OCT2018 Show Us Your Tickets for Hornsby Bruce and Save $2 on Oven Abrick Pizza! Four Iowa Blues of Famers Come Hall Together to Help LCBS Celebrate!
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OCT2018 Issue 289 The Publication of the Linn County Blues Society - lcbs.org October 2018 LCBS Party at The Linn CountyCedar Blues Society, Keepin’ Ridge! the Blues Alive in Eastern Iowa Presents Bob Dorr & Friends a.k.a. The Parlor City Jam Band! Bob Dorr, Jeff Peterson, Tom “T Bone” Giblin and Dan “DJ” Johnson. Four Iowa Blues Hall of Famers come together to help LCBS celebrate! Friday, November 2 from 6-9PM • Cedar Ridge Winery &Photo Distillery by Glenda Wagoner 1441 Marak Rd NW, Swisher, IA Show us your tickets for Bruce Hornsby and save $2 on a brick oven pizza! Inside this October 2018 issue — • Tim&TheTrutones Rock The Famous Mockingbird • The Invisible Band at Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery • Bill Graham reviews: Ally Venable Band • Blewzzman reviews: Midnight Johnny’s, Long Road Home • Cabala Reunites for Induction in to IR&RHoF • Local music schedules Smiling Bob Approved! • Ghost Town Blues Band by Phil Smith The Linn County Blues Society is a way cool, non-profit organization dedicated Tim&TheTrutones to the preservation of Blues music in Eastern Iowa as well as to provide Rockin’ the Blues at the Famous Mockingbird charitable contributions to other commu- nity organizations. LCBS is an Affiliated Evan Vulich Organization in the Blues Foundation’s international network. The BLUESPAPER is a monthly publication of the LCBS. Website: lcbs.org LCBS Officers President - David Antin Vice President - Ric Holmquest Secretary - Jeff Craft Treasurer - Bill Graham Social Media - Phil Smith Directors at Large Bob DeForest, Steve Miller Committee Chairs Education: John ‘Big Mo’ Heim Entertainment - Greg West Membership - John Lane Merchandise - Anita Skelton The Bluespaper & LCBS folks Bluespaper Editor - Evan Vulich L to r; Paul Ferguson on bass, Corey Clark on drums and Tim Wagoner on lead guitar. Director of Development - Mark Rowell Web Administrator: Kerry Cutsforth im Wagoner led the Tru- The TruTones, as you know, kicked Photographers - see bylines Tones back to Marion on off the 2018 Czech Vilage Blues Festi- Staff Writers - see bylines Saturday night for another val. These guys simply don’t hold back Distribution - Kevin Cutsforth T powerhouse performance. They were when it’s time to take the stage. With Membership welcomed with open arms by a very them, it’s all or nothing. To learn more about the Linn County They really lit up our big stage at the Blues Society or to join, see the member- reverend crowd at The Famous Mock- ship form in this Bluespaper or the LCBS ingbird run by Dennis Mahoney. Czech Village Blues setting up for an- website. Your membership includes; I was surprised that the dance floor other successful blues festival. • Discount admissions to many local Blues activities. came alive so early in their very first I hope you take advantage of the op- • Monthly LCBS Bluespaper. set. As most of us know, it takes some portunity when you hear Tim (Wagon- • Voting rights in the LCBS elections. time before the dancers hit the floor. er) is bringing The TruTones to a local • Being a part of the groove! Not so with The TruTones. Tim came venue near you, to make it out to hear Bluespaper Contact information out of the gate with his axe blazing this amazing powerhouse, blues trio. Send news, band or club live You can’t help but come away know- entertainment schedules, advertising, that brought the crowd to their feet. donuts, Oreos®, or Bailey’s® to: Paul and Corey right behind in the ing you’ve just experienced some of Evan Vulich at: [email protected]. pocket! the finest musical talent this area has Bluespaper Ad Rates to offer. Thanks again, guys, and Den- $15.00 - Business card size - 2” x 3.5” nis (Mahoney), for another great night $35.00 - Quarter page ad - 3.5” x 4.75” of music! $60.00 - Half page ad - 4.75” x 7.25” $75.00 - 2 colums (2/3) - 4.75” x 9.75” A note $100.00 - Full page - 7.5” x 9.75”” from Submission Requirements- All ads, Look for the LCBS photos or scanned images, either color Dorr! on Facebook & Twitter! or black/white, need to be 300ppi. Native Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, JPG, TIFF, EPS, PDF, BMP accepted. Ads created in MS Word may cause dimentia, severe cramping or diarrhea. Deadline for sub- missions is the 20th of the month. The Limestoner’s The Shack Tavern Moving? Send your new address to; Thursday night jam is now at LCBS, PO Box 2672, Cedar Rapids, IA Jeff Craft & Bryce Janey The Screaming Eagle American 52406-2672 so you won’t miss a single Every Sunday 3-6PM issue of your Bluespaper. Bar & Grill in Waterloo! and