Walla Walla Blues Society’s

Volume 23 Issue 3 March 2016

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The Walla Walla Blues Society Blues News

The Blues News is the official publication of the Walla Walla Blues Society. Any articles, advertising, etc. must be submitted to the Editor no later than the 15th of each month. All submissions become the property of the Walla Walla Blues Society. Views and opinions expressed by individuals represented in the Blues News are not necessarily those of the WWBS. Permission to reprint any material herein should be obtained from the Editor. The Walla Walla Blues Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are therefore tax deductible.

WWBS Officers President: Mike Hammond Treasurer: Verna Reesman Secretary: Kim Ruchert IFK Coord: Mike Hammond BITS Coord: Torch Davis Webmaster: Rich Smith Blues News Editor: Rand Bishop Board of Directors George Copeland Donna Copeland Rich Smith Laura Hall Torch Davis Audrey Renaud

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MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS Walla Walla Blues Society holds meetings on the first Tuesday of the month. Next meeting is March 1st then on April 5th at Pacific Express.

8237 Mill Creek Rd. Walla Walla WA 99362

Tinsley Ellis

How lucky can we be?!! TINSLEY ELLIS will be performing in Walla Walla on Thursday, March 24th. WWBS was contacted with an offer we could not refuse because Tinsley will be here between scheduled shows. He will be performing at Main Street Studios, 207 West Main Walla Walla, WA. The show will start at 7:30 pm and be over around 9 pm--perfect for a week night. Doors will open at 7. The concert seating price is $15 and you can reserve a table for 4 for $75 (limited number available). For a table, contact Mike Hammond at 509/520-3373. Or you can drop a check off at Melody Muffler located at 9th and Chestnut. See you at the show!!!

Tough Love Nominated for 2016 Blues Music Award. The Blues Foundation announced today that Tinsley's latest release Tough Love has been nominated in the Rock Blues Album of the Year category of the annual Blues Music Awards. Voting is open to all Blues Foundation members. For more information about becoming a member and voting for Tough Love visit the Foundation's Membership page.

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The 2016 Walla Walla Feast & Guitar Festival goes LARGE! In its 5th year, The Walla Walla Guitar Festival has combined with “Feast Walla Walla,” and will feature top national acts and regionals, along with gourmet food and wine. The general format of the Walla Walla Guitar Festival will stay the same, with multi-venue and tons of great bands, but we'll be adding food and wine and MORE venues and MORE music to the weekend! During the 5th annual Walla Walla Guitar Festival, approximately 30 bands will perform in various venues in Downtown Walla Walla, April 8, 9, & 10. Following a jam at Sapolil Cellars hosted by Tuck Foster & Randy Oxford on Thursday evening, the 2016 Walla Walla Feast & Guitar Festival

officially kicks off on Friday, April 8th at 7 pm at The Powerhouse Theater with Delta Groove recording artist Sugaray Rayford in concert. Sugaray Rayford is nominated for the prestigious BB King Entertainer of the Year Award for the 2016 Blues Music Awards. In addition to this honor, Sugaray is also nominated in the Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Contemporary Blues Album (Southside) and Song of the Year (“Southside of Town”) categories. This is followed by The Friday Kick-off Party, at The Marcus Whitman, The Elks, The VFW, & Sapolil Cellars, with performances by Ayron Jones & The Way, The Stacy Jones Band, The Sara Brown Band, Gary Winston & The Real Deal, Iguana Hat, & Shanks Pony! On Saturday, the acoustic showcase begins at noon at Sapolil Cellars with Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons, and Trevalyan Blue will play at Kontos Cellars. Ben and Joe represented the Washington Blues Society at this year’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis and won in the solo/duo competition at the historic Orpheum Theatre. The “Large” Show begins at three o’clock at the Walla Walla Elks with Robin Barrett & Coyote Kings w/Tiph Dames, followed by The 44s, then Alligator Recording

artists Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. Estrin has won Blues Music Awards over his storied blues career, including Instrumentalist of the Year Award (Harmonica) in 2013 and for Song of the Year in 1994 for “My Next Ex-Wife.”The Guitar Crawl begins at eight o’clock at Sapolil Cellars with Charlie Butts & The Filter Tips and Pappa Frita & The Hot Mustard, at VFW Post 992 with Big Monti Amundson feat: Rae Gordon, and The Wasteland Kings. The Walla Walla Eagles features Randy Oxford’s All-Star Slam (feat: Patti Allen, Polly O’Keary, & CD Woodbury) along with Billy Stoops & The Dirt Angels. The evening ends with an all-star jam hosted by Vaughn Jensen from midnight ‘til 1:45 AM at Sapolil Cellars.On Sunday Morning, the Soul Sunday Breakfast will feature a gourmet breakfast buffet, plus two acts, Rae Gordon and Winston/Hemenway, providing Southern Gospel performances, and the Soul Sunday For tickets and additional information, please visit https://wallawallaguitarfestival.com

