OBBS E-NEWSLETTER November– December

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HUGE THANKS to the Smokin Torps, The PitBull of the Blues, The Paul Stott Inside this Group, Joel DaSilva and The Midnight issue: Howl, and The Blacktop Blues Band for par- ticipating and sharing their talent with all of us!! Presidents Letter Orange Blossom Major congrats to The Paul Stott Group for Blues Society 1-2 their People's Choice Award!! PSG delivered Central Florida Blues Challenge as we know they always do. Paul and Rick have a way of blending both fiery so- los and haunting harp in a way that raises the Spotlight hair on your neck!! This has become a staple

3-4 of their style. It is very rare to see a bass player break a string, but if you were paying attention, you noticed Gary Martin broke his G string on the first song and recovered like CD Reviews by 5 master players do!! Awesome! Joe Adcock Daryll Davis had to struggle thru a "mobile" bass drum yesterday which slowly inched its way away from him. He never missed a beat!! You can Festival Review: see them this coming week at The Alley Daytona Blues 6 Blues Bar in Sanford for the Live After Five Festival street festival. They will be playing outside of The Alley from 5 to 8!! This is a great way to show your support for our 2013 People's Choice Member Spotlight 7 Award Winner!!

Your 2013 CFBC Winners, Joel DaSilva and The Mid- OBBS Events night Howl just fired up the stage and upped the ante with Blues in School / 8 Ladies of the some blazing Blues! Joel defi- Blues nitely knows his way around a Stratocaster . . . .and to think someone questioned by stating to him, 'I didn't Band Listings 9 know a Strat could play Blues?'. Well, it ain't the guitar, it's the player and Joel is a helluva player! With Douglas Treen Machine on sax, The Midnight Howl did just that . . .THEY HOWLED!! Stefano and Bob where locked in as tight as any rhythm section can get. They laid down and drove the groove for the entire set. Joel and 'the About OBBS 10 Howl' got the crowd to howling and participating in the show - that was cool! You Our BOD can catch these guys howling again back in our area on October 11th and 12th down Membership at the House of Blues inside the restaurant . . .Free Admission folks!!! Keep your Our Mission eyes and ears open for a fund raiser we will host for our winners - details to follow within the coming weeks. Let's congrat Joel and 'The Howl' and support them all the

way to Memphis!!! HOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWLLLL!!! Karen Stott –Editor Continued on page 2. 1 Continued from page 1 We can't thank all the volunteers enough. Without them, the show would not have gone on. I also want thank our judges, Beautiful Bobby Blackmon, Ed Krout, Jackie Jones, Richard Boogart, and Bobby Hall. This group of judges brought diverse views and backgrounds which was reflected in their scoring and comments. Their service and sup- port is greatly appreciated. They are indeed KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE in Central FL. It takes all of us to keep LIVE MUSIC a vital part of our lives - SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC PEEPS!!!!

Last but not least, THANK YOU FANS AND SUPPORTERS OF OBBS!!!! We could survive without all of you sup- porting us!!!

Sincerely, MARK YOUR CALENDARS Herb Ransburg President, HOWLIN’ TO MEMPHIS Orange Blossom Blues Society The OBBS will be hosting a fund- raiser at the Alley Blues Bar in Sanford, FL on Saturday Nov 16th from 2-6pm ! FEATURING CFBC

CHAMPIONS JOEL DASILVA & THE MIDNIGHT HOWL & PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER THE PAUL STOTT GROUP. Come and join the festivities and help them go to Memphis. ! Raffles, Prizes, And much more!

