Sbs v33 5 oct nov 2012

1

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 5

October-November 2012

2

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


Hard to believe autumn is here Hope you all had a wonderful blues filled summer The Jimmy Thackery show at the Blue Goose in Loomis was a wonderful

success Huge kudos to John Ellis and Mary Carrera for all their hard work Thanks also to Bo Bob C Bob P Charlene Cynthia Dave Dennis Drew Erin Jan Kim Kimi Kristen Linda Nancy Randy Rick Skip Steve Tammie Tom and Gourmet Soul Food for making it all go so smoothly THANK YOU to all

those that came out to support our effort in raising travel funds for our representative band to participate in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis

Congratulations to Eric Gallant of Livermore Eric bought the winning raffle ticket for the autographed Gibson Epiphone Guitar The raffle generated over $170000 for the Blues in the Schools program The annual Membership Party is coming up Decem-ber 2nd The party is free to all of our active mem-bers (if your membership has expired you can go on line to renew or renew at the show) Be sure to save this date This is your annual party yoursquoll want to be there Elections will be held in December as well SBS is looking for a few good people to help govern your blues society We need people with organizational skills public relation skills web skills and just plain old enthusiasm for the Blues If youre a go-getter get it

done sort of person we could use your help There is a very small group of folks getting a lot done for the society at this time Volunteer for a committee Sure would be great to have some help This past year has seen some big leaps in the organi-zation A CPA and a lawyer are working pro bono to help us with questions and provide directions For the first time we developed a strategic plan (and are trying to stick to it) we implemented on-line membership application and the ability to buy tickets to events We recruited program sponsors Blue Notes has a new look We increased community collaborations up-dated our logo and started outreach to our visual art-ists And check out the new merchandise This has all been done by a handful of people Imagine what we could do with more help The local competition to participate in the Interna-tional Blues Challenge in Memphis has a different look this year The fourth preliminary round is Octo-ber 13 at Porsquo Boyz and the final showdown is No-vember 10 at the Torch Club Come on out to show your support and help send the winners to Memphis I love the following quote and try to live up to it every day Hope to see you on the dance floor Life may not be the party we hoped forBut while we are here we might as well dance


3

Come to The Annual Sacramento Blues Society Member Party

Soulful blues with an attitude If Etta James fronted the Tower of Power and they were a Blues

BandPaula Harris sounds like that Is this sound something you could dig Well this firecracker is bring-ing it all to Sacramento just for YOUR party on Sunday December 2 Thatrsquos right The Paula Harris Band (complete with horn section) is the headliner for the An-nual Membership Party this year In the last year Paula has blazed into the

ldquoBlues Scenerdquo like a meteor She won the Mon-terey Blues Festivals 2011 Battle of the Bands in November as a warm up to representing the San Francisco Bay Area in the International Blues Chal-lenge (IBC held in Memphis TN) where she placed in the Top Three Best Bands in the world-wide competition after receiving standing ova-tions at all stages of the competition Paula wonrsquot be the only live wire at the show The run-ner-up for Sacramentorsquos lo-cal IBC competition is the opening act (at the time of press competition for that spot is continuing) Pres-entations to our Hall of Fame inductees and SBS Board Elections are all part of the dayrsquos activities Youll also have an opportunity to enter a raffle for an


original painting of your choice created by our very own past cover artist Kathryn Lambert

Door prizes raffles an art exhibit good food and kickinrsquo musichellipnow I ask you ldquowhat more could you wantrdquo The party is FREE to all current SBS mem-bers (so make sure your membership is current or renew at the door) Save the date and put your dancing shoes on

Not convinced Check out Paularsquos website

Sunday

December 2 2012 100 pm ndash 500 pm

The Station 1100 Orlando Avenue

Roseville


4


The new school year has begun and we are preparing for another round of school assemblies after school lessons concerts and jam sessions Wersquore hoping to expand the after school lessons into another school district north east of Sacramento I would like to thank everyone who has supported BITS in the past year including Byron and Ginny Jobe of Charity Guitars Mary Carrera of Carrera Productions and Kathie Lambert for their generous donations ndash not to men-tion the Sacramento Blues Society members who support the program by paying dues and attending our events Blues In The Schools (BITS) has been in operation for over eight years now Wersquove enjoyed the lessons insights and successes that come with running a school-based arts program using local professional musicians to educate students on all aspects of the Blues And how great it is to see some of the BITS students have formed bands and are starting to play out Take a look at the Hiway 99 Festival article in this issue of the Blue Notes We are helping to keep

