Blues Notes February 2015
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VOLUME TWENTY, NUMBER TWO • FEBRUARY 2015 The BSO Valentine’s Day Party! Featuring MIKE ZITO AND THE WHEEL Saturday, February 14th The 21st Saloon at 6pm Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com Davina and The Vagabonds SHANNON CURFMAN Thursday, Feb, 5th Wednesday 21st Saloon $15 February 4th @6 p.m. Zoo Bar Feb. 5th ....................................................... Shannon Curfman ($15) Feb. 12th ......................................... Ross Kleiner and The Thrill ($8) Feb. 14th (Saturday) .................................... Mike Zito and the Wheel Thursday ($15 adv./$20 DOS Advance tickets @www.eventbite.com) Feb. 19th .........................................................Anthony Gomes ($10) March 26th Feb. 22nd (Sunday) ...............Devon and the SubMachine Sons ($5) @ 6 p.m. Feb. 26th ...............................................Rockin’ Johnny Burgin ($10) March 5th ............................................ The Chris Duarte Group ($12) March 12th ........................................................ Samantha Fish ($12) 21st Saloon March 19th .......................................... The Dustin Pitsley Band ($10) PAGE 2 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA Please consider switching to the GREEN VERSION of Blues Notes. You will be saving the planet while saving BSO some expense. Contact Becky at [email protected] to switch to e-mail newsletter delivery and get the scoop days before snail mail members! BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 3 SHANNON CURFMAN Thursday, Feb. 5th, 6 p.m. • 21st Saloon, 96th & L, Omaha, NE • $15 cover Heather Newman & Matt Pierson will open the show Planet O @ 89.7 The River will interview Curfman Sunday Feb 1st from 6 to 8 p.m. Guitarist and singer/songwriter platinum-selling artist Joe Shannon Curfman burst upon Bonamassa playing and sing- the blues and roots rock scene ing a duet with Shannon of a in 1999 with her major-label classic Eric Clapton song and debut for Arista Records, Loud multi-platinum artist Stevie D Guitars, Big Suspicions. Her from Buckcherry on a cover of exceptionally well-produced, a song by Queen. This is Shan- debut album won her rave re- non ‘s best album yet! The views all over the U.S, Canada, album features seven brand Europe and Asia, aside from new, original songs that Curf- lots of airplay on radio stations man co-wrote with writers in the U.S. Curfman made sev- from Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, eral U.S. club and theater tours Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Jon- in support of Loud Guitars, Big ny Lang and Sheryl Crow and a Suspicions, and garnered huge cover of Oh Well by Fleetwood amounts of publicity, because Mac that goes to show what she was only 14 at the time. a powerhouse Shannon really Now 28, Curfman is back with is. Between the songwriting, a new and even more mature Curfman’s saucy and demand- album that shows she is the ing vocals and her scorching real-deal, proven artist that lead guitar What You’re Get- many thought she would de- ting Into is the album of 2010 velop into. not to be missed. “What You’re Getting Into” is --www.artistdirect.com Curfman’s new album record- In 2010 Curfman joined ed at Jimmy Jam and Terry Kid Rock’s band, The Lewis’ epic Flyte Tyme Studios Twisted Brown Truckers, in Minneapolis , MN. Special as a singer and guitarist. guests on the album include Check out B.J. Huchtemann’s column Hoodoo Blues each week in the Omaha READER for info on upcoming shows and other news in the roots-blues music scene. Find the new column online each Thursday at http://www.thereader.com/music/C12/ BSO CORPORATE SPONSORS BLUE CLUB Craig Kelley, Inserra & Kelley RDS Skin Care Kit and Pam Kelley Harvey Brindell Law Firm West Point Rack Troy and Susan Krupicka Royce M. Kreitman Steve and Lisa Krueger Jo Mach Terry O’Halloran Jan & Matt Milam SPECIAL Vanessa Marie 7 Oaks Investments Corp. Roger and Sheri Slosson Matt Barges Hugh & Peggy Pierson 21st Saloon Dan Van Houten Mo Barry John Pollack and Karen Berry OnTrack Music Richard Wolken Glenn Bauer Sid Sidner Bel Air Merchant’s Association Kenny and Linda Benton Tim Sorrell CORPORATE Cackin’s Repair and New Geoff Clark Ernest Sutherlin Mitch Bolte Christy Rossiter & 112 North Duck Jerry Cyza Bob and Becky Swift Jim Bradford, Jr. Mama’s Pizza West David & Kristine Evans Dave and Sue Vanlandingham Chick Ganz Paul Scott Hoagbin Blues Band Mike and Sally Hansen Greg Virant and Lynn Kost Virant Conrad Good PAGE 4 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA What’s New with BluesEd? Why BluesEd? Why is BluesEd different than other 6) Tuition for BluesEd is nominal and youth development programs in the includes professional instruction, area? Here are the top 10 reasons performance opportunities and much that make BluesEd so special. more. 1) BluesEd started in 