South Skunk Blues Society Update

Membership Drive has begun:
We have emailed everyone who is due for renewal of their membership and will be sending letters in the US mail to those that don’t have email.  We are also in the process of renewing sponsorships and getting new ones too.  Since we are going to have a two day show this year we need all the help we can get so if it is time to renew your membership or sponsorship and have not done so yet, please consider doing that.  One of the benefits of membership (or sponsorship) in South Skunk is that you receive the Central Iowa Blues Society Newsletter, however if your membership lapses your subscription to this monthly newsletter will end.  I am attaching a membership form and also a sponsorship form to this email.  Please feel free to share with others and help us to recruit some new members and sponsors.

We are so grateful for the renewal sponsorships we have received from Fulton Manufacturing, The Vernon Company, and Revolution Cycle.  We also thank our newest sponsors the Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Town and Country Sanitary Services.  We also recognize and thank Dan Wickliff for renewing his membership at the Contributing Member level.  Dan is a great supporter of the South Skunk Blues Society.

Bowl Program Ads:
We are in the process of putting together the program for the 20th annual Bowlful of Blues and we are actively selling ads.  If you or your business would like to purchase an ad in the Bowl program just let me know.  The business card size ads are $30.00, the 1/4 page is $50.00, half page is $80.00 and a full page is $140.00.

Bowl preparation:
We have received our order of shirts and hats and they will soon be available for purchase on line.  Tickets are at the printers and are available on line now at southskunkblues.org  .  Advance tickets to the Bowl will save you $10.00 on admission if you go both days.  In the next week or two the tickets will be available to purchase from the local out lets in Newton, Des Moines and Grinnell.

We are needing to add to our core of volunteers who will help us prepare for and also work at the Bowl.  Again this year volunteers from the Central Iowa Blues Society will manage the entry gate.  Please consider lending a hand in this effort, just let me know what area you would like to help with and we will see if we can get you lined up with a job.  Volunteers make this work and we have kept this going for the past 20 years!  Now is the time rally so please let us know how you might want to help.

Upcoming Shows:
Bob Pace Band – Saturday, July 7th at The Speakeasy in Newton 9-1, No Cover  Bob Pace is an Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee!

Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, Friday August 10 at the Thunder Nights bike night on the square in Newton 6-10 PM, No Cover (the Blue Band show at Baxter Fun Days was fantastic, they have added a horn section, pretty cool).  Bob Dorr is also in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

Hot Tamale and the Red Hots, Jake Moorman Memorial Golf Tournament, Saturday, July 28th, 2012, Twin Anchors Golf Course, US Hwy 30 Colo  4-8 PM No cover.  This is a benefit fundraiser that is hosted by Jake's Moorman’s parents Kendall and Natalie and brother Ben Moorman. Jake died in a car accident on December 5, 2010. The benefit is to raise money in Jakes memory for scholarships for students at Baxter where Jake attended school.    The past events have drawn a good attendance and this year looks like it will even be bigger event.  The public is invited to attend and support this endeavor.  Food, beverages, music, a golf tournament, camping, a silent auction and fireworks will be happening! I am attaching a poster for this event to this email.  For more information or to find out how to register for the golf tournament contact Julie Weltha  at welthaj@partnercom.net or Natalie Moorman at moormanconst@partnercom.net

Fat Tuesday and the Greasefire Keys, Shake, Rattle and Roll-Lost Cause Motor Cycle Riders Against Parkinsons, Saturday August 25th  Main Street, Roland Iowa. Music begins around 4 PM.  Ride, Raffle, Food Fun, and Music.  See attached poster for additional information.  The Ride registration begins at 11 in Rhodes at Uncle Bucks.  This is bound to be a fun time.

Bowlful of Blues - Labor Day Weekend, September 1 and 2.  http://southskunkblues.org/bowlful.htm

Solo Duo Call for Acts for Iowa Blues Challenge:  There is still time, one more week, to get registered and enter the competition.  The South Skunk Blues Society is one of the co-sponsors for the Iowa Solo Duo competition.  I have attached the “Call” (announcement) to this email.  The deadline for registering is July 15th, 2012.  The Solo/Duo Challenge will be held August 26, 2012 at Zimm’s in Des Moines, IA.   Please feel free to tell musicians that the call for the competition is out, and it is time to get registered if they want to participate.  

