The Blue Note The Official Newsletter of the Launceston Blues Club March 2019 Some dates for your diary: Sun 10th March LBC Jammers Blues Band + Café Noir Royal Oak 2pm Free Entry Fri 15th & Saturday 16th March Forth Valley Blues Festival Sat 23rd March Blues Dusters – Launceston Workers Club Sunday 31st March 2019 Next LBC Blues Jam Free entry 1-4 pm at the Royal Oak Hotel All welcome BYO Instrument(s) th Tuesday 12 March 2019 Next LBC General Committee Meeting 7.00pm Royal Oak Hotel. All financial members welcome Coming up: Fri 5th April FUSION-Combined Blues & Jazz Clubs Event See inside this issue for lots more of what’s ahead. ABOUT THE LAUNCESTON BLUES CLUB The Launceston Blues Club is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers whose sole aim is to promote and present Blues and Roots music to the music lovers of Launceston. LBC Committee meetings are held on 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm, at the Royal Oak Hotel. All financial members welcome. The club also runs a Jam Day on the last Sunday of the month, 1pm-4pm, at the Royal Oak Hotel, for those who wish to gain stage experience, as well as the opportunity to play with musicians of varying levels. We encourage musicians of all ages and accomplishment to attend. Audiences greatly appreciated. LBC membership entitles the holder to a monthly newsletter and discounts at participating businesses. Corporate members can also advertise their services through the Blue Note. LBC CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: [email protected] https://www.launcestonbluesclub.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Launceston.Blues.Club MAIL: P.O.BOX 7683, LAUNCESTON. 7250 LBC COMMITTEE 2018-19 President: Karin Grant Newsletter items – we would welcome your contribution 0414 350 470 Articles from our members are invited and most welcome. These Vice President: may be in the form of comments, letters, profiles, CD reviews, Victoria Wardlaw concert or gig reviews, interviews or news items. Treasurer: All articles, including details of upcoming gigs should be received Erica Maxwell no later than the 25th of the month. Please send to Secretary: [email protected] Karin Grant The views expressed within the Blue Note submitted items are not Membership Officer: necessarily those of the LBC, committee members or the editor. Erica Maxwell **LBC Blue Note Committee reserves the right to decide what of Public Officer: any contribution is or is not published. Alan Purdey ____________________________________________________ Acting Bluenote Editor: Karin Grant The following businesses provide discounts to Launceston Blues General Committee: Club members upon sighting of current membership card Kay Maloney Royal Oak Hotel – 10% off main meal at ALL times John Lovell CD Centre – Kings Meadows – 10% off purchases Susan Crave Dobson Guitar Services – 10% off parts & strings Jean-Charles Crave other services negotiable Julie Roach The Coin and Stamp Place (Hobart) also offers discounts on medal Dave Keller mounting and selected products Create Communicate (Phil Dean) is offering half price music videos to club members, starting at $100. Hello all Starting off with some rather sombre news, it is with great sadness that I notify you all of the recent passing of Rayma Wilson. Rayma became our President back in 2017 and was very enthusiastic about becoming part of shaping the future of the LBC, sadly she became quite ill and had to relinquish her role after a few months at the helm. On behalf of the LBC I would like to convey our sincere condolences to all her family and loved ones. May you now Rest in Peace, Rayma. The sold out LBC Rhythm & Blues Cruise was a great success and everyone I spoke with said they had a great time. A big thank you to John Lovell for doing 99% of the event organising and for acting as the host with the most for the afternoon. Chester Draws and the Lowboys were fantastic and they informed us of another gig coming up at the AIC – The Australian Italian Club, Prospect on 28th April. Some of our committee members, club members and friends have formed a couple of bands, check The LBC Jammers Blues Band at the Royal Oak on Sunday 10th March at 2pm – free entry. On Saturday 23rd March at 7.30pm the Blues Busters will be performing at Launceston Workers Club 22 Elizabeth St, Launceston. Hoping you can support our local musicians, both first gigs for each band. The Forth Valley Blues Festival is almost upon us and their committee have organised a discount ticket rate for our current members, this