May 2013 - MONTH FULL OF THE BLUES “Support, Promote and Preserve the Blues!” - 1 MONTH FULL OF THE BL MONTH FULL OF THE BL MONTH FULL OF THE BL MONTH FULL OF THE BLUES UES UES UES The Newsletter of the MO Blues Association May 2013 MO Blues Jam May 16, 2013 (7 pm), at Das St Das St Das St Das Stein Hau in Hau in Hau in Haus Jefferson City, Missouri Hosted by ANNUAL MO BLUES BBQ FUNDRAISER May 11 - 11 a.m. Please mark your calendars and tell your friends! The Annual MO Blues BBQ Fund Raiser is set for May 11 at the Schulte’s Fresh Foods parking lot. Volunteers needed. Contact Larry Zulauf at 659-4744. This is how we “Support, Promote, and Preserve the Blues”. Blues Deville to host MAY 16 MO Blues jam May 16, 2013, 7:00 p.m, at Das Stein Haus, Jefferson City MO Blues fans and musicians look forward to a big night on May 16 (7 p.m.) as Blues DeVille kicks off our May jam at Das Stein Haus, a landmark Jefferson City restaurant and all-around tasty night spot. Combining blues and blues based classic rock, Blues DeVille leaves everyone satisfied with their fiery show. Together, the Blues DeVille band has been bringing high energy, blues-based party music to the Mid-Missouri area since 1997. Blues DeVille is: • Kyle Caraway - guitar/vocals • Wayne Johnson - bass • Bill Kauffmann – drums • Tim Haas – saxophone, percussion After an opening Blues DeVille set, guest jammers join in with their turns on the stand. Bring your instruments, and don’t miss it!
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MO Blues Jam
May 16, 2013 (7 pm), at
Das StDas StDas StDas Steeeein Hauin Hauin Hauin Haussss
Jefferson City, Missouri
Hosted by
ANNUAL MO BLUES BBQ FUNDRAISER
May 11 - 11 a.m.
Please mark your calendars and tell your friends! The Annual MO Blues BBQ Fund Raiser is set for May 11 at the Schulte’s Fresh Foods parking lot.
Volunteers needed. Contact Larry Zulauf
at 659-4744.
This is how we “Support, Promote, and
Preserve the Blues”.
Blues Deville to host
MAY 16 MO Blues jam May 16, 2013, 7:00 p.m, at
Das Stein Haus, Jefferson City MO
Blues fans and musicians look forward to a big night on
May 16 (7 p.m.) as Blues DeVille kicks off our May jam
at Das Stein Haus, a landmark Jefferson City restaurant
and all-around tasty night spot.
Combining blues and blues based classic rock, Blues
DeVille leaves everyone satisfied with their fiery show.
Together, the Blues DeVille band has been bringing
high energy, blues-based party music to the Mid-Missouri
area since 1997.
Blues DeVille is:
• Kyle Caraway - guitar/vocals
• Wayne Johnson - bass
• Bill Kauffmann – drums
• Tim Haas – saxophone, percussion
After an opening Blues DeVille set, guest jammers join in
with their turns on the stand. Bring your instruments,
and don’t miss it!
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Our Blues and Barbecue Fundraiser is all set for May 11, at Schulte’s parking lot, from 11 a.m
until late afternoon (or whenever the chow runs out!). For your cash donation to MO Blues, take
home a fine barbecue plate of one of the following: Bratwurst - $6.00; BBQ Chicken - $7.00;
Pork Steak - $8.00; Ribs (full slab) -$16.00. Plus – sides of baked beans and coleslaw. You’ll
want to stop by at lunchtime that day. Make sure you don’t miss out!
Besides your contribution for a plate, we can use your help, in more ways than one. First, we need
folks to help serve and collect money. This isn’t hard work but it can’t be done by one person. We’ll
be manning a trailer and serving food prepared by the Award Winning MO Blues All-Star Bar-B-Que
Team! Workers will be set up on shifts so that no one has to make an all day commitment.
Second, we need anyone interested in a little acoustic jamming to show up and bring your
instrument and talent. We’ll have a PA and mics handy. The idea is to promote, preserve and
support. What better way than with a few hours of jamming with other friends of the blues. Please
call Larry at 573-659-4744.
MO Blues is Getting It Done If you are looking at this issue of Month Full
of Blues then you know that something is working right at MO Blues!
In the last issue of the Month Full of Blues you were told about the changes and the commitments that had been made by the current the MO Blues Board of Directors.
The first project that needed to be tackled was the reconstruction of the MO Blues website. In addition to the need for MO Blues to have presence on the web, a number of our membership functions are handled by the website and those functions are essential to providing MO Blues membership with value for their support.
