Jan. 2nd...... Hamilton Loomis (show at The Jewell $15) Jan. 9th...... Biscuit Miller and the Mix ($10) Jan. 10th (Friday @ 5:30)...... IBC Send Off party for The Rex Granite Band Feat. Sarah Benck @ The B Bar ($5) Jan. 16th...... Hector Anchondo IBC Sendoff Party ($10) Jan. 18th (Saturday @ 7 pm)...... and the Bad Kind @ The Jewell ($10) Jan. 23rd...... Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls ($10) Volume Twenty-Five, Number One • January 2020 Jan. 30th...... Dustin Arbucklle and the Damnations ($10) (Show at Ozone Lounge – FREE for BSO Members) Feb. 6th...... Band ($10) and the Feb. 8th (Saturday @ 6 pm).....The Bel Airs (show @) The Jewell) BISCUIT MILLER MIX INDIGENOUS Feb. 13th...... Tennessee Redemption ($15) featuring Feb. 20th...... Tinsley Ellis CD Release ($15) MATO NANJI

Sunday, Jan. 12th @ 7 pm WAITING ROOM LOUNGE

BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA IBC SEND OFF SHOWS! Wed., Jan. 8th @ 6 pm • Zoo Bar REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK Thurs., Jan. 9th @ 6 pm • Stocks n Bonds Friday, Jan. 10th @ 5:30 pm • B Bar, Omaha Official Release party for their new CD “Electric Combo” Matt Cox opens the show HECTOR ANCHONDO JASON Thursday, Jan.16th @ 6 pm • Stocks n Bonds RICCI and the THE SOCIETY OF OMAHA PRESENTS BAD KIND LEGENDARY THURSDAY BLUES MATINEES AND MORE. Sat., Jan. 18th Unless noted otherwise, all shows are 6 pm and @ 7 pm at Stocks n Bonds , 8528 Park Drive, Omaha. The Jewell Jan. 2nd...... Hamilton Loomis (show at The Jewell $15) Jan. 9th...... Biscuit Miller and the Mix ($10) Jan. 10th (Friday @ 5:30)...... IBC Send Off party for The Rex Granite Band Feat. Sarah Benck @ The B Bar ($5) Jan. 16th...... Hector Anchondo IBC Sendoff Party ($10) DUSTIN Jan. 18th (Saturday @ 7 pm)...... Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind @ The Jewell ($10) ARBUCKLE Jan. 23rd...... Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls ($10) Jan. 30th...... Dustin Arbucklle and the Damnations ($10) and the (Show at Ozone Lounge – FREE for BSO Members) Feb. 6th...... Paul Nelson Band ($10) DAMNATIONS Feb. 8th (Saturday @ 6 pm).....The Bel Airs (show @) The Jewell) Feb. 13th...... Tennessee Redemption ($15) Thurs, Jan. 30th @ 6 pm • Ozone Lounge Feb. 20th...... Tinsley Ellis CD Release ($15) PAGE 2 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

Why Join the Blues Society of Omaha with Your Membership Donation? The Blues Society of Omaha, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1998. We are an all-volunteer organization with over 800 dues-paying members. BSO’s mission is “Keepin’ the Blues Alive”. We are recognized as one of the top Blues Societies in the country. With the help of your tax-deductible donation we continue to promote blues music, blues musicians, and live music venues & events. Among our many projects and accomplishments are these: • BSO promotes musicians and venues by maintaining a comprehensive live music calendar on our website, omahablues.com. BSO also distributes free monthly news flyers with calendars to numerous public gathering spots to inform the general community of live music shows in the area. • BluesEd is a non-profit youth artist development program created and sponsored by Blues Society of Omaha. The BluesEd program began in 2001 to provide opportunities for young musicians to learn blues music in a series of workshops and to play with other students in a band format. Our BluesEd bands always are impressive and they have performed at some of the finest festivals & venues in and around Omaha. • The Blues Society of Omaha has hosted an annual Nebraska Blues Challenge competition for local bands since 2011. All of the participating bands are showcased in judged public events as they compete for a package of prizes and the honor of representing BSO at the International Blues Challenge competition held in Memphis. All of the winning Nebraska bands have gone on to receive national attention and acclaim while making BSO proud! • BSO produces and/or sponsors various music events throughout the year. • BSO is a contributor to and supporter of Playing With Fire, a series of free outdoor concerts held each summer in Omaha since 2004. • BSO provides support to The Zoo Bar, Lincoln’s legendary and award-winning blues venue. BSO is a sponsor of the annual ZooFest music festival. • In conjunction with Toy Drive for Pine Ridge, BSO hosts an annual toy drive and concert fundraiser for the children of Pine Ridge Reservation. • BSO regularly produces charitable events for musicians in need. As a member and donor, you are entitled to great membership benefits: • Free subscription to “Blues Notes”, our monthly newsletter that will keep you abreast of blues events in the area, blues CD reviews, and other articles of interest to blues connoisseurs! • E-blasts with late-breaking blues news. • Special pre-sale and discounted tickets to select events. • Discounts offered by generous local businesses. • Pride in belonging to a group dedicated to “Keepin’ The Blues Alive”!