information has been sent to your emails around a month ago (please email if you did not receive the discount code and I can send again), another good reason to become an LBC member. Thank you Forth Valley Blues Festival. They also invited us to showcase what we do at the LBC to help open the Festival on the Saturday morning, so we have rustled up a band of committee members to play a few tunes to promote what we do at our jams. “The LBC Jammers Blues Band” comprises of Susan Crave on vocals, Jean-Charles Crave on guitar, John Lovell on bass and Dave Keller on drums. Also harmonica player, Phil Dean (one of our Corporate members) will be joining the band on the day. Rehearsals have been going well by all accounts, so get up early on the Saturday to catch their performance, set time 12.10pm. They are also doing a special pre festival performance at the Royal Oak on Sunday 10th March at 2pm. On Friday 5th April, we are combining with the Launceston Jazz Club to bring you all a night of great music with two bands. Venue at the Boathouse on Northbank and will be early start around 5.30 doors for a 6.00pm performance. The band for the Launceston Jazz Club will be the Spike Mason Quartet and for the Launceston Blues Club, we will be presenting the Billy Whitton Trio. Tickets will be $10 for all. Lock this date into your diaries, it will be a real treat. I would also like to thank David Grey for providing a great CD Review for Pete Cornelius Band’s newest release, don’t miss reading all about it. I also have a copy and it’s fabulous. Have a great month. Cheers Kaz …… Karin Grant – President Vale Rayma Wilson We at the LBC were very saddened to hear of the recent passing of our past president Rayma. She was a very enthusiastic committee member until ill health caused her to relinquish her role. Sincere condolences to all who were close to Rayma. Below is a snippet from Oct 2017 Newsletter introducing herself, when she took over the role at a time when the LBC was in great need of committee. We were glad she made the decision to come on board. “I chanced upon the LBC, Sunday Jam Session, about 4 months ago, and knew I wanted to be involved. I have a love of music and dance. In September all members received a notice seeking Expressions of Interest to fill some of the Committee’s roles. I value the importance for LBC to continue to make a contribution to the Launceston community, so I thought I would attend the meeting as see if I could help in some way.” Around April or May 2018 Stephen Phillips took over as acting President. Special event - Band premiere at the Royal Oak The LBC Jammers Band will perform on Sunday 10/03 at the Royal Oak in the afternoon, starting at 2pm. Come along for an afternoon of great music and encourage our own Club musicians at their inaugural gig prior to their showcase performance at the upcoming Forth Valley Blues Festival. You will be the first to see this great new band. Café Noir will be providing a support set. The bar will be open as usual. Please support the venue that supports the Launceston Blues Club. An exciting new event, be part of history in the making FUSION 5th April 2019 We are excited to bring you our first ever combined gig with the Launceston Jazz Club. Volunteers are needed, two able bodied people with a ute who are free on the Friday (5/4) during the day and also on Saturday morning. We need stage sections (4) dropped off and returned. We also need one or two able bodied people to assist with the load in of the sound and stage equipment from JC’s car during Friday afternoon and load out again Saturday morning. No technical knowledge required. Neither of these roles are expected to take up too much of your time. Without helpers the costs of putting such events increase, making them harder to bring to you at an affordable price. We of course will offer you free tickets into the event as a thank you. Please email your contact details to [email protected] and they will be passed on to JC to co-ordinate times etc. Thank you There’s a First Time for Everything The LBC in conjunction with the Launceston Jazz Club are bringing you for the first time, a special event from both of our Clubs. A musical extravaganza where Jazz and Blues collide, we present to you the Spike Mason Quartet and the Billy Whitton Trio. Guaranteed to be a great night of jazz and blues. Put Friday 5th April in your diaries. It will be an early start with doors at 5.30pm and music from 6.00pm. Door charge is just $10 for all. To be held at the Boathouse Function Rooms at 55a Lindsay St, Invermay.