Facebook- We now have a South Skunk facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/south.skunk.1  and
a very new and special Bowlful of Blues page  https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bowlful-of-Blues/248977208549411   Check out these facebook sites and friend us so that you can receive all the latest updates!

South Skunk will have its next meeting on Monday July 16th at 6:30 PM at the VFW in Newton.  Come on out and say hello; we just might put you to work on the various efforts we have going for the 20th annual Bowlful of Blues!

Fulton Mechanical Jeff and Laura Fulton
I 80 Farms  - Colfax
Dr. Mark Wetzel DPM, Foot & Ankle Center  - located in Newton
Blue Moon BBQ and Cadillac Jacks in Baxter
Side Tracks Tap  - Kellogg
Sugar Grove Vineyards and Gathering Place  - Newton
The Vernon Company  - Newton
Barney's  - Newton
Gass / Great American Stock Car Series  - Newton
State Farm Insurance  / Chad Wempen  - Newton
The Arts Connection  - Newton
VFW, Men’s Auxiliary Club Post 1655  - Newton
Revolution Cycle  - Baxter
August Bergman Inn – Newton
Town and Country Sanitary Services- Baxter
Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Yours Bluely

 Craig Peterson
President, South Skunk Blues Society             
P.O. Box 951                                   
Newton, Iowa 50208                     
641-227-3209   craig@partnercom.net
Website - http://southskunkblues.org/
Face book -  https://www.facebook.com/#!/south.skunk.1   (South Skunk)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bowlful-of-Blues/248977208549411     (Bowlful or Blues)

Bayport BBQ Blues Festival 2012 News

Wed 3-28-12  - 9pm – Outer Minds $10 

special guest opener 8pm – F*@# Knights

Chicago’s explosive and underrated Outer Minds have finally come to the surface after simmering in the underworld in several different incarnations over the past few years, and with unbelievably great results. Sharpening their sound into a legion of 60s pop/psych textures and nuances normally reserved for the baroque set with their impeccable glockenspiel-laden arrangements, Outer Minds weave a rich web of sound around impossibly perfect hooks and deliver an impressive EP worthy of your immediate attention. Lead by Zach Medearis (Black Beauties, Lover!) and A-Ron Orlowski’s (Baseball Furies, Lover!, Dirges) fine assemblage of rough-cut harmonies, the band has gone through more name and roster changes than most, but once the current lineup coalesced into the tight-knit unit performing today, everything fell into place to create this sumptuous wall of sound that will blow your little mind to bits.

“Fully endorsed" by Maximumrocknroll and described by Mongrel Zine as "way cool psychedelic garage punk", F*@# Knights' raging, ragged rock and roll, according to Smashin' Transistors, "pays homage to the 60s but doesn't care to sit around and play dress up because it's been proven that jumping in a time machine is corny. They just wanna play loud, probably get drunk and maybe get laid (or get arrested trying)."

Thu 4-05-12  - 2012 Bayport BBQ Deep Blues Festival lineup and schedule announcement

Ticket sales begin! Special presale on now!

Sat 4-07-12  - 8pm – Jay Lang $10

north Mississippi hill country blues

Sun 4-15-12  - 7pm – Four Bands - early start!   Tom VandenAvond, Willie Tea Taylor, Rachel Brooke, Viva Le Vox $10

Willy Tea Taylor was born and raised in Oakdale California. The self proclaimed Cowboy Capital Of The World has produced more NFR Champions than anywhere else.  Willy is very proud of his roots and comes from a long line of cattlemen - he can lead you in a dance and tell stories that'll bring you to tears. He's a hellraiser and poet.  Willy Tea been a full time professional musician for over 6 years now and is best known as the co-frontman of THE GOOD LUCK THRIFT STORE OUTFIT. He balances his time with the band writing songs, performing and recording - this year he's been silencing bars and venues all over the US as a solo artist.

Tom VandenAvond embodies everything that makes alt-country awesome. He's got a surly, drank-too-much-last-night-and-now-I-gotta-perform attitude. One can hear wisps of such late greats as Jimmie Rodgers or even Huddie Ledbetter in VandenAvond's songs, which alternate between good ol' country and low-key folksy ballads.  His vocals are rich with twang and as raw as whiskey, and he could quite possibly match Tom Waits someday for grit, as he croons out subdued menace at times. But even when VandenAvond spins a yarn in "Lost on the Bottle" about possibly engaging in alcohol-fueled spousal abuse ("Some days I got mean things on my mind/There's an odd chance I might treat that woman unkind/If she don't pay me mind she might wind up in the pines"), you get the feeling it's sung with a playful wink.