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BLUES ON THE RADIO: Mondays 1pm-3pm on KIOS 91.5 “Blues in the Afternoon” with Mike Jacobs You can listen to the live stream at www.kios.org

Sundays 9am-Noon on KIWR 89.7 Rick Galusha’s “PS Blues” Podcast now available on Spotify https://anchor.fm/pacific-street-blues-and-americana

Lincoln’s KZUM Radio - Nebraska’s only community radio, and you can listen to it on the web at KZUM.org. Monday – 3:00-6:00pm “World Gone Wrong Blues” Tuesday – 3:00-6:00pm “Group W Blues” Wednesday – 3:00-6:00pm “Highway Blues” • 8:30-10:00pm “Radio Gumbo” Thursday – 3:00-5:00pm “Blue Water Mixtape” Friday – 1:00-3:00pm “Women’s Blues & Boogie” • 3:00-6:00pm “Hudson Blue” Saturday – 6:00-7:00am “Beale Street Caravan” • 7:00-8:00am “Juke in the Back” Sunday – 2:00-4:00pm “Back at the Chicken Shack” BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 3 HAMILTON LOOMIS — CD RELEASE PARTY — Thursday, January 2nd @ 6 pm ($15) • The Jewell, 1030 Capitol Ave., Omaha Adv. tickets at jewellomaha.com Hamilton’s long-awaited Christmas CD Loomis and crew shine on “This Season” is now available!! stage proving his music is “This Season” features 5 new original Christmas songs best experienced in person, (by Hamilton) and 5 Christmas classics... where one can see and hear its intended splendor. De- We’re taking pre-orders on the website scribed by Blues Blast Mag- hamiltonloomis.com now, and when the CDs get azine as “a non-stop turbo of in stock (Dec 2) we will ship them out to you! power, one minute moving Born and raised in Galveston, Texas, Loomis is the son of mu- from side to side of the stage, sician parents who listened to blues, rock and soul. Music ran and then taking on his horn in his veins and, with instruments readily available around player in a head-cutting con- the house, he picked up drums, piano, and harmonica, test on the apron of the stage honing his multi-instrumental talent in addition to perform- the next minute.” Loomis’ ing regularly as part of his family’s doo-wop group. energetic, get-in-with–the- crowd antics are infectious. My parents had a fantastic record collection and, when I The swaying and clapping started writing, I gravitated towards what I’d been listening are just as he envisioned. to all my life. I have a huge reverence for the blues and all it encompasses, but I’ve always been fond of R&B and funky “Being comfortable on stage is something that comes com- music.” pletely natural to me,” he says. “I feel joy when I play music and it literally moves me. It moves my body. I learned long A protégé of Bo Diddley, Loomis met the icon backstage at ago that whenever music is coming from you, from deep in- the age of 16 at Houston’s famed venue Rockefeller’s. Before side your soul and from the right place, people will feel that the night was over, Loomis was onstage playing guitar with on a deeper level and might not even know what’s going on the legend. Diddley quickly became friend, mentor, collab- inside of themselves. I enjoy engaging the crowd and feel a orator and supporter, appearing on two of Loomis’ albums show should be an interactive experience.”​ and presenting a cherished red guitar that he still plays. From the Artist’s website.

Check out B.J. Huchtemann’s column Hoodoo Blues monthly in the Omaha READER for info on upcoming shows and other news in the roots-blues music scene. Look for B.J.’s byline under the Music tab at thereader.com

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BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 5 Biscuit Miller and the Mix Wednesday, January 8th ($10) @ 6 pm • Zoo Bar, Lincoln Thursday, January 9th @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, Omaha

Biscuit Miller has done it again! Following on the success of cording “Come Together”. Biscuit frequently could be found “Wishbone” comes his 4th Studio Album, “Chicken Grease”. sitting in with the up and coming blues guitarist Anthony This time around Biscuit has teamed up with Producer Ben Gomes. During one of these sessions, he was asked to join Elliot, who has recorded, mixed and produced artists for over the band full time and he spent the next five years touring 25 years. Ben is known for his expertise in diverse musical with Anthony. During his time with Anthony Gomes, they genres, having recorded classic artists such as released five CD’s; Unity, Sweet Stringin’ Soul, Long Way and , and specializes in the Blues genre. This Home, Music is the Medicine, and Live at the Triple Door. has turned out to be a great collaboration for Biscuit Miller’s By 2009 Biscuit was fronting his own band, touring the 2019 release of “Chicken Grease”! country playing clubs and festivals, and gaining respect as Biscuit and his band, The Mix, have been touring extensively a front man and bassist alike. Biscuit Miller has graced the ever since winning his first BMA in 2012, recording and re- covers of several publications, including the 2006 Blues leasing “Wishbone” in 2016, and winning a second BMA in Fest Guide and the February/March 2010 edition of Big City 2 017. The Mix is a sometimes-changing cast of players, but Rhythm & Blues. In 2012 he was awarded his first Blues Mu- bassist and front man Biscuit Miller is consistently known sic Award following the release of his second studio record- for his high energy shows and blazing million-dollar smile. ing, “Blues With A Smile”. Having received wide air play on He is a born entertainer and is at home on the stage where Sirius XM Radio, “Blues With A Smile” is aptly named, as Bis- he connects with his audience through a fun and funky ap- cuit is known around the world for his huge, heartfelt smile proach to the blues. as well as his antics as a funky bassist turned front man. Biscuit was introduced to the bass for the first time at the His 2016 release, “Wishbone”, brought Biscuit even more age of eleven when visiting his friend Datrick. It was sitting success and a second BMA in 2017. His reach has expanded in a corner collecting dust when the young Biscuit picked it to garner international recognition and an ever-increasing up and started playing it. The four string electric bass be- fan base. He has played Blues Festivals in Quebec in 2018, longed to Datrick’s older brother Darnell, who taught him a and the Grolsch Blues Festival in Germany in the summer of couple of songs. Biscuit took to it immediately and thus be- 2019 in addition to several festivals in North America, one of gan a love affair with playing bass that has taken him plac- which can be heard on a live recording that was released es he could never have imagined. He formed his first band, independently in 2017. When he is not busy touring or re- Clever, with childhood friend Ivan Wallace. They moved to cording, Biscuit loves to spend time with his friends and Minneapolis in 1982. Soon after, a mutual friend, Joe Rowe family. His grandchildren are especially precious to him. introduced Biscuit to Sonny Rogers who taught him a lot Also precious to him are the rare occasions when he is able about playing basic blues. During his time with Rogers, they to sit down with his entire family over a home cooked meal. recorded “They Call Me the Cat Daddy”, which won Rogers Like the one that happened on Thanksgiving when his 3rd a Handy Award for Best New Artist. Sadly, Sonny passed album, “Wishbone” was born! away before he was able to accept the award. Of course, like “Wishbone”, there is a back story to his Biscuit then went on to play with other respected blues art- choosing the title of “Chicken Grease” which has to do with ists such as, Mojo Buford, formerly with , and Biscuit’s newly found passion for the game of golf. But, Lady Blue, backup vocalist for Ike and Tina Turner. One day, that’s a story you’ll have to ask him about in person! Bis- Biscuit received a phone call requesting him to come back cuit & The Mix love connecting with their many fans and home to sub for Chicago’s own legendary Lonnie Brooks friends whenever and wherever they play, so please watch who needed a bass player for one night. That one night for them to come to a venue or festival near you! You won’t lasted for over ten years as Biscuit became the permanent be disappointed. bass player for the Lonnie Brooks Band. And in the words of the man himself, “Put Some Chicken In 2000 he formed Biscuit and The Mix to fill up some down- Grease On It!” time. During this time, he also completed his first studio re- From the Artist’s website. PAGE 6 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

