THE NEWSLETTER OF THE KENTUCKIANA SOCIETY “...PRESERVING, PROMOTING AND PERPETUATING THE BLUES.”

Louisville, Incorporated 1989 December 2006

Photo by Keith S. Clements 2006 Sylvester Weaver Award winners and perennial Louisville favorites, da Mudcats. Mike Lynch. Rob Pickett and Gene Wickliffe.

IN THIS ISSUE

KBS News and Contacts -—————–—— 2 Studebaker John & the Hawks ——————– 7

Letter From the Prez ———————–——— 3 Spinnin’ in the Drawer —————–————– 8-9

da Mudcats Get da Weaver — —————— 4 Kentuckiana Blues Calendar——–—–———– 10

Stella Vees Win the KBS Blues Contest—— 5-6 Patronize Our Sponsors! ———–—————– 11

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 1 December 2006 Volume 16 Number 37 KBS Board of Directors

EDITOR Rocky Adcock Roger Wolford Natalie Carter Emeritus Emeritus

CONTRIBUTORS Bob Brown Nelson Grube

Bob Brown Natalie Carter Chris Grube Keith S. Clements Nelson Grube Keith Clements Brenda Major Peggy Hyland Bob Cox Gary Sampson Brenda Major Gary Sampson Patricia Gilbert Steve Walls David True Lynn Gollar Debbie Wilson Address Change?

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The views expressed by the authors and adver- KBS EVENTS tisers are their own. Contributions by anyone Keith Clements (502) 451-6872 offering pertinent and thoughtful discussion on www.blues.org MEMBERSHIP/NEWSLETTER blues issues are welcomed. Natalie Carter (502) 893-8031

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BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 2 LETTER FROM THE PREZ

The year is rapidly coming to a close and the month of November was chock full of highly anticipated KBS events. It started with our annual blues contest held November 5 at Stevie Ray's. Our thanks to everyone involved for making this a big success. Please join us in congratulating this year’s winner, the Stella Vees. We wish them luck in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge and know they will represent us well. Check out the photos from the contest in this month’s newsletter. Just before the contest we held our gen- eral membership meeting and re-elected the board and officers. I will stay on as president, Debbie Wilson as vice-president and Brenda Major as treasurer. Our newest board member and officer is Chris Grube. Chris will take over as secretary starting immedi- ately. Welcome Chris! We know you will do a fine job.

Joe Bonamassa visited the Brown School on Tuesday, November 14 as part of the Blues Foundation’s Blues in the School program. Bonamassa talked music and played the blues for an audience of 75 high schoolers for about an hour. He gave them a brief history of the blues but talked mostly about his own personal experiences which included discovering the blues at eight years old, forming his own band at eleven and playing with B.B King when he was twelve. Our thanks to Joe Whitmer and the Blues Foundation for bring Bonamassa to Louisville. Be sure to check out Keith Clements’ article on Bonamassa's visit to the Brown School and his concert at Jim Porter's in the December issue of the Louisville Music News. You can also find it online at http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/.

We presented our annual Sylvester Weaver award to Gene Wickliffe, Rob Pickett and Mike Lynch of da Mudcats on Thursday, No- vember 16 at Stevie Ray's. This was our first time to present the award as a group presentation. Previously the award had been pre- sented to a deserving individual but when the vote was taken for this year’s award we had a three-way tie. It was just our good luck, and theirs, that the three individuals who tied were members of the same band. Congratulations guys! You richly deserve it.

I want to take a moment and acknowledge the contributions of Martha McNeal who is stepping down this year as secretary for the KBS. Martha was a rock solid presence at our monthly meetings and has been a member of the blues society for about as long as it has existed. She will be retiring to the sunshine state next year and her presence will be greatly missed. Thank you Martha and don't forget to visit us every once in a while.

My thanks to the board for confirming me as president for another year. It's hard to believe my first year as president is already com- ing to a close. It went by very fast. It's been a lot of hard work but a lot of fun too. I feel truly blessed to be in a community that sup- ports the blues as strongly as Louisville does and I think that will only continue to grow. We have a lot to look forward in 2007. I hope everyone comes along for the ride.

Gary

Photo by David True Gary and the Raffle Queen

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 3 da Mudcats are da Winners!