Blues in the Schools - by Cynthia Jaynes

the blues alive and growing in the Sacramento region Irsquom pleased to announce the new-est member of the BITS Committee Blues violinist Sasha Tkacheff Sasha will be forming a network of BITS students using social media sites and other methods to stay connected with alumni and current participants She will also be developing contacts with all-ages venues and other places that provide opportunities to play the blues learn from other arts disciplines and network with younger musicians We will be posting information on this new BITS program on our Facebook page If you have a Facebook ac-count go to Sacramento BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS and click ldquoLikerdquo to get connected If you are interested in helping BITS achieve our goals in the 20122013 school year please contact Cynthia Jaynes at 916ndash 202-5075 or bitssacbluescom

Nominees wanted ELECTIONS ELECTIONS ELECTIONS

Yes its that time of year again Not only is it a national presidential election its time to bring for-ward a new SBS Board There are a number of vacancies open for participation by get up and get it done people People with enthusiasm for the blues people with accounting background PR background organizational background web design background graphic design back-ground and people who want to be in-volved If youre in-terested come to the Board meetings (every 2nd Tuesday) to familiarize your-self with the proc-ess This is a call to a minimum of eight (8) people (more is nice too) to step up and help out That includes terminating

Board members that have served only one two-year term (Bylaws allow two consecutive terms) There are six (6) regular two-year term positions and two (2) one-year positions that will fill mid-term vacancies If youre interested in a one or two year commitment to the Blues Soci-ety (or know of someone who would be inter-

ested) please submit your name and a brief (under 100 words) can-didate statement by November 7th to Charlene Metzler current Secre-tary of the Blues Society or to the SBS mailing address on the back of the Blue Notes Charlenersquos e-mail is charlenemetzlersbcglobalnet Ballots will be mailed to current members on November 14th You can return your ballot by mailing it in handing it to a current board member or bringing it with you to the membership party on December 2nd when election results will be an-nounced

2013-2014 Elections

Nominations due by

November 7 2012

If interested submit name and

short statement to SBS mailbox or charlenemetzlersbcglobalnet

Ballots will be mailed on

November 14 2012

Ballots will be counted and results announced at the

Member Party December 2 2012


5


Do you know what it means to be a member of the Sac-ramento Blues Society It means that yoursquore part of a blues community A community that cares about pre-serving and promoting the blues as an art form More than a social club the Society was incorporated into a 501(c) (3) non-profit Arts organization to provide service to the community We do this in a variety of ways What does it mean to ldquopreserverdquo the blues Websterrsquos says that the word comes from the Latin prae-+servare to keep guard observe It goes on to say to keep alive and intact SBS fulfills this mandate with the Hall of Fame the Blues In The Schools program and the Gene Chambers Musicians Crisis Fund Every year the society accepts nominations for the Hall of Fame from its members of those performers (musicians) or non-performers (supporters of the blues) who have a 20+ year history of blues participation made a historical contribution andor had an impact and overall influence on the blues community in the Sacra-mento region The awards are presented each year at the annual membership party in December You can check out past inductees on wwwsacbluescom or view photos and the perpetual plaque on display in the Torch Club Our Blues In The Schools program provides special opportunities to educate youth in the Sacramento area in order to teach the historical significance of the Blues and its on-going impact on American and World culture The program strives to bring musicians educators sto-rytellers and other performers together to assist each other in teaching students about blues music and its culture We have seen a multitude of young performers come from the after school programs who have contin-ued to play the blues at some of the all ages jams around the area Several students have formed a band and have performed at a couple of local festivals and events 2008 Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame inductee Gene Chambers was a longtime Sacramento blues mu-sician teacher and mentor who always cared deeply about the blues scene and musicians around our area The Gene Chambers Musician Crisis Fund provides assistance to SBS musicians in times of great financial need due to catastrophic events in their lives Since its inception in 2008 the fund has provided relief to many of our local musicians Now what about the ldquopromoterdquo part of the societyrsquos mandate Webster says itrsquos from the Latin promotus to move forward One of the definitions is to contribute to the growth or prosperity of To bring about this pro-