BLUES YOU CAN USE! Thur. 1/02 Hamilton Loomis @ The Jewell Fri. 1/03 Mezcal Bros. @ Zoo Bar Sat. 1/04 Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street Tavern Tues. 1/07 Crabby Blues Band at Shucks (119th & Pacific) Wed. 1/08 Biscuit Miller and the Mix at Zoo Bar Thur. 1/09 Biscuit Miller & The Mix @ Stocks n Bonds Fri. 1/10 Two Blue @ Mars Bar & Grill Fri. 1/10 Rex Granite Band w/ Sarah Benck @ The B Bar Sun. 1/12 Indigenous at The Waiting Room Thurs. 1/16 IBC Send -Off for Hector Anchondo at Stocks n Bonds Fri. 1/17 Hector Anchondo Band @ Waiting Room Sat 1/18 Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind @ The Jewell Sat. 1/18 Claire Adams Trio at Zoo Bar TH 1/23 Tas Cru & his Band of Tortured Souls@ Tuesday, December 31st @ 5 pm Stocks n Bonds NYE with the Bel Airs Fri. 1/24 Black Swan Theory with Josh Hoyer & Colossal and Trek at Slowdown Friday, January 3rd @ 5 pm Sat. 1/25 Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal at Zoo Bar Mezcal Brothers Thurs. 1/30 Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations at Ozone Wednesday, January 8th @ 6 pm TH 1/30 Squirrel Nut Zippers & Dirty Dozen @ Holland Center Biscuit Miller and the Mix Wed. 2/5 Paul Nelson Band at Zoo Bar Saturday, January 18th @ 9:30 pm TH 2/6 Paul Nelson Band @ Stocks & Bonds Fri. 2/7 Paul Nelson Band at Corner Bar Claire Adams Trio Fri. 2/7 Bel Airs at Zoo Bar Saturday, January 25th Sat. 2/6 Bel Airs @ The Jewell 2 shows @ 5 pm & 9:30 pm Sun. 2/9 Heather Newman Band @ Corner Bar TH 2/13 Tennessee Redemption @ Stocks & Bonds Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal Thur. 2/13 Taylor Scott Band @ Corner Bar Thursday, January 30th @ 6 pm Fri. 2/14 CIBS Winter Bluesfest Sat. 2/15 Cibs Winter Bluesfest Mezcal Brothers Sun. 2/16 Lindsay Beaver @ Corner Bar Wed 2/19 @ Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ Slowdown TH 2/20 Tinsley Ellis CD Release Show @ Stocks & Bonds Thurs. 2/20 Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials at Zoo Bar Fri. 2/21 Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials at Zoo Bar Hey Omaha Blues Society! Wed 2/19 Big Head Todd & The Monsters w Los Colognes ASK ME ABOUT MEDICARE @ Slowdown Specializing in helping people with Wed. 2/26 at Zoo Bar Medicare related products TH 2/27 John Primer @ Location tbd BUFFALO INSURANCE, INC. Mon 3/9 ZZ Ward @ Waiting Room Tue. 3/10 Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band @ Waiting Room Devon (Blind Dog) Fulton, President Tue 3/17 Allen Stone @ Slowdown Licensed Agent in Nebraska and Iowa TH 3/19 Zac Harmon @ Stocks & Bonds [email protected] TH 4/2 Ben Rice @ Stocks & Bonds 402-312-4884 Wed 4/29 The Music of Cream @ Slowdown “Help somebody if you can” Mon. 5/18 Southern Culture on the Skids @ Zoo BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 7

The Blues Society IBC Send Off for THE REX GRANITE BAND CD RELEASE PARTY! Friday, January 10th @ 5:30 pm ($5) The B Bar, 4330 Leavenworth Street, Omaha The Blues Society of Omaha’s IBC Send Off for The Rex Granite Band, who is representing the state of Nebraska at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tn. The Event also celebrates the Official Release of The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck’s new full length original CD “Electric Combo”. Matt Cox opens the show at 5:30!

