Editor The name Jim Pugh is synonymous with West Coast blues and soul. He has established a reputation over the past forty years as a world-class piano and organ player. As a Grammy and platinum winner and 2017 nominee for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Blues Music Award, Jim is also a highly-respected producer, arranger and songwriter. He is most widely known as keyboardist for the Robert Cray Band for twenty-five years. The Little Village Foundation was established three years ago. Its mission is to give unrecognized or underappreciated musicians the opportunity to establish themselves in a market that has been out of their reach in the past. A 501Š(3) nonprofit music company that supports musicians from nontraditional backgrounds, Jim is currently serving as executive director (http:/ / littlevillagefoundation.com) and includes Chris (Kid) Andersen and Rick Estrin as the music producers. Initial releases include Ron Thompson (Son of Boogie W oogie) and Wee W illie W alker (If Nothing Ever Changes), which garnered the 2016 Come Back Artist of the Year award as well as Best Blues Album of 2015 from Living Blues magazine. Chris ?Kid?Andersen is an integral part of the Little Village Foundation?s creative output, with most of the recordings taking place at his Greaseland Music Creation House in San Jose. He serves as producer/ co-producer, engineer, mixer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional songwriter on the projects. Jim came up with the idea of the Little Village Foundation while thinking of his next life endeavor. ?It was a matter of combining things I loved and trying to find a way to make it a go, so I came up with the idea for this non-profit record label that is so much more than just a record label. The idea is to shine a light on musicians (and now a spoken word artist as well) who wouldn?t be heard otherwise.? He offers artists a chance to record their music at no expense at all and gives back all proceeds to the artists. W hile the first round of Little Village releases is drawing attention through media, airplay and live performances, Jim Pugh has been extremely busy getting the next batch of albums recorded and readied for release. W atch for the names Dave Ellis, Los Tres Amigos De Snuviko, from the inaugural batch released in 2015. The second batch released in 2016 consisted of Aireene Espiritu, Aki Kumar, John Blues Boyd, Mariachi Mestizo, a live album by Wee W illie W alker and the Greaseland All Stars (Live! Notodden Blues Festival Norway), which was released in November 2016. Releasing in July 2017: Chris Cain with Tony Braunagel and Larry ?The Mole?Taylor also featured; The Sons of the Soul Revivers; Sean W heeler, Maurice Tani, Xochitl Morales ? spoken word about the life of farm families in the central CA valley from trumpeter for Mariachi Mestizo, whose poetry has been featured in Huffington Post and read by her in the State of California Assembly Hall. SUPPORT LITTLE VILLAGE ARTISTS: attend live performances; buy cd?s (from artists, not available on Little Village Foundation website) LITTLEVILLAGEFOUNDATION.COM
Jim Pugh on keys, Kid Andersen on guitar
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The winter of 2001-2002 was one of the lowest points in the life of the Sacramento Blues Society. Linda Klieman, our treasurer reported $890 in the bank, our Board of Directors was short several positions, our monthly newsletter, Blue Notes, was cut back to bi-monthly, and our outgoing president, Derek W ashington, pleaded with membership in Blue Notes to step up: ?Members of the Sacramento Blues Society, it?s time to re-double our effort if we are to continue the fine history & tradition of preserving the blues?. We had just lost one of our founders, Phil Givant, and ?super fan?Mickey Traina, and the original Palms Playhouse in Davis was about to close and move further away. Sad times for any blues music fan in Sacramento. Elections were held and thanks to a dedicated group consisting of president Jan Kelley, Demouy W illiams, Linda McShane, Al Taylor, W illie Brown, Ron Slayton, Jeanette Siglar, Rick Chivaro, Tony Morales, Bill Osborne and the above-mentioned Mr. W ashington and Ms. Klieman, the Society was slowly nursed back to life. A series of Blues Jams at the Touch A Class and a renewed membership effort paid off and we haven?t looked back since. As this issue highlights Blues Festivals, it seems appropriate to note all the fine festivals in our area that we have lost since 2002. In no special order: Blues By The Bay in Eureka, Sonoma County Blues Festival in Santa Rosa, Fire On The Mountain in Sonora, San Francisco Blues Festival, the great Monterey Blues Festival, our own Sacramento Heritage Festival, and my favorite the Central Valley Blues Festival in Merced. Not to mention the brief life of the Northern California Blues Festival, Coloma Blues Live and the reduction to 1 day of blues at the Russian River Blues Festival. These events were all very good and are a major loss to us all. So, get off your butt and get out there before your favorite festival is no more.
