Bob Dorr And The Blue Band Update

We're takin' off for Ogallala! If you find yourself in Denver CO Saturday morning, The Blue Band is alternating 45 minute sets with another band at entertainment stage #5 (17th St. and York) along the running route of The Denver Marathon, starting at 7:40 IN THE MORNING and going until 10:40. More info on this international event: http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/denver That night, we are playing the wedding celebration of Kathleen Logan and Jesus Vazquez in a Denver hotel. Congrats to the cool couple! Next week, in addition to telling you the peculiarities of playing at 7:40am in mile high altitude, (something I have never done in my 40 year history of playing in a band!) I'm going to tell you the story of the incredible synergy that came together between Blue Band fans from Boulder to Virginia in order to make this weekend happen...
We do not have any gigs lined up for next week, but are really looking forward to the granddaddy of all vineyard gigs, The Tabor Winery Harvest/Anniversary party on Sat. Oct. 6. Not only am I looking forward to that multi generational gathering at the vineyard (http://www.taborhomewinery.com/) but Nathan Peoples is going to make the drive from Des Moines to play with the band again! Hope you can join us for this multifaceted reunion...
News also of organ man Sam Salomone. Sam had his 4th visit to the hospital this year in late August. He's been home for a little more than 3 weeks. When I talked with him this afternoon, his voice and attitude was better than I've heard from him in months. He's still got some struggles in the weeks to come, but he says he's determined to join us for New Years Eve. If you're a friend of Sam's, maybe give him a call and say hello...
I'm starting to get my after summer FREAK OUT going because of the lack of work over the Holidays, so please spread the True Blue word (BTW, we're really looking forward to the start of the Hub Geeezer Gigs on Oct. 12, please note that the December show has been moved up a week to Dec. 7)...
Have you ever been to Kanesville Records/Collectables in Council Bluffs? It is a very dangerous place for recovering vinyl LP junkies like me. Their website says they have nearly a MILLION records on three floors. It's on the way to Denver. Uh oh...
See yas on the long Blue Highway between Sparkle City and The Mile High City, rub yer washboard tie to the tune of Meet Me In The Morning (the very early morning) (the "other" Bob Dorr is promising to make the trip from Colorado Springs to catch the morning run-bye) Congrats again to Kathleen and Zeus (I'm assuming there will be wedding CAKE) (you knew that was coming, didn't you?) and always know that we love you. Bob Dorr & The Blue Band

South Skunk Blues Society

 We are still working on putting together an order for some 2012 festival shirts.  X and 2X shirts are what we are thinking.  They would be about $20 plus tax.  Let me know if you are interested.  Think we have four people that want to get a shirt.

While I am writing about the Bowl I want to point you to a very nice slide show of the Bowlful of Blues on the Newton Daily News website:  http://www.newtondailynews.com/  If you scroll down about 1/2 way you will come to a section of videos and photos and when you click on the “Bowlful of Blues Double Hit of Great Music” and you get to see the slide show.  

Also wanted to keep everyone up to speed on the upcoming shows.

This coming weekend you can enjoy some great blues music both Friday and Saturday.  Dave Zollo will be appearing at the Speakeasy this Friday 9/21 beginning at 8PM (he is an extraordinary Iowa musician).  Come on over and set back and listen to him play the key board and sing some really cool songs.  He is great.  Check out this interview with Dave earlier this year:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b0yjCFRSTk&feature=related   Here are some links to his music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJrz9JuLuZg&feature=related   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d580sFWDGII&feature=related   (see attached poster)

Saturday Honeyboy Turner from Lincoln Nebraska will be bringing his blues to Cadillac Jacks in Baxter on Saturday 9/22 for Customer Appreciation Day: Food & Drink Specials! $2 Tallboys all day long! Open at 11 for Hawkeye Game. Drawing for Fabulous Prizes! Corn Hole Tournament sponsored By ABATE District 9 @ 3 pm. Sign up now for only $10/team. Honeyboy Turner band 8-midnight! Here is his web site  http://www.honeyboyturner.com/  (see attached poster)

