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Inside! Blues on the Patio

Blues Lyrics BiTS at Memphis

How ir works At the IBC

SBS Directors Coming Events

Volume 37 Number 2

March-April

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Our cover this month is of Val Starr, and is she a busy woman! She just released her third CD, a col-lection of her original songs, “Woman on a Mission” in February. Val and John also announced the con-tinuation of Blues on the Patio shows. Val’s band, The Blues Rocket, is a local favorite, also opens for the popular artists she brings to the Patio shows. Her secret weapons for accomplishing all this? Two of them - John Ellis aka JohnE Sandwich, her life partner and bandmate, and a supportive community. So what will they bring us this year? Check out the websites of these performers! Friday, April 22 - LISA MANN—A Blues Music Award winner, this talented bass player and singer is a 2015 BMA instrumental-bass winner. Blues Blast Magazine featured Lisa. http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-8-52-december-25-2014/ Check out more on her website http://www.lisamannmusic.com This date on the Patio, April 22, is also JohnE’s birthday, so come out and celebrate with some great blues and great friends! Saturday, June 4 - BRAD WILSON and The Rollin’ Blues Thunder Band—Brad opened for Chicago at three sold out shows. His songs are featured in movies and on TV, he tours over 100 shows a year

Just a few months ago, I wrote my final column as 2015 SBS President. Now here I am in 2016, and I’ve been reelected by the Board of Directors to again head up the Sac Blues Society. I must be cra-zy, right? Well, not exactly! Before I get into why I’m not crazy, I want to thank the members of the SBS for electing me to my sec-ond term on the Board of Directors. And I want to sincerely thank the Board members for having faith in me and supporting my vision for where I think we can go. I am humbled and grateful for your confi-dence, and will work hard to justify it. OK, so the reason I say I’m not crazy is that I see this as a chance to continue the work we started in 2015. It’s a wonderful opportunity that I’m glad to have. I feel like we laid some groundwork for change and growth in 2015, and the possibility of continuing to oversee that growth has me energized and excit-ed. We have big plans for 2016! Of course we’ll produce and promote our “regular” events (Blues in the Schools, International Blues Challenge, Hall of Fame Awards, Membership party) but we also have plans to add some exciting new events, starting with our

Val Starr and Blues on the Patio—by Vj Anderson 

February 27th show at the Power-house Pub, featuring Tia Carroll. This year we’ll take on our most ambitious project yet, with our mighty Blues in the Schools team spearheading the creation of our first SBS Blues Festival, due to occur in October! We are working on making SBS membership more meaningful and valuable to our members, and with our talented Webmaster (and now a Board member) Scott Willson on board, we expect to continue improving our online presence and our members’ online experiences with us. Of course, we want to welcome any and all members to join us in doing the work that needs to be done to support our growth, so don’t be shy – jump on in and offer your help, expertise and energy! All it takes is a phone call or e-mail to any one of us, or just show up at a Board meeting and tell us you’re interested in helping out. There’s every reason to expect that the Sacramento Blues Society will have a wonderful year ahead, and that 2016 will truly be a good year for the Blues!

2016 - It’s a Good Year for the Blues—By Cari Chenkin

and you don’t want to miss him! His website is http://www.bradwilsonlive.com Saturday, September 3 - TWO TONE STEINY & THE CADILLACS—-Busy with a great new album and show dates from Reno to the mid-state area, he’s been a Sammie winner, a Sac Blues Society IBC winner, best self-produced CD winner, and he’s one of the sharpest dressed men in the Blues. More information on his shows can be found at http://www.twotonesteiny.wordpress.com Saturday, October 8 - The DELTA WIRES—This high energy, harmonica led band with strong horns challenges you to not dance! This is a band that has toured and played with Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, the Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, John Mayall and the list goes on and on and on… DELTA WIRES can be found at http://www.deltawires.com Gates open at all shows at 5 PM, with music from 6:30 until 10 PM. Tickets are $15 at the door, with free parking, in and out privileges, great dancing ar-ea, general admission and lots of great seats. More information about the shows, times and a map can be found at http://www.bluesonthepatio.com

