Obscene Summer 2011
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Ottawa BLUES Society Summer 2011 In this issue: OBS News 3 Upcoming ... 4 Summer Festivals 6 Kelly Prescott & Two Blues Label Anniversaries 8 Anders Drerup OBS Road to Memphis - Solo/Duo 11 MonkeyJunk CD Release 16 Postcards From The Road 18 Corporate Directory 20 In this issue … … an introduction to our Road to Memphis local blues challenge Solo/Duo winners - Kelly Prescott & Anders Drerup, who head off to Memphis, January 31-February 4, 2012 to represent the OBS at the 28th International Blues Challenge; photos from the R2M Solo/Duo Qualifying Rounds and Finals; dates and information on the Band component of the Road to Memphis local blues challenge coming up in September; summer festival information; and profiles on two Blues labels celebrating significant anniversaries. 2 OBS CONTACTS OBScene Deadlines Website: www.OttawaBluesSociety.com Issue Copy Deadline Distribution Date E-mail: [email protected] Fall Sep 15, 2011 Online mid-Oct 2011 CORRESPONDENCE AND ADDRESS CHANGES OBS Mission Ottawa Blues Society Winter Dec 15, 2011 Early January 2012 P.O. Box 8124, Station “T” To foster appreciation, Ottawa, ON K1G 3H6 promotion, preservation From the Editor … OBS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTORS and enjoyment of the President: Liz Sykes As the old saying goes, ‘Time flies when blues in all of its forms Vice President: Mike Graham you’re having fun’. Time has certainly Secretary: Cleo Evans flown - about 7 years of time - since I Directors: Dave Brennan, Brent Diab, Mike Graham, took on the position of Editor of the OBS Denis Paquin, Gary Paradis, Roxanne Pilon, Debra newsletter, ‘The OBScene’. OBS Mandate Thornington To bring together the blues Treasurer: Gary Paradis During this time, we’ve tried to adhere to Legal Advisor: Doug Smyth a quarterly publishing schedule, difficult community in Ottawa through OBS COMMITTEE CHAIRS as that is. We’ve also suffered the participation in blues events and Corporate Liaison: Brent Diab effects of rising paper & ink prices and activities. postal rates, and responded by switching Membership: Roxanne Pilon To work with the blues community to a two-print issues/two electronic Merchandise: Denis Paquin in expanding awareness and issues system. This saves us half the OBS DAWG’ON BLUES: Debra Thornington appreciation of the blues. Volunteers: Dave Brennan cost of printing and mailing. It also Website Liaison: Cleo Evans allows our members, many of whom To publish a newsletter to inform OBScene STAFF aren’t children of the computer the blues community of all aspects Editor: Liz Sykes generation, to continue to receive two of the local blues scene and events Proofreader: Gary Paradis print issues each year. Some have as well as some highlights of the Layout & Design: Commeleon Inc. grudgingly admitted that the electronic Canadian and international blues Printer: TEKA issues are really quite nice … lots of scenes of interest to OBS Writers: Todd Bernard, Richard Flohil, Bruce Iglauer, photos and, of course, the prohibitively- members. JW-Jones, Holger Petersen, Liz Sykes expensive for print use of colour. We’ve Photographers: Dave Brennan, Doug Smyth, Liz also begun to produce our print issues in To provide timely blues information Sykes, www.jw-jones.com colour … they’re still printed in black & to OBS members by a website & e- COVER PHOTO: Dave Brennan white, but the pdf versions made mail. OBScene is published quarterly by the Ottawa Blues available on-line are full colour. To develop, maintain and increase Society, and is available via OBS membership. Spring & Fall issues are electronic only; Summer & But after those seven years, I’m running its membership as a means of Winter issues are printed and mailed. The opinions out of ideas and it’s time for someone fostering and supporting blues. expressed in the articles, reviews and critiques else to take on the role of Editor. I will contained in this newsletter are those of the To stage or assist in staging events individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the continue to submit photos, short CD that will foster appreciation and opinion of the Ottawa Blues Society. If you have a reviews and the occasional article. awareness of the blues. different opinion, please share it with us. I am hopeful that a volunteer will come To present a "Blues Heart" award ADVERTISING RATES forward. Failing that, an alternative to to an individual who has made an Business card size $ 25.00 the quarterly newsletter will have to be outstanding contribution to the Quarter page $ 35.00 found. Third page $ 50.00 blues. Half page $ 75.00 Liz Sykes Full page $ 100.00 [email protected] 10% discount for four issues paid in advance. 