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M a y - J u n e 2 0 1 4
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In this issue:
All About Jams
Coming Events
Musician Sched-ules
And More!
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Sacramento Blues
Society is a
Proud Member
of
The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues socie es in California, founded in 1979. SBS is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit corpora on formed to preserve and promote blues music as an art form.
SBS has kept the blues tradi on alive in the Sacramento area by promo ng the local blues music scene, bringing interna onally renowned ar sts to the region and
publishing the “Blue Notes” six mes a year for our membership. SBS is an affiliate member of The Blues Founda on, and provides
educa onal opportuni es for young people with The Blues Founda on’s “Blues In The Schools” Program.
2014 Committee Chairs
Blues in the Schools —Liz Walker/Cynthia Jaynes Blue Notes —Val Anderson & Jan Kelley/Cari Chenkin
CD Reviews—Mindy Giles Donor Gi s—Daniel Hernandez
Events—Mari Lu Onweller & Renee Erickson Finance—Valeriejeanne Anderson/Sharie Mar n
IBC Local Challenge—Kim DuVall Membership/Volunteers —Linda McShane/Sharie Mar n
Public Rela ons—Mac Macknally/Cari Chenkin SacBlues e‐News/Calendar—Willie Brown
Sacramento Blues Hall of Fame—Sally Katen & Daniel Hernandez
Social Media/Web—Cari Chenkin
2014 Board Officers Jimmy Reego—President
Cari Chenkin—Vice President Cynthia Jaynes–Secretary Sharie Mar n—Treasurer Vacant—Parliamentarian
Board Members at Large
Daniel Hernandez Cynthia Juarez
“Guitar” Mac Macknally Mari Lu Onweller
Renee Erickson Barbara Katen
Board of Directors Mee ngs—2nd
Tuesday And as announced on www.sacblues.com
Each month; 7:00 PM at the SMUD Building, 6301 S Street, Sacramento All SBS members in good standing are invited to
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With bios completed and infor-mation on hand about our candi-dates new and old, we meet and discuss the impact that the nom-inee has had on the Sacramento area! Since this issue of the Blue Notes is about the Sacramento area blues jams, please note that we have Hall of Fame past Inductees that have jams where they host or participate. 2010 HOF Inductee Johnny “Guitar” Knox hosts the “Blues Jam” on Sunday afternoons at the Torch Club whose proprietors Marina & Ronnie Texeira were 2012 Inductees and Johnny’s drummer is 2013 Inductee “Ratatat” Pat Balcom. 2013 In-ductee Jimmy Pailer also does a Blues Jam on Thursday's at the San Juan Club in Fair Oaks. If you are a SBS Member or simply receive Willie's Blues News, you can see that there are a lot of great “Jams” going on in the Sacramento area. So get yourself out there and jam or just catch some great music of possible future HOF Inductees!
Upon accepting the final nominations for this year’s Hall of Fame (HOF) on June 1st, 2014, the HOF Committee will be hard at work doing bios and preparing for the upcoming SBS Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Harlow's on Sun-day, September 28th. Just a reminder - we do take nominations all year! So please keep the nominations coming, by going to sacblues.com/hof and letting us know who you feel has been a great blues influence in the Sacramento area for twenty plus years! I am extremely proud to announce that we re-ceived 60 nominations this year to add to our al-ready expanding file, contributing to those re-ceived over the last five years! Some of the nom-inations are duplicates, but duplicates are good!! It lets the HOF Committee know who and why the membership wants a certain musician, promoter or supporter to be inducted. Once the inductee information has been collect-ed and organized, the Committee starts doing bios on the Inductees that are newly nominated.
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2014 SBS Hall of Fame—by Sally Katen
Do We Have Your Current e-mail Address?
Blue Notes will be going electronic in the near future. Publishing as an on-line magazine will allow SBS to expand format, publish events in a timely manner rather than being held to a sched-
uled date, and send to you instantly. For a smooth transition, we need your current e-mail address. Please send it to Linda McShane at [email protected]. Thank you.