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Blues Lyrics: A Look Inside - By Dana Moret

If there’s anything I appreciate it’s a revolutionary tune. After hearing and studying this song, I can see just how before her time Miss Ida Cox was. The year was 1925, and as a nation, not only were we wildly racist, but we were also inherently sexist. My, how far we’ve come! Verbiage like this these days seems common place in female written songs, if not expected, but for the mid ‘20’s, it was almost criminal to speak out in such rebellion. While her words feel very angry and “fed-up”, I think that as an artist who made an incredible mark on the blues genre, she was maybe one of the only ones who could get her point across and still be revered. Bear in mind this song spoke to me as being poignant for the time. I, as a modern woman, appreciate the balance we as women, have been afforded these days and think a little sugar with the wild goes a long way. Here’s what I heard: I see my friends and other ladies griping about how unfair and horribly they are treated by their men, spending way too much time complaining and waiting for things to change. But I know from

experience that you should stop your complaining and simply turn the tables. That way YOU’RE the one doing what you want and those triflin’ men can fend for themselves. So ladies, don’t let them get away with treating you bad, ‘cuz if you sit around and let it happen, they’re gonna’ keep doing it and thinking that it’s ok! I treat my men like they expect they should treat a wom-an. I make my men go to work and take care of me so that he’s so tired when he gets home, he doesn’t have the energy to step out. I don’t think about what heartache he could cause me. I do what I want. I’m not known for being sweet or a pushover. When my man starts to give me attitude, I tell him to go and find another woman that’ll let him treat her wrong. I’ll go out when I want to and when I get home after a night on the town, he better not give me any grief or he can get out of my house! A woman gets nothing out of being sweet and sub-missive these days, so you better have fun now, with no regrets. I know. That’s how I live my life and its working great for me. So if you want to be happy in life, you gotta’ do what you want, girl. Live, Love, Music,

Ida Cox – Wild Women Don’t Have No Blues - 1925

I hear these women raving 'bout their monkey men

About their trifling husbands and their no good friends These poor women sit around all day and moan

Wondering why their wandering papa's don't come home But wild women don't worry, wild women don't have no

blues Now when you've got a man, don't never be on the square

'Cause if you do he'll have a woman everywhere I never was known to treat no one man right I keep 'em working hard both day and night

'Cause wild women don't worry, wild women don't have their blues

I've got a disposition and a way of my own When my man starts kicking I let him find another home

I get full of good liquor, walk the streets all night Go home and put my man out if he don't act right

‘Cause wild women don't worry, wild women don't have the blues

You never get nothing by being an angel child You better change your ways and get real wild

I wanna tell you something, I wouldn't tell you a lie Wild women are the only kind that really get by

'Cause wild women don't worry, wild women don't have the blues

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Memphis Memories – by Lüsë Güsë (Landon Gonzales, Vincent Pantages, Joseph Panida)

be surprised if I had heard at least 20 dif-ferent bands. Playing music on Beale was an adventure itself. Though it didn’t go as we had hoped I played my best and had a good time. I had a great experience at the IBC. All of this was thanks to our supporters. Thank you. I really enjoyed Memphis and hope to return someday.” Sincerely,

Landon Gonzales “Among my favorite memories from Mem-phis is our tour of Sun Studios. It was amazing to be in a place where some of the most signif-icant and influential

American music was recorded… I feel honored to have been given this opportunity. All of us truly ap-preciate it and thank everyone for a real good time.” Sincerely, Vincent Pantages

We would like to just start by expressing our thanks and gratitude to Liz Walker, Dave Alcock, John and Maryanglea Pantages, John and Pam Ousley, our anonymous benefactor (whoever you are) and espe-cially, Mary Carrera. Y’all got us to Memphis and we got to live it up. So, sincerely, thank you. Being a California band that doesn’t really have much roots in the Blues, traveling to Memphis and gaining the kind of direct exposure to the best that Blues has to offer in the place where it all began was an enrich-ing experience. Bands could be heard all up and down Beale St at nearly any hour of the day or night. We got to see bands from all over the world converge in one place to celebrate the musical genre that start-ed it all. On top of that, we were able to be part of it! Lüsë Güsë of Sacramento, California got to play the blues on Beale St and that is beyond awesome for us. We only hope the Blues Foundation will continue to provide opportunities like this for bands like us in the future. “Going to Memphis and performing on Beale Street will remain as one of the all- time greatest experienc-es of my life…to be supported to such an extent on our unique, once in a lifetime trip to the home of the Blues & Rock n’ Roll truly means a lot to me. I under-stand now, more than ever how lucky Vincent, Lan-don and I are to have been given this kind of oppor-tunity with the amount of support that we have. So from the deepest, innermost chambers of my heart,