September 28: It’s Complicated, 9-1,  First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover  http://www.reverbnation.com/itscomplicatedband  

October 2:  Dorian Michael, 6:30 PM,   Newton Public Library  This Tuesday evening concert is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will  be provided by the Friends of the Newton Public Library. 
    http://www.dorianmichael.com/

October 5: Bryce Janey/Curry Harter, 8-12 (Bryce won 2011 Iowa Blues Challenge) First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover  http://www.thejaneys.com/       http://heartlandentertainment.com/fr_curry.cfm

October 12: JJ Express with Nick Knudsen, 8-12 with Des Moines Spoken Word Delegation pre-show First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton  No Cover

October 13: Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Induction,  Downtown Des Moines Marriott  700 Grand Avenue · Des Moines  7 PM Celebrate the history of the blues in Iowa, preserving the blues in America and partying with the BB King Entertainer of the Year and Alligator recording artist Tommy Castro!  Bob Pace and Scott Cochran, Billylee Janey, Gary Gibson and Jim DeKoster will be inducted!  Both Bob Pace and Scott Cochran played the Bowl this year and so did Billylee Janey’s son Bryce.  Also note that Gary Gibson is scheduled to play at the Speakeasy on 10/26 and Bob Pace on December 1) !  Former Iowa Blues Hall of Fame inductees George Davis and Gil Davis will lead the host band Sumpin’ Doo with each of the inductees joining in after their induction.  (See attached press release).

October 19: Rob Lumbard, solo, 9-12,  First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover http://roblumbard.com/

October 20:  Mojo Machine (8 PM) opens for Jefferson County Green Band (10 PM), Elks Lodge – Grinnell,   No Cover but free will donation accepted   http://jeffersoncountygreenband.com/band-bio/

October 26: JJ Express with Gary Gibson, 8-12,  First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OppgW3P8xxA&feature=related  (Come and congratulate Gary as he will have been inducted to the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame the previous Saturday)

November 10: Matt Woods, solo, 9-12, First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton, No Cover http://www.mattwoodsmusic.com/   (Matt won the Iowa Blues Challenge in 2012)

November 16: Fat Tuesday & the Greasefire Keys  First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover,  (Scott Long, Greg Sutherland, Mark Monroe and Janey Hooper)   

December 1: Bob Pace Band (with John Mattingly), 9-1, First Avenue Speakeasy – Newton,  No Cover  (Bob is in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and also the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame)  
 http://bobpaceband.com/

December 8th:  Lightening Red and the Thunder Blues Band at the First Avenue Speakeasy  - Newton, No Cover  9:30 - 12:30  (You will love this Austin Texas guitar player)  He plays allot in Europe, check out some of the videos on his website:  http://www.lightningred.com/photos.htm

December 21: - Matt Woods and Thunderbolts (8 PM)  opens for Lil Ed and Blues Imperials (10PM), Elks Lodge – Grinnell,  (Thunderbolts 2nd to last show before they go on hiatus)  More details on advance ticket sales will be forthcoming.  A block of rooms are available at the Country Inn and Suites in Grinnell if you call 641-236-9600 and ask for the South Skunk rate.  These rooms are available at the South Skunk discounted rate ($77.00) only if you make reservations by 11/21.  This is a show you will want to attend. Ron Cooper tells me many believe that this day may very well be the end of the world (at least as we know it now).  The Mayan calendar ends on this date!  Is this the dawning of the Age of Aquarius or is it the end.  Well one thing for sure, Matt Woods and the Thunderbolts and Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials will help us make it through the night.