The Kentuckiana Blues Society has given the Sylvester Weaver Award to a deserving recipient for 18 years. Many of our early winners are no longer with us, including Henry Woodruff, Jim Rosen, Foree Wells, Winston Hardy, Fred Murphy and Mary Ann Fisher. They were the foundation of our blues community from the 50s to the 90s. It is grati- fying that these people received our recognition while they were alive and well. This year the voting was very close, so close that the three members of da Mudcats were in a three way tie. The option of giving the award to the band was a win, win, win situation. Ex-Mudcatters, Jim Rosen and Susan O’Neil, have already been honored. The present musicians, Gene Wick- liffe, Rob Pickett and Mike Lynch have been playing together for 6 years. Gene has been drumming from nearly the be- ginning in 1985. Rob joined in 1988 and Mike is the baby in the band. They have crafted their own sound with vocals shared between Rob’s smooth ballads and Mike’s deep, gritty blues. The band had a dream gig four years ago when they were selected to play at the Monterey Blues Festival in California before thousands of fans. They made such a good impression that they were asked to return the following year. Mike didn’t take his Monterey T-shirt off for two months. Each musician has paid his musical dues. Mike has hosted the Tuesday blues jams at Stevie Ray’s for several years and currently is in the house band for the Wednesday jams at Longshot Tavern. Jim Rosen always referred to Rob as his “Nubian Brother” on the bandstand. There was a close bond. With the departure of Sue and Jim, Rob has developed his vocal skills that contrast nicely with Mike’s style. Gene is as steady as you can get keeping the beat for da Mudcats for over 20 years as well as backing Tanita Gaines. The award was presented to da Mudcats on November 16 at Stevie Ray’s after their first set. The plan was to surprise the winners while letting their friends and family in on the secret so they could be there. The plan worked, thanks to some behind the scenes calls by Sue. Since there were several past “Weaver Winners” in attendance, we all got on stage for some photo opportunities. Congratulations to da Mudcats!

Keith Clements Blues Curmudgeon Emeritus

Photo by Peggy Hyland Past and present Weaver Award winners Lamont Gillispie, Sue O’Neil, Mike Lynch, Mark Stein, Gene Wickliffe, Rob Pickett and Keith Clements, BCE.

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 4 KBS Annual Blues Talent Contest

Our Sunday, November 5 the Kentuckiana Blues Society held its annual blues contest at Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar. A full house was in attendance to see seven bands compete for a chance to participate in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Mem- phis, TN on February 1-3, 2007. The judges for the evening were Barry Blalock, owner of River Bend Winery and organizer of the 10th Street Blues Festival, Dale Cashon, creator of the Jeffersontown-Crusade Blues Festival and Kevin Yazell, host of the Saturday Night Blues Party on WFPK 91.9 radio. The Stella Vees from Lexington, KY, winner of the 2004 blues contest, edged out Velveeta Jones from Danville, KY to win this year’s contest. Besides sponsorship in the Blues Challenge the band also received $500 and 8 hours of studio recording time at Jeff Carpenter’s Al Fresco’s Place Studios. The other bands participating in the contest included River City Blues, Bluestown, Revaneu, King Sonic and Bullitt County Blues Band. The blues society would like to thank Stevie Ray’s for not only hosting the event but generously donating tickets for Blonde Johnson and Tommy Castro to our raffle held that evening. Thanks also to KBS member David True who donated a copy of his Beale Street poster to the raffle. Peppercorn Catering provided food for the evening and Gene Wickliffe and Mike Lynch of da Mudcats provided drums and other musical equipment for the bands. Thanks to all for making the evening a success.

Gary Sampson

Photos by David True 2006 repeat winners, the Stella Vees: Steven Konopka, Steve Parrish, Jason Lockwood and Brian Murphy.

Photos by David True Runners-up Velveeta Jones: Michael Anderson, Duane Miller, Sondra Kirkpatrick, and Pat Morley.

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 5 Photo by David True Photo by David True Blues Town: Gary Higdon, Dallas Cole, Butch Stultz, and Harry Revaneu: Derek Carpenter. Ron Graves Sr., Kirk Davis, and Danny Franklin Henderson.

Photo by David True Photo by David True Bullitt County Blues: Mark Raymond, Mary Deeley, Susan Embry River City Blues: Denny Thornbury, Tim Dennison, Mark Stein and and Tony Deeley. Dave Schmit.

