Volume Fourteen, number eight • August 2010 Saturday, auguSt 14 Ellis Hooks BSO BuS Trip to gates open at 4 p.m. BluesEd groups DetailsTaj are stillMajal being finalized, start at 4:30 p.m. Blackburn but a bus to Taj Majal’s TH 9/23 show at The Bourbon Theater afterBurn Jam at is in the works. Tentative plan union Pizzaria, calls for a 5pm departure from immediately The Lift Lounge, returning around midnight. email following [email protected] if interested. Playing with Fire. Stacy Mitchhart Band Luigi Inc. A Tribute to Luigi Waites Blues at the New lift louNge Thursday, August 12, 2010 • 7:00 PM 4737 s. 96th st. • omaha , Ne Turner Park at Midtown Crossing TH 8/5 .....................................................Rosie Ledet The Jazz on the Green TH 8/12 ................................................Candye Kane finale will be a fitting Tues. 8/17...... Ben Prestage (free for BSO members) tribute to Luigi Waites TH 8/19 ..................................................Zac Harmon and his impact on the Wed. 8/25 .................................................Les Dudek local music scene. His band, Luigi Inc., contin- TH 8/26 ......................................... Aunt Kizzy’s Boyz ues on, and will be joined TH 9/2 .................................................... John Primer for the second set and grand finale by sev- TH 9/9 ...............Big James & The Chicago Playboys TH 9/16 ...........................................Stacey Mitchhart eral special guests who will pay homage to Aunt Kizzy’s Boyz the talents of the late, great Luigi Waites. TH 11/4 ......................Josh Garrett & The Bottomline PAGe 2 BLUeS NeWS • BLUeS SOCIeTY OF OMAHA 2010 Iowa Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Competition The Central Iowa Blues Society, Mississippi Valley Blues judged based on Blues Content, Talent, Originality and Society and Lizard Creek Blues Society are seeking Stage Presence. applicants for the 2010 Iowa Blues Challenge Solo/Duo competition. A one round competition will be held in Any artist whose name has appeared on a final Handy/ Des Moines, Iowa at Blues on Grand on Sunday, Sep- Blues Music Award ballot is ineligible. No other entry tember 12, 2010 starting at 5 PM. (If needed, another restrictions apply. This means that management con- round may be added Sunday, September 19, 2010.) The tracts, booking agent contracts, recording contracts, winner of the Challenge will receive a cash prize along performance contracts (even those that include regular with travel expenses and will represent the Blues Soci- television or radio broadcast) and nationally distributed eties of Iowa at the International Blues Challenge Solo/ recordings have no bearing on eligibility. Duo competition in Memphis early next year. Applications may be downloaded www.cibs.org. The competition is open to any solo or duo act from the Entries must be postmarked by August 7, 2010. For state of Iowa. “Solo/Duo” is defined as any act with more information, call 515-225-6638. one or two musicians. Vocalists are counted as musi- The 2010 Iowa Blues Challenge is proudly sponsored cians for the purpose of this competition. Both electric by Central Iowa Blues Society, Mississippi Blues Soci- and acoustic instruments are allowed. Participants will ety, Lizard Creek Blues Society, Budweiser and Citadel be judged by the same criteria that are used in Mem- Broadcasting/94.9KGGO & 98.3WOW. phis for the International Blues Challenge. Each band is Please consider switching to the GREEN VERSION of Blues Notes. You will be saving the planet while saving BSO some expense. Blues on the radio: Mondays 1pm-3pm on KIOS 91.5 Mike Jacob’s “Blues in the Afternoon” Sundays 9am-Noon on KIWR 89.7 Rick Galusha’s “PS Blues” Pacific Street Blues & Americana podcast: http://kiwrblues.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-03T11_00_49-08_00 Lincoln’s KZUM Radio - Nebraska ’s only community radio, has 19 hours of blues every week and you can listen to it on the web at KZUM.org. Monday – 3:00-6:00 Tail-Waggin’ Blues Tuesday – 10am-Noon The X, Rock & Blues from Jim Petersen • 3:00-6:00 Highway Blues Wednesday – 12am - 2am Phil Steele - Flashback Blues • 3:00-6:00 My Deja Blues Thursday- 3:00-6:00 Trigger Meal Blues Friday – 1:00-3:00 Women’s Blues and Boogie • Friday – 3:00-4:30 Hudson Blues Friday – 4:30-6:00 Blues Oasis Saturday – 6:00am-8am Blues at Sunrise BLUeS NeWS • BLUeS SOCIeTY OF OMAHA PAGe 3 Conrad Good on Carolyn Wonderland at the Zoo and PlayinG With Fire: Such a nice lady… She seems to be shocked when she gets thunderous ovations and awards, go figure that. Seems that Friday night before Carolyn’s PWF gig she had finished her show at the Zoo Bar and was trying to leave but the Police were somehow blocking the alley exit. What does Carolyn do? She pulls off some acoustic set in the alley until 3 in the morning. I was not there (dammit) but I’m told tears were shed during that performance… Here is an exurb from Josh Hoyer’s Face book page that sums Carolyn Wonderland up perfectly! If the spirit of American music had one chance, one voice, to cry out for it’s dignity, I would fight for Carolyn Wonderland to be that voice. If you are looking for someone to carry the torch of the greats- look no further. And I would venture to say that she would blush at the thought... Ponca Smoke SignalS 10001 Ave. H Carter Lake, IA We carry ”Native American Products” Hours: M-Th 7:30-8 Fri.