114 S Park Ave Sanford FL 407-328-4848

2 Zaida Zoller If you know the blues in Central Florida you know about ZshowZ

“Zaida Zoller, central Florida’s impresario to the world of blues, is a fervent believer in America and the music of America. She has a determined demeanor and willingness to do whatever it takes to get music to the people and people to the music. If you have never worked in this line of business you may only see the successful results of excellent artists presenting their work to thrilled audiences. If you have experience in the work she gladly un- dertakes, there can be nothing less than total respect for her years of success. There are very few places in our country where the blues can be experienced on the level or the fre- quency like we have here in Florida. And no doubt about, it simply wouldn’t be, couldn’t be possible without visionary people like Zaida. Next time you find yourself at one of her (Z)shows(z) , after a great concert experience, after praising the artist, track her down and thank her as well. When you are shaking her hand, you will be in contact with one of the best in the business.”

Charlie Boyer JAZZ AND BLUES FLORIDA 10/31/13

Tell me how you first got involved in with the OBBS? What's your fondest memory of working with OBBS? What's it like to be a volunteer, be a sponsor and board member for OBBS? Orlando—my hometown I left behind many years ago to spend half of my time in the Boulder/Denver area. A little over ten years ago, though, I came back to help take care of my Dad and soon discovered the music scene pretty much sucked (which was pretty much my synopsis when I left all those years ago). Not too long after returning, I caught wind of a mini blues fest in downtown Orlando and said to myself HELL YEAH – I LOVE THE BLUES. Can’t recall who all the players were but do remember Soul Cactus and Jeff Willey were some of the performers. Two notorious individuals, Jae Futch and Ben Basile had a sign-up list for folks interested in becoming involved in a newly forming blues society and I signed up. Never heard another word about it. It was over a year later, I was at another event and the OBBS had a table. I said WTF? I signed up and never heard from you guys. Of course, it will remain a mystery into eternity why that happened. Needless to say, I ended up joining, started attending some of the Board meetings, and the next thing I know I was elected to the Board serving as entertainment director and after a short time was elected President. I did my stint as the Prez, also managed the membership files and pub- lished the newsletter for quite some time. I ran myself ragged for the society, especially getting that newsletter done each issue (hectic stuff), until one day I said to myself, does anybody read this stuff? I’m spending a lot of precious time spinning my wheels and…. So at that time the newsletter was laid to rest. RIP Digressive side thought: It’s a lot of work being a volunteer for a non-profit. Most volunteers, rare individuals who comprise an itsy bitsy frac- tion of the membership, work full time jobs, doing it in their spare time because they believe in the cause. They give their time—even their souls—to promote that thing which they love, and most of the time their #1 reward is getting flack from people who would never even dream of volunteering a nanosecond. It’s astounding. Back to my early days on the Board—it recall it being a great experience. The folks on the Board worked together well, we got things done, had regular meetings, things were happening, we put together the 501(c)3, had several great events, it was growing, people were excited. I really enjoyed this time with the OBBS. What did you find most challenging about working with OBBS? Communication. What do you wish other people knew about the OBBS? These are loaded questions. I wish other people just knew about the OBBS. It’s taken a long time to get this society in gear and it’s not growing very quickly. I think that a board that consists of non-working musicians would be beneficial to really getting down and getting this thing mov- ing. Who is your all-time favorite blues artist and why? That’s a difficult question to answer. There are so many incredible artists. I’m a huge fan. When I lived in Boulder many years ago, Albert used to come through quite regularly and play this little club on the outskirts of town called Peggys’ Hi-Lo. He’d march through the audience with his band in trail and his sax player hitting two at the same time. It was really quite the show and I’ve never forgotten him.

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4 CD REVIEW By Daryll Davis Resurgence SRV copyright John Rockwood 1984 This year saw the release of two recordings showcasing the emerging talent that would spawn the rebirth of the blues in popular culture in the 1980’s. The first is a recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in a small club in Norfolk, Virginia in 1980. This club, The King’s Head Inn, was popular with the college crowd from the nearby Old Dominion Univer- sity and the show was taped for radio broadcast by local station WNOR.

While Stevie had been playing in a variety of bands for over 10 years by the time Double Trou- ble was formed in 1978, this recording dates from three years prior to the release of the band’s first , Flood. Unsigned by a major label and unrestrained, Stevie was free to play the music he loved and the raw power and talent of this performer is up-front and center.