Even when the SBS was struggling, the local music scene was jumping thanks to The Beer Dawgs here and there, Steve Freund Friday night and the Dynatones Saturday one weekend then Arthur Adams, Kathleen Cairns, and Jackie Payne the next at the ever-present Torch Club, and Corby Yates at The Powerhouse Pub. Upcoming shows at Raley Field included B.B. King with Jeff Beck and another show featuring The Robert Cray Band with special guests The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Sacr am en t o Blu es Societ y M em ber Ban ds Got an even t or an occasion ? Need m u sic? Hir e an SBS M em ber Ban d! Dave Croall & The Soothers rightdave@hotmail.com Big Earl and the Cryin?Shame bigearl@gmail.com Jeramy Norris & the Dangerous Mood basschips@comcast.net
Nedra & Julio
Dee McFarlane
www.njrmusic.com
mcfarlane09@earthlink.net
The Bongo Furys gtrman@gmail.com The Gary Mendoza Band garymendozaband@yahoo.com Tony W estlake and the Tuff Times iridemotorcycles@sbcglobal.net
Rube & The Rythm Rockers srube@sbcglobal.net
Chicken & Dumpling
The Bluez Houndz
cmoriel@ucdavis.edu
whse2000@sbcglobal.net
Ray ""Catfish"" Copeland Band
Melonie Desiree & Causin'
raycopeland@comcast.net
A Ruckus
Red?s Blues bethgrigsby@comcast.net The Christian DeW ild Band www.christiandewildband.com The W illiam Mylar Band mylar@mylarville.com Two Tone Steiny & The Cadillacs twotonesteiny@yahoo.com Tessie Marie And The Poor Man Band tattooedsoul1@yahoo.com
Jimmy Smith
Ranell Carpenter Band
Todd Morgan & The Emblems
jimmysmithband@gmail.com Strictly for kicks
mail@ranellcarpenter.com Dennis James Blues Party
myosotiseyes@sbcglobal.net
strictlyforkicks.com
fredzo@surewest.net
cometruemusic@aol.com
Sacr am en t o Blu es Societ y Spon sor s & Don or s Thank you for your support and generosity! Members, please patronize our Sponsoring Businesses! Gold Spon sor Car r er a Pr odu ct ion s www.carrera-productions.com
Blu e Spon sor Music Sacramento 916-726-5247
Br on ze Spon sor Ar n old Law Fir m www.justice4you.com
Bu sin ess M em ber s St yle M agazin e www.stylemg.com/
Stoney?s Rockin?Rodeo www.stoneyinn.com
Tor ch Clu b
www.torchclub.com
Sw ell Pr odu ct ion s www.swell-productions.com
Business Owners, if you don?t see your name here, why not join or renew your sponsorship today? 11
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Blue Notes is the official bi-monthly newsletter of the Sacramento Blues Society. Editor: Jan Kelley Send information for the newsletter to: editor@sacblues.com, or mail to Editor at the above address.
We all love the Blues whatever the venue. Whether a small dive bar, a monster cruise ship, or at your local park, the music is what brings us together. But I love the Blues Festivals. From Simi Valley (on the cover) to Mick Martin at the Sacramento Music Festival or the long-gone Blues By The Bay in Eureka (on the back), festivals have it all. I have been taking pictures at blues festivals for many years and have watched as the number has steadily declined from what it was 20 years ago. So, don?t wait. Go to a fest or 2, or more this year. They are all over this country and in our back yards and they are disappearing fast. - Bob Cosman
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