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A Florida Non-Profit501(c)3 Corporation 1 E-BLUESLETTER September 2011 Issue # 3 2 OBBS E-BLUESLETTER Issue #3 www.obbs.org Inside this issue: MESSAGE FROM THE President Herb Ransburg, Jr 3 Blues in School By Reno Mussatto 4-5 The OBBS, The Early Years 6-7 "Bulldog Ben" Basile LADIES OF THE BLUES 8-9 by Jann Childers 10 THE 2011 CENTRAL FLORIDA BLUES CHALLENGE Spotlight 11 The Harmonica Championships New Smyrna Beach By WHAT’S HAPPENIN’- 12-13 Victor Wainwright and the Wildroots By Rick de Yampurt www.go386.com Daytona Blues Festival 14 & 15 SPONSORS 16 Cece Teneal 17 CD review—Tommy Lee Cook- Outside looking In 18 Sarasota Blues Festival 19 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who contributed their time and efforts for this e-bluesletter. If you have a story to contribute please email me at [email protected] thank you, Karen Stott-editor 3 OBBS E-BLUESLETTER Message from President Good Day Blues Lovers and Music Fans!! August has arrived and so has the HEAT!!! Thank goodness I am in Florida and not Texas!!! I was in Texas previously and was thankful to get back to the cool summertime heat in Florida. It was B-R-U-T-A-L in Texas and the Blues scene was just as freaking hot! It was good, but I missed my Florida Blues!!!! Central Florida‟s 2011 summer has seen an ebb and flow in the live music scene. We blasted out of May and right through June, slid into July half scorched and now August is upon us, and trust me, we got a hell of a Fall on tap! Throughout the summer we have had multiple chances to see lots of local bands and na- tional acts rolling through town. The memberships wants to thank The Alley, McWells, Harry‟s Cigar and Brew, Habaneros, Holly & Dolly‟s , B.B.King‟s, The House of Blues, The Plaza, Vines, Finnegan‟s, Victorio‟s, Bubbalou‟s, Earl‟s Hideaway, The Beach Shack, Vintage 56, and all those other places that have supported live music this summer. Many of the aforementioned venues are sponsors and some are not. Nevertheless, we thank all of you for keeping the live music scene in Orlando jumping. September will kick off with Ladies of the Blues!! Hell Yea!! Mark your calendars for September 18th my friends. This is gonna be another great production. Jann Childers has put together some killer talent for this event and we look forward a spectacular evening with many of our local songstresses and divas!!! October will also be a killer month with multiple events on the playlist. There‟s the 2011 Daytona Blues Festival the weekend of October 7th/8th/9th. You got so much talent coming down that weekend, I just might have to shack up on the beach to stay close to the groove all three days!! Then the Mississippi Sax players get a chance to do their thing at the 6th Annual Harmonica Challenge on October 16th. If that ain‟t enough for you, the Central Florida Blues Challenge is on October 23rd! All you cool cats and kittens better start sharpening those Blues skills, „cause it‟s time to put them to the test against the best of the best in Central Florida!! You will see additional details forthcoming about each as we get closer. If you need more info, just send and email to [email protected] or check the www.obbs.org web site for more info. Volume One of the Orange Blossom Blues Society CD is taking shape really quick. We started receiv- ing submission immediately after the announcement and have out first playlist ready to be review and mas- tered by Alpaca Studios. Were going to start the process for Volume to so stay tuned and please submit your song(s) according to the data on the website at www.obbs.org. We look forward to getting those songs and hearing from each band and fans alike. This first volume will feature of course local talent, but we are also us- ing a local talent for the mastering and engineering. We are anxiously looking forward to sharing the final product with the membership. You will be able to purchase the CD at many of the upcoming events and con- certs around town. If you would like us to show up at one of your planned music related events and sell CDs, send a note to [email protected] and place “OBBS CD Sales” in the subject. Blues on peeps!! I know what the cure for the „summertime Blues‟ is, it‟s the Autumn Blues baby!! We don‟t get all those pretty fall colours for too long, but we can sho‟ nuff enjoy the music for the entire