Stevie was known to be a loner in his school days and absorbed into the guitar. He was self- taught and learned to play by ear, resulting in a man who knew every sound his guitar would make, whatever he would do to it. While his style was heavily influenced first by , and later, , his performances encompassed little nuances and throw away notes and riffs that many contemporary artists have to learn to add to their repertoire if they want to emulate the SRV catalog.

The King’s Head Inn recording features only two Stevie penned numbers and many of the blues favorites by the artists he admired. The tem- po is fast-paced and the band is tight. You’ll be familiar with many of the songs because they would later show up on Double Trouble studio recordings, but a couple of songs only appear here. The first is ’s Hideway that opens the cd. The cd ends with a couple of Hendrix covers, the second of which, Drivin’ South, only appears on this cd.

One of the highlights of the cd is when Stevie gets to the Hendrix material, the last two songs on the cd. While his version of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) became a SRV concert staple, at one point he stops and asks the crowd, “Anybody here like Jimi Hendrix?” Then he breaks into a killer version of before closing with the more obscure Drivin’ South. After a series of Texas shuffles and juke numbers, his performance of Little Wing also a showcase of his command of the sublety and beauty capable on a Stratocaster.

There are other live versions of Double Trouble but this one has a certain energy and spontaneity the other recordings lack and as it turns out, the radio broadcast ends at the conclusion of the first set of the night. To think that this could have been a 3 cd set of the complete show makes one wonder when the rest of the show will be released, if at all. Worthy of inclusion in your SRV catalog of releases and rec- ommended if you’ve never heard this man live. A real glimpse of what everyone was excited about when this guy finally got exposure out- side of the State of Texas.

As the now famous story goes, Double Trouble’s strong performances enabled the band to get booked at the 1982 . In the audience at this show were both and , both of whom were genuinely impressed by this unsigned artist. Bowie recruited Stevie to play guitar on the multi-million selling Let’s Dance released in early 1983 but Stevie’s management talked him out of signing up for Bowie’s subsequent Serious Moonlight tour to support the album. Instead, he returned to the United States and Jackson Browne let the band use his personal in order to record their initial release, . This cd was a seminal release for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that blues music was being played on the then popular MTV and with the band’s videos in high rotation, the take-over of the planet was sure to follow.

The 30th Anniversary release of Texas Flood this year includes a remastered copy of the original record, as well as a complete live perfor- mance at Ripley’s Music Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recorded on October 20, 1983. The songs here will all be familiar and find Stevie, Tommy Shannon and riding that wave of newfound notoriety that their top-selling record ensured. All of the classics are here, including the Blues Instrumental of the Year, .

The remastered version of the original recording sounds clean and crisp. I listened to this with great anticipation because I wore out this record back in the day. I had not heard the complete release in a long time and it was like an enjoyable dinner with an old friend.

The live recording from Ripley Hall was the tour supporting their new record and the band was playing a cleaner more nuanced show, in comparison to the grit and fire of the King’s Head gig. A highlight here is that Little Wing segue ways into Third Stone From The Sun, anoth- er song that doesn’t appear on a studio release by the band.

If you don’t already have a copy of Texas Flood, this 30th Anniversary edition is highly recommended, if only to make sure you get a copy of the Ripley show too. Be careful what you pick up in the rack down at the record shop, there was a re-release of Texas Flood in 1999 that featured some extra tracks from the recording sessions and five live tracks, including an interview of Stevie Ray.

If you already have a copy of Texas Flood, be sure to get a copy of the King’s Head show and get love struck for Stevie Ray and Double Trouble all over again.

