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In this Issue!

To Memphis for 2013

IBC

Coming Events

Joe Lev

Book & CD Reviews

April-May 2013

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Sacramento Blues

Society is a

Proud Member

of

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues societies in California, founded in 1979, and 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 and

bringing internationally renowned artists to the region and produces and mails a newsletter, “Blue Notes” six times a year for our membership.

SBS is an affiliate member of The Blues Foundation, and provides educational opportunities for young people with

The Blues Foundation’s “Blues in the Schools” Program.

2013 Committee Chairs

Blues in the Schools —Cynthia Jaynes/Liz Walker Blue Notes —Valeriejeanne Anderson/Jan Kelley

CD Reviews—Mindy Giles Events/IBC Competition —Mari Lu Onweller

Finance—Ross du Clair Sacramento Blues Hall of Fame—Sally Katen/Jan Kelley

Membership/Volunteers —Sharon Allen Merchandise/Concessions/Graphics—Rick Nolan

SacBlues e-News/Calendar—Willie Brown Website Liaison—Liz Walker

2013 Board Officers

Dr. Derek Washington—President Laura Lund—Vice President Cynthia Jaynes–Secretary

Liz Walker—Treasurer Jan Kelley-Parliamentarian

Board Members at Large

Sharon Allen Ross du Clair

Cynthia Juarez Mari Lu Onweller

Rick Nolan

Board of Directors Meetings—2nd Tuesday Each month; 7:00 PM at the SMUD Building, 6301 S Street, Sacra-

mento All SBS members in good standing are invited to attend.

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Check out

Sacramento

Blues Society

Merchandise!

T-shirts/Tank tops

Sweat shirts and

more!

Order at www.sacblues.com

and one a week in Ne-vada City with B.B. and the Blue Jays. Soon he was getting the blues repertoire under his belt, leading him to go-ing out on tour with the international blues star Frankie Lee (Bruce Bandura, B.B. of the B l u e J a y s w a s Frankie’s band leader at the time) among many other blues gigs. Joe has shared stages and studios with a plethora of blues greats, both local and international, such as Frankie Lee, Johnny Guitar Knox, Aaron King, Johnny Heartsman, Rene Solis and many others. Joe has been teaching bass and guitar for more than 15 years, and for the past 5 or so, has been an inte-gral part of Blues in the Schools and an artist in resi-dence at Rosemont and West Campus High Schools for the Sacramento Blues Society. You can find Joe almost any night in this region, play-ing the blues on his bass.

Around the age of 10 or 12, Joe’s folk singing parents brought home a copy of a record on Folkways called “Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee”. It featured the three bluesmen being interviewed by the incomparable Studs Terkel and songs from all of them. This was Joe’s introduc-tion to the blues. He had a long succession of teenage bands, first were surf bands, and “surf is right out of the blues” claims Joe. “A majority of surf songs are 12 bar pro-gressions just like blues.” Soon after that the Rolling Stones pointed the way to real blues. Joe was in his first good band, Buck-wheat, right out of high school, which was definitely

blues based, everything from Muddy Waters to Mose Allison. The next 15 years found Joe playing in a long suc-cession of funk, rock and country cover bands and Nevada-style show bands. In 1984 he started playing with anyone that would have him, which culminated in1995 the forming of the Beer Dawgs. Joe spent 10

years with Bob Pearce, Steve Wall and the Dawgs. When he left the band in 1995, his blues period be-gan in earnest. He got blues jam house band gigs, two a week at the old Torch Club with Johnny Nugget