thank you so much.” Sincerely, Joseph Pa-nida “I had a very fun and interesting time in Memphis and it was filled with new experi-

ences. First, Memphis, TN is the furthest from home that I’ve ever been. Flying there and staying in a hotel room with my band was cool. I definitely felt like part of a real band flying to Memphis to play music. The food in Memphis was another new experience for me as well. It was mostly fried and probably all bad for me, but it was fantastic. I had chicken and waffles for the first time, and that of course, was delicious. I found Memphis music history interesting as well. I toured Sun Studio, where I learned quite a bit about some of the greats to come from Memphis. Just walk-ing the streets of the city I was exposed to the thriv-ing music culture and history. Images of BB King and Elvis Presley come to mind when I think of that histo-ry. Everywhere I went there was music playing, and on Beale, there was live music everywhere. I wouldn’t

At the Civil Rights Museum 

Back home in Sacramento 

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International Blues Challenge—Jan Kelley; photos by Liz Walker

January 26-30, 2016—Memphis, TN This year’s IBC was bigger and better than ever! And the weather even cooperated for us, with just one actual cold, windy day, but always sunny. With over 120 bands, 94 solo/duo, 42 youth bands and 13 countries (including the U.S.) represented, the Blues took over Beale Street and the surrounding area clubs with a high-powered vengeance. Blues fans packed the clubs and could be seen at all hours, having the time of their lives enjoying their favorite music amongst like-minded, fun and caring people. This was my second time being a judge, which I did on Wednesday evening for the band competition. Being a judge requires not only knowledge of the blues, but stamina to stay in one place for six hours or so. We are given criteria to follow that each must abide by and do not discuss our decisions with one another until each vote is turned in after the act per-forms, if then. I have been fortunate to meet some cordial and interesting fellow judges. To explain the process: Wednesday and Thursday evenings are devoted to the quarter finals, with up to 12 solo/duo acts and 10 band acts at each club. Each is assigned a particular club in which to perform both nights, rotating the or-der of appearance at that club. Three judges are assigned and they are different each night to keep it fair. A win-ning act from each club will then go on to the semi-finals on Friday evening. Friday is when the excitement builds, as judges are replaced by those who are more professional in this genre. Once the winners are selected, everyone waits in anticipation to hear who will advance to the finals on Saturday. The announcement generally is after midnight. During the week days, there are showcases of blues artists who are not competing but entertain the crowd in various clubs. One of my favorite showcases is the Youth Showcase, which is not a competition but al-

lows the young peo-ple to gain experience in this type of perfor-mance. The talent displayed is truly in-credible! (See our BITS kids, Luce Guce’s article on page 8). In addition, there are late night jams after the competition, generally led by a well-known blues artist, such

as Bob Margolin. Saturday at the Orpheum Theater, blues fans formed a line outside before doors opened at 11:00, eagerly awaiting to enter and to hear the finalists perform. This is generally a six to eight-hour day, with lots of networking going on inside the lobby and including a silent auction of various blues related items. These are the nine catego-ries and the chosen ones: Best Self-Produced CD - Rob Lombard, “Blues in a Bottle”, Central Iowa Blues Society; Band, 1st

Place, The Delgado Brothers, Ventu-ra County Blues Society; Band, 2nd Place, The Paul DesLauriers Band, Montreal Blues Society; Band, 3rd Place, The Norman Jackson Band, Land of the Ozarks Blues Society; Solo/Duo, 1st Place, Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons, Washington Blues Society; Solo/Duo, 2nd Place, In-nerVision, Columbus Blues Alliance;

Band Guitar, The Delgado Broth-ers, Ventura County Blues Society;

Solo/Duo Guitar, Bing Futch, Orange Blossom Blues Society; Harp Player, InnerVision, Colum-bus Blues Alliance. Congratulations to all com-petitors! The competition was fierce this year with a high cali-ber of acts. Can’t wait to see what 2017 will bring!