And lastly please thank and support our corporate sponsors!!!  If not for them, we could not keep the blues alive.  Their support is essential:

Fulton Mechanical: Jeff and Laura Fulton
The Arts Connection  - Newton
August Bergman Inn – Newton
VFW, Men’s Auxiliary Club Post 1655  - Newton
Dr. Mark Wetzel DPM, Foot & Ankle Center  - located in Newton
Vern's Garage, (Specialist Cut & Color), Newton
Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Barney's  - Newton
Riggs Printing - Newton
Blue Moon BBQ and Cadillac Jacks in Baxter
Side Tracks Tap  - Kellogg
Sugar Grove Vineyards and Gathering Place  - Newton
The Vernon Company  - Newton
I 80 Farms  - Colfax
Revolution Cycle  - Baxter
Town and Country Sanitary Services- Baxter
Conner’s Cardinal Corner – Newton
Dickerson Mechanical – Colfax & Altoona
Wallace Family Funeral Home

See you soon,

  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)

The South Skunk Blues Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and cultivating Blues music. The Society promotes Blues Music education, public performance opportunities for Blues artists, and seeks to increase the exposure to and appreciation of Blues music by the general public.

Tour The Delta!

September 18, 2012 If there’s one thing the Delta does better than anyone else, it’s the Blues. From Thursday, September 27 through Monday, October 8, the whole Delta region including Mississippi, Arkansas and Memphis will be reverberating with the soulful sounds of America’s great blues artists. Savor the sounds of the deep South at Bridging the Blues a 12-day event full of art, culture and history, bookended by two legendary blues festivals, the Highway 61 Blues Festival in Leland, MS and the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, AR. Check out the Bridging the Blues calendar of events and learn more on the Bridging the Blues page. After all, blues music is only one way to experience the Delta. See the best of the rest during your Delta visit with these attractions. The Viking Cooking School in Greenwood, MS offer hands-on cooking lessons on everything from cooking basics to Southern specialties. Want all the Delta flavor without doing the cooking? Incorporate the Tamale Trail into your Delta travels for a unique culinary experience. Get out of the car and stretch your legs on the nature trails of Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge in Boyle, MS. The handicapped-accessible trails include a butterfly garden and observation tower. Fall is an excellent time for bird watching along the Mississippi Flyway.	Mid-South Fair Sept. 21-30, 2012 Southaven, MS Bridging the Blues at Club Ebony Sept. 28, 2012 Indianola, MS Annual Highway 61 Blues Festival Sept. 29-30, 2012 Leland, MS Indian Bayou Arts Festival Sept. 29, 2012 Indianola, MS Annual Cedar Hill Farm’s Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maize Oct. 1 - Nov. 3, 2012 Hernando, MS Terry Harmonica Bean and his Blues Band will perform at Po Monkey’s Oct. 2, 2012 Merigold, MS Blues Enthusiasts at Dockery Farms Oct. 3, 2012 Cleveland, MS Bridging the Blues #TweetUp with Super Chikan and Zak Hood Oct. 3, 2012 Tunica, MS Art Alfresco Oct. 4, 2012 Greenwood, MS 17th Annual Fall Fest Oct. 5-6, 2012 Vicksburg, MS Second Street Blues Party Oct. 6-7, 2012 Clarksdale, MS Otherfest Music Festival Oct. 6, 2012 Rosedale, MS Mississippi Blues Fest Oct. 6, 2012 Greenwood, MS Octoberfest Oct. 12-13, 2012 Cleveland, MS MS Delta Tennessee Williams Festival Oct. 12-13, 2012 Clarksdale, MS Yazoo County Fair Oct. 12-20, 2012 Yazoo City, MS Magnolia Crappie Club Crappie Tournament Oct. 13, 2012 Yazoo County, MS CVB Honors Oct. 18, 2012 Yazoo City, MS 150th Anniversary of Vicksburg Campaign: Battles of Raymond, Champion Hill, Oct. 19-21, 2012 Vicksburg, MS 1st Annual Delta Hot Tamale Festival Oct. 20, 2012 Greenville, MS Hambone Festival Oct. 26-28, 2012 Clarksdale, MS
Mississippi Delta Tourism Association P.O. Box 606 - Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614 Copyright © 2012 Mississippi Delta Tourism Association. All Rights Reserved. 1-800-626-3764

