Volume 29; Issue 3 June/July 2008

SBS is Bringing these Blues Artists to You 2008 Northern California Blues Festival Red Hot Blues Two Days of Summertime Blues Women! Saturday & Sunday, June 21 & 22, 2008 Sunday, June 8, 2008

The Sacramento Blues Society will again be hosting the

Northern California Blues Festival, thanks to our partnership with Matson Breakey, William Neece and CreativeCats. This year’s festival benefits “Through The Mind”, a local non- profit providing alternative mental health care to returning war veterans. T-shirt sales will benefit the Sacramento Blues Society’s “Blues In The Schools” program.

The festival is again being held in the oak shaded Fair Oaks Park and has been expanded to two days during the Sum- Laurie Morvan mer Solstice for this year and will include other events like the Classic Car Show on Saturday and Pancake Breakfast on Sunday. INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Willie’s Wise Words 2

Red Hot Blues 3 Women!

Meet Cynthia Jaynes 4

Lara Price Blues in the Schools 5 News Saturday’s line-up: Sunday’s Lineup: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Contributor 6 Zigato's Bar & Grille Gary Browne Elvin Bishop (8:00 PM) Maria Muldaur (5:15 PM) at the Clarion Hotel

2600 Auburn Blvd Contributor 7 “Mighty” Mike Schermer Band Mick Martin Mary Franklin (6:15 PM) & The Blues Rockers (3:45 (corner of Auburn & The Delta Wires (4:30 PM) PM) Fulton at Bus-80) More BITS News 8 The Steve Foster Band (3:00 The Sacramento Blues Sacramento, CA PM) Revue (2:15 PM) SBS Member Bands 9 Leo Boots & Southside Shuf- Strictly For Kicks (12:45 DONATION: $8 BLUES fle (1:30 PM) PM) SOCIETY MEMBERS/ Equinox (Noon) The Jeff Watson Band Correction & SBS $10 GENERAL Business 10 (11:30 AM) $5 STUDENTS W/ ID Members MORE INFO AT WWW Advance tickets may be purchased online at .SACBLUES.COM SBS Business 11 http://www.matsonian.com/blues/home.html Members or daily at the gate. Food, craft vending, children’s play area, See page 3 classic car show, shaded areas and GREAT blues!