As a bonus, if you’re the ‘visual’ type and wondering how Stevie Ray played those notes, that same 1983 tour included a date at the El Macambo in , Ontario. That show was videotaped and a DVD released with that night’s show. I’ve seen Stevie and the band in con- cert three times but I had never seen them do Third Stone From The Sun live. I was absolutely stunned to see Stevie’s performance of this song included him jumping up and down on his beloved Fender Strat. Ever wonder how his guitar looked like it was dragged behind the van to every show? Now you know. Get this DVD for somebody for Christmas for the full SRV experience.

5 Daytona Blues Festival 2013: The Report from the Bleachers By Double D

The 2013 Daytona Blues Festival seemed like all the years before this lead up to this killer three day weekend at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The weather was beautiful with warm afternoons and cool evenings; and the line-up included seasoned veterans and young and up and coming acts that were first timers in Daytona. The mix of acts ranged from country blues to swing to gritty soul and blues, gospel and . Each of the three days stood on their own with six acts each scheduled from 1PM until 10:30 every night. You could not go wrong if you could only attend one day this weekend but the beauty of it went far beyond the three days of sun and blues.

To get the whole swinging weekend going, there was a pre-festival party hosted by Damon Fowler on Thursday night that went on to include performances by Daytona stalwart and Nick Black. Then Bryan Redmond and Grand Marquis from Kansas City took the stage and they brought up our own Betty Lou Fox for a couple of songs. Victor and the Wild Roots close out the evening at 1AM and we’re ready for Friday afternoon!

Early on Friday afternoon Betty Lou Fox opens up the festival and Betty did not hold back. Also featured in her band was Shaun Rounds from BB Kings. The next act on the bill is Harper and Midwest Kind. This Australian transplant currently hailing from Detroit is familiar to some of us on the blues festival circuit in Florida but what isn’t well known is that he’s famous for performing with an aboriginal instrument called the didgeridoo. His harp playing was top notch but breaking out the ultra bass of this massive horn colored his blues in new and interesting ways.

Carolina boy Matt Hill and The Deep Fryed 2 brought their sense of tortured rebel blues and country honk for a raucous show. This band’s work is reminiscent of Dave Alvin and the Blasters and their social commentary and Matt is equally adept at writing riffs and hooks. He always believes in taking the show to the audience and his guitar playing stroll included reaching the uppermost reaches of the stands in Jackie Robinson stadium. Continued on Double D’s Blog http://obbsbluesblog.wordpress.com/

6 JEANNE SLACK

Jeanne has been in the promotional products industry for over 30 years, in the central Florida area. After representing other distributors as a sales associate, the company was incorpo- rated in 2000 as JS Promotions, Inc. JS Promotions has been working with corporations, associations, organizations and special events in branding, and promoting their businesses and events.

There are 800,000 products that can be imprinted with a message and/or logo in the promotional product industry. Through consultation, the appropriate vehicle (product) is chosen to carry the mes- sage to the targeted audience of the particular company or organization.

Some of the more common products are T-shirts, mugs, pens, insulated drink holders, but there are so many more products to be used to accomplish results to a targeted market and audience. www.jspromotions.com

In 2010, Jeanne and her company relocated to west TN, near Jackson TN due to a strong hit by the economy in 2008- 2009. At this time, JS Promotions is establishing some new clients in and around Jackson TN, but retains a large amount of clients in the central Florida area as well. Jeanne has been involved with the Orange Blossom Blues Society since 2005 as a volunteer and blues lover. She has help to create many of the OBBS wonderful designs for tshirts and promotional items. How you first got involved in with the OBBS?

Backing up to my blues beginning, I found the blues in Ft. Lauderdale. I began going there for blues festivals and wishing there was something like that in Orlando. The first time I ever saw Beautiful Bobby Blackmon was in Lauderdale, and was amazed he was from Orlando. Then in 2005 I found the Smokin’ Torpedoes playing in a hotel lounge in Longwood, FL. They told me there was a blues society in Orlando. They also told me there was a blues festival coming to downtown Orlando on Wall Street. Of course I attended and that was it. From there, I went to the OBBS meeting, where there was an election for board members. I got involved then, first as an avid volunteer, later as a Board member. I continued being involved until I moved from the area in spring 2010. (still get involved in what’s going on even though I am not there).