Used Blues Band—The SBS entry to IBC in Memphis 

Jimmy Pailer with Ro Harpo at  IBC in Memphis 

Become a member of the Blues Foundation and cast your votes for the

Blues Music Awards! Go to www.blues.org and click on “join” in the left column.

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The 2016 SBS Board of Directors Renee Erickson—Vice President Hi Everyone! I’m excited to begin my third year on your Board of Directors. As Vice President and Co-Chair of the Events Committee, my goal this year will be to twofold. I will continue to work on planning and organizing the SBS Events with my Co-Chair, Jan Kelly. In addition, I

will take on the responsibility of supporting our Presi-dent and the rest of the Board by working on special projects as they come up. One of the issues that I would like to focus on is membership growth and reten-tion. We need the active involvement of our member-ship, and I want to know what it takes to get there. I’m hoping to communicate with all of you at some point this year. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, opinions, observations, etc. We’re looking forward to a wonderful 2016!

Hi, I'm Janna Welk—Secretary. My goals for 2016 are to find income op-portunities for our nonprofit, introduce more delta blues music into the Sacra-mento music scene and volunteer for SBS whenever and wherever I'm needed. The SBS could surely use some folks willing to give a little of their time, no matter how

small, to such a worthwhile cause. It could be you! Thank you, and have a wonderful 2016!

Cheryl Rookwood—Treasurer I am excited to join the Sacramento Blues Society’s Board of Directors as Treasurer. I have been a member of the Blues Society for two years and during that time volunteered at many events. I also attended Board meet-

ings to get a better understanding of the organization and where I might fit in. I have learned a lot, heard some great music, and met a lot of wonderful and pas-sionate blues people. I encourage our members to at-tend the Board meetings and see where they may be able to contribute and help us to continue “keeping the blues alive.”

David Alcock—Parliamentarian David has been a long time board mem-ber who is dedicated to achieving the mission of the Sacramento Blues Socie-ty. He has held the position of events co-chair, parliamentarian, treasurer and vice president. In addition, he is part of Blues in the Schools and has helped

plant the seeds of the Blues in thousands of young minds. David is looking forward to serving on the board of directors and doing his part in keeping the Blues alive.

Daniel Hernandez—Volunteer Coordi-nator. Third year with the Sac Blues Society! As Board member, Events Com-mittee member and Volunteer Coordina-tor, my goal is to make this year for the

Blues Society, the best ever. Barbara Katen – Director at Large My fellow Blues lovers, I am proud and honored to serve as a Director at large for the Sacramento Blues Society. I have served on the SBS Hall of Fame

committee for the past 3 years, something near and dear to my heart under the direction of my rocking cousin Sally Katen. And, in addition, during the final year of my term as Director, I hope to assist member-ship with growing our numbers and bringing new mem-bers in to the fold. On that note peeps, I'm here for our membership and fellow blues lovers, so contact me at

will! barbarakaten@yahoo.com, 916-769-5055. Sally Katen – Hall of Fame I have been on the SBS Board off and on since 2006. In 2006 I took over the Secretary position and kept it for four years. When I termed out in 2010, I had asked then-President Willie Brown if I could try and do something

with our Hall of Fame that Marshal Wilkerson had start-ed and a year had lapsed with no one continuing it. So here we are seven years later and the Hall of Fame now holds a special Committee in our Sacramento Blues Society. I returned to the SBS Board in January 2015 and am excited to watch the new Board at work and to help in any way I can. Like all my fellow Board Mem-bers have stated, this is your Blues Society. Attend a meeting, volunteer for one of our committees, decide what you would like to do to help. As in any 100% vol-unteer organization, we need you!