2002, making it 7) Some of our former students have the oldest (and most experienced) of gone on to work professionally in the its kind in Omaha. music industry - Heather Newman 2) We have four clinicians who work Music is currently on tour. with each band and are working, 8) Some of our bands have gone on well-known musicians in the Oma- to perform at the International Blues ha/Midwest region. Challenge including our own Mojo 3) We have 5-6 performance bands Bag this year! a season. Our season runs from April 9) Our bands have performed at the - August, not just a couple of weeks nationally acclaimed Playing With in the summer. Fire Concert - Omaha series nearly 4) Our bands play at multiple venues every summer. and multiple times during the sea- 10) Many national touring blues son, not just one season ending per- groups have worked with our stu- formance. Youth Ages 12-18 Sign Up To Audition dents including: Rick Vito, Ben Poole, 5) The Blues Society of Omaha is our Deadline Feb 7 Peter Karp, Sue Foley and more! sponsor and provides financial, edu- Auditions are Feb. 8th! Registrations cational and moral support to our bands. due Feb. 4th. See www.BluesEd.com for all the details. Bill and Barb Fisher • Kevin and Chris Shouse BluesEd Co-Directors SEEKING ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH BSO MEMBERSHIP DUTIES BSO is seeking a volunteer to assist our new Membership Coordinator, Becky Packard. The assistant will help to SHARE some of these routine duties and to PROVIDE BACK-UP cov- erage as needed: • Maintain membership database by processing new applications and renewals. Mail new membership cards and informational letters. • Pick up BSO mail at Post Office box and distribute mail. Deposit all funds received into bank and notify Treasurer. • Sort database to complete monthly membership reports for officers and Board. • Send reminders to expiring members to alert that annual renewal is due. • Provide membership lists for door as necessary at BSO events. If you are interested in volunteering to help with membership duties or if you have tentative questions, please contact Becky Packard, BSO Membership Coordinator, at BSOmembership@ gmail.com OR Nancy Walsh at [email protected] or 402-556-0911. Training will be provided. BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 5 Ross Kleiner and The Thrill Thursday, Feb. 12th @ 6 p.m. • $8 cover WALTER AND MARIE TROUT 21st Saloon, 96th and L St.Omaha, NE Wednesday, Feb. 11th @ 7:30 p.m. • $7 Cover Chrome Lounge, 84th & Park Drive, Omaha, NE JOIN BSO FAMILY Ross Kleiner & The Thrill are no mere revivalists. Like Nick Curran, JD McPherson, and Nikki Hill, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Kleiner infuses vintage forms with un- expected accents, producing music that is both respectful of its sources and strikingly original. The combination of hot rhythms with cool lyrics, the judicious application of modern sounds and production values, and the energy of an H-bomb, yields explosive results in The Thrill’s wild, exciting brand of hi-test roots rock. The charismatic Kleiner fronts a versatile and dynamic group, formed in the fall of 2012 with Victor Span, whose resume includes stints with Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, and Nick Moss, on drums; Elmer Johnston on the big bass; and a devastating secret weapon in guitarist Cornelius Watson. Listeners seeking something a little off the beaten path have been rewarded by the Thrill’s elec- trifying live shows, where vintage vibe meets up-to-date attitude. The debut album You Don’t Move Me, which cap- tured the group’s fresh sound and Kleiner’s solidly rocking, melodic material, was released late in 2013 to rave reviews. As Blues Music Magazine’s Tom Hyslop wrote, the band “approaches rock ‘n’ roll music with a fan’s heart and an expert’s ear, and gets it entirely right.” Kleiner appreciates Our Friends Walter and Marie Trout sent us this photo of the rockabilly classicism of Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette themselves in front of their fireplace at home with their and the Rock ‘n Roll Trio, and Gene Vincent, but that rep- Blues Society of Omaha Lifetime Membership awards. resents only one aspect of his influences. Add to it the es- Walter was given one while he was here for his trans- sential inspiration of iconic bluesmen like Howlin’ Wolf plant and we felt Marie was most deserving of a Life- and innovative rockers like Bo Diddley, with dashes of surf, time BSO Membership as well. spaghetti Western, Latin, swinging pop, and much more. We are so grateful that they are home with their family The dangerous edge of the Paladins, the brooding exoti- and getting back to enjoying the joys of everyday life. cism of Chris Isaak, the raw attack of the Blasters, and the Walter is getting stronger each day, according to Marie, brash, no-filter style of Nick Curran all figure into Kleiner’s while Marie is back to work on her dissertation.