time. Get out and enjoy our local bands and shoot us an email or a Facebook message about the show attended. I am sure the bands would love to hear from you, too! Post some pics to show how much fun you had – you never know, your pic could appear on the cover of the newsletter!!! Now, GET OUT AND GET SOME BLUES IN YA!!! Herb Ransburg, Jr. President, Orange Blossom Blues Society Please visit our sponsors 4 OBBS E-BLUESLETTER Blues in the Schools at Orlando Metro Gymnastics On August 19th, 2011, the Orange Blossom Blues Society’s “Blues in the Schools” program had the students at Orlando Gymnastics doing double back flips over the blues! Though traditionally presenting at schools, Blues in the Schools Chair- man Reno Mussatto was looking at summer opportunities for the pro- gram and was contacted by Orlando Metro Gymnastics to present dur- ing their summer session. The presenters were Mike Pappademos on harp & vocals and Bird Dog Bobby Band members: Bird Dog Bobby on guitar & vocals, Reno Mussat- to on drums & vocals and Gary Whitehead on bass. Host and organizer of the event, Betsy Sarafin also graced the stage to belt out a couple of hot blues numbers. The O.B.B.S. encourages everyone to seek out Teachers, School Adminis- trators, parents with school-age children or others who may be interest- ed and tell them about the Blues in the Schools program. For more in- formation or to schedule a free entertaining and educational presenta- tion please contact Reno Mussatto at 407-234-7185. www.youtube.com/watch?v+a68oengbmOw Please visit our sponsors Please support our sponsors 5 OBBS E-BLUESLETTER Issue #3 6 OBBS E-BLUESLETTER The OBBS, The Early Years "Bulldog Ben" Basile This is the third and final installment of our series: "The OBBS, The Early Years". This one begins in the Fall of 2005 and takes us up to the present time. Let's pick up the story where we left it: The fund-raiser at Virgin Records Mega-Store at Downtown Dis- ney was a very cool and very badly-needed event; that one took place on September 24, 2005. Jann Childers helped to get many of our bands booked there. Soul Cactus, and Amado Oh land's jazz-blues fusion band Upbeat were among them. If I may be al- lowed a personal comment, I must say that it was very nice to play that event with Jann. The crowd was very responsive and a fair chunk of change was garnered for the relief of those along the Gulf coast who were knocked flat by Katrina and Rita. The Blues at the Rock series at the Hard Rock LIVE at Universal was a good undertaking. Though it had a relatively short run, it did provide five killer evenings of top-shelf blues. Catfish Charlie, the Jann Childers Blues Project, Big Rick and the Trouble Makers, Blues Crew, Teague Stefan, King Modish and funk US were just some of the fine local bands that had a chance to tear the roof off the joint at the Hard Rock while we had that going on. Our second Annual Business Meeting was held at the Elk's Club at Primrose and East Central; that was the first-ever OBBS event for future-Present and newsletter Editor Zaida Zoller. The officers elected in that November 13th conclave were: Tim Williams, who began his second term as President; Mike Edwards continued as V.P.; and Jae Futch stayed in the ever-important Secretary/ Treasurer slot. By now Jeff Willey was off the Board of Directors but he was still promoting some killer events. His second and final Orlando Blues Fest was held on November 19, 2005 and had one hell of a line- up: how about the Smokin' Torps, Sarasota Slim, Beautiful Bobby Blackmon and the B-3 Band, Lucky Peterson -- with his Dad, Please support our sponsors James, no less -- and Little Charlie and the Night cats batting clean-up! I sure hope you didn't miss that. The rain did little to dampen our spirits that fine Saturday. The OBBS signed up three new members and made a TON of friends that day; there are ac- tive members still on the roll who first learned of our existence from this event. Something I'll always remember from that week- end: hanging out with Little Charlie and taking his band-mates back to OIA the next morning in my taxi. And, no, I didn't charge 'em a dime! OBBS E-BLUESLETTER 7 2006 was only our second full year of existence. It had some highlights too -- and one unspeakable tragedy: the killing of OBBS Founding Member Tracy Benawitt. Tracy's life was cruelly taken on the 24th of June of that year.