motion of the blues as an art form the society has collaborated with multiple club owners promoters and arts groups There have been discounts for festivals shows and ticket give-aways for our members The society itself tries to bring national touring acts to the area to expose our members to the best of the blues world A weekly calendar sent via email is dis-tributed to over 2000 blues enthusiasts with a compre-hensive listing of all the major blues happenings The societyrsquos website is also a wonderful resource for infor-mation as is this bi-monthly newsletter And letrsquos not for-get about our Facebook page Whenever you purchase and wear society tee shirts and pins you show your sup-port of the blues everywhere you go So you see what it means to be a member of the Sacra-mento Blues Society You are a supporter Itrsquos much more than the next party Your membership fees and donations (100 deductible) help to support all these programs Your participation in all our events and com-mittees make it all happen ldquoLive the life you love Love the life you liverdquo I live and love and support the BLUES

What Does Membership Mean - By Liz Walker


6

CD Reviews----Copyrightcopy2012 by Mindy Giles All Rights Reserved


Heaven

Pinetop Perkins

(Blind Pig)

Nothing grounds a soul like the sound of an acoustic piano The sound reaches back before amplification to both juke joint and church Three time Grammy

winner Willie ldquoPinetoprdquo Perkins is a blues piano giant for the ages his musical trajectory from birth in 1913 in Belzoni Mis-sissippi to his passing nearly 98 years later in early 2011 charts the course of modern blues He began playing guitar and piano at house parties and honky-tonks touredrecorded with slide guitar man Robert Nighthawk was heard all over the south via his three years in the 1940s with harp legend Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Lockwood Jr on ldquoThe King Biscuit Timerdquo radio show on KFFA in Helena Arkansas He briefly working with BB King in Memphis barnstormed the south in the 1950s with guitarist Earl Hooker and in 1953 first recorded the 1928 Clarence ldquoPinetoprdquo Smithrsquos ldquoPinetoprsquos Boogie Woogierdquo at Sun Studios in Memphis That song and nickname became Perkinrsquos own from then onmdashthrough his twelve brilliant years as piano man with Muddy Waters (1969-1980) and be-yond to 1980 when Pinetop and other members of Muddyrsquos band struck out on their own and formed the Legendary Blues Band In his 8th decade as a musician he went solo at age 75 re-cording his first fullndashlength American album It was After Hours (1988 Blind Pig) This album Heaven was recorded in a New York City studio at the same time as the After Hours sessions Thanksgiving 1986 and only released now Perkins had just left Legendary and Little Mike and the Tornadoes were his backup and touring band Solo on all but four tracks he brings it all on this confection of familiarsmdashthe thundering chords delicious trills glissandos and rollicking boogie woogie ndashhe is sly he is sad he is strong On ldquoPinetoprsquos Boogie Woogierdquo he is authoritative a brilliant carnival barker instructing all in the secrets of the BW A nighttime man in a big city he sings ldquo4 orsquoclock in the morn-ing baby what can I do to change your mind ldquo4 orsquoclock in the morning baby what can I do to change your mindrdquo Penetrat-

ing persistent rolled chords punctuate his question and amplify the raw vulnerability in his gruff voice Two songs were given vocal overdubs in 2011 ldquoSince I Fell for Yourdquo features the great southern soul singer Otis Clay in a deli-cate moment and ldquo Sittinrsquo On Top of the Worldrdquo gives us the last recorded vocal of Perkinsrsquo long time running buddy Willie ldquoBig Eyesrdquo Smith who passed unexpectedly only a few months after recording this Perkins and Smith had just won a 2011 Grammy together earlier in the year Even ldquoSweet Home Chicagordquo becomes authentic again saved by Perkins powerful joyous Roosevelt Sykes-influenced ver-sion This is a gem of an album and with Perkins passing only 87 year old piano legend Henry Gray lives on to carry the first generation tradition

Jump Start

Lil Ed amp The Blues Imperials

(Alligator)

In the interest of full frontal disclosure I was in the studio in Chicago back in 1986 egging owner (and my boss)