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A Word from the President—Jimmy Reego
When I was sixteen, my friend Tim and I went to the Navy Pier in Chicago for the first Blues Festi-val and watched Lefty Dizz play his show. Lefty was a protégé of T-Bone Walker and could duck walk and play the guitar behind his head. It was a great show and Tim and I were hooked as Blues lovers, so I went out and bought a guitar and started to learn to play. When I went off to college at Indiana University in Bloomington a year later, I made sure to finish my studies early so I could get to the Blue Bird Club to hear all the great Chicago Blues artists who made the weekly college circuit down from Chicago. I was a lucky young Blues lover to have seen shows by Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Koko Tay-lor, Lonnie Brooks, Fenton Robinson, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, and the list goes on. Unbelievably, I got very good grades in col-lege, but I never studied past 6pm! After college I moved back home to Chicago. I was desperate to find some musicians who I could learn from but I only knew one kid from high school who played. I looked him up and after one jam session he said, "I've got a friend who is a great blues guitarist”. So off we went to visit his friend, Bruce. Well, Bruce had been a concert pianist at eight and a blues guitarist at eighteen, and he could play blues! On our sec-ond jam session he said, “let's go downtown and sit in with some people I know”. Off we went to find Mama Theresa's lounge on the South side. It was a cold February night and I remem-ber it like it was yesterday. We were in a really bad part of South Chicago and we stopped to ask directions from the cop who had his squad car parked in the middle of the street. The first thing the cop said was, "What are you doing out here, get the hell out of here before you get killed”. To which Bruce asked, "Where is Mama Theresa's?" Luckily we were just a block away, so on to the bar we went. Harmonica Hines was playing solo harmonica and keeping time on a cigar box at his feet on the floor of the small stage to the side of the front door. A few pa-trons were tippling at the bar and a couple of la-dies sat in a booth. We were welcomed in and Hines knew Bruce so we set up our equipment and started what was my first Blues jam. Before the night was over, the place started to fill up and we were invited to come back the next week. That night Louis Meyers was on guitar, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith was the house drummer
and Willie Dixon's son Freddie was the house bass player. We jammed with those cats a cou-ple times a week for the next year or so. I can honestly say, I learned to play real Blues that year and I owe those musicians a great debt of gratitude for sharing their knowledge and songs with me. There are really two kinds of Blues jams that I have found in my experience as a musician, be-ginner jams and professional jam ses-sions. When I was first learning to play I sought out the beginner sessions. I looked for open mic nights that welcomed musicians who wanted to get out and play on stage but who were still learning their craft. These beginner jam ses-sions are a key part of any musician community and much like the minor baseball league; it may not be the pros but you can't become a pro until you pay your dues. The pro jams are just as im-portant to having a vibrant musician community as the beginner jams but serve a different pur-pose. The reality of the day is that most professional musicians make a living in one locale - not tour-ing that is, but have to play in many different bands. They may play Blues on Monday and Country Swing on Wednesday. Every pro I know has had the experience of calling their drummer to book them on a gig only to find that the drum-mer is already booked that night by another band, so off to the pro jam you go to look for a back-up drummer. Hey, professional musicians love to play and sometimes they have to play songs they aren't into because that is what the gig allows. If you want to hear great musicians playing the ShXXX out of it, get off the couch and go out to a professional Blues Jam! The Torch Club has a great one on Sunday afternoons with my buddy Johnny Knox or get to Louie's on Wednesdays, a lot of pros come out and Song is great behind the bar. If you are just learning, check out our website www.sacblues.com for a Blues jam near you. Yeah, baby, keep the Blues alive! Jimmy
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was an amazing 24 hour event, and BITS is proud to be part of it. And speaking of the Big DOG, a HUGE shout out and love to our social media queen, Dana Moret, for her assistance and cre-ativity on our campaign. We couldn’t have done it without her! Please check out our new cool and groovy website, sacbits.org. Lots of information, pics and video. Also, news and events can be found on facebook/sacbits. Like us and spread the love! The summer will bring the release of the BITS six song CD. The lyrics were all written by students with the music and arrangements done by Paris Clayton and various other local players. Paris not only was part of the creative team to arrange and play the mu-sic but did all the recording and engineering. It’s no small job to put a CD together and BITS is grateful to Paris for all his hard work. Check back to the website or Facebook page to be among the first to get our first CD. It’s good stuff! Summertime is also our planning time when our thoughts turn to what’s next. We’ve got big ideas for some new collaborations. We’re also looking for a couple of dedicated people who want to get involved with bringing the blues to the next generation. We love what we do but we’ve been doing it a long time! It’s time for some new blood. I’m not going to sugar coat it. It takes a lot of work and a lot of time so you got to want do it. But seeing those kids take the stage in the Witch Room, shining and playing so beautifully, makes your heart sing! Have a brilliant musical sum-mer – peace out.