HECTOR ANCHONDO’S IBC FUNDRAISER EVENT Thursday, January 16th @ 6 pm ($10) Stocks n Bonds, Omaha The Road to Memphis! We’re playing to raise money for Hector Anchondo’s solo challenge at the world famous International Blues Chal- lenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Hector is the winner of the 2019 Nebraska Blues Challenge in the Solo/Duo category. This is Hector’s 3rd appearance at the IBC representing the Blues Society of Omaha. In their 2016 trip to the IBC the Hector Anchondo Band placed in the elite final 8 out of 250 acts from around the world, a huge accomplishment. This year marks the 36th year of the IBC’s and over 230 challengers from all over the world will be competing. Please join us for this very special evening!

FRIDAY, JAN. 3RD @ 8 PM • STAN AND THE CHAIN GANG THE FRIENDLY LITTLE FRIDAY. JAN. 10TH • TWO BLUE @ 5 PM CRAFT BEER BAR BIG DADDY CALEB AND THE CHARGERS @ 8 PM YOU’VE KNOWN FRIDAY, JAN. 17TH @ 8 PM• ACOUSTIC GROOVE WITH LIVE MUSIC SATURDAY, JAN. 18TH @ 8 PM • HECTOR ANCHONDO BAND AT 162ND AND MAPLE SATURDAY, JAN. 25TH @ 8 PM REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK TWO NIGHTS – 20 Acts… all under one roof and out of the cold! ——— Advance Tickets $45 Weekend Pass – or – $20 Friday and $30 ———

FRIDAY, FEB 14 – SCHEDULE SATURDAY, FEB 15 – SCHEDULE Lobby Lounge Lobby Lounge 5:00-6:00 & 6:30-7:30...... Buckmiller/Schwagger 4:00-5:30 & 6:00-7:00...... Generation Blues 8:00-9:00 & 9:30-10:30...... Blue Two 7:30-8:30 & 9:00-10:30...... Cedar County Cobras Dubuque Room - 3rd Floor Salon D - 2nd floor 7:00-8:30...... Davy Knowles 6:30-8:00...... Heath Alan’s Iowa Blues Expo 9:00-11:00...... Paul Nelson Band 8:30-10:00...... Taylor Scott Band Des Moines Room - 3rd Floor 10:30-12:00...... Harper & Midwest Kind 7:30-9:30...... Tennessee Redemption Salon E - 2nd floor 10:00-12:00...... Nikki Hill 5:30-7:00...... Rex Granite with Sarah Benck – Omaha Blues Challenge Winner WINTER BLUES FEST AFTERNOON EXTRA! 7:30-9:00...... Lindsay Beaver 9:30-11:00...... Lauren Mitchell Dubuque Room - 3rd floor 6:00-7:30...... Harrison Street – MN Blues Challenge Winner 8:00-9:30...... Avey Grouws Band – Iowa Blues Challenge Winner 10:00-11:30...... Stranded in the City – Kansas City Blues Challenge Winner Des Moines Room - 3rd floor 7:00-8:30...... 9:00-10:30...... Chris Cain 11:00-1:00...... Mike Zito’s Big Blues Band featuring The B.B. King Horns

FREE Guitar Workshop with Chris Cain in the Des Moines Room MARRIOTT HOTEL from 1-3 PM. Everyone is welcome! 700 GRAND AVE, DES MOINES, IA

LODGING There are special Winter Blues Fest group rates available for a LIMITED number of rooms. Do not delay in reserving your room to take advantage of the reduced rates. They will sell out! MARRIOTT HOTEL 700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA • Book online or call 515-245-5500 HYATT PLACE DES MOINES/DOWNTOWN 418 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309 • Book online or call 515-282-5555 See cibs.org/2019/11/2020-winter-blues-fest for tickets and event information BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 9