Bruce Iglauer to just please walk out of the control room go into the big studio stick out his hand and offer Ed and the band a recording contract with Alligator Records right there on the spot Irsquom so glad he did I wrote about that moment in the liner notes to Roughousinrsquo the full debut album that resulted from a mere four houserockinrsquo hours in the studio that night Ed and band were there initially for a one-song contribution to the Alligator anthology to be titled The New Bluebloods He tore the studio up the band was a house on fire it was a rippinrsquo rent party with a vengeance and I think I even had a studio hangover the next morning it was so good So here we are in 2012 eight albums later and Ed Pookie (his bassist cousin) Kelly Littleton (drums) and Michael Garrett (guitar) are still putting out their full tilt crazy energy in fourteen songs --pursuit romance fairness mistreatinrsquo revengemdashthe five stages of blues love best expressed as far as Ed and the band are concerned in full on the dance floor ldquoBorn Loserrdquo and ldquoWeathermanrdquo are favorites both south-ern second line barnburners with slide braggadocio and Edrsquos big smile coming through his singing ldquoHouse of Cardsrdquo a driving Texas-styled tune shows off Edrsquos con-trolled slow burn of a sans-slide guitar solo ldquoIf You Change Your Mindrdquo is powerful-- written by JC Hutto Edrsquos famous slide-playing unclemdashand nephew does his kin right with tough singing slashing slide and terrific piano playing by guest Marty Sammon There are some deeply felt lyrics here too especially in a minor key ballad ldquoLife is A Journeyrdquo one of eight that Ed co-wrote with his soulmate and wife Pam and a sort of ldquoHouse of the Rising Sunrdquo vibe on ldquoMy Chains Are Gonerdquo The exuberance and groove of this band is a beautiful thingmdashEd is always pushing the beat just a hairmdashlisten to ldquoKick Me to the Curbrdquo ndash a perfect shuffle from a long lived-in rhythm section an unexpected whoop here or moan there in just the right place so that you know they all still both feel the music and love to play together The last track ldquoMoratorium on Haterdquo perhaps inspired by a fellow Chica-goanrsquos audacity of hope and in the spirit of an election year is a message song With all the band singing ldquowe gonna have a referendum against crime a veto on violence a moratorium on haterdquo you gotta believe that Ed and the Im-perials as one of the best ambassadors of Chicago blues travelling all over this needy planet have a better chance than most at having an effect


7


The Torch Club was the scene of Kyle R o w l a n d rsquo s new CD rdquoHigh Rollinrdquo release party on August 26th Kyle and his vet-eran band h a d t h e standing room only club up and dancing right away The new cd (Kylersquos sec-ond) has 8

out of 11 original songs written by Kyle (including his

wonderful tribute ldquoA Motherrsquos True Loverdquo)

Henry Oden on bass (many of you might know that Henry was one of the founders of the Shasta Blues Society) along with Jeff Minnieweather on drums laid down a very solid bottom while guitarist Kenny Marchese was ripping it up on his rsquo57 Stratocaster Keyboardist Kevin Burton relinquished the keys at

one point as Kyle took over

These players bring such experience and talent to the stage that along with Kylersquos harp playing and show-

manship create a fantastic show

At one point The Dennis Jones Band walked in (after their show at the Powerhouse Pub) and Dennis

joined Kyle on stage That showmanship showed

when Kyle walked out the front door and

crawled back through the window blowing

away the whole while

Itrsquos evident to all that our boy Kyle is growing into a

wonderful entertainer and humble young man

High Rollinrsquo Release Party By Tammie Madill amp Liz Walker

BITS Students Perform at Old Highway 99 Festival By Tammie Madill

On July 28th I went to the Old High-way 99 Festival on Stockton Blvd Students from the Sacramento Blues Societyrsquos Blues In The Schools pro-

gram performed the opening act The ldquoOne Eyed Jacksrdquo did a fantas-tic job I was really impressed by how great they sounded These young players took time from their summer vacation to continue playing the blues They did an awesome job Their teacher John Ousley from West Campus High School shared that he did pull them together for practice but practice they did and

it paid off It seems that BITS is having an impact on

the next generation of young bluesmen and women

Jack Ingram (guitar) Vincent Pantages (guitar) Joey Panzda (drums) Nesta

Townsend (vocals) and Landon Gonzales (bass)

International Blues Challenge Competition

The preliminary competitions to select a representative band to compete in Memphis during the International Blues Challenge is underway

Round One Winner Val Starr and the Blues Rockets Round Two Winner Jeremy Norris amp Dangerous Mood

Round Three Winner Sky OrsquoBanion Blues Round Four is coming up

Porsquo Boyz Bar amp Grill Saturday October 13th 2pm-6pm FINAL with all four preliminary winners

Torch Club Saturday November 10th 2pm-5pm

This competition is a great way to get a taste of all the great bands that are members of the Sacramento Blues Society Come out to the remaining shows and cheer on your favorite