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Willie’s Wise Words

Greetings Sacramento Blues So- June 14 & 15 has the Russian mental health services for our for ciety (SBS) members & blues River Blues Festival in Guerne- returning military personnel. fans! ville featuring among others: Coco Montoya, Jonny Lang, Earl Tho- To wrap up the month of June Your Sacramento Blues Society mas and Shemekia Copeland. there’s the Monterey Blues Fes- just rapped up a great time during tival happening June 27, 28 & the 2008 Jazz Jubilee with the Fathers Day, June 15 brings a 29! With B. B. King, Taj Mahal “Blues Unlimited” venue! Thanks great show to the Horseman’s Trio, Susan Tedeschi, James Cot- to the Sacramento Traditional Club brought by the Sacramento ton, Volker Strifler, Robbin Ford Jazz Society and our local per- Heritage Festival folks with and so much more, YIKES! formers for participating, espe- Kenny Neal, Rick Estrin & The cially Johnny Knox, Mick Martin, Nightcats and The Fabulous Thun- Take the month of July off and Jimmy Pailer, Leo Boots, Dave derbirds. hear some more blues in the Croall, Two-Tone Steiny, Linda world. Enjoy the Summer and Bracamonte, Black Cat Bone, Then, to welcome in the official catch a festival or a club show Spotted Dog, Jeff Watson, Steve Summer Solstice in our area, we near you. Foster, Catfish, Marshal are again privileged to host the Wilkerson, Stan “Equinox” Alves Northern California Blues Festi- John Noxon, the Event Chair tells and NiteCry! Also, thanks to all of val. This festival has been ex- me there is more to come. Look the SacBlues volunteers! panded to two days this year - for a “Blues Diva” show coming in June 21 & 22, 2008 in the Fair August, the IBC in the Autumn Here comes the Solstice, festi- Oaks Park. Thanks to our part- and your “Membership Show” in vals, BBQ’s, outdoor jams and ners, William Neece and Matson December. great blues around our area. To Breakey for bringing headliners start with, June is absolutely Elvin Bishop on Saturday and We are always looking for blues packed with blues. Maria Muldaur on Sunday. Also volunteers to help with our events performing at our Northern Califor- and fundraisers, so don’t be shy. June 7, 2008 has the Coloma nia Blues Festival during this If you would like to be a part of Blues Live with Curtis Salgato, weekend will be the “Mighty” this great Sacramento Blues Soci- Tommy Castro, Roy Rogers, Al- Mike Schermer, Mick Martin, ety, let us know at bert Cummings & more. The Delta Wires (our 2008 entry [email protected] . & finalist in Memphis for the IBC), The SBS will be presenting a Leo Boots & Southside Shuffle, Thank you for your continued sup- blues show featuring the 2008 Equinox, The Jeff Watson Band, port of the Sacramento Blues So- IBC Finalist the Laurie Morvan The Steve Foster Band, The ciety, the Blues In The Schools Band and our own Lara Price Sacramento Blues Revue and Program, the benefits, the local Band. Ms. Price and her band Strictly For Kicks! This will be a clubs, the festivals and the won- were our entry to the IBC last blues friendly environment with derful blues musicians in our area. year! We’re calling this show food & craft vending and a fund- “Membership Drive & Red Hot raiser “Pancake Breakfast” on We would like to hear some of Blues Women”. Drop by on Sun- Sunday morning. The Sacra- your input; either as an article for day - June 8, 2008 at Zigato’s mento Blues Society will be selling this newsletter or a “rear view mir- Bar & Grille inside the Clarion the ‘official’ 2008 Northern Cali- ror” note for the weekly emails Hotel starting at 2:00 PM. This fornia Blues Festival T-shirts “SacBlues News”. Let us know will be a great time to either be- with the profits going to our “Blues what you are seeing and hearing come a member or renew your In The Schools” program. I’m sure around the blues scene. membership. The dues will be these will become the new fashion increasing by $5 for individual and statement around town for the As always, “Save me a seat”, family memberships beginning on Summer! The entire festival is a Willie Brown – President, July 1, 2008. benefit for “Through The Mind”, Sacramento Blues Society

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Red Hot Blues Women! By John Noxon