-Sat. 7:30-9 Sun. 11:30-6 712-847-0437 $3.00 pack $25.00 cartons #2 Bso CorporAte sponsors BLUE CLUB Michelle R Olmstead SPECIAL John Irvine Harvey Brindell Jack Sobotka, CPA Matthew Barges Royce M Kreitman Mathia Byrne Bob & Becky Swift Glenn Bauer Michael J & Paula McCarville Terry O’Halloran Dan Van Houten John Campbell Michael T Moylan Bar Fly Richard Wolken Jerome Cyza Ronald Reiff The New Lift (fka Murphy’s) Cackin’s Repair & New Rob & Teresa Dilts Jim Rouse Eagle Search & Service Sherry Dostal Sid Sidner CORPORATE James F Pietro, DDS Alan Green David Vanlandingham Mitch Bolte KZUM FM John Holben Travis Wagner Jim Bradford, Jr Omaha Concrete Sawing, Inc Donald Hunter Conrad Good PAGEPAGe 44 BLUESBLUe NEWSS NeWS • OMAHA• OMAHA BLUES BLUeS SOCIETY SOCIeTY BluesEd – August 2010 July was a busy month for our BluesEd perform at the following students! All five bands participated venues / events in August: in two workshops with our clinicians August 1 – BluesEd Family where they learned and perfected new Fun Festival Anchor Inn 3 songs. In addition, several bands per- – 7 p.m. (all five BluesEd formed in and around Omaha at such bands play along with Lin- venues as the Village Pointe Amphi- coln’s Academy of Rock’s theater, Rosenblatt, PS Collective, the Blues groups) Pride Festival, the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) in the Heartland fundraiser, August 7 – Summer Arts Festival, Lin- and of course, the Playing With Fire concert! coln, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. (all five BluesEd bands play along with Lincoln’s Acad- Our BluesEd would not be as successful as it emy of Rock’s Blues groups) is without the generous assistance from our event organizers and volunteers. In June, we August 14 – Us and Them and Backer’s held a fundraiser at The Lift and we would Blues perform beginning at 4:30 p.m. like to thank the following individuals for all at the Playing their help and donations: With Fire con- Jeff and Patti Fries for all cert their hard work organiz- August 15 – ing the event. Our deepest PS Collective, Mojo Bag, Crimson gratitude goes out to all our generous event Dawn, and Lincoln Academy of sponsors: The Blues Society of Omaha and Rock’s Blues groups perform) The Lift and to all who donated items for the raffle: Alvin and Kathy All the BluesEd students are look- Uhlenbrock (folk art- ing forward to August and beyond work); Dianne Samuel as they continue to improvise, with Safilo (Jimmy Choo and Valentino learn, and perform blues music! sunglasses); The Blues Society of Omaha (CDs and memberships); Terry O’Halloran (drinks and tickets to shows); and Peggy Pierson (iTunes gift cards). Also, thank you to Alvin and Kathy Uhlenbrock and Andy Baker of Baker Custom Designs for volunteering to design and print this year’s BluesEd posters. A big thank you to all the volunteers that day including Missy Torrez, Anne Skinner, Keri Boyd, Peggy Pierson, and Barb Fisher. Our second fundraiser of the season was held July 24 at Slattery Vineyard. Crimson Dawn kicked off the BluesEd band per- formances that began at 4:00 p.m. and ended at 9:00 p.m. with a fun- filled improvised jam session with all the band members. A big thank you goes out to Slattery for hosting the fundraiser and to Jeff Kangas for providing the sound system and coordinating the performances during this event. Without sup- port from all of these volunteers and sponsors, we would not be able to provide our students with so many wonderful opportuni- ties, so thank you to all of you! Our BluesEd bands are excited to BLUeS NeWS • BLUeS SOCIeTY OF OMAHA PAGe 5 Why donate to The Blues Society of Omaha? The Blues Society of Omaha, Inc is a 501C3 Non-Profit Organization that was formed in 1998. We are an all- volunteer organization with over 800 members. BSO’s mission is to “Keep the Blues Alive”. We are recognized as one of the top Blues Societies in the country – a very cool thing for our great city. Through your support we continue to contribute to The Blues, its musicians and events in the area through our sponsorship and volunteer support: • BSO is a sponsor of Playing With Fire, a series of concerts held each summer on Omaha’s riverfront.