M a r c h - A p r i l 2 0 1 4 Blues in the Schools—By Liz Walker
Phew! It’s summertime and things are finally slowing down a bit for BITS. We would like to thank the Yolo County Arts Council for bringing us back to the schools in Yolo County. We did six presentations and got two new songs written by students for the BITS CD. BITS was invited to participate in the Teen Takeover at the Crocker Art Museum in April. Gavin Duffy from Woodcreek High School took up the challenge, bring-ing his guitar and playing the blues amongst the art treasures of the upstairs gallery overlooking the beautiful ballroom. We love being connected with the Crocker and are exploring more ways to collaborate on projects. The three after school programs at Rosemont, West Campus and Woodcreek high schools finished up with an incredible show in a new venue, the Witch Room. As always it was a fantastic night with the kids taking to the stage with high energy and talent. The amazing thing to me was seeing a young lady who wouldn’t even look at me 6 weeks earlier because she is so shy to then get up on the stage, look out over the audience and rip into a song. The transformation in these students is a phenomenal thing to witness. And for the musicians involved? Well, their pride and joy was written all over their faces! As bass player/teacher Joe Lev said “It’s a great feeling to be able to pass on our musical DNA.” A big thank you to all of you who took a minute to make donations during the recent Big Day of Giving. Not only was BITS a beneficiary of your largesse but over 300 non-profits in the region benefited from the day. In fact, the Sacramento region came in second in total monies raised NATIONWIDE for the day. It
Eric Bibb Coming to Harlow’s July 16th—by Mindy Giles
Like his friends and collaborators, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo', Eric Bibb lives at the intersection of blues, folk and gospel. The 2012 Blues Music Award Winner for Best Acoustic Artist, Bibb has a four-decade career with 35 albums, countless radio and television shows and non-stop international tour-ing. His music offers the spirit of hope and optimism in difficult times, in a friendly, warm-hearted and gener-ous manner. To find your way though these darker days, he seems to say, you have to dig - as his 2012 album title says - "Deeper in the Well." Eric Bibb's father, Leon Bibb, certainly helped his son dig a little deeper. An acclaimed singer in stage musi-cals and a senior figure on the New York folk scene of the 1960s, Leon gave his son his first guitar when he was seven, and introduced him to a who's-who of mu-sical icons. Eric's godfather was actor singer and ac-
tivist Paul Robeson; his uncle was jazz pianist and composer John Lewis. Fam-ily friends included Odetta, Pete Seeger and Josh White. Bibb moved to Paris at age 19, then to Sweden and settled in Stockholm, where he found a creative environment that, oddly, reminded him of his teenage days in Greenwich Village. ." His breakthrough album, Good Stuff, was released in 1997, furthered Bibb's international reputation and was followed by tours of the UK, the United States, Canada, France, Sweden and Germany. And so it went through the 90s and the first decade of the new century - he made consistently good records, and built audiences from Stockholm to Sydney, Vancou-ver to Vienna, Paris to Peoria, New Orleans to New-castle, and from B.B. King's club in New York to the Bluebird Café in Nashville.
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What Kind of Jam is this?? - By Cynthia Jaynes
tempo playing. So, unless you are part of the band, leave your instruments at home, or far away from the stage. Never jump onstage uninvited and join in the song. This is never appreciated, and only occasionally toler-ated. If they want you to join in, they will call you up. Let your musician friends know you’re there, but wait ‘til after they’ve played before celebrating with them. They often need time to confer with each other, de-cide their song list, etc. so don’t dominate their atten-tion for too long. They will be happy to chat, drink, and talk all about it afterwards! If there is a ‘Tip Jar’ onstage, please make a contribu-tion. Musicians, even professionals, do not get paid what they’re truly worth and every bit of support helps tremendously. Always tip if they honor your re-quest for a particular song Support the venue! Even if you just buy a soda, it’s important the room is supported so these jams will continue. Let the management know you appreciate live music.