she dug deeper and discovered band, Lara and company have The Blues is alright in Sacra- Robert Johnson, Etta James, made significant inroads into the mento! The Sacramento Blues Freddie King, and more. heart of the concert scene, Society presents the red-hot, Determined to make music her true which has included gigs blues talents of the Laurie Morvan calling in life, she used her Univer- throughout the US and Band and the Lara Price Band in sity of Illinois degree in electrical en- China. As Lara likes to say, "I one awesome show! Now you gineering (also acquiring compre- didn't find the blues…the blues have the opportunity to see three hensive pilot training and licensing) found me." Recently, The Lara amazing women on one stage. as a way out of her hometown of Price Band released their 4th Plainfield, Illinois. Laurie eventually CD, "I Got News", which has Laurie Morvan relocated to Los Angeles, where, received critical acclaim from following a brief stint in aerospace the Blues community. Few blues guitarists pour as much engineering, she began playing mu- energy into their performance as sic fulltime. Not to be missed is band guitar- southern California-based Laurie ist Laura Chavez, who consis- Morvan -- 2008 finalist at the In- Lara Price tently brings down the house ternational Blues Competition in with her incredible guitar licks. Memphis, TN. Her self-produced The Lara Price Band hailing from CD was the 2nd top seller out of San Jose features some of the best Get ready for a very special 160 performing bands, giving a West Coast blues players Blues Event featuring some of clear indication of who the audi- around. Small in stature, Lara belts the best Blues Women on the ence thought gave the top per- out the Blues like no-one else and West Coast! formance. Get ready for the blues the wailin' guitar work of band- fireworks of the Laurie Morvan member Laura Band! Chavez rivals the talents of Hendrix, Laurie Morvan is a stunning axe Trout and slinger who has seen the doors of Montoya. The recognition recently open up to Lara Price Band her exhilarating electric blues gui- remains a local tar style. However, this occur- favorite phenome- rence was far from effortless. Lau- non of soaring rie found out the hard way that it lyrics, tasty origi- often takes time for a female nals, and hard- blues guitarist to be taken seri- playin', foot ously. Ultimately, unbiased listen- stompin' blues ers have come to recognize Lau- rie's fluid licks, incredible tone, The Lara Price and the emotion she exerts in her Band has wowed songs as evidence of her serious- the Sacramento ness. area ever since its first appear- Her knowledge of music began ance here a few with the usual teen interest in pop years ago. And and rock, but she later discovered the band just the music of the Allman Brothers, keeps getting bet- Lynyrd Skynyrd, and especially ter with no-holds- Stevie Ray Vaughan. Realizing barred rockin’ that the music she most enjoyed blues. Though was derivative of traditional blues, primarily a club 3 Volume 29; Issue 3 Page 4

Meet Cynthia Jaynes By Patty Furey Who has been on the influenced rock, reggae, and Stones at Memorial Auditorium SBS board 6 years, stepped up to most of Bob Dylan's extensive (when Keith got zapped!) Re- the plate to take on the Blues in catalog. Cynthia explained, “This cently most of my favorites, aside the Schools Program, and was a is the music that awakens, vali- from all the fabulous SBS and hippie in the 60’s? Cynthia dates and moves to action. Pop Heritage Festival events, were at Jaynes! Cynthia became a Board music is sweet and palpable - Jackie Greene shows. I Member of the Sacramento Blues and mostly just fun. I like a little guess my favorite was seeing Society in 2002. Willie Brown in- grit in my tunes, songs that in- Jackie Greene at Marilyn's on my vited her to attend a Board meet- form, open my eyes and take me 55th birthday. Huey Lewis ing and at the time there were a to another reality. I get that showed up that night to hear handful of dedicated mostly from blues rock.” Jackie and joined the band for folks keeping the Society going. Cynthia and her brother Mojo Workin’. It was a great She was willing to help out. Cyn- were raised by their single night and I have photos to prove thia became a board member and mom in San Pedro, CA. She it!” her SBS adventure started. Her shared, “I guess Mom really When asked about the life has not been the same since! struggled financially, but still pro- future of the SBS, Cynthia clari- Since 2004, Cynthia has been vided us a great childhood and fied, “I see the SBS becoming Committee Chair of the Blues in shielded us from those daily wor- stronger in the Sacramento com- the Schools Program which had ries. We went to the beach a lot munity, reaching out to partner been inactive for years. BITS is and spent summers in the high with other arts groups and com- now serving many school districts desert with our grandparents. As munity organizations to make in the Sacramento County area a teen, I was a music lover and, Sacramento the place to be for bringing blues history and genre thanks to Mom's support and her Blues lovers. I would like to see to students. free taxi service, I was able to something different - maybe a Blues music has always see all those great acts that came conference on the Blues, or a been in Cynthia’s life since the through Sac town in the 60's. stronger presence in some of the early 60’s. Her mom had a little As a young adult, in the music festivals around Northern portable radio and while she was late 60's I was a drop-out hippie- California. at work Cynthia would scan the type. Actually, I look at it as tak- I'm so pleased that dial looking for some cool ing part of my retirement before I SBS was included in this year's tunes. She remembers loving the started working. My ex-husband Jazz Festival and our partnership music of Sam Cook, Jackie Wil- and I traveled around the state, with the No Cal Blues Festival son, and Ray Charles. Then backpacking, harvesting seed continues to grow. The BITS pro- came the days of American pods, and just pretty much having gram has become very strong in Bandstand and the music was hit an adventure. We ended the last year, expanding to new or miss with her. “Some of it was up securing a mining claim in schools to give younger kids and just plain stupid” Cynthia cried the foothills where we lived off the at-risk students an introduction to out! In 1964 the Beatles hit the land for a couple of years. We the Blues. I'm really excited scene, followed by the Rolling began harvesting ladybugs and about the blues songwriting con- Stones and their blues-tinged eventually started Ladybug test taking place in the Commu- songs. “Songs I remember are Farms which my ex still nity and Court schools of the Sac- Not Fade Away, Pain In My runs. During that time we started ramento County Office of Educa- Heart, Down Home Girl, etc. etc. a family, reentered society, and tion. The winner will be an- etc. and my life of loving the that was the end of our free- nounced May 20th to the SCOE blues started! It's the music I'm wheeling days!” Board. most comfortable with. It's hon- Cynthia’s has too many We have several high est, raw, beautiful and messy all favorite music memories to spirited and hard working commit- at once. And you can dance to choose just one. She states, tee members willing to do the it,” she exclaimed! “Some of my favorites are seeing work needed to keep the program Other styles of music that the Beatles twice in San Fran- running and growing, and I am have effected Cynthia are rock cisco, Jimi Hendrix and Janis forever grateful for their spirit and and roll - especially blues- Joplin at CSUS, and the Rolling dedication.” 4 Volume 29; Issue 3 Page 5