Like so many of us, Rachel Brooke was born in the wrong time. Her classic style, and her simple and poetic songs fit much more snugly in an oval picture frame of tarnished metal and smoky glass than on CMT or Clear Channel pop country. She might be from Michigan, but this girl must have been touched with the songs and sentiments of the southlands and the weary West at birth....     The Rachel Brooke brand of old school country soul is true, and doesn't even give a hint of fake, stereotyped molding to fit a style or genre that happens to be hip at the time. It flows out of her as true and vital as breath…”    With two solo albums, two collaborative albums, and various  guest vocal and compilation work, Rachel has become an important fixture in the modern-day  "roots movement."...--The fact that Rachel Brooke is physically alluring and enigmatic, talented beyond all, and skilled as a musician with the best, is somewhere between wrong and downright evil."--You can expect to see great things from this young lady. "

Viva le Vox is a ragtag group of ne’er do-wells hailing from the swamps and shores of southeast Florida.
They have a sound that’s hard to describe, influenced by everything from the sleaziest Dixieland jazz to the most sordid punk rock. The sound is by turns loud, fast, and creepy...it’s uneasy listening, crafted for discerning musical misfits everywhere. Live performances will find a crowd of exorcised souls drenched in sweat, dancing up a frenzy.

Fri 4-20-12  - 8pm – Scottie Miller (with Joe Cruz) $10

“Scottie Miller is a world class lyricist with working class sensibilities.  He sings from the heart with old school soul and plays the funkiest New Orleans piano this side of Dr. John.  This cat’s got the goods.” The  Blues Hound (KPFT Houston, TX)

Sat 4-28-12  - 8pm – Jeff Ray & Hurricane Harold $10

Acoustic duo described as "Delta meets Dead with a little Zen thrown in"

Fri 5-11-12  - 8pm – Reverend Deadeye $15

Sat 5-12-12  - 8pm – Reverend Deadeye $15

The Reverend Deadeye is the Reverend’s son of a Reverend’s son. He spent his youth handlin’ snakes and performin’ at tent revivals alongside his Pentecostal family on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. This sacred musical heritage finds its way prominently into his performances. But don’t expect a Sunday mornin’ church service; instead, expect a Saturday night baptism with fire holy rollin’ revival. With his modified wok-lid resonator guitar, homemade beer can microphone, kick drum, and washtub snare, he delivers a punk-rock version of gritty pre-war delta blues which he blends with fiery gospel interpretations capable of turnin’ the whole room into a spirit filled bar room revival.

Fri 5-18-12  - 8pm – Crankshaft $10

Forging his own brand of high-energy, low-brow Upper Mississippi blues, the one-man band powerhouse Crankshaft has been gigging around Minneapolis for nearly three years.  Expanding his fan base with every frenzied performance, Crankshaft earns his living as a musician and is taking his show on the road following the release of his new album, Junkyard Rhythm.  Born into this world from gas station cassette tape collecting semi-truck drivers, Alex “Crankshaft” Larson was introduced to blues, rock 'n' roll, and R&B as a pup.  In 1996 he traded a combination oil/wood stove to his uncle for his first electric guitar and amp.  In April 2008, while self-employed as a contractor, he started practicing as a one-man band and was playing shows two months later. Larson self-produced and released three albums during the next two years.  In 2010, he decided to hang his hammer up for good and focus on his music.  Larson's newest release, Junkyard Rhythm, features a backing band, "The Gear Grinders," which gives the album a more full sound than his previous recordings.  He performs both as a one-man band, and as the leader of a trio, adding an upright bass player and a drummer when it's possible to do so.