It is with the greatest of pleasure we announce that our website, www.Moblues.org, is operational, and is capable of providing value to the membership and supporting the mission of MO Blues. As a member of MO Blues, please help us share this important fact with others who want to follow the progress, the activities and the fun of being involved with MO Blues.
MO Blues is undertaking the challenge of rebuilding while at the same time working to bring you events that reflect our shared mission of promoting, supporting and preserving the blues. As you read through this issue of Month Full of The Blues, take note of what is planned for fundraisers, entertainment and activities.
Please consider every opportunity that is mentioned to volunteer, participate and support MO Blues. Your involvement is the key to the MO Blues success. Whether it’s attending the blues jams, the membership meetings or other special events, MO Blues wants to help you to express your appreciation for the blues.
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Jam Notes - by Chuck Renn
March Madness at The Mission
The MO Blues Jams for 2013 got a
smoking start on March 21 when The Mojo
Roots took the stage at The Mission in
Jefferson City.
The group was just back from the
International Blues Competition in Memphis,
Tennessee and you could tell they were primed to
play for the MO Blues crowd. Jordan Thomas,
frontman for the group, gave the vocals his usual down-home touch. Backed up by the solid rhythm
section of Jim Rush on bass and Andy Naugle on the drums, Thomas and lead guitarist T.J.
Judkin traded and blended guitar licks to the delight of full house. Thomas laid the guitar aside and
continued to sizzle with some great harp playing. There was such variety in their performance; you
could easily see why this fine four-piece blues group made it to the semi-finals in Memphis.
There was little time to cool down between The Mojo Roots leaving the stage and the first set of
jammers kicking it in for the crowd. A local favorite, Ben Green took the stage with some familiar
faces. Ben was backed by Will West on guitar and Artie Langston on bass. It was great to see
these long time blues supporters back out for the jam. The
group was completed by Jerry Russo working the skins and
Kerry Cordray complementing the guitars with some sweet
saxophone solos. Ben did a couple of his originals and finished
with some standards that got folks on their feet.
The next group to keep the toes tapping was fronted by
John Coy. Rumor had it that these guys are solid as a new
project in the Columbia area. We certainly hope so because
they did a great job on some solid blues. A personal favorite
was their rendition of Rufus Thomas’ “Walking the Dog.”
John was joined by Gary Froeschner on drums,
Tim Shields on bass and Dayne Hudek on guitar.
The Mojo Roots - kick off the night
Hey hey! it’s - Ben Green!
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The next group featured former
MO Blues President, Madam Peg
Dzicek. Peg gave the room a great
version of Dave Mason’s “Feeling
Alright.” Peg had to take pride in being
backed by her son,
Michael Dzicek on guitar. Mike made
mom proud with some fine chops. Adding
to the six string part of the group was
Dayne Hudek who even gave a little
vocal offering of his own. The group was joined on stage by Dave Summers, who was solid on the
harp, as always. Dave Beal anchored the ensemble on drums and MO Blues board member, Mr.
Dave Raithel took care of the bottom with his locked-in bass playing.
There was a little shuffling of the deck and the group was reconstituted with Donnie Atelby
working percussion and Chris Bonet joining in on bass. A special treat was in store for the group
when Jeanette Shoemaker took the stage and added
some soulful vocals as only a blues lady can. Not to be left
out, Shea Larsen brought the room to focus with her
outstanding rendition of T-Bone Walker’s, “Stormy
Monday.” It’s amazing how those big, bluesy voices can
come from those little ladies.
Our hats are off to Jam Committee Chair, Wayne
Johnson. A fine musician in his own right, Wayne was
sterling in keeping things moving. There was good number
of jammers and Wayne got them paired to perfection.
The evening was a great time. It was a super kickoff
for the 2013 MO Blues Jam Season. The next jam is
scheduled for May 16 at Das Stein Haus in Jefferson City.
As folks were leaving, there were already plans being made
to arrive early and play late.
Don’t miss the next MO Blues jam.
Guitar Guys: Dayne Hudek & Michael Dzicek
Blues fan’s dream, speller’s nightmare…
Shea Larsen – sings and shouts.
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The Duck Tapes - by Robert Duckworth
It’s 6:00am. I’ve been recovering
from a little surgery, staying home from work, so
my sleep/awake hours are all over the place. For a
while, 2:00am was wakey, wakey time. Anyway,
I’ve have a lot of quiet time to do things….like
writing for the newsletter. (A stock market tip...
these home computers MIGHT just take off).
OK, this month we’re turning off the guitar road
for a moment and spotlighting one of the greatest
instrumentalists in the history of post-war blues.