Bob Corritore Blues News

• Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy play Bisbee Blues Festival on Saturday and the Tucson Rhythm & Roots Series tonight! Diunna Greenleaf is one of the most sensational vocalists around and her 2011 album Trying To Hold On has earned her much critical acclaim. Diunna (pronounced Dye-U-Nah) will make the rounds in Southern Arizona with an appearance on Friday, September 14th at Rhythm & Roots Plaza Palomino concert series and then headlining the Bisbee Blues Festival on Saturday September, 15th. Diunna will bring her Texas-based band Blue Mercy plus special guest Bob Corritore. For those unfamiliar with Bisbee it is one of the most picturesque towns in Arizona and each year they throw a Wang-Dang-Doodle of a blues festival! Also appearing at the Bisbee Blues Festival will be Eddie Turner & The Trouble Twins, Bad News Blues Band, Sean Trackman & The Copper City Rail, and Leon J. Festival gates open at noon with music from 1pm until 8pm. For more info on the Bisbee Blues Fest click here. For more info on Tucson's Rhythm & Roots Series click here.
• Blues Blast Music Award winners announced! Mud Morganfield and Janiva Magness each receive multiple awards! Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 2012 Blues Blast Music Awards. Note the because of the awards ceremony being canceled (Blues Blast could not come to terms with their normal venue of Buddy Guy's Legends) we have an earlier announcement of the winning results. And the winners are:

Contemporary Blues CD: Janiva Magness / Stronger For It
Traditional Blues CD: Mud Morganfield / Son Of The Seventh Son
Song Of The Year: "I Won't Cry" written by Janiva Magness & Dave Darling
New Artist Debut Release: Sena Ehrhardt Band / Leave The Light On
Female Blues Artist: Janiva Magness
Male Blues Artist: Tab Benoit
Blues Band Of The Year: Tampled Under Foot

Sean Costello Rising Star Award: Mud Morganfield

Thanks to Bob Kieser and everyone at Blues Blast Magazine for providing this reflection point to celebrate the blues community and its endeavours.

• Dave Riley & Bob Corritore to open for Jimmie Vaughan! Texas blues guitar slinger Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band with guest Lou Ann Barton will appear at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix on Wednesday, September 26. Opening the show will be the downhome blues duo of Dave Riley & Bob Corritore. To see the beautiful concert poster designed by Amy Brat click here.
• Kid Ramos update. West Coast guitar master Kid Ramos' recent cancer news sent shock waves through the blues community. Randy Chortkoff sent this report earlier today "Found out yesterday that Kid has a very rare form of cancer normally found in kids called Ewing's sarcoma. Kid will have to start months of heavy chemo and radiation therapy. Very expensive and intense". Kid just found out that he will begin treatments next week and that his full program of procedures will last for about a year. He feels strong, supported, and ready for this fight. Delta Groove Records has set up a web-page for donations at http://www.deltagrooveproductions.com/music/kid.html. There are 4 benefits set up so far that we are aware of:

Sunday, October 7, Nick's Taste Of Texas, Covina, CA, 1pm to 9pm, with The Blasters, Los Fabulocos, Mike Eldred Trio, The Delgado Brothers, The Blazers, Dale Peterson, Tremloco, Miguel Gracia & The Vaquetones. For more info click here.

Saturday, October 13, Italian harmonica champion Marco Pandolfi is organizing a benefit in Italy. Information will be posted soon at http://www.marcopandolfi.com/marcopandolfi.com/Home.html

Friday, November 2, and Sunday, November 4, The Rhythm Room in Phoenix is hosting 2 benefit shows, with a Friday night blues presentation and a Sunday afternoon rockabilly oriented benefit. Friday will feature The Nick Nixon / Andy T. Band, Markey Jeanette, Randy Chortkoff, Sugaray Rayford (Of The Mannish Boys), Lil' Ronnie, Rocket 88s, Bob Corritore, with many more still being added. The Sunday afternoon Rockabilly show on November 4 will be coordinated by Brenda Lee Pinup with the lineup forthcoming. That Saturday night, November 3 will feature Candye Kane who has had her own cancer battles.