Sat 5-26-12  - 8pm – Don Scott and Curtis Blake $10

C.D.RELEASE" Sure Thing " by Don Scott (slide / guitar/ voc ) & Curtis Blake (harmonicas)

Mon 5-28-12  - 2pm – James Leg  - free show for Memorial Day afternoon

If James Leg’s record sounds uncannily like the guy who sings for the Black Diamond Heavies it’s because he’s John Wesley Myers of that same band. Solitary Pleasure dips into common musical paint pots (bluesy keyboards, greasy soul and raucous garage), mixes in a bit more pop and splatters the lot over a wide canvas. – The Barman I94 Bar

Sat 6-2-12  - 8pm – Dead Pigeons $5

Drew Peterson’s new project. Drew on guitar and vocals, Gretta Hunstiger on fiddle and backup vocals, Mikkel Beckmen on percussion, Rich Casey on stand up bass

Wed 6-6-12  - 8pm – two bands!  Johnny Lowebow and also Hymm For Her $10

Johnny Lowebow is the renowned cigarbox guitar builder and one man band from Memphis.

Lucy Tight & Wayne Waxing are “Hymn For Her”, a band that hails from anywhere they can park their trailer. H4H live, tour and record in their 16 foot, 1961 Bambi Airstream (comes with dog and baby). Their new release, ‘Lucy & Wayne and THE AMAIRICAN STREAM’ was entirely recorded in their classic trailer on a coast to coast U.S tour. They stopped at various campgrounds and friends driveways between shows, set up their gear in their Bambi/home recording studio, rolled tape and rocked out. Armed with 2 bullet mics, a three-stringed broom handle/cigar box, banjo, dobro, bass drum, hi-hat, and harp, this ‘lil duo causes massive earthquakes wherever they play.

Fri 6-15-12  - 8pm – Two Many Banjos $10

Bluesgrass from Duluth.  Their final show before a long hiatus.

Sat 6-23-12  - 8pm – Henry’s Funeral Shoe $10

All the way from the UK tro the Bayport BBQ. Henry's Funeral Shoe was formed by two brothers from South Wales, inspired and influenced by many of the albums that singer/guitarist Aled Clifford had looted from his father's vinyl collection when he was growing up. The Who, CCR, Peter Green, Robert Johnson and the Beatles were favourites, and Aled quickly became a gifted guitar player, aided and taught by Ned Edwards, a long time collaborator of Van Morrison. Aled soon played with various bands, eventually doing some recording sessions for producer Ian Grimble, and even recording at the legendary Abbey Road studios. His younger brother Brennig started playing drums at nine. At fifteen he joined a local band, learning his trade by performing covers of The Clash and Thin Lizzy before moving on to writing original material. The dexterous brothers have finally joined forces to create some of the loudest soulful rock'n'roll to come out the UK in a long time.

Fri June 29 to Sun July 1st – Bayport BBQ Deep Blues Festival

ticket sale start date is Thu Apr 5^th  (special presale on now!)

it will include all you can eat BBQ for the weekend!

We’re announcing the festival bands one by one on our facebook page

So far, bands include:

David Kimbrough Jr.

Henry’s Funeral Shoe

Possessed By Paul James

Left lane Cruiser

Charlie Patton’s War

Ben Prestage

Restavrant

Delaney Davidson

Tijauna Hercules!

John The Conqueror

Daniel Kroha

Adam Gussow

Molly Gene One Whoaman Band

James Leg

Reverend Deadeye

10 more to be announced – watch our facebook page each day for another band!

Bayport BBQ

328 5^th Ave N

Bayport MN 55003

651-955-6337

www.bayportbbq.com

19th Annual Bowlful of Blues Newton Iowa September 3 2011

10th Annual Hotlicks Bluesfest September 18 2010 Granville OH

I got this last week in the old email file from Scott Gowens. Looks like a big blues show coming up this Saturday in Granville Ohio.  Here is the 411 from Scott:



The 10th Annual Hotlicks Bluesfest will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010, in downtown Granville, OH.

Line-up:

The Hotlicks Bluesfest Social Club (featuring local blues guitarists to be announced)
Cathy Lemons and Johnny Ace
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys
Scott Ainslie
Wallace Coleman
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith

If ten hours of the Blues isn't enough - and let's face it: it's never enough - stop by Brews after the concert to hear the Sean Carney Band jam well into the night and early morning.

For our 10th party downtown, we pay tribute to our departed friend Willie Pooch. As Mike Harden wrote: "He loved the life he lived, and he lived the life he loved."