What's your fondest memory of working with OBBS?

Fondest memory would be putting together the CFBC events in 2008 & 2009 at McWell’s. One of my first vol- unteer jobs was at the 2007 CFBC when it was Timmy Mac’s in Altamonte Springs. My other fondest memory was going to the Tampa Bay Blues Fest with a tent and all the goodies with Zaida Zoller to represent OBBS, and get new members for 3 days in 2007.

What did you find most challenging about working with OBBS?

Getting members to be involved. I personally pushed hard for volunteers, got quite a few, but had to really work to get them. We never could get any by putting out an announcement for the need. Had to ask to their face, would they help? That’s how we got them to help.

What do you wish other people knew about the OBBS?

I would wish they knew how much fun it could be to be a part of an organization who loves the blues and pro- motes the blues. I wish they knew more about the projects like Blues in the Schools, etc. I wish they knew how great an organization can become with more participation in the programs and projects. I wish they knew how awesome it is to go to Memphis IBC (International Blues Challenge) and see the scope of how it all keeps the blues alive. Attending the IBC opens the eyes to the reality that is not just a local blues society, but is a world wide community. And the pride in being a part of it.

Who is your all-time favorite blues artist and why? That is the second hardest question you have asked me. That’s tough as there are so many great blues artists, from the past, from the present, and even those I see being the future blues artists. Of course, BB King in on my list. However, Gary Moore comes to mind as one of my favorites. Bobby Blue Bland, another. But…there are sooo many, I cannot name just one! I love them all.

7 As part of our ongoing dedication to community service, the OBBS sponsors Blues In The Schools (BITS) programs on the local level. Based on The Blues Founda- tion's Blues in the Schools program, BITS is designed to introduce students to the blues and educate them about the origins, styles and history of the music through exciting, interactive presentations at elementary, middle & high schools levels.

OBBS is looking for musicians and volunteers to help out with the BITS program.

This entails volunteers receiving training on the BITS program and attending the school programs throughout the school year. (Our goal is once a month). The programs are during the school day, so you will need to be available at those times.

Review our website to see the impact this is making on students in the community and the fun the musicians are having with this program. www.obbs.org/blues-in- schools.html

For more information or volunteering, please contact the OBBS at [email protected].

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The Gary Ingber Memorial Fund was created by the Orange Blossom Blues Society in April 2008 in honor of our dear friend, Gary Ingber, who passed away in February 2008. The mission of the fund is to offer modest financial aide in a timely and practical manner to any deserving area musician (or their immediate survivors.). The range of assistance is from $100 - $500 and the types of assistance that will be considered are medical, prescriptions due to illness, accident, emergency needs and burial/final expenses.

The fund is available to active, professional musicians (or an immediate survivor) in the Central Florida area. A recipient does not have to be an OBBS member to receive funds, but requests for assistance must come from an OBBS member. Assistance is limited to one application per person each six months, or a one-time request for funeral expenses. Please click on the below email link to email the board for further details. All inquiries are confidential. Please email us at [email protected] for more information

OBBS holds fundraisers featuring the Ladies of the Blues a few times a year. Please email or check our calendar for updates to these events.

Order your copy of the Ladies of the Blues—[email protected]

8 Band Listings If you are interested in having your band listed email [email protected]. Also list your gigs on our calendar. obbs.org/calendar.