Photo by David True Photo by David True King Sonic: Pete Ramsey, Richard Powell, Jason Embry and Cort Kevin Yazell, Dale Cashon and Barry Blalock judged the contestants. Duggins.

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 6 Studebaker John and the Hawks at Stevie Rays Blues Bar August 31, 2006

On Thursday, August 31, Studebaker John and the Hawks made an appearance at Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar. A sparse crowd of about 10 people showed up to see this Chicago legend, although a few others drifted in and out. Unfortunately, a Thursday night is a bit rough on most working folk (including the author). Cover at the door was supposed to be $5, but there was no one there to collect it. Nothing like free music from a great band!

Studebaker John (John Grimaldi for those of you who are unfamiliar with him) was accompanied by Willie “The Touch” Hayes on drums and Bob Halaj on bass. John’s claim to fame is his use of the slide in most of his songs. He is very accomplished at the slide having played it for 30 years. His first love, though, was the harp. On a couple of songs he played both. John asked if the pa- trons wanted to hear the harp and he got a resounding “YES!”.

Most if not all of the songs that the group played are from their new CD “Self Made Man”. I did not recognize any older tunes. They started the set with “Ride, Ride, Ride” which also starts their CD. Other songs they did off their new CD were “So Happy Together”, “Back in Your Town”, “Self Made Man”, “Fast in the Slow Lane” and others.

The live version of their music is exactly like the recorded version. I did not know that until I bought the CD at intermission and lis- tened to it on the way home. I saw John about a year ago and thought that his live show was not as good as his recording. Such was not the case this night.

A real crowd pleaser was “Self Made Man” with its abrupt stops in the music at certain verses. The band pulled it off perfectly. An- other that got the crowd going was harp tune “Fast in the Slow Lane”.

Just as good a performer as John was his drummer, Willie Hayes. He put on a show unlike I have ever seen a drummer put on. He is a very talented drummer and puts some excitement into drumming which I don’t see very often, and not just the twirling stick thing.

This was a worthwhile night for me, and I didn’t mind missing the sleep. When they come back to town, get out there and see them!

Bob Brown (photos by Bob Brown) Editor’s Note: Fortunately for us, it’s been a pretty busy fall for the KBS, so this review from Bob is a few months old. Even so, I did want to run it for a couple of reasons. I’ll start with reason number two. We really want our members to contribute their thoughts and opinions about the blues, whenever and wherever you find them. Addresses and contact information are in the front of this newsletter. Email, snail mail, Pony Express...if you don’t do the computer thing, don’t worry. Write your review on a nap- kin and give me a call...I’ll come pick it up! But reason number one is that we all need to get out there and support these na- tional acts when they come through town. These small, intimate shows are a lot of fun and a great opportunity to really get inside the blues. Notice the “Rock & Blues Bar” where it used to say “Blues Bar”? We’re in danger of losing this connection altogether if we don’t make more of an effort. It’s my number one New Year’s Resolution...please make it one of yours too. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Kentuckiana Blues Society!

- NC

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 7 Spinning in the Drawer

At my house Where country meets rock’n roll meets blues meets gospel – sell me a ticket, put me in a seat, or stick a guitar in my hand - just let me be awhile … … Here it is the Christmas/Hollyday season and the Blues Society received not one new Hollyday CD to review.

So here’s what I pulled out of the stack for this XmasHollydayPeriod:

Blue Xmas Christmas Blues Instrumentals Evidence Music 2001 ECD 26118-2 [email protected]

Hollyday songs done up Rock’n Bluesy. Featuring performances by Son Seals, Otis Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, Nelson, pondering a plethora of holiday hi-jinks! Rusty Zinn, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Walter Trout, Michael Burks, Tommy Castro, Barry Goldberg, Paul Oscher, Roy Rogers, Guitar Shorty, and Phil Upchurch, to name some. They blues’n roll us through some familiar names – White Christmas, Silver Bells, Let it Snow, Blue Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kiss- ing Santa Claus and We Wish You a Merry Christmas – to name eight of the sixteen songs offered – if they played this CD on eleva- tors – we could dance our way down the halls to work!