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October-November 2012 V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 5

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

Louiersquos

Cocktail Lounge

3030 Mather Field Road

Rancho Cordova CA

Northern California Blues Festival

e-mail

infonorcalbluesfestcom

Website

httpwwwnorcalbluesfestcom

9

V o l u m e 3 3 I s s u e 5 October-November 2012

CHECK THIS OUT

Hi there fellow SBS members

Rick here your merchandise manager

Did you know that we have fabulous new

SBS merchandise available

Tees amp Tanks $20

Cool Mug $10

Hat Pins $7

Give me a call for size and availability

Irsquoll be glad to help you out

530-321-7197

Save the dates

4th RoundmdashIBC Competition October 13th Porsquo Boyz

Finals for IBC

November 10 Torch Club

Membership Party December 2nd The Station


2012 Blues Blast Music Awards Winners Contemporary Blues CD Of The Year - Janiva Magness -

Stronger For It Traditional Blues CD Of The Year - Mud Morganfield -

Son Of The Seventh Son Song Of The Year -

ldquoI Wont Cryrdquo - Janiva Magness amp Dave Darling (Stronger For It - Janiva Magness)

Male Blues Artist Of The Year -

Tab Benoit Female Blues Artist Of The Year -

Janiva Magness Blues Band Of The Year -

Trampled Under Foot New Artist Debut Release -

Sena Ehrhardt Band - Leave The Light On Sean Costello Rising Star Award -

Mud Morganfield Find the complete list of 2012 Nominees at wwwillinoisbluescom2012bbmanominees

10


Andy Keene amp Kinda Blue ajkeane3aolcom Bad Catz wwwbadcatzcom Big Earl and the Cryin Shame bigearlgmailcom Blues Vandals bluesvandalscom Bobby Blues Ray 916-422-5830 Chicken amp Dumpling wwwchickenanddumplingnet Coyote Slim wwwcoyoteslimcom Dave Croall amp the Soothers rightdavehotmailcom Diamond Bob amp the Alley Sneakers wwwdiamondbobsbluescom 408-313-7194 Gary Mendoza Band wwwgarymendozabandcom 916-599-9947 Jeramy Norris and The Dangerous Mood wwwfacebookcomJeramyNorrisTheDangerousMood Julie and The Jukes cmorielucdavisedu Kyle Rowland Band wwwkylerockinrowlandcom Marshal Wilkerson wwwmarshalwilkersonbandcom O Street Jumps wwwmyspacecomOStreetJumpsBand

Support our Band Membersmdash Hire a Band


Randy Carey randrockprodigynet 916-607-0695 Red Moon Band wwwfacebookcompagesREd-MOOn133617156681084 Ro Harper and the Blues Busters wwwfacebookcomRoharpo Rolling Blackouts deborahsingsblueshotmailcom Sky OBanion Blues Band wwwfacebookcomskyobanion Spotted Dogs bookingspotteddogmusiccom Sunny Blue Bland Review kingsofthebluesymailcom Steve Foster Band Stevefosterband comcastnet Used Blues Band Seanmyifpcom Val Starr amp the Blues Rocket wwwbluesrocketbiz Wingnut Adams wwwwingnutadamscomfr_homecfm

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Sacramento Blues Society

Is Pleased To Acknowledge

our Sponsors and Donors

and Thank them for Supporting our Programs

Platinum Sponsor

Carrera Productions

Gold Sponsor

Folsom Telegraph

Silver Sponsor

M-3 California

Byron and Ginny Jobe

Custom Guitars

Crystal Basin Cellars

Sacramento Metropolitan Arts

Council

Bronze Sponsor

Gotradiocom

916-765-0162

Roseville Station Lounge

wwwthestationloungenet

Max MoonmdashCLA Real Estate

916-214-4348

Emmy SabramdashAAA Insurance

916-724-0351

Keller Williams Real Estate

916-782-1000

Marta Williams CPA

Damore Hamric amp Schneider Inc

916-481-2856

The Couch Sports Lounge

wwwthecouchnet

Arts Education Sponsor

Donor

Sacramento Blues Revue

Sacbluesrevuecom

Private Donor

The Read Family

Business Donor

Grady OrsquoBryant

Bluebird Tours

wwwsactripscom

Elk Grove Sports Bar

916-685-6103

wwwelkgrovesportsbarcom

Brenda amp Lynzi Taylor

916-987-2886

wwwpoboyzbarandgrillcom

Barber Blues

916-258-BLUE (2583)

wwwbarberbluesnet

Louiersquos Cocktail Lounge

916-262-9151

louiescocktaillougecom

Nick amp JoAnn Jamson

San Juan Club

wwwsanjuanclubnet

Marina Texeira

Torch Club

wwwtorchclubnet

Bluezzee Tees

530-321-7197

Bluezzee-teescom

John Noxon Musician

HammondLeslie salesservice

sound

916-660-6466

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U S POSTAGE PAID SACRAMENTO CA PERMIT NO 2149