JOE LEV, BASS MAN—By Jan Kelley

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Sacramento Blues Society Hall

of Fame 2013—by Sally Katen

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Exciting news! There will be a lot of new and great changes for the Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame this year. We are moving out on our own! This year’s event will be a presentation deserving to our Hall of Fame Inductees, rather than sharing time in an otherwise seasonal event, the SBS Membership Party in December. Our tentative dates this year for the Hall of Fame are September 21st or 22nd to be determined once a venue is selected. Preferably, the venue will be a res-taurant with bar that is an all-ages venue. The HOF Committee is working on selecting nomi-nees and things seem to be going well. I am hopeful that we will have a great venue with many attending to show our 2013 HOF Inductees how much they mean to the Sacramento Blues Society. Please feel free to contact me with any ideas, bar & restaurant, or just feedback. bluesforth-ecure@hotmail.com

entation of the blues. The Blues in the Schools pro-gram has blossomed into a very popular program and more and more of the next generation are showing considerable interest in the blues. There are some bud-ding musicians in our midst that show some promise of acceptance of the blues as a space for developing their talents and interest. The SBS community is very appreciative of local mu-sicians who take time to present blues to young peo-ple in schools and other venues. As always, SBS encourages members in good stand-ing to step forward and give of some of their time and talents. Derek S. Washington, Ph.D.

Message from the President—

I have been thinking about the state of the blues over the past ten years and am struck by the changes in the blues landscape. It is particularly startling to note the number of singers and musicians from faraway lands that are claiming an affinity and love for the blues. The range of this population extends to Italy, Norway, Eastern European countries, Australia, and Japan. No doubt, there are some folks in the nations of Africa also mining the lore of the blues! The question I find myself pondering in the face of this phenomenon is: what does it mean? No doubt, the advent of the internet has done a great deal to awaken a wide-range of peoples and cultures to the wonder of the blues. It is quite likely that that plays a large role in the spread of the blues in the world. Here at home the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is gearing up for the year and calling on volunteers to work together to advance the preservation and pres-

Sacblues.com Gets a Facelift

The next time you check out www.sacblues.com you're in for a surprise. A whole new look awaits you. Our new webmaster (Dave Alcock) is busy populating the site with lots of information so check back fre-

quently, new stuff everyday!

On Monday, April 29th from 4:29 a.m. to 4:29 a.m. April 30th., Give Local Now will host the region's first Arts Day of Giving, an online 24-hour giving chal-lenge. The event is produced in partnership with GiveLocalNow, For Arts Sake, the Sacramento Re-gion Community Foundation and the Sacramento

Metropolitan Arts Commission.

Plan on making your charitable contribution to your favorite arts non-profit (we suggest Blues in the Schools) on April 29th and your contribution will be

matched by the financial partners.

Simply go to givelocalnow.org on April 29th, type in

or look up Sacramento Blues Society, Blues in the Schools and make your online tax-deductible contri-bution. It's that simple and your donation will enable

us to bring the blues to more students in the region.

Thank you for your support.

SAVE THE DATE!

Arts Day of Giving,

April 29, 2013

“Every day I have the blues” sang Memphis Slim (and

Joe Williams and B.B. King). If you want to find the blues

any day, go to www.sacblues.com for all the news on the

blues.

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Ranging from cozy club settings and inside luxury hotels to large-scale outdoor stages and even aboard the Delta King river boat, this walkable/bikeable community celebration showcases world-class music that has evolved over the years to include a wide variety of styles: soul blues, blues rock, country, rockabilly, zy-deco, rock, bluegrass, ragtime, jazz,

swing, street beat, Cajun, Latin and Mariachi music, big band, orchestras, dance bands and more. Plus, a high-energy “Next Generation Band” performance site features talented youth jazz bands that always draw a young and spirited crowd. The Sacramento Music Festival is presented by the Sacramento Tradi-tional Jazz Society with support from the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau. Some of the local blues favorites will be Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers, The Kyle Rowland Band, Johnny “Guitar” Know, Johnny O and the Blues F.O.’s, Jimmy Pailer, Delta Wires, Catfish & The Crawdaddies, Briefcase Full of Blues , Gator Beat, Two Tone Steiny, The Sacramento Blues Revue and more.