Jonell Mosser First Christmas Brother’s Music 1996 (615) 386 9911 Blackwood Music Inc./Siren Songs

This 4 song extend-a- play-CD is maybe out of print – but what a great little set. This CD features songs written by Ms. Mosser and John and Johanna Hall ( could that happen -just by accident that a John would find a Johanna to marry ? Maybe she took his first name when they got married? ) .

Jonell is a Louisville native who now lives outside Nashville, Tenn. And performs semi-regularly at the Bluebird. Included on this CD are cuts of “Jesus is the Reason”, “Quiet Place”, “Silver Bells” and “Blessing”. A real nightingale – when she sings – everybody listens.

Mary Ann Fisher Song Bird of the South Baby Hippo Records 2002

Another Louisville native, Mary Ann sang with among other notables. Another real nighting gale – when she sings – eve- rybody listens. This CD was recorded shortly before Mary Ann’s death, when she was in her Eighties. Not a Christmas CD at all – but she sings so well and with so much emotion – no one would probably notice the difference. Maybe out of print.

Bob Dipeiro The Red Album 2006 Love Monkey Rcords www.bobdipiero.com Ex-son-in-law of Mel Ta-ta-ta-t-t-tillis

We discovered Bob on the Delbert boat. He has written a lot of hit Nashville Country type songs like “Honky Tonk Flu”, “You Can’t Take the Honky Tonk Out of The Girl” ( they still write about Honky Tonks a lot in Nashville) also wrote Delberts “An Old Feeling Com- ing On”, “The Church on Cumberland Road” and “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall”. He usually does his comedy stuff between songs when on stage at the Bluebird Café in Nashville or during songwriters on the Delbert boat. Here he branches out with a Hollyperiod song “Too Fat to Fly”,which is a lament from Santa’s Reindeere to Santa about how much weight Santa has gained and how Santa needs a John Deere instead of eight tiny Reindeere for take off. Seems Santa has been hitting the Macaroni and cheese and summer sau- sage and meat loaf and etc. etc. too hard in the off season. Probably unavailable for purchase.

Spike Jones & His City Slickers Strictly For Music Lovers 1999 Proper Records 4 CD English Release

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 8 We always played Spike Jones and/or Frank Zappa at meal times here for the kids education. Between those interpreters and LOO- NEY TOONS cartoons ( for OUR classical listening pleasure ) our children – to this day – thank us for their musical educations. With non – Lachrymose mouths. Hah ! Which funny looking duck said that word ? Watching that cartoon got me a high enough grade on my SAT to get into the YALE “if you daddy’s got enough money” program. Unfortunately – my daddy wasn’t an ex-president. Or maybe fortunately. Back to Spike, a rousing rendition of “My Two Front Teeth” ( which causes the singer/chanter to whistle a lot ) which was cut in Chi- cago in 1947; and “Jingle Bells”, which features the entire cast, Iscabible included, and was recorded in concert in 1944 and is about having to ride in a sleigh because there was no gas ‘cause there was a war on. Probably this great set – and others like it – can be found in mark down bins all over the Falls Cities area. Maybe not. If not, they should be.

Rudy the Redneck Reindeer Sterling Entertainment Group

Whoever actually DID the stuff on this CD probably listened to the aforementioned CD’s. Titles listed include: “Redneck 12 Days of Christmas”, ”Chasin’ that Neon Reindeer”, “Santa Got Lost in Texas”, and “Santa’s Gonna Come in a Pickup Truck”. Probably the titles are completely self explanatory and need no comment by me.

Some un-named Bob – namely El Presidente of the KYANA Blues Society – provided me with 2 CD’s of Medieval chants, incanta- tions, and Poly Phony. If you are having the kind of Hollyday period where you really don’t want to be around anyone – don’t want presents and ain’t about to give any – and you have chased the Wassailers around the block several times with a sling shot already – and are in a general bad mood and don’t like this Xmas Hollyday stuff at all – if you’re really DOWN on everything including yourself and can’t see much of a reason to get out of bed much less to do anything – DO NOT listen to these CD’s – it would be like throwing gasoline on a roaring fire.

Well – that about does it for this sparse Xmas Hollyday column. We are dreaming of January 06, 2007 – the day we set sail on Del- bert McClinton’s Sunny Beach Cruises #12, I think. I get the numbers mixed up. We be going to Miami and turning left for St. John’s, St. Martin’s, Puerto Rico etc., for a cruise around the Eastern Caribbean for a week with a bunch of the finest musicans ever gath- ered. Not to mention lots of great people and food. Even if Delbert don’t grant me an interview with hisself – maybe this year I’ll get it together to write it up.