3 DAWG’ON BLUES RADIO UPDATE OBS DAWG’ON BLUES Summer Schedule is complete. Recruitment of new volunteers for Co-hosts will take place in the fall (must be an OBS member). Members who are interested in volunteering for the radio show should use the feedback form on the OBS website to indicate their interest http://www.ottawabluessociety.com/contact.php and they will be contacted with further information. DAWG’ON BLUES, Sundays @ 8 pm on 101.9 DAWG FM. Tune in or listen online! OBS MEMBER BENEFITS OBS membership offers perks to members in good standing. To date this year, the OBS has given away pairs of tickets (sometimes with CDs included) to the following events: Joe Bonamassa concert in April - Lucky winners were Vickie Paradis, Fredy Carriere & Tom Morris Dylan Wickens @ the Rainbow in June - Lucky winners were Hugh MacEachern & Alison Edgar David Gogo @ the Rainbow in July - ticket giveaway currently in progress. Members are notified of upcoming ticket giveaways by email and on the OBS DAWG’ON BLUES radio show. OBS members also receive discounts of $2 off cover charges at Tucson’s and the Rainbow. OBS @ BLUESFEST Find the OBS Kiosk @ Bluesfest in the Bluesville Bazaar Tent. You can renew your membership (why not take advantage of the new 2-year option and save a few bucks), pick up an OBS t-shirt, tank top or baseball cap, and catch up on the latest OBS news from the Board members and volunteers. www.ottawabluessociety.com Website liaison Cleo Evans has been working with our webmaster to set up PayPal on our website. We anticipate this will be up and running in the next month and you will then be able to renew your membership and purchase OBS merchandise online. OBS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Please consider how you might help to: “Foster appreciation, promotion, preservation and enjoyment of the blues in all its forms” through supporting your Ottawa Blues Society as a volunteer. The OBScene is looking for a new EDITOR! Other newsletter positions include layout and production, writing & research. WANT TO VOLUNTEER for the “Road to Memphis” events? We’re looking for outgoing, energetic & friendly OBS members to help promote raffle sales during each evening of the competitions. (cover charge at R2M events is optional for volunteers) For further information on volunteer opportunities contact the Ottawa Blues Society by email at [email protected] Where’s Tune in to 101.9 DAWG FM Contact [email protected] to subscribe to Tune in to CKCU 93.1 blues & jazz radio shows for Ottawa Blues This Week, an e-mail summary of local Blues listings, Sunday 9 pm with John Tackaberry & blues events or check the blog at in Ottawa ... Wednesday 9 pm with Ron Sweetman http://ottawablues.blogspot.com/ Check for live regular and special events at the OBS Subscribe to Jazz Happenings at http://www.jazzworkscanada.com/html/program.html For the latest news of web site: http://www.OttawaBluesSociety.com Check the going-out guides & venue ads : Check the Ottawa Blues & Jazz Guide for Jim Roy’s who’s on at the venues Thursdays in the Ottawa Xpress on-line calendar of monthly and weekly events at Saturdays in the Ottawa Citizen www.ottawabluesjazz.ca Wednesdays & Fridays in the Ottawa Sun 4 Bluesy Ottawa Locals @ Bluesfest Tuesday, July 5 Tuesday, July 12 8 pm ‘til midnight – Brothers Chaffey @ 8 pm ‘til midnight – Jesse Greene @ Casino Casino Lac Leamy Lac Leamy 8:00 pm – Loudlove, Hard Rock 6:15 pm – Rocket Rached & the Fat City 8, 9:15 pm – Steve Marriner, Barney Danson National Bank Wednesday, July 6 Wednesday, July 13 8 pm ‘til midnight – Wicked Grin @ Casino 8 pm ‘til midnight – Bluestone @ Casino Lac Leamy Lac Leamy 6:45 pm – MonkeyJunk, National Bank 6:00 pm – Tyler Kealey, Claridge Homes Thursday, July 7 Thursday, July 14 8 pm ‘til midnight – JW-Jones @ Casino Lac 8 pm ‘til midnight – Mannie Makris Rock OTTAWA Leamy ‘n’ Roll Riot @ Casino Lac Leamy Friday, July 8 6:00 pm – Jesse Greene, National Bank CLUBS 6:15 pm – Al Wood & the Woodsmen, 6:00 pm – Powergoats, Claridge Homes Three Times Lucky, Hard Rock Subway Rainbow Bistro, 76 Murray St 6:15 pm – Watters Brothers, National Bank Friday, July 15 www.therainbow.ca Saturday, July 9 6:00 pm – Silver Creek, Claridge Homes 6:30 pm – Maria Hawkins, Subway Tucson’s, 2440 Bank St 2:00 pm – Wicked Grin, Subway Yohawks, National Bank Saturday, July 16 www.tucsonblues.com 4:00 pm – Rev. Ernie Cox, Hard Rock 2:45 pm – Brothers Chaffey, Hard Rock Irene’s, 855 Bank St Sunday, July 10 Sunday, July 17 www.irenespub.ca Noon – Jesse Greene @ the Rideau Centre Noon – Blues in the Schools, National Bank 12:30 pm – Be In The Band, National Bank Elmdale Tavern, 1084 Wellington St 1:30 pm – Prescott, Subway 1:15 pm – Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo, www.elmdaletavern.com Hard Rock Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield QC www.theblacksheepinn.com Summer Acoustic Blues Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank St www.atomicrooster.ca