His name was Marion Walter Jacobs, but he was
simply known as Little Walter. Walter was born
May 1, 1930 in Marksville, Louisiana. He started
playing harmonica as a child and was soon playing
on the street corners of New Orleans for spare
change. He worked his way up to Chicago, picking
up playing tips from Big Walter Horton and Sonny
Boy Williamson, aka Sonny Boy 2. Walter started
playing on Maxwell Street and quickly caught the
attention of Big Bill Broonzy. He wound up
recording with Broonzy and Tampa Red on the
Parkway and Ora-Nelle labels. This taste of
potential fame was eclipsed by the monumental
pairing of Little Walter and McKinley Morganfield
aka, Muddy Waters, one of the greatest
combinations in the history of the music known as
The Blues.
Walter started playing with Muddy in 1948 on
Muddy’s earliest Chess recordings, and from then
on, his addition seasoned the slide guitarist songs
to haunting perfection. Walter played with Muddy
live and the band often opened with an
instrumental called “Your Cat Will Play” that
featured Walter’s incendiary harmonica work. This
song was recorded by Checkers Records but the
title was changed to “Juke” by Leonard Chess and
credited to Little Walter. “Juke” took a life of its
own and Walter, while touring with Muddy, was
suddenly famous on his own name. He quit
Muddy’s band and returned to Chicago. He took
over a band called The Aces. The Aces were
previously led by another harmonica player, Junior
Wells. This was very convenient for The Aces, as
Junior had left THEM to join Muddy to replace
Walter (read that one three times fast). By 1953
Walter was calling the band Little Walter and His
Jukes. It was with the Jukes that Walter began his
elevation to the heights of Chicago blues stardom.
Though no longer a member of Muddy’s core band,
Walter would, at the insistence of Leonard Chess,
continue to record with Muddy on occasion.
Together and apart, the two dominated the mid-
fifties Chicago blues clubs, their only competition
being the equally formidable Howling Wolf band, a
musical hurricane of barbed wire all its own.
Another of Walter’s songs, “My Babe”, went to No.
1 on the R&B charts in 1955.
Walter toured the US and was part of the blues
“package tours” that went to Europe in the early
sixties. His success there led to another British
tour, this time with the Rolling Stones in 1964. In
the United States however, Walter’s popularity was
fading. He recorded sparsely, was drinking heavily,
and had a hair-trigger temper (author’s note, if you
saw the movie “Cadillac Records”, please note there
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was FAR more fiction than fact…use mind bleach as
needed). In a nutshell, Walter had lost his creative
energy. In 1968, he got into a particularly vicious
street brawl and Walter died of what reads like a
blood clot.
Walter’s instruments usually consisted of
Hohner Marine Band harmonicas bought in as
many keys as needed, although he had a chromatic
harp also, a Shure Slim X-777 crystal microphone,
and a tube vocal/guitar amp. The brand of his amp
seems to be either lost or Walter didn’t favor any
brand as long as he was happy. I’ve heard he had an
Airline (Danelectro) amp from the later fifties that
was like a clamshell in that the amp had eight
8”speakers, 4 in one open ended box and 4 more
plus the amp in another, like a suitcase you could
take apart and separate on stage. I have a
Danelectro Twin Twelve amp from the same era
with the same cosmetics, a ’57. To sum this up,
Little Walter is recognized as possibly the first to
purposely distort an amp for creative uses, much
the way Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton did theirs,
seriously upsetting recording engineers in 1965.
When Eric Clapton was touring with Santana in
the seventies, Carlos asked Eric to his room to see
his Sri Chinmoy shrine with its incense and stuff.
Later, Eric asked Carlos back to HIS room, where
the “shrine” was a stack of Little Walter records and
a bottle of tequila. Rumor is Carlos said he had a
better time at Eric’s.
The harp players here may know more
information on Walter than I. I’m just a
guitar/bass player. One of the best “Little Walter”
style players I ever heard and jammed with was the
late “Little Hatch” in Kansas City. As far as music,
making recommendations is easy. To hear Walter
with Muddy, just get Muddy’s box set of Chess
material. For Little Walter’s solo material, I have
the “Chess 50th Anniversary Collection” that is
excellent and really cheap and also a double CD
called “Blues with a Feeling” that I can’t find online
but has all different cuts than the Chess collection.
If you’re wondering why I put Little Walter in
this column, he was a master of note selection,
phrasing, economy and tone. Listen to the notes he
starts his solos with and copy them on your guitar,
they’re usually gold. Duane Allman’s tone
sometimes sounds like Walter and really would
mimic him sometimes on his Gibson guitars with
his slide. If you want to impress your friends and
repel music dweebs while on a budget, get the Little
Walter Chess set. To score higher, get the Muddy
box set also. You CANNOT screw up getting both.