The Bluesfest is a free event organized by the Granville Federation for the Appreciation of the Blues. Donations from sponsors, which range from local corporations to blues-loving individuals, help offset some of the costs of putting on the event, which annually brings blues musicians from near and far to play. East Broadway between Main and Prospect streets is closed to traffic, with a stage set up at the west end and a beer tent at the east end. In between, there’s plenty of room to set up lawn chairs, and even to dance. It’s a family-friendly event that draws thousands.

http://www.freewebs.com/hotlicks/

Thanks
Scott Gowans

Wine Jam Uncorked 2010 Des Moines Iowa June 12, 2010

WineJam Uncorked 2010
June 12
Saturday, Noon to Midnight
The Blue Room
4611 SW 9th Street
Des Moines, Iowa
with an Open Jam till whenever
For tickets ($20 for the whole day)
contact Bonita Crowe
afinetime4wine@aol.com
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Schedule of acts below
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CIBS Winter Blues Fest

The Des Moines Register has the latest on the big blues fest this weekend in Des Moines Iowa (Click HERE). The Central Iowa Blues Society is putting on its annual winter blues fest. This is always a great show with a lot of local, regional, and national talent. It is being held this year at Marriot Hotel in Downtown Des Moines, since its old home, the Hotel Fort Des Moines is under reconstruction. Here is a partial list from the Register of the bands appearing this year.



• Midnight Dogs (Bob Pace and Steve George), 2009 Iowa Blues Society’s Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Winner

• Avey Brothers, 2009 Iowa Blues Society’s Blues Challenge Band Winner from Davenport. The group was a Top-10 finisher at last weekend’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

• The Side Effects, 2009 Blues Society of Omaha Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, big as Texas guitar-driven blues-rock

• Everett Smithson Band, an eclectic mix of swamp rock, country, blues and rockabilly

• Delta Highway, Memphis-based rootsy but very electric blues.

• Levee Town, 2009 Kansas City Blues Society Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Brandon Scott Sellner, 2009 Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Trouble No More, a solid all-around blues band and host of the After Hours Jam

Heart Of America Living History Blues Fest. Urbandale Iowa

The Central Iowa Blues Society, and Living History Farms present a huge blues festival September 5-6th in Urbandale Iowa. Urbandale is a western suburb of Des Moines. The Living History Farms is right off of the Hickman Avenue exit on I35/80. I have been to some large shows at the Living History Farm. They had a Chautauqua there in the 80s, with multiple stages, very cool show, and I met Pete Seeger there. Also Pope John Paul II said mass to 300,000 people back in the early 80s. So they can handle large crowds! This promises to be a great show so be sure to get your face in the place.

Sooooooooo, I wonder if they got a waver to allow dancing in Urbandale:-) Click HERE to read about Iowa's own Footloose.

Heart Of America Living History Blues Fest

Press Release

Heart Of America Living History Blues Fest

Save the Date!!!

September 5-6, 2009

The Central Iowa Blues Society is proud to announce Heart of America Restaurants and Inns as the title sponsor of this year’s Blues Fest to be held at Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa.

The Central Iowa Blues Society has secured a mix of Blues legends, young performers and Iowa acts to perform on two stages for its inaugural Heart of America Living History Blues Fest to be held September 5-6 at Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa. Sept. 5 features the Chicago Blues Legends (Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Bob Margolin and Bob Stroger), Eddie Shaw & the Wolfgang, Hamilton Loomis and the 2008-2009 Iowa Blues Challenge winner The Avey Brothers. Sept. 6 features Ronnie Baker Brooks, Long John Hunter w/ The Bad News Blues Band, Chris Cain and the 2007 Iowa Blues Challenge winner Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts. The second stage will be the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame stage featuring Iowa Blues Hall of Fame members Joe Price, Catfish Keith and George & Gil Davis.

Located just minutes from downtown Des Moines with easy access from I-80 and I-35, the Fest will offer food and beverage vendors on site and a harmonica workshop presented by Frank Freight-Train Strong. Kids under 12 when accompanied by an adult get in free, and your ticket is good for reduced admission to Living History Farms.

Sponsors of the this year’s Fest include Heart of America Restaurants and Inns, Central Iowa Blues Society, Living History Farms, Budweiser, 95KGGO, Cityview, Urbandale Chamber of Commerce, Blues on Grand, Dahl’s Foods, VividPix & Design.

Visit www.cibs.org for additional ticket and hotel information.