Debby Switters—Membership I have worked as a volunteer the last two years for the SBS and was elected as a

write-in candidate at the December membership party. My husband Mark and I have been members for two years but have been listening and loving the Blues much longer than that. I retired in 2014 from UC Davis after 34 years. I am an RN, having worked in Home Health the last 20 of those years. My retirement party included The Gary Mendoza band in my backyard and he came back the next year for another party. If you ever want a great band for a great party, be sure to think about Gary. Mark and I also love to bicycle and kayak, with plans to travel after Mark's retirement next year.  

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Coming Events—by Renee Erickson & Jan Kelley

The Events Committee is busy making plans for 2016! Jan Kelley and I are sharing the responsibility of chairing the Committee this year, and I want to thank her and the rest of the Committee for all of their hard work and dedication. Other members of the Committee are Janna Welk, Daniel Hernandez, and Kristen Dahl. In addition to our Annual Membership Party, Hall of Fame, IBC, etc., we will be bringing our members

several SBS events beginning with Tia Carroll at the Powerhouse Pub on February 27th. (See below) We are tossing around some new ideas this year, and we’d like to hear from you! What do you think about a Riverboat Cruise or a Monte Carlo night? You can email your suggestions and/or opinions to events@sacblues.com. Stay tuned for announcements in the May/June is-sue! And remember – Volunteers are always wel-come and appreciated!

Scott Willson—PR & Media Greetings, I am the SBS webmaster, committee chair for the Social Media

and Public Relations committee, and newly elected Board of Directors member. As your webmaster I have a very unique view into the needs of our Blues Society and how we can, as a community, better serve our members through increased use of technology. I have been successful in publishing the on-line version of the Blue Notes! Newsletter which you receive bi-monthly by email, as well as expanding our member bands section to include photos, videos, and links to band websites in an attempt to help our musicians attract more business

and land more paying gigs. We now are able to offer SBS donor gifts to our website visitors. Check the tab labeled “shop” and pick your desired SBS shirt or item. Your donations help us promote blues music in the community. Have you noticed our new and improved SBS Facebook page? Here we are able to advertise for member bands, announce upcoming events such as our annual membership event, and share photos and videos of past events. How would you like to see our on-line presence grow and serve you better? It is my pledge and promise to continue to represent both the musicians and the music lovers in our future endeavors as a community of blues lovers.

The 2016 SBS Board of Directors—continued

 

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Hall of Fame 2016—How does it Work? - 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 influ-ence in the 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 interest-ed 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 Wall of Fame with photos and our perpetual plaque. There are seven years of Inductees on the Wall and we, the Hall of Fame Com-mittee and our SBS Board Members, are really proud of not only the Wall, 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 dif-ference in the blues in the Sacra-mento 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 review names each year over a 10-month period, which is October through 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 Sacra-mento area and if they are local area residents to be qualified. Over several hours and several meetings, we come up with five deserving people to induct into the current year’s Hall of Fame. We do have dead-lines to meet, and that is why the deadline to nomi-nate someone is June 30th, 2016 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 considera-tion the next year.

SBS Board Members and HOF Committee Members have been telling folks how easy it is to submit a per-son for consideration online. Also, you can name as many different people as you want on the form. I al-so want you to know that all nominations submitted come directly to my email, so there is no delay in re-ceiving them. This year’s event will be September 25th, 2016 at Harlow’s with the after-party at the Torch Club. So send your nominations in by June 30th. Looking forward to a great year!!

Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame Members more information at www.sacblues.com

Bruce Pressley Donna Proctor Smith Liz Peel Vanhouten Michael Andrews Robert Sidwell Aaron King Derek Washington Joe Lev Jan Kelley

Marshall Wilkerson Pat Balcom Lew Fratis Jim Monroe Jimmy Pailer Nate Shiner Al Arnett Ray Copeland Marshall Jones

Steve Samuels Torch Club—Texeira Family Lena Mosely Omar Sharriff (David Alexander Elam) Charley Baty Mike Balma Rick Estrin Phil Givant Johnny Knox

Mick Martin Johnny Heartsman Gene Chambers Arbess Williams

 