But, how about a night cap ? I gotta special CD for those times when I be feeling sad. It contains some of the hottest guitar licks ever strung together by human hands, and it includes: Albert Washington: Blues and Soul Man, with , “Hold Me Baby”; Hollywood Fats Band, “Okie Dokie Stomp”; and , Redneck Jazz Explosion, Volume One; , Live at the old Waldorf, “The Sky is Crying”; Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’nois King, Roadhouse Research, “The Blues is Still With Us”; Danny Gatton & Tom Principato, More Blazing Telecasters, “Back Door Blues”; Brad Paisly, Part II, “I’m Gonna Miss Her”; , Dancing on the Edge, “Drownin’ On Dry Land”, with Stan Szelest; Easy Bill and the Big Beat, Midnight Creep “Starving For Your Love”; & B.B.King, Ridin’ with the King, “Three 0’clock Blues”; , Outrider, “Emerald Eyes”; Charley Christian, Seven Come Eleven”; Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, Wild Night Out, “Edward’s Blues; Lonnie Mack, Memphis Wham, “Chicken Pickin’; Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Stratosphere Boogie, “The Night Rider”; , Gold, “It’s Not My Cross To Bear”; Buddy Emmons, The White Album, “Blue Jade”; Roy Rogers, Blues on the Range, “”Baby, Please Don’t Go”; Colin Linden, Big Mouth, “Wasn’t That Enough”, with Keb Mo’, & “Just Believe” with Jonell Mosser; Ronnie Earl, Heart and Soul, The Best of …, “Little Johnny Lee”; The Butterfield Blues Band, same, “Our Love is Drifting”; John Myall and the Blues Breakers, with Eric Clapton, Comic Book One, “Have You Heard”; Jimmy Day, Steel and Strings, “I Love You Because”; Roy Buchanan, Live Stock, “ Roy’s Bluz”; Joe Pass, The Big 3, “Blues”; Lonnie Mack, Still on the Move”, “Sa-Ba-Hoola” and “Lonnie on the Move”; , same, “Be Careful With a Fool”; Roy Buchanan, When A Guitar Plays the Blues, “Why Don’t You Want Me?”; Moby Grape, Best of Moby Grape, “Hey Grandma”; Jimmy Thackery and Tab Benoit, Whiskey Store, Live, “Bayou Boogie”; Marsha Ball, LIVE !!!Down the Road; “Just Kiss Me”; , :Blues, “Red House”; Bonnie Raitt, The Collection, “Love Me Like A Man”; Ronnie Earl/Duke Robillard, The Duke meets the Earl, “Two Bones and a Pick”; Danny Gatton & Delbert McClinton, Cruisin’ Deuces, Sun Medley, “MYSTERY TRAIN, MY BABY LEFT ME, & THAT’S ALL RIGHT”; Kid Ramos, West Coast House Party, “Welcome Blues”; Lonnie Mack, Live! Attack of the Killer V, Jail; AND Jimmie Rodgers, Cattle Call, “When the cactus is in Bloom”, recorded June 13, 1931, In Louisville, Ken- tucky.

From our house of “Spinnin” to yours – our best wishes for a HappyHollyDaySeason – May you all get all you can handle for Xmas and still want it all at New Years.

Nelson With special thanks to Natalie Carter – without her hard work and caring - this column nor this newsletter would exist!!!