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Joe Caruso Blues Band www.reverbnation.com/joesurvivalcaruso Bird Dog Bobby Band http://www.birddogbobby.com/ Black Top Blues Band www.facebook.com/.../Blacktop-Blues-Band/ Daniel Heitz Band www.facebook.com/pages/...Daniel-Heitz-Band Paul Stott Group www.paulstottgroup.com The Smokin Torpedoes www.orlando-blues.com Nightly Blues Band www.nightlyblues.com/ RJ Harmon & Co. www.rjharmanmusic.com Mike Quick Band www.mikequickband.com/ Black Dust Revival www.facebook.com/BlackDustRevival Bobby Blackman www.facebook.com/.../Beautiful-Bobby-Blackmon

Robert Top Thomas www.wildrootsrecords.com/RobertTopThomas Selwyn Birchwood www.selwynbirchwood.com Domino Effect www.facebook.com/domino.effect

Joel DaSilva & the Midnight Howl www.jdandthehowl.com Pitbulls of the Blues www.thepitbullofblues.com Matt Sams Band www.facebook.com/pages/The-Matt-Sams-Band Damon Fowler www.damonfowler.com

JP Soar www.jpsoars.com Victor Wainwright www.wildrootsrecords.com Doc Williamson www.facebook.com/doc.williamson. Big Rick Mud Rooster www.reverbnation.com/mudrooster Betty Fox Band www.bettyfox.net Josh Miller Band www.joshmillerblues.com Plan B

9 The Orange Blossom Blues Society Board of Directors

Board Title Email

Herb Ransburg President [email protected]

Jann Childers Secretary [email protected]

Jan Dakel Treasurer [email protected]

Joe Eberline TBA TBA

Michael Pappademos Director [email protected]

The Orange Blossom Blues Society (OBBS) was founded in 2004 and is comprised of volunteers including board and committee members and a paid membership devoted to the preservation, promotion and presentation of the blues.

This organization has been established for it's membership and the advancement of education and chari- ties related to blues music, by the distribution of its funds for such purposes and particularly to preserve, cultivate, nurture and promote one of America's indigenous artistic cultures in support of the blues in Central Florida and throughout the State of Florida.

This society provides a forum for exchange of current blues news and events while increasing awareness of and appreciation for the blues through educational efforts, sanctioned by the OBBS, while providing a network of association for Florida blues lovers and it's supporters.

JOIN US!

Armed Forces$10 Student$15 Individual $25 Family$40 Business$150

http://obbs.org/membership.html

10 Craft Blues and Brews Festival OBBS in conjunction with the City of Cas- selberry on November 8th!!!

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS to assist in selling canned Craft Beers from Florida Distributors. This is in conjunction with their food truck even hosted by The Food Truck Bazaar and a Blues concert featuring The Jeff Howell Blues Band, The Honeyslides, and The Legendary JCs.

Proceeds from the brew sales at this event will be shared between the City of Cassellberry and OBBS. Festivities kick off@ 5:00PM. Go to http://www.casselberry.org/index.aspx?NID=673 for more information.

Central FL Blues Challenge Winner Fundraiser

Joel Deliva and The Midnight Howl

November 16th The Alley Blues Bar 114 S Park Ave Sanford. We have The Paul Stott Group opening the show to get the howling started! Joel and ‘The Howl will be bringing it hard and heavy to get prepped and funded for Memphis. There will be raffles to help raise moneys for their trek to Memphis. The party starts at 2:00PM so get there early!! We are looking for a few food trucks to come hang out, so if you have any contacts, please let us know!! HOOOOOWWWWLLL!!! (http://www.jdandthehowl.com/)

Nick Moss Band (ZShowz Production) and OBBS Holiday Party is on December 13th at Holy Smoke 3000 Curry Ford Orlando One of the true Renaissance Players in our current Blues scene, The Nick Moss Band is bringing their Soul, Funk, and Rock infused Blues to Central Florida. A Blues Party with The Nick Moss Band . . . .how freaking cool is that?? (http://www.nickmoss.com/)

We are looking to the membership to assist with these committees –

Publicity/Press - Marketing/Promotions—Newsletter, Membership, Entertainment - BiTS—Sponsorships and Volunteers. Elections for the Board of Directors is upon us soon, so please contribute and participate. More details to follow!!! Please contact OBBS at [email protected]

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