Etiquette for the Blues Jams Loving Audience—by Cynthia Jaynes
What is a Jam?
There are various jam formats operating out there and each host runs the jam as he or she wishes. If you’re a musician looking to ‘play out’, you should get to know the hosts & observe how they run their jams. Some are run as strictly Blues jams; others allow a wide variety of genres – from rhythm ‘n blues to country rock, even some old school. As long as the music is played without the use of sheet music; Jazz jams usually require sheet music for each instrument. A regular or unspecified jam is pretty much open to musicians of all levels, and allows most musicians a chance to play. Of course nothing is guaranteed - time constraints, the number of musicians on the sign-up sheet, and how the host puts groups to-gether are all factors. All-pro blues jams are just that. These are profes-sional musicians, often invited to play beforehand, and are expected to play consistently well. And
they do deliver an excellent evening of blues! Open-Mic nights allow solo acts, du-os, and full bands an opportunity to play a 3-4 song set, and are a won-derful way to get their music in front of a live audi-ence. Some jams are a combination. The host will make a group of seemingly random musicians, possibly using members of the host band, sometimes includ-ing a well-known professional. They may allow an entire band to take over for a set. It’s all about the host, they set the rules. All ages jams provide a wonderful opportunity for younger musicians to interact with and learn from seasoned musicians. Some regular and open-mic jams are all ages. Now go out, explore and experi-ence!
Show musicians some respect! They’ve spent count-less hours honing their craft & it takes a lot of nerve to get up there. Let them know when they’ve done well, and encourage them to keep playing! Minimize talk, especially during those soft slow songs. If you need to engage in a long conversation, move to a spot that won’t distract others or the artist. This is very important for a solo or duo act, especially if they are performing original material. We are all there to hear the music and the lyrics.
Percussive instru-ments of all types should be left at home. Shaker eggs, maracas, bongo drums, t a m b o u r i n e s , wooden frogs, etc. are all fun to play. They also
distract the onstage musicians, who are often work-ing out the rhythm and tempo of songs as they go, and truly do not appreciate the distraction of off-
A jam session is a musical event, process, or activity where musicians play (i.e. "jam") by improvising with-out extensive preparation or predefined arrange-ments. Session may be by specific invitation or open to any musician and controlled by a jam master.
Jam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material (music), find suitable arrangements, spot new talent, see what other musicians are per-fecting, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session.
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A small audience of loyal Sacramento blues enthusiasts was treated to a stun-ning performance by one of roots mu-sic’s rising stars this beautiful evening, with the Nikki Hill Band performing on the spacious new outdoor stage at the Country Club Saloon in Loomis. The lucky folks who heard about the show and heeded the call got an up close and personal presentation by an artist who is just as comfortable playing before thousands of people at festivals world-wide. And Ms. Hill, along with her trio of world class musicians, graciously gave it their all, pull-ing no punches in delivering two jaw-dropping, satisfying sets of their high-octane, energetic blend of vintage rock, soul, and rhythm and blues. After the original song, “Ask Yourself” from Nik-ki’s album debut Here’s Nikki Hill, she left the stage and let her spouse, guitarist Matt Hill, win-ner of the 2011 Blues Music Award for Debut Art-ist, stretch out and put his muscular guitar prow-ess on display, as he would continuously do throughout the evening. Nikki returned after ex-changing her spiked heels for the more stage-friendly pair of cowboy boots, declaring the switch as “all in the name of rock and roll”. Nikki then traded her growling rock vocals for her equally impressive silky and soulful voice for an interpretation of the Barbara George soul chest-nut, “I Know You Don’t Love Me Any More”. Throughout the night Nikki floored the crowd with frequent shifts from deep soul croon to greasy junkyard growl, the tempo soaring up and down accordingly. All the while, Matt put his nu-merous moments in the spotlight to optimum use, tearing chunks out of basic lead and rhythm gui-tar riffs, supported ably by bassist Ed Strohsahl and drummer Joe Meyer. The ground between the stage and seating area was consistently pop-ulated by dancing patrons over the course of 2 generous sets that included not only Nikki’s en-