Blues in the Schools News by Cynthia Jaynes, Chair

Passing On The Blues Phew! What a time we’ve had So, a huge round of April 26 at the VFW Hall over the past 2 months! We’ve applause goes out to on Stockton Blvd. What been super busy juggling pres- Jimmy Pailer, Joe a great all-ages venue – entations, events, songwriting Lev, Kenny Nichols, the fine folks there were contests and guitar lessons!! Dave Channell, Stan wonderful to work with Alves, Steve Foster, and the room was First, we represented SBS and Greg King, Lew Fra- great. Thanks to Pat the BITS program at the CSUS tis, Johnny Knox, Armstrong for securing Arts Fair. Rick Taylor, Tim Bar- the location. We nes, Steve Wall, Joey started the show with a Ventitelli and Steve performance by Aisle 6, Namle. Thanks guys a group of high school – we certainly could not do this students from Nevada County without you! who have been winning band competitions right and left. They In my last report, I briefly men- are high energy, very talented tioned our new partnership with the and just had a ball performing Sacramento County Office of Edu- for us. If you get a chance, you cation's Community and Court need to check them out. I’m Schools. Paris Clayton, Larry hoping we can have them back Davis, Dave Channell, Pat Bal- in the very near future. Next up com, with Tess Honn on vocals was Marta Gee and St. Angus CSUS Arts Fair from left to right: presented BITS to all 9 schools in who played a tasty set of front- Cynthia Jaynes BITS Committee their system. The students are porch blues, with feeling! Then Chair, Kyle Rowland harmonica young men who are either incar- BITS guitar teachers Jimmy player, BITS Committee Mem- cerated or have been expelled Pailer, Lew Fratis and Joe Lev, bers Patty Furey and Diane Flo- from their home schools. All stu- with Peter Philis on drums, took res. (Not pictured: Dave Alcock, dents were encouraged to write over the stage to show off their Liz Walker, Faytha Coble, and and submit an original blues song excellent skills as entertainers. Steve Gerdsen) as part of a songwriting con- Our gorgeous emcee, Dana test. Each school submitted songs Moret, joined them with a very In the past two months, we com- to be considered by a panel of moving version of Summertime pleted over 20 Blues In The judges. There was a total of 46 which totally mesmerized the Schools presentations in 2 coun- original blues songs submitted for crowd – even the musicians in ties and 23 hours of guitar les- judging! The winning songwriter the green room had to come out sons. Mick Martin continues to will receive an I-Pod (upon release to watch. impress students, teachers and from the system) and the winning administrators with his out- song, titled I’m Having a Bad Day, The Bill Magee Blues Band standing presentations on the will be put to music and performed traveled up from San Diego and history of the Blues and his abil- at the Board of Education meeting demonstrated a bit of their low ity to relate to and inspire the on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. We down dirty blues. They kept it students. We have drawn in hope to follow that up with an Artist pretty clean, though - since this several excellent local profes- in Residence type program & work was an all-ages gig. The sional musicians to accompany with one of the schools that has a ‘headliners’ this time were the Mick in these endeavors. I music program. BITS students from Rosemont would like to thank them for the and West Campus High dedication and enthusiasm they Thanks to everyone who came out have shown for our program. to support BITS at our benefit on Continued on page 8