40th Anniversary of the Fes-

tival Boasts Los Lobos, The

Blasters, Dan Hicks & The

Hot Licks, The James Hunter

Six, Wanda Jackson, John

Lee Hooker Jr., Terry Hanck,

Mick Martin and many more.

Memorial Day weekend this year, Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27 is not your father’s Jazz Jubilee. And while there are spe-cial plans to recognize some of the popular trad jazz groups that once made this festival one of the biggest of its genre in North America, the big change is the national name roots music groups headlining amid the broadened overall musical scope. There will be 24 music venues in Old Sacramento, including a new main stage for national headliners. The Parade takes place Saturday, May 25 at 10 a.m. Performances are Friday thru Sunday: 11 a.m. until midnight, and Mon-day: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is $110 for a four day event badge, and daily admissions vary Free shuttle ser-vice is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 916-444-2004 or, for more information and a list of performers, visit www.sacmusicfest.com

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The Sacramento Music Festival Has Roots!! - by Mindy Giles

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Coming Events—by Mari Lu Ornweller

I know you all enjoyed the Harmonica Showcase at

Sporty’s in Elk Grove in March. That’s just an appetizer for what’s coming in the next few months. Get out your calendars and save these dates. Blues in the Schools Showcase is coming up on Fri-day, April 12. SBS will have a membership drive at the Kat Cairns show with Mr. December at the Tro-cadero in Roseville on Sunday April 21, 2-6 pm. No

cover charge and all drinks will be ½ price. John Ma-yall appears at 3 stages in Folsom on Friday, May 24. SBS will have a membership table at that event. Memorial Day Weekend we will be listening to some of our SBS band members and recruiting new SBS members at the 40th year of the Sacramento Music Festival. SBS has collaborated with the Bluebird Tours division of the Sacramento Day Trippers for a very special SF Bay Blues Cruise featuring Big Cat Tolefree & The Hip-notics. This event will be Saturday June 8. Cost is $99 for a three hour cruise, and $84 for SBS members,

including transportation from Sacramento via deluxe motor coach to Sausalito and back.

SBS members can go to sac-trips.ticketleap.com to pay online. Use promo code SBS. Contact Mari Lu for more information. SBS will be involved in a very special Rhythm & Blues event in Folsom on Saturday, June 15. Sat-urday, July 27 is the Blues & Bones Festival in An-gels Camp. We will have a membership table and are trying to arrange discounted group transporta-tion through the Sacramento Day Trippers. Saturday, August 3 will be a worldwide celebration – The International Blues Music Day. Keep that date open! This one will be huge! More details will be provided later. If you’d like to volunteer to help out at an event or to serve on the Events Committee, please contact Mari Lu at:events@sacblues.com

Book Review—By Jan Kelley

Blind Buddy and Mojo’s Blues Band

From local author Nan Mahon—Nan is an award winning journalist and free-lance writer residing in Sacramento, CA. She is the author of Pink Pearls and

Irish Whiskey and Junkyard Blues.

An entertaining novel about a blind blues man and the trouble he finds himself in while traveling the ‘juke joint’ circuit. Buddy is a good-lookin’, James Dean

type of guy who has learned his way around after los-ing his eyesight as a teenager in a gang fight. His dog, Mojo, was a stray who adopted Buddy when he was at one of his low points in life, drinking and doing drugs and failing to show up for gigs. Mojo naturally became Buddy’s best friend and protector along the

highways and ins and outs of life.

But this story is more about the wrongdoing Buddy

finds himself in and the mystery as it unfolds, captur-ing the reader’s interest in solving the “every day whodunnit’” Of course there are women and sex in-volved, as there should be for a blues man, but don’t look for anything educational about the blues, this is solely a mystery novel. An enjoyable and easy read,

it’s intriguing enough to hold your interest to the end.