Nikki Hill Band—by Steve Cagle; photos by Bob Cosman
tire catalog of original songs from her debut album, previous EP and 2013 col-laboration with Memphis artists Deke Dickerson and the Bo-Keys (“Soul Meets Country!), but a handful of roots rock classics, including a ramped-up take on Little Richard’s “The Girl Can’t Help It”. When the band finally left the stage, not one soul in the audience was dissatis-fied. Nikki Hill and her band will contin-
ue their relentless tour schedule, performing al-most nightly throughout the United States at clubs and festivals. She will be joining Aaron Ne-ville and Dr. John for closing night at the Chicago Blues Festival main stage in June before embark-ing on a multi-country Europe tour that will find her playing at a dozen major festivals in nearly as many countries. But this night the Nikki Hill Band provided an unforgettable evening to those who were fortunate to be there. Thanks to the good people at the Country Club Saloon for bringing such an im-mensely tal-ented act to their impres-sive new outdoor stage, as well as the exception-ally tasty food from the mobile kitchen prepared by chef Chad. And we especially tip our cap to Debra Schottgen for her ingenious booking of top shelf artists such as Nikki Hill before she quickly ascends to the ranks of superstardom. To All Sacramento Music Lovers: Please support the efforts of those who bring incredible music to our doorstep by attending the many exceptional-ly fine music events that come our way. And tell all your friends…they will thank you profusely for doing so!
SBS Archives Wanted! Call out to ‘old-timers’ who might have newslet-ters, posters, announcements, etc. of the early days in Sacramento blues. We would like a copy to add to our archives.
If you desire to keep your originals, scanned items would be fine!
We are especially interested in stuff from the 1980’s that relate to the SBS!
Please contact Jan Kelley at [email protected] for more information and di-rections for submitting your treasures.
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CD Review—by Guitar Mac
Terry Hanck Band and Friends
Gotta Bring It On Home To You
(Delta Groove)
This is a great CD…a people pleaser from the beginning to end. A great variety of blues styles are here from Terry with his fine band: Johnny “Cat” Soubrand on guitar, Butch Cousins on drums and
Tim Wagar on bass.
He starts out strong with “Right Now is The Hour”. Kind of reminds me of a Hank Ballard tune, but is actually an old Elvin Bishop song. (Terry was part of Elvin’s band in the 1970s-1980s).
The second tune “Whole Lotta Lovin” has an old B.B. King groove with a nice fat horn section. It features Johnny Cat on swinging guitar.
“Pins and Needles” is Terry’s original (JoJo Rus-so and Chris Andersen) –it’s a honkin’ tune and the organ sound reminds me of Bill Black Combo R&B.
“Peace of Mind” has a bluesy groove and re-minds me lightly of a Magic Sam beat. West side soul!
The next track is “Terry Groove.” This one is real bluesy and jazzy nice.
A 1950s’ sound, “My Last Teardrop,” is real New Orleans Style. It reminds me of Baby Ray’s “House On Soul Hill.”
Track # 7 “No Getting Over Me” is a modern rocking tune--- it was a hit for country soul sing-er Ronnie Milsap in 1981! Terry says in his mind it became an homage to Jr. Walker.
The great New Orleans singer/horn man and bandleader, Tommy Ridgley wrote “Jam Up”. Everybody is jumpin’ on this one, man!
The title track “Gotta Bring It on Home To You,” is a song Terry wrote for his wife Vera. It’s a du-et with the great Debbie Davies on guitar and vocals.
The last track is a crowd favorite and one Terry has done at every show for 12 years: “One Horse Town,” the Don Robey tune, made famous by Bobby “Blue” Bland. This message to his country girl ends the CD on a big high note!
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It looks like it’s going to be a long hot summer this year but don’t you worry! SBS is co-sponsoring some really cool Blues events hap-pening all summer long. We have something for everyone!