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Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – The Palms May 8, 2008 By Gary Browne

I marked my cal- stage - he has and turns of their sonic road- endar long ago shoulder length way and we got to ride shot- to be sure to brown hair con- gun. Sound mix was good but make it to the trasted by the a little loud, the bass was the Palms Play- longest pure white loudest I have heard in a long house on Thurs- soul patch I have time because I noticed my day, May 8th. ever seen. organs were rattling against The Palms is my ribs. At intermission doz- about 20 minutes Joe plugged into a ens of CD's were purchased north of Vacaville DR amplifier, the from his offering of about 8 on Interstate 505 same amp used by CD's, not a bad one among in Winters. The 'Iron Man ' Michael them, the newest being mild mannered Burks and I sus- "Blood Brothers". Joe doesn't Playhouse was pect they were de- put out CD's with just 3 or 4 transformed into signed for sandblasting good songs and "Thunderdome" by the appear- concrete because they the rest filler - it's ance of Smokin' Joe Kubek, surely blasted me. all prime rib with and as advertised, he was Joe's partner is Bnois the fat already smokin'. Joe has quite a pres- King who compliments trimmed. I have ence when you see him on the Joe's searing about 7 of them riffs taking and I saw some care of folks buying multi- the vocals ple copies of the and same CD - one for rhythm themselves and guitar. one as a gift. The Bnois' band is mostly voice is from Texas and one of the finest in Joe is a true guitar gunslinger. the business, full of I liked watching his face alter- character and soul nate between smiles and and his guitar some- snarls. They did two 1-hour times sounds like an sets. After that Bnois said organ and he also thanks for coming and drive does some solo safe. I remember some lyrics parts. sung by Billy Idol that went - "With a rebel yell, she cried It was nice to see More, More More!" and cry for the members of the more we did - but it didn't band smiling at each work - the show was over and other obviously hav- Joe toweled off and came ing a good time and right out into the audience not bored slugging and sat down and talked with out the same songs the fans. in yet another road- house. They fol- See them when you can, you lowed the curves won't be disappointed.

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The Blues Can Take You Anywhere You Want To Go Seven Days With Pinkie Varner by Mary Franklin