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Ira Walker—To the Nth Degree—By Jan Kelley

So many times a biography is written about a person that just states the facts. Put yourself in a story mode, because this singer/songwriter/bass player’s biography is just that. Born in Austin, Texas to musical parents, each with a degree in music, Ira’s mother played piano and lis-tened mostly to country, show tunes and classical music. His father played trumpet and always lis-tened to the blues, so Ira was naturally drawn to the music. While a tot, the family moved to Oakland, California. There his father’s friends and neighbors would gather and play the blues – Jimmy Reed, Bobby Blue Bland, other blues artists – giving hair-cuts in the back yard and drinking and sharing their stories and sounds. Ira soon began his steps into a music career. By age five, Ira was listening to a friend who was the organist at church which greatly influenced him. By fourth grade, his first instrument became the drums at that church; a little set consisting of cymbal, snare and bass drum. His desire to play instruments took off! A well-educated young man, Ira won the Science Fair in Oakland in the fourth grade. As a young man, Ira was a true “geek” of the ’60’s, totally devoted to his studies, particularly science, and music lessons on drums, jazz guitar and bass. He especially took to the bass, learning to play upright bass first. He also liked to write poetry, which would serve him in his career in writing music. “First thing you learn are the chords, then the turn-around…” Ira says, demon-strating on his guitar how the blues is played. Ira spoke of some influences as being real life-changing for him. He played in the UC Youth Or-chestra and UC Youth Choir and was considering going to MIT when a friend invited him to a concert featuring Jimi Hendrix and the Chicago Transit Au-thority. Ira was so influenced by Jimi he quickly went from argyle sweaters and carrying a satchel to wear-ing bell bottoms and dressing in polyester shirts. His mother was shocked! He recalls seeing Aretha Franklin on tour, then playing her record over and over again on a little record player. Another signifi-

cant time was when he asked his dad for an amp. They went to the music store and Ira pointed out the amp he wanted, but instead of getting that, his dad later brought home a kit that required Ira to build his own amp. An-gry with his dad at the time, he now cites it as a great learning experi-ence. He played with Billy Satellite, an American rock band based in Oakland, California, formed in 1983. The band consisted of Monty Byrom (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Danny Chauncey (guitar, keyboards), Tom "Fee" Falletti (drums) and Ira on bass until it disbanded several years later. Ira then made a living at writing, utilizing his technical expertise in linking a keyboard to an 8 track. Working as a songwriter for seven years with Warner/Chapel Publishing, he co-wrote the pop hit "I Wanna’ Go Back" for Eddie Money and has worked on records that include Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, Lee Ann Womack, and Tommy Castro. He has writ-ten and performed with a star studded list of Music Icons, from Steve Miller, Eddie Money, Carlos Santana, Brian May, & Joe Satriani to the Zen Road Pilots. He also toured Europe with Keb’ Mo in 2000. Nominated for a Grammy in 2010 for producer/singer/songwriter and with 14 album producer credits to date, Ira’s musical pedigree has evolved into a unique style of Blues, Rock, & Rhythm & Blues. Ira spent a few years living in West Sacramento and performing in this region, however has recently moved to Red Bluff. He will be leaving to tour Europe in April and May this year but in the mean-time, check out his new CD Blame Me. And the story continues for Ira Walker, scientist, pro-ducer/singer/songwriter and all around music man.

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Blues in the Schools—By Cynthia Jaynes

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April 12, 2013, six to nine p.m. venue to be announced. We will feature students from all 3 local high schools who have been working up some tasty blues tunes in the after school program. Catch the excite-ment! Share the joy these young people have experi-enced in playing the blues!

Other BITS programs are falling into place. We have scheduled several appearances for Yolo County Schools – featuring local Blues Historian and Star, Mick Martin accompanied by local blues pros. As part of the Ken-nedy Art Center’s Any Given Child program, Mick will also pro-vide an artistic enrichment as-sembly at Isador Cohen Elemen-tary School. BITS is very pleased to announce the addition of Jerad Williams who will lead an assem-bly at Norwood Middle School in May, 2013. We will have details and photos of these programs in action in the next issue of the Blue Notes – so stay tuned!