Little Bobby And The Storm At The Fargo Winter Blues Festival Feb 21

Just received this short email about the Fargo Winter Blues Festival


Little Bobby & The Storm will be @ the Fargo Winter Blues Festival Feb 21st American L
505 3rd Ave. North Fargo ND

2009 New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival

40th ANNIVERSARY JAZZ FEST MUSIC LINEUP ANNOUNCED! April 24-26 & April 30-May 3, 2009 Tickets On Sale Now, Special Hotel Rooms & Rates Available! Wynton Marsalis Aretha Franklin Dave Matthews Band James Taylor Sugarland Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Sugarland, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kings of Leon, Neville Brothers, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint, The O’Jays, Erykah Badu, Dr. John Among hundreds scheduled to appear at historic edition of Festival Click here for the complete music lineup.

DISCOUNT TICKETS AND VIP PACKAGES ON SALE NOW New Weekend Discount Ticket Packages are available (limited quantities). Jazz Fest's popular Big Chief VIP Experience and the Grand Marshal VIP Pass return for the 40th anniversary celebration, plus the newly unveiled Krewe of Jazz Fest VIP Pass that offers special covered seating at the Acura Stage audience area and other amenities. All the hugely popular VIP packages are on sale now while very limited supplies last. Click here for details.

SPECIAL JAZZ FEST ROOMS AND RATES Jazz Fest has secured some of the BEST HOTEL RATES AVAILABLE to Festival-goers. Only a limited number of discounted rooms are being offered at each hotel, so please reserve now! When you reserve your room through this web site or call one of the hotels listed, be sure to state you are attending Jazz Fest. Click here for details.

CELEBRATING A DECADE AT JAZZ FEST Acura is proud to sponsor Jazz Fest for the 10th consecutive year. Once again, many of the Festival’s top performers will be playing on the Acura stage. And the lineup promises to be just as exciting in the Acura product tent, so don’t forget to drop by. Acura and Jazz Fest. Now that’s an impressive duo.

JAZZ FEST LIVE 2008 RECORDINGS UP FOR 3 GRAMMY AWARDS! BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet (Best Cajun/Zydeco album) Del McCoury Band (Best Bluegrass album) Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (Best Cajun/Zydeco album) These live albums and dozens more recordings including the 2008 Compilation Album are available on CDs and for download at JazzFestLive.com Click here to visit the store.

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Hot Licks Blues Festival, September 20th Granville Ohio

If you are in Ohio this weekend then Check out the Hot Licks Blues Festival in Granville Ohio. You can check out the website here.

Below is the lineup and bio information from the Hot Licks website of the artists appearing at the show.

2008 Lineup

12:30pm: The Patrick McLaughlin Band
Patrick McLaughlin is an intense and gifted guitarist and his new power trio transforms the blues and places it in the mainstream. Clearly, Patrick McLaughlin is doing something right. Just 28 years old, he’s already well known in Central Ohio as a skilled bandleader, singer and wildly inventive guitarist with a hard-driving, steely sound. Since 2002, his 5-piece group has delighted audiences at blues clubs and festivals. This year, however, in search of new sounds and higher plateaus, Patrick has reformed his band as a trio. Joining him are veteran players Darrell Jumper (drums, vocals) and Manny Manuel (bass, vocals).
Patrick's MySpace page

2:30pm: Hurricane Jerry and Stormfront

Jerry Loos started playing guitar in the late 1960's and has played in various bands since Junior High School. He began playing professionally while in High School. It was shortly after graduating that Jerry started giving lessons and continues teaching to this day. He authored a guitar instructional book called "The Jerry Loos Guitar Method" first printed in 1994. In addition to his teaching, Jerry has done session work for many years at local recording studios in Columbus Ohio. A versatile guitarist, Jerry has worked with a wide range of independent artists playing styles such as Gospel, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, and others. Jerry enjoys many styles of music but plays mostly Blues/Rock based material in his own band "Hurricane Jerry and Stormfront". Over the last 10 years, "Stormfront" has done everything from club performances to private engagements, to small and large venues.

Jerry Loos' Web page
Hurricane Jerry and Stormfront's MySpace page

4:30pm: The Shawn Carney Band with special guest Gene Walker
“The next big thing has already been around the block,” a Canadian newspaper reporter wrote of The Sean Carney Band’s impressiveshowing and subsequent victory at The 2007 International Blues Challenge, held in February in Memphis, Tennessee, explaining that Carney and his crew are no newcomers to Blues. The IBC is presented by The Blues Foundation, who also awarded 34 year-old Carney the Albert King Best Guitarist Award and Best Dressed in their 23rd annual competition, before an audience of 1,700 blues lovers from all over the world.