BLUES NEWS DECEMBER 2006 9 KENTUCKIANA BLUES CALENDAR December 2006 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 Vito's Place - Blues Jam Longshot Tavern - Lisa's Oak St Lounge - Michael Murphy's - Jim Porter's - Bou Brothers/Boogie Men Blues Jim Porter's - Bou Brothers/Boogie Men Blues 8:00 to midnight - $1 Blues Jam 9:30 n/c Blues Jam 9:30 $2 Lazy 11 6-9 PM n/c Stevie Ray's - Big Black Cadillac 7:30 Stevie Ray's - Big Black Cadillac 7:30 Zena's - Mark "Big Poppa" Stevie Ray's - Big Diggity Stevie Ray's - Skyla Burrell Hellfish - 10:30 - $5 Hellfish - 10:30 - $5 after 8 Stampley n/c 9:00 $5 Band 9:00 $5 Zena's - Don Harris R&B Band 10:30 $5 Zena's - Lefty & the Grizzle Bears 10:30 $5 Wicks Dixie Hwy - Blues Jam 8-11 Zena's - Mississippi Zena's - Curtis & the Kicks Adam Riggle 10:30 n/c 11:00 $3 3456 7 8 9 Vito's Place - Blues Jam Longshot Tavern - Lisa's Oak St Lounge - Stevie Ray's - Greg Foresman Jim Porter's - Funk Junkies Blues Alternative - Robbie Bartlett 9:30 $7 8:00 to midnight - $1 Blues Jam 9:30 n/c Blues Jam 9:30 $2 Band 9:00 - $5 Louisville Palace - Old Crow Medicine Show Jim Porter's - Funk Junkies Blues Zena's - Mark "Big Poppa" Wicks Pizza Dixie Hwy - Zena's - Mississippi 8:00 $26.50 River Bend Winery - River City Blues 9:00 n/c Stampley n/c Blues Jam 8-11 Adam Riggle 10:30 n/c River Bend Winery - Joe Debow Stevie Ray's - Travelin' Mojos 7:30 Zena's - PS Willie 10-12 $3 Stevie Ray's - Travelin' Mojos 7:30 Scott Holt 10:30 - $5 T. Eddies - Bullitt County Blues Band 9:00 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Vito's Place - Blues Jam Longshot Tavern - Lisa's Oak St Lounge - Phoenix Hill - Mark "Big Poppa" Jeff Ruby's - Robbie Bartlett 9:30-1:00 Jeff Ruby's - Robbie Bartlett 9:30-1:00 8:00 to midnight - $1 Blues Jam 9:30 n/c Blues Jam 9:30 $2 Stampley Jim Porter's - George Brackens Blues Band Jim Porter's - George Brackens Blues Band Stevie Ray's - Big Diggity Stevie Ray's - Jimmy Davis Band Stevie Ray's - Robbie Bartlett River Bend Winery - Joe Debow 8-12 n/c Stevie Ray's - King Bees 7:30 10:00 $3 9:00 $5 9:00 - $5 Stevie Ray's - King Bees 7:30 10:30 - $5 Zena's - Mark "Big Poppa" Wicks Dixie Hwy - Blues Jam 8-11 Zena's - Mississippi Kelly Richey 10:30 - $5 Zena's - 10:00 - 2:00 $5 Stampley n/c Zena's - PS Willie 10-12 $3 Adam Riggle 10:30 n/c WFPK Live Lunch - Kelly Richey Band Noon n/c Zena's - Don Harris R&B Band 10:30 $5

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Vito's Place - Blues Jam Longshot Tavern - Lisa's Oak St Lounge - Stevie Ray's - Malcolm O'Shea's - Robbie Bartlett 10:30 - 2:30 Molly Malone's - Robbie Bartlett 10:30 - 1:30 8:00 to midnight - $1 Blues Jam 9:30 n/c Blues Jam 9:30 $2 Mighty Juke Band 9:00 - $5 Jim Porter's - Jimmy Davis Band/Bluestown Jim Porter's - Jimmy Davis Band/Bluestown Zena's - Mark "Big Poppa" Stevie Ray's - Christmas Show Zena's - Mississippi River Bend Winery - Joe Debow Stevie Ray's - King Sonic 7:30 Stampley n/c Jimmy Hall & The Prisoners of Love Adam Riggle 10:30 n/c Stevie Ray's - King Sonic 7:30 BF Burt & The Instigators 10:30 - $5 7:00 $15 BF Burt & The Instigators 10:30 - $5 Zena's - Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof 10:30 $5 Wicks Dixie Hwy - Blues Jam 8-11 Zena's - Don Harris R&B Band 10:30 $5 Zena's - PS Willie 10-12 $3