Blues in January & February

[Thu Jan 02] [Mon Jan 13] Hamilton Loomis @ The Jewel (6:00 pm) () Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) [Fri Jan 03] Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) Mezcal Bros. @ Zoo Bar (5:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) [Tue Jan 14] Grace Giebler & Friends at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell) All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) [Sat Jan 04] [Thu Jan 16] David Hawkins Quartet at The Jewell (7:00 pm) (The Jewell) Hector Anchondo – Intnl Blues Challenge Send-Off @ Stocks n Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street Tavern (9:00 pm) (Harney Street Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds) Tavern) [Fri Jan 17] [Sun Jan 05] Alexis Robles Latin Birthday Bash at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Cole Palensky Quartet at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell) Jewell) [Mon Jan 06] [Sat Jan 18] Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind at The Jewell (7:00 pm) (The Jewell) Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) Amarugia Ridge Runners @ The corner Bar, Fremont (8:00 pm) 1st Monday Blues Jam @ Down Under (9:00 pm) (Down Under (Corner Bar) Lounge) Claire Adams Trio @ Zoo Bar (9:30 pm) (Zoo Bar) [Tue Jan 07] [Mon Jan 20] Crabby Blues Band at Shuck’s (119th & Pacific St.) (6:00 pm) Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) (Shucks) Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) [Tue Jan 21] [Wed Jan 08] All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) Biscuit Miller @ Zoo Bar (6:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) [Wed Jan 22] Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q) Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q) [Thu Jan 09] [Thu Jan 23] Biscuit Miller and the Mix @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 Bonds) pm) (Stocks n Bonds) [Fri Jan 10] Two Blue at Mars Bar & Grill (5:00 pm) (Mars Bar & Grill) Rex Granite Band Featuring Sarah Benck – IBC Sendoff – The B Bar (5:30 pm) (The B Bar) [Sun Jan 12] Indigenous – at The Waiting Room (7:00 pm) (The Waiting Room Lounge) HEY BANDS & BARS If you want your schedule printed monthly in BLUES NOTES and FIRST TUESDAY FUNDRAISER with the Crabby Blues Band listed on omahablues.com, featuring Bucky McCann e-mail to [email protected] Tuesday, January 7th from 6 to 9 pm All schedules must be received by the Shucks, 119th and Pacific, Omaha 13% of revenue donated to 21st of each month. Get calendar local Omaha Charity updates @ www.omahablues.com QLI - Quality Living Inc. PAGE 10 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

Blues in January & February

[Fri Jan 24] [Tue Feb 04] Jorge Nila featuring Lars Erickson, Joey Gulizia, Mark Luebbe at Crabby Blues Band at Shuck’s (119th & Pacific St.) (6:00 pm) The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell) (Shucks) Black Swan Theory @ Slowdown w/Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) Funk Trek (9:00 pm) (Slowdown) [Thu Feb 06] [Sat Jan 25] (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds) Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal @ Zoo Bar (9:30 pm) (Zoo Bar) [Fri Feb 07] [Mon Jan 27] Paul Nelson Band – The Corner Bar – Fremont, NE (8:00 pm) (The Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Corner Bar) Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) Sebastian Lane’s Barley Street Blues Jam (9:00 pm) (Barley Street [Tue Jan 28] Tavern) All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) [Sun Feb 09] [Thu Jan 30] Heather Newman – The Corner Bar, Fremont, NE (5:00 pm) (The Mezcal Brothers @ Zoo Bar (6:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Corner Bar) Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations @ Ozone – Membership [Mon Feb 10] Appreciation Event (6:00 pm) (Ozone) Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Holland Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) Center (7:30 pm) (Holland Center) [Tue Feb 11] [Sat Feb 01] All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street Tavern (9:00 pm) (Harney Street [Wed Feb 12] Tavern) Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q) [Mon Feb 03] [Thu Feb 13] Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Taylor Scott Band – The Corner Bar, Fremont, NE (6:00 pm) (The Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) Corner Bar) 1st Monday Blues Jam @ Down Under (9:00 pm) (Down Under Tennessee Redemption @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Lounge) Bonds) [Fri Feb 14] Two Blue @ Mars Bar and Grill (5:00 pm) (Mars Bar & Grill) [Sun Feb 16] OPEN BLUES JAMS Lindsay Beaver – The Corner Bar (5:00 pm) (The Corner Bar) [Mon Feb 17] ZOO BAR Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) Mondays @ 7 pm • 136 N. 14th Street, Lincoln Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) [Tue Feb 18] BARLEY STREET TAVERN All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) Tuesdays @ 7 pm [Wed Feb 19] Big Head Todd & The Monsters w Los Colognes @ Slowdown (7:30 with the Scott Moyer Band pm) (Slowdown) [Thu Feb 20] DOWN UNDER LOUNGE Tinsley Ellis CD Release @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Monday, January 6th @ 8:30 pm Bonds) 35th & Leavenworth, Omaha [Mon Feb 24] Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar) SWAMPBOY BLUES JAM Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone) [Tue Feb 25] AT B BAR All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern) Thursday, January 16th @ 8:30 pm [Wed Feb 26] Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q) BSO NEW YEAR’S EVE with SAILING IN SOUP!