We’re expanding, we’re excited, and we can’t wait to show off! We’ve added schools, other organizations, and additional local Blues stars to our program. We are happy to welcome John Harmon and his stu-dents at Woodcreek High School in Roseville to the Artist-In-Residence (AIR) program – also known as after school lessons. We are thrilled to bring in the fabulous and famous Steve Boutté to teach blues bass guitar. Lew Fratis will now teach guitar at Woodcreek and he is excited to work with these new blues play-ers. Former music teacher and studio musician, Paris Clayton will take over guitar lessons for John Ousley’s class at West Campus High, with Joe Lev teaching bass. Rounding out our direct instruction program are the always popular Jimmy Pailer and Rick Taylor, working with Steve Boettner’s students at Rosemont High. This has been a very re-warding aspect of BITS since we first began back in 2006. You can see just how exciting this program is by celebrating our next generation of local Blues stars at the Blues in the Schools Showcase on Friday,

Light Blues—By Nan Mahon

There is a certain contradiction to the term blues mu-

sic because most of the time there is nothing blue (or

sad) about it, especially when listening to a rocking

Chicago style.

I wasn’t always a blues fan. I was a jazz aficionado

and considered it the music of the elite. I hung out in

the dark cellar clubs of San Francisco, listening, nod-

ding my head discreetly to the trumpet of someone

like Miles Davis or Chet Baker. The sometimes

swinging, sometimes mournful voices of June Christy

or Anita O’Day spun on my hi-fi player. I spurned the

likes of BB King for the abstract piano style of Thelo-

nious Monk, although I did not really understand it. I

remained a jazz snob through the rock and roll revo-

lution.

Time passed, my jazz icons died, and the music

changed. About fifteen years ago, I became friends

with Big Mack Daddy who owned several restaurant/

blues clubs in the area. He had loved the blues since

he was a teenager in Houston. It was impossible not

to catch the mood on a Saturday night when I sat with

him, Tanqueray and tonic (in a short glass) in front of

me, a blues band on stage, guitars and harmonicas

sending an infectious, raucous sound that filled the

room and burst out onto the street.

I was converted. New jazz students and Latin

sounds now bored me. Blues, despite the contradic-

tion, made me feel good. Its simplicity is what makes

the art form so attractive to listeners. The earthy,

everyman connection is what bonds the blues to an

audience. Make my music light blues.

Coming soon to a VENUE near you,

BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS

SHOWCASE Featuring

The Big Little Rowland Band

& Blues Students from

Rosemont High School West Campus High School Woodcreek High School

Check back to sacblues.com

for updates!

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The 29th International Blues Challenge Jan.29-Feb.2, 2013—by Bo Ely

This year the Sacramento Blues Society sent The Used Blues Band to represent Sacramento in the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, Ten-nessee. The IBC is the largest gathering of blues acts in the world. The 2013 International Blues Challenge included 231 of the best acts from 40 states and 17 countries.

Tuesday night the entertainment started at FedEx International Showcase hosted by the Beale Street Merchants at the New Daisy Theater. The showcase featured 12 bands and solo/duo entrants from nine different countries that later participated in the com-petition. Wednesday all the acts attended a registration meeting, then an ori-entation meeting where quarterfi-nal performance venues were as-signed. The Used Blues Band got

B.B. Kings, one of the larger, more well-known venues on Beale Street. The band quarterfinals took place on Wednesday (round one) and Thursday night (round two) with the winners ad-vancing to the semi-finals held on Friday. The Solo/Duo acts competed on the same nights for their respective quarterfinals.