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This spring also brings the region’s Big Day of Giving. This is an op-portunity for you to dig deep and support the non-profits in the area. Of course we’d like you to support BITS and you can do this so easi-ly. Just go to www.sacblues.com anytime midnight to midnight on May 3rd. It’s quick, it’s easy and it really helps out our programs. BITS has been invited by the Crocker Art Museum to be part of the upcoming Block by Block parties they’re hosting this spring & summer. These parties will take place in different county districts and will be a great way to introduce BITS to some new neigh-borhoods. Plans are moving along for the Out of the Box Festi-val (Oct 8th.) We’re actively seeking other youth de-velopment programs to partner with us. Interactive art experiences, music workshops, service opportu-nities, and of course, great MUSIC. Sponsorship op-portunities are available at all levels. Would you or someone you know like to help give kids of the re-gion a chance to get out of their box? Remember your donation/sponsorship is tax deductible. Contact us at 916-202-5075, 916-712-7277 or bits@sacblues.com

Blues In The Schools—by Liz Walker

BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS in association with

SWELL PRODUCTIONS Presents

        

Saturday, Oct. 8th, 2016 Horsemen’s Association

3200 Longview Ave, Sacramento 10am-10pm

SAVE THE DATE

Just got back from Memphis and the 2016 Interna-tional Blues Challenge (did you follow along on the BITS Facebook page?) What a week of amazing music, people and food. It’s difficult to understand the total experience until you go yourself. 257 bands from all over the world (along with their fans) playing day and night for four days. While you might not agree with the outcome of the challenge it’s hard to miss the level of talent displayed by all the perform-ers. This was my first year judging (solo/duos) and it defi-nitely gave me a whole new perspective. BITS’ very own youth band performed in the showcase and had an experience of a life time. You can read more about their journey in a separate article. Big THANKS again to Carrera Productions for their sup-port in enabling these young players to play on such a big playground. Springtime is just around the corner and BITS is hop-ping. Not only are the after school programs starting up (mark your calendar for the annual showcase, May 3rd), BITS is involved in a huge arts immersion project in Yolo County involving the Juvenile Justice Center. A 12-week program involving working artists, poets, a muralist, and our own blues men. Our piece of the puzzle is a songwriting strand along with some percussion and recording.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

May 3rd is the region’s

24 hour Big Day of Giving.

Thank you all for your support in the past. We’re hoping to double our number

of contributors this year.

Please remember to go to sacblues.com anytime midnight to midnight May 3rd.

It’s quick, it’s easy and it supports

BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS.

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Support our Band Members—Hire an SBS Member Band!

Big Earl and the Cryin' Shame bigearl@gmail.com Christian DeWilde Band christiandewilde@yahoo.com Dave Croall & the Soothers rightdave@hotmail.com Foxtrot Mary foxtrotmary.com Gary Mendoza garymendozaband@yahoo.com Hammar & Atwater djgehres@gmail.com Jeramy Norris & The Dangerous Mood facebook.com/JeramyNorrisTheDangerousMood Julie & The Jukes jullieandthejukes.com Lisa Phenix lisaphenix.com Loose Gravel loosegravel14.wix.com/ loosegravel

Lüsë Güsë visanthers65@comcast.net Mega Tones 916-517-7023 Melonnee Desiree & Cauzin’ a Ruckus melonneedesiree.com Mr. December Band mrdecembertheband.com Nedra Russ njrmusic.com Propaganda joe@propagandarecordsonline.com Ray “Catfish” Copeland Band raycatfishcopeland.com Red’s Blues facebook.com/pages/Reds-Blues/ Rube & the Rhythm Rockers ruberhythmrockers.com Ryder Green Band rydergreenmusic.com The Blues Vandals bluesvandals.com

The Bluez Houndz (916) 991-6148 The Bongo Furys 916-607-1940 gtrman@gmail.com The Frank McClory Project guitarzan55@aol.com The Lucky Losers phil@philberkowitz.com Todd Morgan & The Emblems myosotiseyes@ssbcglobal.net Tony and the Tuff Times tatttblues@gmail.com Two-Tone Steiny twotonesteiny.wordpress.com Used Blues Band Sean@myifp.com Val Starr & the Blues Rocket valstarrandthebluesrocket.com William Mylar Band mylarville.com