The weather was holding out brilliantly as we BB’s… but Pinkie has little time to talk to him opened with Hammond for none other than sailed down 99 toward Hollywood in the rental because someone is clicking over on the other Honeyboy Edwards. Pinkie is on the car. My friend and sometimes-client, Pinkie line. Oh gee, it’s Charlie Brechtel. He’s just phone chatting... I hear, yes. Okay, that Varner, was letting me indulge myself in some calling to see how the drive is going. I gaze would be wonderful. Thank you. She Country music, while we chowed down on over at my old Nokia…..it might ring with that hangs up. Johnny wants to come to the cheesy-crunchy dollar tacos. She had scored spot in the Pistola Blues Festival I applied Tumbleweed Jam. an audition for ‘America’s Got Talent’ and we’d for…. But alas, it just stares back at been running around since Monday to raise the me…”searching for network…” An hour later, we stop for the ol’ seventh dough to get down to Los Angeles in time for day stretch and I’d just popped in my favor- Sunday’s 9am deadline. I’m starting to wonder if I should buy a pink ite Buddy Guy CD. I glance at my phone... cell phone when we arrive in downtown L.A. ”no network available”. I’d no sooner put It all started Monday afternoon. I got a call from and go over to BB King’s to meet with the the old girl back in my pocket… the pink Pinkie and she was out of breath, trying to ex- Manager. It’s been a long day but we’re on alien gadget lights up yet again! This time plain the situation and that she needed to raise the books and ready to come back down in though, it’s Pinkie’s husband….. just calling the cash to fly down to Los Angeles. Every hour two weeks for twenty five minutes. Pinkie to say “I love ya’, honey”. that passed, the tickets went up in price. Flying calls up the band of brave Bluesmen and they wasn’t going to be an option. We would have to are ALL on board-of course. They’re a crazy, I guess it is true. drive. We also realized we would have to try to hard-driving bunch and they’re going to give it ‘It’s Always Somethin.’ do something every night of the week to raise a shot. the cash and so, she rang up her ‘guys’ the Morning Wood Bluesmen and we put our heads Sunday morning comes quickly and it’s a long together. process to get from 9am to 3:30, when Pinkie finally is lined up in the audition room with a Tuesday afternoon was a quick spot on KVMR few other female singers. She’s up first, with Thom Myers. Tuesday night, Pinkie and something we weren’t hoping for. She does Ron Cook did a little “Morning Wood Blues Duo” the National Anthem revisited at the True Love Coffee- and NAILS IT! The house. Wednesday, it was on to Louie’s Blues other contestants are Jam where Steve Foster graciously made room looking at her…and for ‘a little fundraising’ and that put us at the they are applaud- half-way mark. A busy Friday night at the Silver ing!! The producers Dollar Saloon in Marysville topped it off and with do a short interview a donation for the cost of the rental car, we were asking Pinkie what on our way and left Saturday afternoon. she’d do if she won, etc...and half an hour While we were in the car, enjoying the cheesy- later, we're back in the crunchy dollar tacos, Pinkie's pink cell phone car (which seems to rings....she's calm, and she’s saying.. “Who? have transformed into Oh, yes. Thank you. Actually, we can be there some kind of booking tonight. We’ll be in the area. I'll call you hotbed). back.” It was the agent for BB King's Blues Club. They wanted to know if The Morning There isn’t much traf- Wood Blues were interested in doing an audition fic on I-5 tonight. The on a Monday night for twenty five minutes... sun is setting in a (yes, that meant. we would be .driving down on beautiful color (you a Monday, auditioning for 25 minutes and driv- guessed it, PINK!) ing back that same night) If all went well, BB’s and as if it read my was prepared to offer MWB a regular spot. mind, her phone is buzzing...... It's I’d barely digested that bit of news when the Johnny B. Goode. He phone (pink, of course) lights up again. This met Pinkie in Mem- time, it’s Saxophonist, Jerry Martini (founding phis and he's just off a member of Sly and the Family Stone) and he’s gig with John talking about coming down to see the show at Hammond in Italy! He