7/11: Club Nouveau with Special Guests at the Lions Gate Hotel 7/13 : Lydia Pense at Powerhouse Pub—SBS member discounts 7/16: Eric Bibb at Harlows—SBS member discounts 7/26: 4th Annual Blues & Bones Festival at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds featuring Shane Dwight, Jeramy Norris and the Dangerous Mood, Max Cabello Jr & The Breakdown, Mike Hammar, Leo Bootes, Wingnut Adams and Guitar Mac— SBS member discounts (10am-?) 7/26: Blues Broads with Deanna Bogart at the Harris Center, Folsom 8/2: Ms Arbess Williams at the Lions Gate Hotel (Val Starr opens) 8/8: Eric Sardinas with special guests at the Lions Gate Hotel—SBS Member Discounts
8/8: Catherine Russell at Harlows—SBS Member Discounts 8/10: Chris Cain at Powerhouse SBS member discounts 8/30: Chris Cain at the Lions Gate Hotel (Val Starr opens) 9/5: Deanna Bogart with Special Guests at the Lions Gate Hotel 9/14: Briefcase Full of Blues at Powerhouse 9/25: George Thorogood at Harris Center, Folsom 9/27: Laurie Morvan at the Lions Gate Hotel (Val Starr opens) 9/28: SBS Hall Of Fame Awards at Harlow’s (2-6 PM) 9/28: SBS HOF After Party at the Torch Club (6pm-?) - SBS Member Discounts SBS is always looking for volunteers to help out at events. If you’re interested in volunteering, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Thanks for helping to keep the Blues alive!
Coming Events—Mari Lu Onweller
29 Jeramy Norris and the Dangerous Mood 30 Daniel Castro
SBS MEMBER BANDS
Bluez Houndz July 19 Forgotten Soldier Poker Run & Community Event Vetean’s Hall, Forest Hill Blues Vandals July 9 Rockin’ Blues Dance Party
Stonehouse Old Brewery Nevada City
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SBS DONOR VENUES
Louie’s Cocktail Lounge July Blues jam with the Randy Car-ey Band 11 Bad Katz 18 Lane Baldwin 25 Tim Noxon August 1 Choppe Shop 3 Blues jam with the Randy Carey Band 8 Dave Croall 15 Four Barrrel 22 Rouge 29 Mr December
Torch Club July 10 Mia Dyson 12 Lara Price 17 Candye Kane 19 Volker Strifler 20 Albie Survivin’ Benefit show celebrating Tina Cleary 2-8 More TBA 22 Island Of Black & White 24 Jeramy Norris and the Dan gerous Mood 31 Reds Blues August 2 Kevin Russell 6 Kim Wilson 9 Mr. December 22 Jackie Payne 28 Island of Black & White
The SBS Blue Notes is pleased to recognize our donor venues and member bands by helping to promote any blues acts they will be produc-ing. This issue may be our last on paper, other than for promotion purposes, and are hopeful that we will be electronic in September. This will enable us to expand on the newsletter articles,
promotions, etc. and continue with this practice in an easily read format. Please send information to update this listing to [email protected] or [email protected]. Thank you.
Scheduled Events by our member bands and donor venues
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Scheduled Events by our member bands and donor venues Chicken and Dumpling July 3 Dad’s Kitchen Sacramento 7 Viaggio Estate and Winery, Acampo 24 Dad’s Kitchen, Sacramento 26 Fields Family Wines Tasting Room, Lodi 31 Fox and Goose, Sacramento August 8 Fields Family Wines Tasting Room, Lodi 10 Viaggio Estate and Winery, Acampo 21 Dad’s Kitchen, Sacramento Gary Mendoza Band July Tuesdays—Elk Grove Sports Bar and Grill, Elk Grove 3–5 Annual Fireworks Jubilee , El Dorado Hills Town Center 12 Pete’s Restaurant and
Brewhouse, Granite Bay Guitar Mac MackNally July Saturdays—Smoking Joes, Old Sacramento 12-14 Hayward Russell City Blues Festival, Hayward 26 Blues & Bones Festival, Angels Camp August 24 Powerhouse Pub Folsom Jeramy Norris and the Dangerous Mood July Thursdays—Garlic Brothers, Stockton 6 Powerhouse Pub, Folsom 11 Vintage Lounge, Lodi 12 T's Cocktails, Modesto 13 Hotel Leger, Mokelumne Hill 24 Torch Club, Sacramento 25 Monty's Lounge, Rancho Cordova 26 Blues and Bones Festival, Angels Camp August 1 Royce Farm BBQ, Stockton 2 T's Cocktails, Modesto 3 Moore's Riverboat, Isleton 8 Vintage Lounge, Lodi 9 Rosas at Tower Park Marina, Lodi
16 Tacos Brews and Blues, Stockton 22 Montevina Winery, Plymouth 29 Torch Club, Sacramento 30 Blues on the Patio, McClellan Park North Highlands Kyle Rowland Blues Band July 12 Cool Air Music Festival, Salt