The Used Blues Band was up against some very tough competi-tion from a number of extremely talented bands including the Dave Keller Band, the 2012 winner of the Best Self Produced CD. The Used Blues Band was quickly able to win over the audience and the judges with their musical talent and charismatic performance, giv-ing everyone a taste of their vari-ous blues styles. The audience danced in their seats and on the crowded dance floor to show their appre-

ciation. The high-energy, upbeat yet traditional blues earned them a ticket to the semi-finals. We all enjoyed abundant blues jams and showcases both before and after the quarterfinals providing eve-ryone with more than enough entertainment to fill the days and nights. Many top artists, record executives,

concert promoters, venue owners, blues societies, and fans came together to par-ticipate in this incredible event and wit-ness a huge array of talent. F r i d a y s t a r t e d off with

several Blues Foun-dation workshops and the 2013 Keep-ing the Blues Alive Awards luncheon. Immediately following the Youth Showcase, the semi-finals began. Beale Street again became alive with music. The best of the best com-peted to ascend to the finals. Each band and solo/duo act gave its very best top-notch performances. The Used Blues Band quickly got the capacity crowd at the New Daisy up and out of their seats enjoying their performance. The 25 minute sets each band played seemed to whiz by, but within those limited minutes, Sacramento's entry definitely gave it their best and made Sacramento proud. Late Friday eve-ning, everyone anxiously awaited the announcement of the semi-final results declaring which nine bands and eight solo/duo acts would move on to the final round of competition. Un-fortunately, when the finalists were at last announced, The Used Blues Band would not be among them. However, they made a lasting impression on a lot of new friends and fans. The IBC finals, held at the Orpheum Theatre on Sat-urday beginning at 12:00 p.m., alternated acts be-tween bands and solo/duo until 8:30 p.m. At the con-clusion of all the performances, the judges tabulated scores and announced the 2013 IBC. .

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Joshua Howell is a native San Franciscan; his confi-dent touch on both his Epiphone Dot 335 and his Na-tional Duolian guitar resonate with the sounds of old world America along with his unamplified harmonica and natural supple voice. Pete Devine on Gretsch drums, percussion and washboard, came out of a fifteen year run with swingin’ ragtime outfit Bo Grumpus, plus stints with Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. He also was on the Grammy-nominated 2009 CD, Maria Muldaur’s Garden of Joy. The melodic flair and multi-textures he brings to this music are right up front; and so simpatico with doghouse bass man Joe Kyle Jr. that both Baby Dodds and Willie Dixon would be proud. The syncopation these three have is delicious, dark and fun. Howell Devine was selected by the Golden Gate Blues Society to represent them at the IBC in Mem-phis this year, and they did not disappoint, making it to the finals. The band is at the Torch Club the first Wednesday of every month and will also be perform-ing at the 2013 Cajun & Blues Festival in Isleton, CA on June 15-16. www.howelldevine.com Copyright©2013 by Mindy Giles. All Rights Reserved

If you know anything about Chris Strachwitz, one of the arch grand-daddies of independent labels that re-cord and release roots music, you also might know that he is legendary for be-ing a blunt curmudgeon about what is

and isn’t good music. He calls most music “mouse mu-sic” meaning it is small, pedestrian, not worthy to listen to, let alone record and release. So to be the first blues band to be signed to Arhoolie Records in over 25 years is something. This young band joins labelmates Lightning Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi Fred McDowell. They are Howell Devine, a terrific Bay Area-based trio who bring haunting hill country blues, Delta blues and very early drivin’ Chicago blues back to the place it should be— back to clubs that are way too often book-ing screaming frat rock bands who advertise they are blues. “It felt almost like sitting in a room in 1938” said Strachwitz of his first live encounter with the band last year. Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles (2012) is the re-sultant slab—twelve masterful and tasty works that should put them on a national treasure map.

CD Review— Howell Devine, Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles (Arhoolie Records)

29th International Blues

Challenge—Continued from page 8

in Spain. The Selwyn Birchwood Band of the Sun-coast Blues Society took top prize in the Band com-petition. Michael van Merwyk and Bluesoul of Ger-man Blues Network took second place honors, and the third spot went to Dan Treanor's Afrosippi Band w/ Erica Brown, hailing from the Colorado Blues Soci-ety. A beautiful custom Gibson ES-335 guitar featuring The Selwyn Birchwood as the band finals top guitarist Blues Foundation's logo and a Category 5 amp was awarded to . Little G Weevil won the St. Blues Cigar box guitar for best guitarist in the solo/Duo competi-tion. Jim Liban of the Alex Wilson took top harmonica honors for the Lee Oskar Harmonicas prize package. In the Best Self-Produced CD contest, the judges de-termined the best to be: Solo Recordings by Steve Hill. Blues societies all over the world will soon be starting all over again as they begin their own competitions to determine who they will send to the 30th International Blues Challenge on February 1, 2014 in Memphis.