Blue Notes is

The official bi-monthly

Newsletter of the


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

P O Box 60580


On Our Cover

Photo Collage by Bob Cosman

Who are all those people on the cover Bob has put together a small slice of the many blues artists blues activists SBS volunteers that serve on your Board and Committees or volun-teer for a function and they all are having FUN

It takes a lot of effort to keep your Society strong Every one pictured has been a part of your Societyrsquos success These people bring their talents to fill up our events and give our business to local venues

An organization is only as strong as its mem-bershipmdashand can only achieve what the mem-bership is willing to support And we all support Keeping the Blues Alive

So keep supporting the Blues keep attending our events and keep recruiting more SBS members for more Blues

With this issue of the Blue Notes we will be giv-ing you more information than ever Our mail is-sue will stay the same and our issue available on the website will contain the photos reviews and stories that just donrsquot fit in our small issue

Starting next year we will also be soliciting infor-mation on our local blues artists their stories and information on CDs locally available So if you are an artist and get a call from a fan that wants some information please help them write your story

Sacramento is a Blues City and we need to toot our own horn (or is that play our own guitar) to let our community know what they are missing

I hope you will help with this effort

More Stories More Photos

See enhanced version of the Blue Notes at

wwwsacbluescom

2

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


Hard to believe autumn is here Hope you all had a wonderful blues filled summer The Jimmy Thackery show at the Blue Goose in Loomis was a wonderful

success Huge kudos to John Ellis and Mary Carrera for all their hard work Thanks also to Bo Bob C Bob P Charlene Cynthia Dave Dennis Drew Erin Jan Kim Kimi Kristen Linda Nancy Randy Rick Skip Steve Tammie Tom and Gourmet Soul Food for making it all go so smoothly THANK YOU to all

those that came out to support our effort in raising travel funds for our representative band to participate in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis

Congratulations to Eric Gallant of Livermore Eric bought the winning raffle ticket for the autographed Gibson Epiphone Guitar The raffle generated over $170000 for the Blues in the Schools program The annual Membership Party is coming up Decem-ber 2nd The party is free to all of our active mem-bers (if your membership has expired you can go on line to renew or renew at the show) Be sure to save this date This is your annual party yoursquoll want to be there Elections will be held in December as well SBS is looking for a few good people to help govern your blues society We need people with organizational skills public relation skills web skills and just plain old enthusiasm for the Blues If youre a go-getter get it

done sort of person we could use your help There is a very small group of folks getting a lot done for the society at this time Volunteer for a committee Sure would be great to have some help This past year has seen some big leaps in the organi-zation A CPA and a lawyer are working pro bono to help us with questions and provide directions For the first time we developed a strategic plan (and are trying to stick to it) we implemented on-line membership application and the ability to buy tickets to events We recruited program sponsors Blue Notes has a new look We increased community collaborations up-dated our logo and started outreach to our visual art-ists And check out the new merchandise This has all been done by a handful of people Imagine what we could do with more help The local competition to participate in the Interna-tional Blues Challenge in Memphis has a different look this year The fourth preliminary round is Octo-ber 13 at Porsquo Boyz and the final showdown is No-vember 10 at the Torch Club Come on out to show your support and help send the winners to Memphis I love the following quote and try to live up to it every day Hope to see you on the dance floor Life may not be the party we hoped forBut while we are here we might as well dance


3









Sunday



Roseville


4









2013-2014 Elections

Nominations due by

November 7 2012




November 14 2012




5






6



Heaven

Pinetop Perkins

(Blind Pig)




Jump Start


(Alligator)




7
































8


Bluebird Tours

Grady OBryant


(916)443-8741 office

(916)271-2685 cell

(916)473-5789 fax

wwwsactripscom


Louiersquos

Cocktail Lounge


Rancho Cordova CA


e-mail


Website


9


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