Lake City, UT August 13 Yolo County Fair, Woodland 16 Trocadero , Roseville 22 Monty’s Lounge, Rancho Cordova Marshal Law (Marshal Wilkerson) July 18 Monty's Lounge, Rancho Cordova August 8 Swabbies on the River, Sacramento Mr. December Band July 12 Swabbies on the River, Sacramento 26 The Trocadero, Roseville August 2 2nd Annual Divine Diva Review McConnell Estate Winery Elk Grove 9 The Torch Club, Sacramento 16 Yolo County Fair, Woodland 29 Louie's Cocktail Lounge, Rancho Cordova Nedra Russ July 20 Volcano Union Inn, Volcano August 24 Blues and BBQ, Hotel Leger Mokelumne Hill Randy Carey Band July 4 Brooksides, Rancho Cordova 6 Superjam Louie’s Rancho Cordova 18 Brooksides Rancho Cordova August 3 Superjam at Louie’s Rancho Cordova 15 Brooksides, Rancho Cordova
Ray “Catfish” Copeland Band July 18 CD release party, Capital Athletic Club Sacramento August 3 Crystal Basin Cellars, Winery Camino Rube and the Rhythm Rockers July 24 Concert in the Park.Paradise
Community Park at Pierson & Black Olive Rd
Used Blues Band July 6 Downtown Vacaville Blues Festival, Vacaville 12 Hayward Russell City Blues Festival, Hayward 23 Silo’s, Napa 26 Winterhawk Winery, Fairfield August 2 Cast Iron Grill and Bar, Suisun City 9 Half Moon Bay Brewing Co,. Half Moon Bay 16 Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, Vacaville 17 Fairfield Tomato Festival Fairfield 23 Vezer Family Vineyards, Fairfield 23 Green Valley Country Club, Fairfield Val Starr and the Blues Rocket July 12 Pool Party/Doug Thomson’s
w/the Bonedrivers Sacramento August 2 Blues on the Patio featuring Arbess Williams, McClellan Park North Highlands 24 Vacaville BBQ Fest in Down- town Plaza, Vacaville 30 Blues on the Patio featuring Chris Cain, McClellan Park
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Support our Band Members—Hire an SBS Member Band! Andy Keane & Kinda Blue [email protected] Bad Behavior [email protected] Bad Catz www.badcatz.com Big Earl and the Cryin' Shame [email protected] Blusoul Band [email protected] Bluez Houndz 916-991-6148 Blues Vandals bluesvandals.com Bob Mora & the Third Degree www.thirddegreebluesband.com Bobby Blues Ray Bobbybluesray.com Christian DeWilde Band [email protected] Dave Croall & the Soothers [email protected] Delta Nights Blues Band [email protected]
Foxtrot Mary [email protected] Gary Mendoza Band www.garymendozaband.com Guitar Mac & His Blues Express www.guitarmac.com Howard Hall Project www.howardhallproject.com Jeramy Norris & The Dangerous Mood www.facebook.com/JeramyNorrisTheDangerousMood Julie & The Jukes jullieandthejukes.com Kyle Rowland Blues Band www.kylerowlandbluesband.com Land Park Crew More info needed Lane Baldwin Band [email protected] Marshal Wilkerson www.marshalwilkersonband.com Melonee Desiree & Causin’ a Ruckus [email protected] Mr. December Band www.mrdecemberband.com
Nat Bolden’s State of Mind [email protected] Nedra Russ www.njrmusic.com Randy Carey Band [email protected] Ray “Catfish” Copeland Band www.raycatfishcopeland.com Rube & the Rhythm Rockers www.ruberhythmrockers.com Steve Foster Band www.stevefosterband.com Stone Kold www.stonekold.com Tony Westlake & the Tuff Times [email protected] Used Blues Band [email protected] Val Starr & the Blues Rocket www.valstarrandthebluesrocket.com Wingnut Adams www.wingnutadams.com
Catherine Russell Coming to Harlow’s August 8th—by Mindy Giles
Singer Catherine Russell also hails from a very famous musical family-- she is the daugh-ter of Luis Russell - Louis Armstrong's long-time music director - and Carline Ray, an out-standing, ground-breaking bassist and vocal-ist. Russell takes audiences on a journey; from Harlem dance hall, to Parisian Café, to Store Front Church, to New Orleans Gin Joint, to Up-town Cabaret, blurring distinctions between the car-nal and the eternal in a musical tour de force. Russell has been an in-demand back-up singer to an impeccable list of artists, including Steely Dan, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash and The Dukes of September (Michael McDonald, Donald Fagen and Boz Scaggs), with whom she delivers a "soul-dripping version” of “Piece of my Heart” (Salt Lake City Tribune).