more raining more keeps it you, without Here blue. so I’m pour. rain must some life, true. In each to it’s I know 2 / Linn County Blues Society ~ October 2018 The Invisible Band Cedar Ridge Winery Evan Vulich he Invisible Band. Well, they’re the end. Remember the theme? That’s the not so invisible once you dis- heart of jazz. Tcover them playing out some- In Reaoner’s tasteful guitar licks and an where which is not often. Sometimes, array of rich passing chords, you’ll hear this is where the really fine musical trea- strains of (George) Benson, (Pat) Metheny, surers are found when you’re not really (Lee) Ritenour. All masters of jazz guitar looking for them in particular. which Reasoner assigns his creative, musi- The Invisible Band is comprised of cal signature to with ease. John Reasoner on guitar. John Hall on Everything from Jeff Beck’s mid 70s, Ally Venable Band Puppet Show Connor Ray Music 2018 A 19-year powerhouse blues player/ singer from Texas, Ally Venable, leading the band sharing her name is causing a lot of excitement in the modern blues scene. Venable started singing at an early age in church and later picked up the guitar and found her true passion; the blues. Ally has established herself as one to watch in the blues and blues/rock world. She has already received many awards 2014 and 2015 “Female Guitarist of the Year”, three- time winner of “Blues Band of the Year” and “Album of the Year” at the ETX Mu- sic Awards 2017. Guitar Player Magazine stated that,” “…Venable pulls off a stunner of gritty and/or sultry, blues-rock tunes… embellished with lots of tasty guitar solos.” Ally’s songwriting and onstage perfor- mance, both singing and playing, would be the envy of a performer twice her age. She wrote all but two of the ten songs on her new disc. The disc contains plenty L to r; John Reasoner on guitar, Ken Duncan on drums and John Hall on bass. of Texas guitar slinging but she also has electric bass and Ken “I play in 10 differ- Freeway Jam to Stanley Clarke’s 1976 re- something to say. There are plenty of ent bands” Duncan on the drums. This lease, School Days. Cripe, I listened this strong lyrics that fit the different types of blues songs she plays. ‘Puppet Show’ de- is NOT a pedal-to-the-metal blues power on my 8 track with a match book cover puted at #7 on the Billboard Blues Charts, trio, instead, you will be treated to some inserted (under the cartridge) to align and continues to climb as she is doing of the smoothest, contemporary jazz in the head! Few musicians, especially bass more touring this summer. this area. players, would want to approach this tune. Her young band members are all very talented. They easily keep up with the bet- For a three piece combo, you’d be Hall handled it with ease. Same thing ter-known guest stars on like Gary Hoey, amazed at the big sound that is delivered. with Weather Report’s, Birdland. Really? Lance Lopez and Eric Steckel on Puppet Each have mastered their instrument and When’s the last time you heard that tune Show. it shows in every tune. There is no faking covered? Jaco may be dead but Hall brings Bassist Bobby Wallace is a master at his craft and his years of experience enhance going on. They KNOW the music thor- him back to life in Birdland. Drummer, the band. Classically trained musician and oughly so they are able to play note for Ken Duncan, tastefully, holds it all togeth- drummer, Elijah Owings, brings a steady, dy- note until it’s time for the improvisation er from his ring side seat. namic sound to the band. We were lucky to have had Ally at Czech Vil- (variation on the theme). This is where These guys reach way out there and play lage Blues show last month. You will be hearing jazz audiences are taken out on a limb so some of the most eclectic jazz from the last from her for many years to come and we saw to speak, with each artist reaching out to 30 years along with their own composi- her when… engrave his own signature on the tune. tions. This is a must hear group. Next time — by Bill Graham The audience is taken on the improv you’re out, make it a point to catch The “A guy will promise you the world and journey with them and are finally taken Invisible Band. Check them out; they’ll be give you nothin’, and that’s the blues. “ home once the theme is reintroduced at invisible no more! ~ Otis Rush 2018 October ~ Linn County Blues Society / 3 Midnight Johnny Long Road Home Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro s the expression goes - tion many times, I’m quite sure that the “Where does the time masterful work I’m hearing right here Ago?” I cannot believe that from Steve (organ), John (drums) and it’s rapidly approaching forty years Sergio (bass) will be an album long oc- since I first met and became a fan and currence.