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Schools who have been work- and his guitarist made a visit and the spirit. This young father ing with Jimmy, Lew, and Joe in performed for the students at started the day in a sad place the after school guitar lesson WIND. It was such fun to see the and was happy and hopeful be- program. They were all awe- students and staff excited about all cause of the possibilities music some and on fire for the Blues! the new instruments and possibili- can make. This is why we do It was great to witness their en- ties that come with them. As I Blues In the Schools and why thusiasm and excitement at be- looked around the room during Cur- it’s so important that we all work ing able to play for their families tis’ performance, I noticed a young together to bring music to the and teachers. Some of the stu- homeless couple, with an infant, kids. dents have even formed their sitting in the back of the room. own band and performed an Again, thanks so much to Big original song for us. It is so re- The young father seemed only Mike and Skip Maggiora! Make warding to see young blues mildly engaged in the music and sure you support the Sacra- men & women putting it out spent time pushing the stroller and mento Heritage Festival and there and we hope our efforts quietly caring for the baby. He Skip’s Music – they are two of are helpful. Although we just seemed exhausted and preoccu- the good ones and deserve all ‘broke even’ monetarily, (the pied, not having fun at all. During good things! fundraiser was definitely a fun- the performance and lunch, Faytha raiser, though) it was a great Coble, from the BITS committee, It’s Summertime! Time to get event and successful in that had started putting the drum kit to- the Blues! everyone saw BITS in action gether. I noticed the young man and the students were really was now sitting at the drums with a See you out there. proud of themselves and had a small smile on his blast. face and asked if he plays drums. HOT NEW CD RELEASE I would take a little space to He responded that thank and acknowledge Big he used too – a WEST COAST JUMP BLUES Mike Balma and Skip’s Music long time ago – for the over the top donation of and then showed music instruments to the WIND me one of his Youth Center’s school for hands had been homeless teens at the Heritage badly damaged. Festival show on March 30,

2008. Missy Kinder and Dave I suggested he still Alcock of the WIND Center ar- had some mad rived expecting to receive a gift drum skills & that certificate for Skip’s Music. In- the drum kit will be stead, Big Mike Balma and there whenever he Skip Maggiora had all the in- wants to play. The struments needed for a full next thing I knew band set-up - guitars & cases, he was putting the amps, keyboard and stand, and cymbals together, a full drum kit – all ready for de- smiling, with a livery to WIND. Missy and twinkle in his eyes, Dave were speechless (for and had another about 1 minute!) and very ap- student sitting at preciative for their generosity the drums. Right and support. there I saw the healing power mu- www.twotonesteiny.com The next day Curtis Salgado sic could have on

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The Sacramento Blues Society BOARD OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS (SBS) DIRECTORS Blues In The Schools is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit organization PRESIDENT Cynthia Jaynes & Steve Gerdsen formed to preserve and promote blues – Willie Brown BITS Benefits music as an art form. VICE PRESIDENT Liz Walker

– Kim DuVall Blue Notes Newsletter Editor The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS), Valeriejeanne Anderson founded 1979, is one of the oldest blues SECRETARY – Sally Katen Concessions/Merchandise societies in California. The SBS has kept Cathy Dubets & Kim DuVall the blues tradition alive in the Sacramento TREASURER Events area by promoting the local blues music – Dennis Moffett John Noxon scene and bringing internationally PARLIAMENTARIAN renowned artists to the region. Debbie Galik Fundraising and Grants Debbie Galik MEMBERS AT LARGE SBS is an affiliate member of The Blues Cathy Dubets International Blues Foundation. We provide educational op- Patty Furey Challenge Event portunities for young people with the foun- Steve Gerdsen Kim Duvall dation’s “Blues In The Schools” Program, Linda McShane Jazz Jubilee and other programs in partnerships with John Noxon Willie Brown & area schools. Demouy Williams Charles Washington Membership The Sacramento Blues Society produces a Board of Directors Linda McShane newsletter, “Blue Notes” on a Bi-Monthly Meetings Northern California schedule (Six times a year) to our member- are held the 2nd Tuesday of each Blues Festival ship, and a weekly e-mail letter “SacBlues month, 7:00 PM at the SMUD Willie Brown News” to keep members posted on all Building, 6301 S Street, Public Relations Blues events in the community. Sacramento, CA. Willie Brown

Webmaster Membership is $20.00 a year individual All SBS members in good standing Dave Baldwin and $35.00 a year family. (Until July 1) are invited. 12