Howlin’ Wolf By TPP

Howlin’ Wolf was born Chester Arthur Burnett on June 10, 1910 in West Point, Mississippi. He was possibly one of the most electrifying performers in modern blues and had one of the most distinct voices. He would jump around the stage when he was performing and hoot and howl (thus the name Howlin’ Wolf). If you’ve ever seen any footage of him performing, you can see that he put his whole heart and soul into his singing. He learned to play guitar from Charlie Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson II taught him to play harp (Sonny Boy was married to his half-sister) but he didn’t play either very well. He didn’t start recording until he reached middle age, being a farmer before that working on his father’s farm but played blues on the weekends at juke joints and plantation picnics. Ike Turner (who was a record scout for Sam Phillips) heard Howlin’ Wolf and suggested that Sam record him. He went into the studio in 1951 and recorded two songs, “Moanin’ at Midnight” and “How Many More Years”. The songs were leased to Chess Records who released them in 1952. In 1952, he moved to Chicago and stayed there for the rest of his life. He died of kidney failure in 1976. He was inducted into Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Bo Diddley had most of his success in the music business on the R&B charts in the 50's and early 60's. He had a very strong influence on others who

followed. His name at his birth in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi was Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel; he had been adopted by his mother's cousin, Gussie McDaniel, and a man named Bates. The family moved to Chicago when young Ellas was five years old. As a child he studied violin. He taught himself how to play a guitar and

played it in a band he joined while in school. He also played the trombone in his church choir. Ellas began a five-year stint as the leader of a three-man washboard band when he was seventeen. He started to record for the Checker and Chess labels in 1955, an association that lasted for 21 years. Some of his best work can be found in his more obscure songs from albums that he made in the 50's. Some of these albums had titles such as "Bo Diddley" and "Go Bo Diddley". Included in this group are such songs as "Who Do You Love?", "Bring It To Jerome", and "Diddey Wah Diddey". In addition to singing and performing, he also did some songwriting. His hambone beat [shave-and-a-hair-cut, six bits] was his trademark, and was often copied by others in their music. Although he had few hit songs in the pop vein, his powerful delivery, somewhat intimidating songs, and the pounding rhythm of his guitar caused him to be a performer in demand. He toured with Dick Clark's road shows, and appeared on the

Ed Sullivan Show. Bo Diddley took his name from a one-stringed African guitar, and usually played a guitar with a rectangular box shape. He managed to work his name into some of his songs. He is still singing and performing, he played at Ritzville Blues Festival last year, and took his place in the Rock-and-Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987.

Leadbelly By TPP

Huddie Ledbetter may be the most widely known of all the blues (folk-artists), was nicknamed "Leadbelly", and called himself the king of all the 12 string guitar players of all the world! Perhaps debatable, but one thing is sure Leadbelly was one of the most influential folk artists in North America. He wasn’t a blues singer but more of a songster who played blues. He had many paths in life: songster, teller-of-tales, musician, convict, blues artist were just some of them. He was a large, muscular man with a volatile temper that caused him many run-ins with the law. He killed a man in 1917 in Texas and was sentenced to 30 years in Huntsville Prison Farm. He tried to escape and got 6 more years. He used his musical talent to stay away from some of the harder prison work and even wrote a song pleading for his freedom which got him a pardon in 1925. Then in 1930 he was sent to Angola Prison Farm in Louisiana (one of the harder prisons in the U.S. even now). He was discovered by brothers John and Alan Lomax and they persuaded the governor to pardon Leadbelly. He played 6 and 12 string guitar as well as harp, accordian, piano, mandolin. He sang blues, field hollers, children’s songs along with many of his own topical songs. He was born near Mooringsport, Louisiana on January 21, 1885. and died December 6, 1949 from a muscular-deteriorating disease (Lou Gehrig’s desease). He never saw any commercial success during his lifetime but after his death several of his songs became popular hits.. "The Midnight Special", "Goodnight Irene", "Cotton Fields", "Rock Island Line", to mention a few. For a time he was teamed up with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson and became well known as street performers in the Dallas - Fort Worth area. It would seem he inflenced many artists such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seegar, The Weavers, Brownie McGee & Sonny Terry and a lot of others. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

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