Saturday, October 6, Dutch harmonica sensation Big Pete hosts a benefit at La Bonne Source, in Fleurus, Belgium. with Paul Size, Kirk Fletcher, Sugaray Rayford, Gene Taylor, Tia Gouttebel, Dusty Ciggaar, Sander Kooijman, Big Pete, Marc Tee, Nico Duportal, Big Dave, Erkan Özdemir, Willie ‘Wuff’ Maes, Jody van Ooijen, René Stock and others.

Randy Chortkoff states that he and Kim Wilson will be setting up an additional benefit show in late November or early December with details TBA.

• Southwest Musical Arts Foundation will release a CD to benefit Kid Ramos. It will be called The Kid Ramos / Bob Corritore Phoenix Blues Sessions and will have an initial limited run of 1000 copies of which 100% of CD sales go to Kid Ramos. This CD will be culled from 4 recording sessions Kid and Bob did in the mid to late 1990s with Henry Gray, Nappy Brown, Big Pete Pearson, Chief Schabuttie Gilliame, and Chico Chism. Most of this collection has been previously released on multiple CDs but this is the first time that the sessions will be presented in one package with this focus. The selections will showcase a simply beautiful body of work. It will be released mid to late October and more details are forthcoming. Special thanks to Kathy Bolmer, Delta Groove Productions, Bluebeat Music, Tempest Recording, and Sonorous Mastering for their parts in making this happen.CDs will be available through The Blues Foundation's Hart Fund, Bluebeat Music and at various benefits with all proceeds going to Kid Ramos.
• Virginia and North Carolina thanks. Special thanks to Lil' Ronnie & The Grand Dukes for hosting a harmonica showcase at the Blues On The Beach festival at Virgina Beach and for booking additional support dates at Loafers in Raleigh, NC and The Capital Ale House in Richmond, VA. The harmonica showcase featured Lil' Ronnie, Bob Corritore, Mitch Kashmar, and Kurt Crandell with backing by the Grand Dukes (Ivan Appelrouth, John Sheppard, John Fralin, and Stu Grimes). Also thanks to Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, Tad Walters, and Andy Poxon who guested at the club shows. It was also great to stop by the home office of Hohner Harmonicas in Richmond and to meet USA marketing chief Derek Crowder. Thanks to Cleve Baker of WPTM and WTRG for the radio interview. It was a great time for all of us harmonica players to have this time together and feed off of each other's music and share stories and jokes. I was very impressed with Lil' Ronnie's southern playing and singing and Mitch and Kurt were masters of that jazzy style of chromatic that features octaves. Great to see so many friends from far away places, and meet so many good people. Great to meet Watkins Ellerson who is Lil' Ronnie's partner in EllerSoul Records (check out the label website at http://www.ellersoulrecords.com/). Thank you Lil' Ronnie for making this happen!
  - Bob Corritore
• Chicago's Artis's Lounge Closes. Chicago Blues Guide reports that Artis’s, a mainstay blues club on Chicago's South Side, has closed its doors after nearly 30 years. Artis’s was known as the home of Billy Branch’s Monday night blues jams which attracted blues artists and fans from around the world. Owner Artis Ludd opened the venue , located at 1249 E. 87th Street, Chicago, in 1982. She didn’t own the building and was renting the space. The owners didn’t renew Ludd’s lease and the club was forced to close last month.
• Professor Longhair on YouTube! Please enjoy this 1973 clip of the infuential New Orleans piano master Professor Longhair performing his song "Big Chief" with a tight, groovin' band at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Click here, to see.

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John Hammer Blues News

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