In her solo career, Russell is an uncanny inter-preter of jazz classics, obscure gems and the Great American Songbook. Her success has made her a regular at major festivals world-wide, as well as at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where she sold out two nights and returned as a guest vocalist for an Ethel Waters Tribute,
for which she was featured in the New York Times. Her previous solo albums include 2008's Sentimental Streak and 2010's Inside This Heart Of Mine, which both earned “Vocal Album of the Year” in the Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll. The latter reached No. 7 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, No. 1 on JazzWeek and led to several appearances on NPR's "Fresh Air" and "Weekend Edition." In only six years, she has risen to the top -- both critics and fans know she is one of this century’s great ones.
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Sacramento Blues Society Is Pleased To Acknowledge our Sponsors and Donors
and Thank them for Supporting our Programs
Bad Catz Nasty Confrontation www.reverbnation.com/badcatz;
Amazon, iTunes Blues Vandals Partner in Crime www.bluesvandals.com, Amazon, iTunes Bobby Blues Ray Blues Knight of the West Coast www.bobbybluesray.com Gary Mendoza Band Keep 'em Dancin' www.cdbaby.com Guitar Mac— She Done Moved www.guitarmac.com/cd
Jeramy Norris Band Blues Man www.cdbaby.com; www.reverbnation.com Jimmy Pailer Jimmy Pailor Project & more Available at shows Kyle Rowland Alone in my Dark Room & more www.kylerockinrowland.com Lane Baldwin/Deeper Blues Dig the Hole www.lanebaldwin.com; www.cdbaby.com; iTunes, apple Marshal Wilkerson Propaganda propagandarecordsonline.com
Nedra Russ / NJR Everybody’s Been Somewhere www.cdbaby.com; njrmusic.com The Used Blues Band Used Again www.tatemusicgroup.com Wingnut Adams Welcome to Grooveland & more www.wingnutadams.com; ; www.cdbaby.com; iTunes
Louie’s CocktailLounge www.louiescocktaillounge.com
Mary Carrera 916-941-9001 Anonymous
www.La‐Z‐Boy.com/
sacramento
SBS Musician CDs Available! Listed below are our SBS member musicians and bands with CDs available for purchase.
Please consider adding a CD to your collection to support the Sacramento area's live music scene.
Gold Sponsors
The Golub Family
BronzeSponsors
Ann Malveaux
Business Donors Blueslovers & Beyond
Meetup Group www.meetup.com/
bluesloversandbeyond
Torch Club Marina Texeira
www.torchclub.net
Sacramento Day Trippers
Grady O’Bryant www.sactrips.com
R.J. Painting/Construction 916-752-1687
The Boardwalk www.boardrocks.com
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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 Sacramento Blues Society.
Co-editors Vj Anderson & Jan Kelley
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newsletter to [email protected]
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Our cover is of Dean Chance at the Torch Club. The above photo is a Torch Club jam with Dean Chance on Bass, Clint Reis on drums and Chris Hall on Bari.
Cover Artist—Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas uses the iPad to cre-ate his artworks, which are printed as original artworks on canvas. These pieces were are all live drawings done at the Torch Club. Evan also plays guitar, bass, and sings at the Torch Club and other jams around town. He started at the old Torch on L St when
Johnny Nugget ran the jam and Johnny Heartsman and John-ny Knox would often show up, and has been a regular since.
These pieces are available on canvas and inquiries can be sent to [email protected], or reach Evan at 916 848 9616. More of his work is at eva-nartworks.com.