Advance Tickets Available https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blues-society-of-omaha-new-years-eve-tickets for just $15 and $20 Day of Show. Prime Rib Buffet available 7pm-8:15pm @ $25 per person, but must be reserved by 12/30 by calling 402-934-4900. Hotel Packages for $169.00 include: Deluxe Hotel Accommodations for Two (2) Prime Rib Buffets 7pm-8:15pm, during Sailing in Soup’s Break Admission for (2) to the Firewater Grill NY E Party at Hotel, featuring entertainment by Audiomind 9:15pm-1:30pm. Party Favors and Champagne Toast @ Midnight! Full hot cooked breakfast served on NY Day. Hotel Check-In Time: 3:00 p.m. Hotel Check-Out Time: 1 p.m. Call 402-934-4900 to reserve! (Please note: BSO Party is a separate cover charge in addition to the Hotel’s Party Package) PAGE 12 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa The Clean & Easy Band...... Jerry Potter...... 712-309-5996 HASTINGS Smokey B. and the XYZ’s...... Byron Starr ...... 402-462-5879 / [email protected] KEARNEY OK Sisters...... Kate Fly...... 308-627-3021 / [email protected] LINCOLN Big Daddy Caleb & The Chargers...... Caleb Whisenhunt...... 402-202-9895 / [email protected] Blues Messengers...... Jake Wiese...... 402-601-4959 The Blues Project...... Lary Lehman...... 402-421-2936 Church House Blues Band ...... Danny Dakan...... 402-890-2533 / [email protected] Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal...... Josh Hoyer...... 402-416-3846 / [email protected] / [email protected] Levi William...... Levi William...... 402-310-2681 / [email protected] The Mezcal Brothers...... Gerardo Meza...... 402-438-5120 Super Blues Party...... Jared Alberico...... 402-474-2473 / [email protected] Tim Budig Band...... Tim Budig...... 503-719-3969 / [email protected] OMAHA 112 North Duck...... J. E. Van Horne...... 402-210-9378 / [email protected] Back Alley...... Bob Karr...... 402-672-7300 / [email protected] / www.backalleyomaha.com Banjo Loco...... Blind Burrito...... 402-850-0245 Blue House with the Rent to Own Horns...... Joe Putjenter...... 402-658-2222 / [email protected] Blues Angels...... A.J. Foyt...... 402-968-5593 / [email protected] BluesEd...... Tim Kaplan...... [email protected] Blues Society of Omaha All Stars...... Craig Balderston...... 402-208-1068 / [email protected] Chuck Brown and the Basement Devils...... Chuck Brown...... 402-610-1522 Daddy Mac & the Flak...... Bucky McCann...... 402-871-4770 / [email protected] The David Diaz Project...... David Diaz...... 402-547-6633 / [email protected] Dodge Street Band...... Gage Wiggins...... 402-926-9156 / [email protected] Elwin James and the Way Outs...... Patrick Peters...... 402-292-6435 / [email protected] George Walker...... George Walker...... 402-871-1469 Hector Anchondo Band...... Hector Anchondo...... 402-215-3956 / [email protected] Johnny Reef & the Shipwrecks...... Tommy Kriegshauser...... 402-517-8248 / [email protected] The Kris Lager Band...... Kris Lager...... 402-304-7269 Little Joe and Big Trouble...... Little Joe McCarthy...... 402-680-2924 / [email protected] Luther James Band...... Luther James...... 402-213-5234 / [email protected] The Matt Gagne Blues Experience...... Matt Gagne...... 402-212-0694 / [email protected] The Mighty Sapphire Kings...... Bill Ferleman...... 402-658-1785 Paul Scott Hoagbin Blues Band...... Paul Scott Hoagbin...... 402-359-0668 / [email protected] Resident Lime...... Connor Swanson...... 402-238-5526 / [email protected] The Rex Granite Band...... Kevin Loomis...... 402-306-9342 / [email protected] Rhythm Collective Reggae...... Frank Fong...... 402-556-3568 Rich Patton – Rich Blues and More...... Rich Patton...... 402-841-1110 / [email protected] Sailing In Soup...... Gunnar Guenette...... 402-599-9255 Sebastian Lane Band...... Sebastian Lane...... 402-705-2179 / [email protected] Soulfinger...... Barry Clark...... [email protected] Spike Nelson Trio...... Mike Nelson...... 402-612-1250 Stan & The Chain Gang...... Stan Spurgeon...... 402-738-9225 / [email protected] Stephen Monroe...... Stephen Monroe...... 402-699-5905 Steve Lovett Blues Band AND Steve Lovett-Solo Acoustic Blues...... Steve Lovett...... 402-660-7146 / [email protected] Susan Thorne Group...... Susan Thorne...... 402-968-4991 Swampboy Blues Band...... Tim Koehn...... 402-830-0021 / [email protected] Thrift Shop Radio...... K.C. Kelley...... 319-431-3508 Two Blue...... A.J. Foyt...... 402-968-5593 / [email protected] Vintage...... Charlie Ames...... 816-678-8360 / [email protected] TABOR, Iowa Rick Hillyard and more...... Rick Hillyard...... 712-420-1232 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 13 Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls Thursday, January 23rd @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, Omaha With three hot albums in the last five years – You Keep the Money, Simmered & Stewed and Memphis Song – Cru has readied another for 2020 - Drive On. In addition to his bet- ter-known albums is Tas’ 2009 release, Even Bugs Sing the Blues, an album of original blues music for kids. In 2016 he recorded a blues album for dog lovers called Doggone Blues that is now being turned into a three-book series featuring the dog characters from these songs working together to try to form an all dog blues band. The first of this book series, Bad Dog Bubba, is now available. As a Blues Foundation, Keeping the Blues Alive award re- cipient (2014), besides performing, Cru brings his Blues Ed- ucation programs and workshops to festivals, schools, and hospitals everywhere he travels. In 2019, Tas began his affiliation with United By Music North America; a program serving differently challenged young adult musicians. Thus far, Cru has traveled to the Pacific Northwest and Memphis, Tas Cru is truly a blues eclectic who refuses to let his music TN to mentor participants. Tas says, “Working with UBMNA be bound to just one blues style. You get it all from Tas. He’ll has brought me back to why I began playing music in the swing you with a traditional shuffle, swoon you with a sul- first place – for the pure joy of doing so!” try ballad, lull you into a trance with deep Hill-country blues His brand new album, Drive On, is the latest soundtrack of and then rock your knobs off. If you want to be entertained, a man who, living the life he chooses, just keeps drivin’ on. Tas is your guy. With a repertoire of over 60 original songs From the Artist’s website from multiple albums and dozens of crowd-pleasing clas- sics, this seasoned road warrior will give folks what they want be it festival, concert or dance hall. Tas has been called one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade to- day. His songs testify to his reputation as a bluesman who is accomplished in and comfortable with most every style of blues. As a writer Tas wants his songs to determine the style, rather than the oth- er way around. And that’s why fans love his stuff and critics sing his praises. With great vocal and guitar work alongside his trademark well-crafted lyrics, this music is an interesting and enjoyable listen. Performed live it is captivating – highly entertaining! Tas Cru is currently is based out of up- state New York and performs in multiple formats ranging from solo acoustic to a 7 piece-backing band. He sings and plays a wide variety of - at home on either electric, acoustic, resonator or cigar box and is known to sprinkle in a bit of har- monica from time to time. Tas is a Delaney Guitars (Austin TX) endorsed artist and is signed to Subcat Records, Syracuse NY. PAGE 14 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