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Vito's Place - Blues Jam Longshot Tavern - Lisa's Oak St Lounge - Stevie Ray's - Honey Roy Band Jim Porter's - Boogie Men Blues Jim Porter's - Boogie Men Blues 8:00 to midnight - $1 Blues Jam 9:30 n/c Blues Jam 9:30 $2 9:00-$5 River Bend Winery - Joe Debow Stevie Ray's - Travelin' Mojos 7:30 Zena's - Mark "Big Poppa" Stevie Ray's - Zongo 10:00 $5 Zena's - Mississippi R Place Pub - Robbie Bartlett 10:00 - 2:00 Jimmy, John & Paul The Three Wise Men 10:30 - $5 Stampley n/c Wicks Dixie Hwy - Blues Jam 8-11 Adam Riggle 10:30 n/c Stevie Ray's - Travelin' Mojos 7:30 Zena's - Lefty & The Grizzle Bears 10:30 $5 Zena's - PS Willie 10-12 $3 Jimmy, John & Paul The Three Wise Men 10:30 - $5 Zena's - Don Harris R&B Band 10:30 $5

New Year's Eve Jim Porter's - Boogie Men Blues Picadome Club House - 469 Parkway Drive Lexington, KY 859-268-8441 - Robbie Bartlett's New Year's Eve Party 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM $50 ADV - $60 DOS Reservations 727-6525 Stevie Ray's - The Predators (Reservations Required - 582-9945) Vito's Place - Blues Jam 8-12 $1 Zena's - Tim Krekel - $15 single, $25 Couple includes food & champagne

Air Devils Inn - 2802 Taylorsville Road - 454-4443 Galt House - 140 N. Fourth St - 589-5200 Mansion Hill Tavern - 502 Washington Ave Newport KY 859-581-0100 Syl's Lounge - 2403 W Broadway - 776-9105 Appleby's - 201 Spring St Jeff - 812-283-3663 Grand Theatre - 308 St Clair St Frankfort - 502-226-4157 Michael Murphy's - 701 South 1st - 587-7916 T. Eddies - 1145 Logan Street - 636-5300 BBC - 3929 Shelbyville Rd - 899-7070 Headliners - 1386 Lexington Rd - 584-8088 Monkey Wrench - 1025 Barrett Ave - 582-2433 Third Base - 134 Spring St Jeff - 812-283-4947 Brendan's - 3921 Shelbyville Rd - 895-1212 Jim Porter's - 2345 Lexington Road - 452-9531 New View Bar & Grill - 7601 Outer Loop - 231-1793 Tink's Pub - 2235 Preston St - 634-8180 Brown Bag Deli & Pub - 2100 S Preston - 635-6747 Jeff Ruby's - 4th & Main Sts - 562-2789 Past Times - 424 E. Market New Albany - 812-945-9055 Stevie Ray's - 230 East Main - 582-9945 Brown Theater - 315 W. Broadway - 584-7777 Joey G's - 218 E Main Madison IN - 812-273-8862 Phoenix Hill Tavern - 644 Baxter Avenue - 589-4957 Vito's Place - 1919 Preston Street - 634-1003 Caesar's - Elizabeth IN - 877-367-3767 Karems Limestone Bay - 5801 River Rd R Place Pub - 9603 Whipps Mill Road - 425-8516 Wick's Pizza - 10966 Dixie Hwy - 995-4333 Captain's Qrtrs - 5700 Captain's Qtrs Rd - 228-1651 KY Theatre - 214 Main St Lexington - 859-231-6997 River Bend Winery - 120 S. 10th St - 540-5650 Wick's Pizza - 975 Baxter Ave - 458-1828 Check's Café - 110 E. Burnett - 637-9515 Lisa's Oak Street Lounge - 1004 E. Oak - 637-9315 Seidenfaden's Café - 1134 E. Breckinridge - 582-9217 Zena's Café - 122 West Main - 584-3074 Dutch's Tavern - 3922 Shelbyville Rd - 895-9004 Longshot Tavern - 2232 Frankfort Ave - 899-7898 Shenanigans - 1611 Norris Pl - 454-3919 Eva Mae's Creekside Inn - 6313 River Rd - 228-2882 Shooter's Saloon - 330 Vincennes St New Albany - 812-945-1850

PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PERPETUATE! SUPPORT LIVE BLUES MUSIC! All dates subject to change without notice. The following supporters of the blues offer KBS members discounts (10% off on blues CDs at ear X-tacy and $1 off admission from Stevie Ray’s, Zena’s, Lisa’s and Vito‘s) with your current membership card. Give them your support! ear X-tacy Records Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar Zena’s Cafe Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge Vito’s Place

If you have another place where you get the blues, let us know and we’ll see if they want to support the KBS.

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