Like Jimi Hendrix and Jaco Pastorius, Walter
Jacobs reinvented his instrument’s role in a band.
He, like Hendrix, “played the amp”, controlling the
amp’s natural compression and tube distortion with
his harmonica. When Charlie Christian plugged in
his Gibson ES-150 and turned it up, he wasn’t just
playing the guitar louder, he was playing
ELECTRIC guitar. I’ll try to get to Christian
sometime, as well as the mentioned Howling Wolf’s
band. Signing off for now, and don’t forget to order
that Walter Chess set. The Duck has spoken.
MO Blues holds May 16 jam
7 p.m. at Das Stein Haus in Jefferson City
Helmut has promised a great blues experience in his new
outside garden. The jam will be hosted by Blues DeVille, one
of our smoking MO Blues member bands.
See you there!
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“You can have the blues
one day
because your
woman leaves
you. You can
have the blues
the next day
because she
came back.”
Willie Dixon
MO Blues BBQ Fundraiser
Saturday May 11 11am to late afternoon
Schulte’s IGA Parking Lot
1904 Southwest Blvd., Jefferson City, MO
MO Blues first ever
“POKER RUN”
Coming in the Fall of 2013
Plan to be involved!
MO Blues Association
Board & Officers
Chuck Renn –President Bruce Edwards – Vice President
Herb Kuschel – Treasurer
Sherry Hoskins – Secretary
Deb Brown – Chair - Membership
Wayne Johnson – Chair - Jams
Sue Barnes
Josh Bowles
Bill Burnham
Kerry Cordray
Joyce Harkins
Julie Pappenfort
Dave Raithel
Larry Zulauf
Contact Us
MO Blues Association, Inc
P.O. 105758
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Web: www.MOblues.org
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www.facebook.com/mobluesmissouri
Blues & Barbecue Fundraiser
Schulte’s Fresh Foods (parking lot)
May 11, 11 a.m. to late afternoon (or whenever we run out!)
Bratwurst - $6.00
Chicken $7.00
Pork Steak $8.00
Ribs (full slab) $16.00
Plus - baked beans and slaw.
Don’t miss out!
MO Blues Jam - May 16
Das Stein HausDas Stein HausDas Stein HausDas Stein Haus
Jefferson City
Helmut has promised us a great blues
experience in his new outside garden.
Jam hosted by one of our smoking
hot MO Blues member bands:
Blues DeVilleBlues DeVilleBlues DeVilleBlues DeVille See you there!
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MO Blues Reviews
This is the first edition of the MO Blues Reviews. Occasionally,
artist will submit their work to MO Blues for consideration and
promotion. As part of the MO Blues mission, it is always a pleasure
to promote the work of blues artist. This month, Month Full of
Blues is pleased to showcase the Andy T and Nick Nixon Band’s
release titled, “Drink, Drank, Drunk.” The artists are Andy
Talamantez and James “Nick” Nixon.
Andy performed in various bands around Southern California until
1996, when Smokey Wilson recruited him for his first tour. In 1998
Andy also began playing with Guitar Shorty, a Houston native
known for his blistering six-string attack and on-stage
acrobatics. During his seven years on the road with Smokey and Shorty, Andy learned how to back up
a vocalist with economy and perfection as he honed his own playing style, developing a clean, mile-
wide tone that cuts to the essence of every song he plays with absolute precision — an approach
comparable to that of living Texas blues legends Jimmie Vaughan and the new CD’s producer
Funderburgh.
Nick’s musical education began in his native Nashville, singing in church as a young boy.
Interestingly, he began performing opera after his high school music teacher heard the rich resonant
tones that seem to naturally leap from his throat. “I had to actually learn how to sing ‘wrong’ after
that, when I decided I wanted to sing rock ‘n’ roll and blues at clubs and dances,” Nick explains,
chuckling.
This collection of songs is an old-school barn-burner. It transcends the various genres of blues styles
and offers up something for everyone. With Andy writing and playing and Nick lending his powerful
voice to the music, these two gentlemen have created something really special. According to
Funderburgh, Nixon is one of the greatest blues singers out there today. After listening to the CD,
there is little room for debate on that statement.
There are some great guitar licks contemplate as you listen to Andy’s artful handling of some real
knock-out blues. A personal favorite is the number one track, “Midnight Hour.” The tone is
outstanding and you can tell it is flowing from Andy’s fingers on this one. The conclusion is that this
is a “must have” if you’re looking for a contemporary addition to your blues collection.
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