DUSTIN Thursday,ARBUCKLE January 30th @ 6 pmAND • Ozone Lounge, THE 7220 FDAMNATIONS Street, Omaha MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION SHOW! FREE FOR MEMBERS, $10 FOR NON MEMBERS A veteran of the progressive roots & The Heartbreakers. I hope you’ll scene, Dustin Arbuckle (formerly of hear some of that reach with The Moreland and Arbuckle) continues Damnations.” kicking up dust with Dustin Arbuck- Arbuckle, who also fronts the Kan- le & The Damnations. A musician sas-based acoustic group Haymak- of vast appetites, he’s long held an ers, will release a live Damnations appreciation for traditional American EP in March 2019, recorded at Min- music in the vein of Charley Patton as neapolis’ Hook & Ladder Theater & well as the cross-pollinated sounds Lounge, while laying the foundation of The Band or Stax-style soul. His for the outfit’s first full-length studio work with The Damnations allows LP. (The group released its self-ti- for that along with occasionally for- tled debut EP in 2017.) ays into deep country and even jazz. Arbuckle says fans will hear an evo- The Kansas native marks hearing lution in the new music with feet planted firmly in the world the Leadbelly classic “Gallows Pole” as his earliest music of roots music he’s known for. “When I formed this group in memory, becoming an astute devotee of the blues by the 2016, I really believed anything could happen, from a musi- time he’d reached his teens. “That turned out to be a jump- cal standpoint,” he offers. “What we’ve done since then has ing off point, though,” he says. “I always loved Howlin’ Wolf, gone beyond my own expectations and I really can’t wait to but as I got older and started opening my mind to a wider see what we do next.” range of music, I’d turn around and listen to , then Johnny Cash, Sam & Dave, or Tom Petty From the Artist’s Facebook page. Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind Saturday, January 18th @ 7 pm ($10) • The Jewell, 1030 Capitol Avenue, Omaha Jason Ricci is one of the most popular harmonica players on the planet today. Listed in al- most every top ten list of players on the internet today Ricci is a polarizing force always in the spot light and on the tips of critics, artists and fans tongue’s everywhere. Through two plus decades of endless touring, TV appearances, recordings and the internet Jason Ricci’s style of playing is so revolutionary and influential that there exists an entire younger generation of players imitating his music, clothes, gear, and even stage presence. Nicknamed “Moon Cat” (a street name he once used in Nashville and New Orleans to avoid police detection) Jason has been an almost constant force for decades in the studio, festivals, club dates and press. Love him or hate him, through performing, singing, song writing, teaching, harmonica playing and activism in the fields of L.G.B.T., mental health and addiction, it is not an overstatement that this young, white, queer, skateboarding, punk rock loving, multiple convicted felony having Moon Cat from Maine is currently changing the world through music and education. Jason was a featured performer on ’s Grammy award winning CD ‘Step Back’ (2014) Has received multiple Nominations 2009 – 2016, and won a Blues Music Award in 2010. Featured performer at the Rock & Roll hall of fame with Zac Brown & for the Blues Band induction in 2015 Jason has worked and/or recorded with Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside, Nick Curran, , Ana Popovic, Ce- dric Burnside, , Peter Karp, Sue Foley, and many others. From the Artist’s website. BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 15 PAUL NELSON BAND Wednesday, February 5th @ 6 pm ($10) • Zoo Bar, Lincoln Thursday, February 6th @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, Omaha Friday, February 7th @ 8 pm • Corner Bar, Fremont written/performed and broadcast nationally on NBC and on multiple major album releases, books, instructional guitar columns, live Concert DVD’s, and special guest performanc- es on countless recordings. Staying at #1 on the Hot New Releases charts for months. Nelson’s latest project “Badass Generation” on Sony Records still maintains his unmistakable connection to the Blues, but it also finds Nelson showing his many other musical dimen- sions that his ever growing fan base has come to expect and who consider him to be one of music’s most respected and influential contemporary guitarists. Whether it’s headlining festivals, performing at many of mu- sic’s most prestigious stages or iconic clubs like New York’s Iridium, Blue Note, 55 bar and BB Kings to London’s Astoria and ’s Legends in Chicago to packed houses, Nel- son’s guitar mastery and band in a live setting are the most impressive and unforgettable. From the Artist’s Facebook page. FRIDAYS AT THE B. BAR 5:30 PM SHOWS