Blues Vandals Partner in Crime www.bluesvandals.com, Amazon, iTunes Bobby Blues Ray Blues Knight of the West Coast www.bobbybluesray.com Guitar Mac— She Done Moved www.guitarmac.com/cd Jeramy Norris Band Blues Man www.cdbaby.com; www.reverbnation.com

Marshal Wilkerson Propaganda propagandarecordsonline.com Nedra Russ / NJR Everybody’s Been Somewhere www.cdbaby.com; njrmusic.com

Ray “Catfish” Copeland Band Got Love if You Want It www.cdbaby.com Red’s Blues Red's Blues www.cdbaby.com/cd/redsblues

The Used Blues Band Used Again www.tatemusicgroup.com Two-Tone Steiny Alright! www.cdbaby.com

Val Star & the Blues Rocket Blues Away www.cdbaby.com; Dimple Records

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.

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Sacramento Blues Society is Pleased To Acknowledge our Sponsors and Donors and Thank them for Supporting our Programs

Mary Carrera 916‐941‐9001  

www.powerhousepub.com

www.La‐Z‐Boy.com/sacramento 

Gold Sponsors Bronze Sponsors

Business Donors

www.torchclub.net

Edward Haneffant 916-782-1000 realestateteam@surewest.net This is the agent you are looking for

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues societies in California, founded in 1979. SBS 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, bringing internationally renowned artists to the region and publishing the “Blue Notes” six times a year.

SBS is an affiliate member of The Blues Foundation which honored us with a 2015 Keeping the Blues Alive Award, and provides educational opportunities for young people

with The Blues Foundation’s “Blues In The Schools” Program.

2015 Committee Chairs Blues In The Schools ‐ Liz Walker & Cynthia  Jaynes 

Events ‐ Renee Erickson & Jan Kelley Finance – Val Anderson Hall Of Fame ‐Sally Katen 

Membership ‐ Linda McShane   Public Rela ons & Social Media– Sco  Willson Volunteer Coordinator ‐ Daniel Hernandez 

Help keep the Blues alive—Contact a chair or Board member to volunteer for a commi ee.

2015 Board Officers President—Cari Chenkin 

Vice‐President—Renee Erickson 

Secretary—Janna Welk Treasurer—Cheryl Rookwood Parliamentarian—Dave Alcock 

Board Members at Large

Daniel Hernandez Barbara Katen Sally Katen 

Debbie Swi ers  Sco  Willson 

Mindy@swell-productions.com

www.louiescocktaillounge.com

Edward Smith www.autoaccident.com

Grady O’Bryant www.sactrips.com

Ann Malveaux

www.stoneyinn.com 

Don Selasko 916-330-8611

www.zelaskodesigns.com

Publications Blues News—Willie Brown 

Blue Notes—Vj Anderson & Jan Kelley Ad rates— 

www.sacblues.com/adver sing rates Webmaster Sco  Willson 

Board of Directors Mee ngs—2nd Tuesday, each  Month; 7:00 PM  

 All SBS members in

good standing are invited to a end.

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Recipient  of the 2015  Affiliate  

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About our Cover Artist—KLambert ing let Kathy know so she can provide a Certificate of Authenticity to the new owner. Reach her at vinniedacat2@yahoo.com.

Kathy is a long-time member of SBS and has con-tributed her talents often. She recently offered the cover painting, “Heart and Soul” depicting Val Starr and JohnE Sandwich (John Ellis) on stage. When asked how this painting came about, she said “The inspiration for "Heart 'n Soul" came from a picture of Val Starr I'd taken at the Torch Club. Lucky me--caught her totally into her music, in her style. When Val performs, it's not about anything ex-cept the song she's into, right then. I thought the picture portrayed that, and I wanted to capture it. Also, Val looks approachable----almost like an old friend with interest already in what you have to say and is anxious to say hi back. That had to come across, too. Her inspiration made the paint-ing.” Jimmy Pailer (on right) was her subject of a painting auctioned at our December Member meeting/party to benefit our Blues in the Schools pro-gram. If you know who has the paint-