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Andy Keene & Kinda Blue ajkeane3@aol.com Bad Catz www.badcatz.com Big Earl and the Cryin' Shame bigearl@gmail.com The Bluz Houndz 916-991-6148

Blues Vandals bluesvandals.com Bobby Blues Ray 916-422-5830 Catfish and the Crawdaddies www.raycatfishcopeland.com Diamond Bob & the Alley Sneakers www.diamondbobsblues.com; 408-313-7194 Gary Mendoza Band www.garymendozaband.com; 916-599-9947 The Groove Diggers 916-217-1263 Jeramy Norris and The Dangerous Mood www.facebook.com/JeramyNorrisTheDangerousMood Julie and The Jukes cmoriel@ucdavis.edu The Kyle Rowland Band www.kylerockinrowland.com Marshal Wilkerson www.marshalwilkersonband.com Nedra Russ www.njrmusic.com

Support our Band Members— Hire an SBS Member Band!

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O Street Jumps www.myspace.com/OStreetJumpsBand The Randy Carey Band randrock@prodigy.net; 916-607-0695 The Red Moon Band www.facebook.com/pages/REd-MOOn/133617156681084 Ro Harpo and the Blues Busters www.facebook.com/Roharpo Rolling Blackouts deborahsingsblues@hotmail.com Rube & the Rhythm Rockers www.ruberhythmrockers.com

Sky O'Banion Blues Band www.facebook.com/sky.obanion Spotted Dog Blues Band booking@spotteddogmusic.com Sunny Blue Bland Review kingsoftheblues@ymail.com The Used Blues Band Sean@myifp.com Val Starr & the Blues Rocket www.bluesrocket.biz Wingnut Adams www.wingnutadams.com

Northern California Blues Festival

e-mail:

info@norcalbluesfest.com

Website:

http://www.norcalbluesfest.com

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Sacramento Blues Society Is Pleased To Acknowledge

our Sponsors and Donors and Thank them for Supporting our Programs

Bronze Sponsor

Arts Education Sponsor

The Read Family

Platinum Sponsor

Carrera Productions Mary Carrera

The Rex Foundation

Silver Sponsor

M-3 California

Jobe Custom Guitars Byron and Ginny Jobe

Gotradio.com 916-765-0162

Keller Williams Real Estate

Edward Haneffant 916-782-1000

Roseville Station Lounge www.thestationlounge.net

Torch Club

Marina Texeira www.torchclub.net

Gold Sponsor

Folsom Telegraph

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AAA Insurance Emmy Sabra 916-724-0351

Beermans

www.beermanslincoln.com

CLA Real Estate Max Moon

916-214-4348

The Couch Sports Lounge www.thecouch.net

Damore, Hamric & Schneider, Inc.

Marta Williams, CPA 916-481-2856

Business Donor

Bluesbirds Tours Grady O’Bryant www.sactrips.com

Bluezzee-Tees 530-321-7197

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Our cover art, contributed by Kathie Lambert, area artist and active SBS member, is a crop from a larger piece It is named "Diversity", and was inspired by the variety of attendees—and their varied modes of transportation—that attend blues events. This one was at the Torch Club. Look closely at the personalities outside the club—maybe you'll see yourself! Kathie has contributed her art for SBS fundraisers, and can be reached at klambertart@yahoo.com or 916-225-6153. Other examples of her work below are labeled “Left Hand Magic” and “Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers”.

K Lambert