Paul Nelson – Grammy Award Winning American musician Jan. 3rd Justin Shelton and Friends (FREE) recognized as one of today’s top modern blues/rock gui- tar masters and producers not only having the distinction Jan. 10th Rex Granite Band of being the hand picked fellow guitarist to the legendary rock/blues icon Johnny Winter joining in 2010 but he has Featuring Sarah Benck toured the world over performing and recorded with an IBC Sendoff Fundraiser ($5) endless who’s who of top artists from Eric Clapton to , , Buddy Guy, , , Vince Jan. 17th The Delta 88's Gill, , , , Joe Per- ry, , , John Popper, Jan. 24th Soul Tree ($5) Dr. John, , Leslie West, , , to and more... Jan. 31st Swampboy Blues Band ($5) Nelson received a Grammy award for his work performing on and producing Winter’s “Step Back” release on Mega- force/Sony winning “Best Blues Album of the Year” high- lighting his already long list of Grammy Nominations. As well as the BMA for “Best Blues/Rock Album” reaching #16 on the Billboard Top 200 and staying at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts for weeks. He is also a recipient of the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping The Blues Alive Award”. He has appeared on both Late Night with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in the award winning docu- mentaries: “Down and Dirty” The Johnny Winter Story and “Sideman: Long Road to Glory” (feat: Bonnie Rait, Gregg All- man, ), he has reached millions with music PAGE 16 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

A Huge Thank You to everyone that contributes and helped with this year’s Toy Drive for Pine Ridge events .... stories like this say more than we ever can about how much difference a small gift can make for a child on the reservation.

From Lash, We spent time with kids at three schools today.Thanks to Barnes & Noble, each child went home with a new book as well as a toy. One girl was having a hard time picking and when asked if she needed help said “When do I have to return it?” When told that it was hers to keep, her eyes lit up and she smiled SO big. As this bitter cold moves in, remember that you can donate to the emergency propane fund and literally save lives all winter long at ToyDriveForPineRidge.org. BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 17

CD Reviews Indigenous featuring A.J.’s Top 5 for 2019 ato anji 1. Southern Avenue ~ Keep On M N

2. The Cash Box Kings ~ Hail To the Kings

Sunday, Jan. 12th @ 7 pm WAITING ROOM LOUNGE 6212 Maple Street, Omaha ($20) See waitingroomlounge.com for 3. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram ~Kingfish advance tickets and event info

Born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, Indigenous front man Mato Nanji was exposed to his father’s vast collection of blues records by legendary artists. Mato embraced his own musi- cal talent at a young age. Mato, his brother, sister and cousin formed the band Indigenous while in their late teens. They released their award-winning debut album 4. Lurrie Bell and the Bell Dynasty ~ Tribute to Carey Bell Things We Do in 1998. Indigenous’ music caught the attention of blues icon B.B. King and the young band was invited to play on his annual B.B. King’s Blues Tour in 1999. Four albums were released before the 2006 decision by the siblings to ‘disband’ and pursue their own musical paths, while Mato carried on with the Indigenous name. Seven albums later, Mato is still writing and producing music with the latest offering “Gray Skies.”

5. George Benson ~ Walking to New Orleans In addition to Indigenous, Mato Nanji has been a roster member of the critically acclaimed Experience Hendrix Tour since 2002, just wrapping up a record breaking 17th year of playing to sold out crowds alongside orig- inal band member Billy Cox, along with Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and many others. 2020 marks Mato’s induction into the South Dakota Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. BANDS AND VENUES…HELP US HELP YOU!!! HELP US PUT MORE BUTTS IN MORE SEATS The Blues Society of Omaha maintains a powerful calendar of events on its website, omahablues.com. We invite all venue and band managers to take advantage of this free opportunity for promotion. Since we are an all volunteer organization, we ask you to get an account and help us by maintaining your digital space on this calendar. Our calendar has the following features: • A real-time page showing the most timely upcoming events. • A powerful search engine for users to find specific events by name, venue, band, and date. • Events pages that allow rich text, photos, and external links to band site and venue pages. Much of the page is generated automatically from the venue page. It also makes it easy for use to add events to their calendar and to use a map. • Venue pages that allow contact information and photos, map insets linked to full mapping, and links to external sites. • For bands, we have a band listing page with links to individual band pages. These are full free-form WordPress pages supporting text, graphics and links. • The site works well on mobile devices like smartphones. If you are interested, please contact Sid Sidner at [email protected] to learn more and to get registered for a free account today. Musical genres supported by the Blues Society of Omaha on our calendar. Blues • Surf Rock • R & B • Jazz • • Funk • Soul • Roots • Swing • Americana • Rock & Roll • Blue Grass

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lues ociety of maha B S O Blues Notes Editorial Staff President...... Mark Grubbs - [email protected] - 402-598-8644 Vice President ...... Glenn Bauer - [email protected] Treasurer...... Sid Sidner - [email protected] Editor: Assistant Treasurer...... Terry O’Halloran - [email protected] JAY ANDERSON Secretary...... Bonnie Mercer - [email protected] Volunteer Coordinators...... Lisa & Steve Krueger - [email protected] [email protected] Membership Coordinator...... Susan Keith - [email protected] Merchandise Coordinator...... Vee Andersen - [email protected] Contributors: Advertising Coordinator...... Jay Anderson - [email protected] Event Coordinator...... Cinda Tully - [email protected] Terry Sedivy, Terry O’Halloran, Dick Allen, BSO Lincoln Representative...... Jo Kreitman - [email protected] Nancy Walsh, A.J. Foyt, Glenn Bauer BluesEd Director...... Tim Kaplan - [email protected]