A Columbus, Ohio native and veteran of the scene, like Carney, drummer Eric Blume has been performing with Carney in Columbus venues for over a decade, backing blues and R&B artists Christine Kittrell, Hank Marr, Jimmy “T-99” Nelson, Willie Pooch, Big Joe Duskin, Joe Weaver and Johnnie Bassett.With new bassist, 2008 Blues Music Awards nominee Bill Stuve, The Sean Carney Band set sail with Taj Mahal, Tab Benoit, Jimmy Thackery and many others on The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise in January of 2008, followed by The Buckeye Cruise for Cancer in February and in March, The St. John Blues Festival in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Gene Walker is a world class jazz saxophonist, composer, band leader, recording studio musician, and educator. His art is rooted in the deepest traditions of jazz. He performs with clarity, sincerity and originality. With a zeal for perpetuating the art form through education, Mr. Walker conducts classes and seminars on the history and contemporary developments in jazz.

Gene Walker has toured since 1958 with some of the world's greatest entertainers including The Beatles, King Curtis, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cook, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Jimmy McGriff, The Drifters, Chris Columbo and The Platters.

The Shawn Carney Band's Web site
The band's MySpace page
Gene Walker's home page

6:30pm: Teeny Tucker

Teeny wrote the lyrics for 8 of the 11 songs on her second CD, titled “First Class Woman.” which can be heard in rotation on XM Satellite, Music Choice and Blues radio stations all over the country. Her songwriting abilities earned Teeny a place as a top-ten finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Teeny is a two-time, top-three finalist in the International Blues Challenge which is held annually in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2008, Teeny Tucker was invited to appear on the MAIN STAGE of the Monterey Blues Festival. She has been nominated for the “2008 Best Female Blues Artist” of the year by BluesBlast. Teeny’s newest CD “The Two Big M’s” was ranked in the 15 spot on the Bob Davis list of 2008 top 25 releases, and has reached the number 6 spot on the Living Blues Charts.

Teeny's MySpace page
Her official Web site

8:30pm: The James Cotton Blues Band

Cotton began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howling Wolf's band in the early 1950s. He made his first recordings as a solo artist for the Sun Records label in Memphis, Tennessee in 1953. Cotton began to work with the Muddy Waters Band around 1955. He performed songs such as "Got My Mojo Working" and "She's Nineteen Years Old." In 1965 he formed the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet. Their performances were captured on volume two of the Vanguard recording Chicago/The Blues/Today! After leaving Muddy's band in 1966, Cotton toured with Janis Joplin while pursuing a solo career. He formed the James Cotton Blues Band in 1967. In the 1960s, Cotton formed a big blues band in the tradition of Bobby "Blue" Bland. Four tracks that are extremely upbeat and feature the big band horn sound and five stripped down traditional songs recorded are captured on the album Two Sides of the Blue.

In the 1970s, Cotton recorded several albums with Buddah Records. Cotton played harmonica on Muddy Water's Grammy Award winning 1977 album Hard Again. The James Cotton Blues Band received a Grammy nomination in 1984 for Live From Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself!, and a second for his 1987 release, Take Me Back. He finally was awarded a Grammy for Deep in the Blues in 1996 for Best Traditional Blues Album.

3rd National Women In Blues Festival, September 26th 2008 Wilmington North Carolina

Michele Seidman sent me a notice of her excellent blue festival via Facebook. Michele runs the Women In Blues Festival in Wilmington North Carolina. I know I have a lot of readers from the area so you better make your way over there and check out some great blues.

"3rd National Women in Blues Festival" on Friday, September 26 at 6:00pm.

Michele says, "Dear Friends

If you like blues, or music in general or adore female singers or just plain love a great music festival then come on out to the National Women in Blues Festival the last weekend of September here in Wilmington NC. Hope to see you!".

Event: 3rd National Women in Blues Festival
"The WiB, where women are more than a side note!"
What: Concert
Host: Michele Seidman
Start Time: Friday, September 26 at 6:00pm
End Time: Saturday, September 27 at 12:00pm
Where: Greenfield Ampitheatre & The Cellar Downtown