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HAMILTON LOOMIS BAND Saturday, April 12Th at 6:00Pm the 21St Saloon • $15 Cover Advance Ticket Discounts At VOLUME NINETEEN, NUMBER FOUR • APRIL 2014 HAMILTON LOOMIS BAND Saturday, April 12th at 6:00pm The 21st Saloon • $15 Cover Advance Ticket Discounts at: www.hamiltonloomis.com The Blues Society of Omaha and Venue 51 will host a JOE BONAMASSA PRE-PARTY! Friday, April 11th 5:00pm Venue 51 at 1951 St. Mary’s Ave. The Brandon Miller Band from K.C. Free Food and NO cover! THURSDAY BLUES SERIES 4727 S 96th Plaza All shows 6pm – bands subject to change April 3rd .......................................................... Damon Fowler ($10) April 10th ................................................. Gas House Gorillas ($10) SATURDAY April 12th ........................................... Hamilton Loomis Ticket discounts available at www.hamiltonloomis.com April 17th ............................................................... The Bel Airs ($8) Aril 24th ....................................Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat ($10) May 1st ............................................... Tres Equis Re-Onion! (TBA) May 8th ..........................................................The Nighthawks $12) JOE BONAMASSA May 15th ............. Peter Karp and Sue Foley,The Ori Naftaly Band, Omaha Music Hall • April 11th • 8:00 PM plus IBC Finalists Katy Guillen and the Girls! (Outdoor show!) PAGE 2 BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA 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. We support the event financially as well as provide 500+ volunteer hours for each of the events. The PWF concert series has drawn national recognition to Omaha! • In 2001, BSO created BluesEd, a non-profit youth artist development program which provides opportunities for young musicians to perform with other students in a band format. BluesEd has also gained national attention for Omaha. • Regularly produces charitable events for musicians in need • Provides support to The Zoo Bar – Lincoln’s award-winning Blues venue • “Jammin Away The Blues” – annual fundraiser for The Nebraska Mental Health Organization • Operation Feed the Troops – fundraiser to provide free food to deploying and returning armed forces members and their families • Annual toy drive for the children of Pine Ridge Reservation Other Donor Benefits: • Free monthly subscription to “Blues Notes” – our monthly newsletter that will keep you abreast of Blues events in the area, Blues CD revues and other articles of interest to Blues connoisseurs! • Weekly e-blasts with late-breaking Blues news • Invitation to special events and parties • Special pre-sale and discounted tickets to select events • Various discounts offered by BSO advertisers • Pride in belonging to a group dedicated to “Keeping The Blues Alive!” Please consider switching to the GREEN VERSION of Blues Notes. You will be saving the planet while saving BSO some expense. Contact Nancy at [email protected] to switch to e-mail newsletter delivery and get the scoop days before snail mail members! BLUES ON THE RADIO: Mondays 1pm-3pm on KIOS 91.5 “Blues in the Afternoon” with Mike Jacobs You can listen to the live stream at www.kios.org 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, and you can listen to it on the web at KZUM.org. Monday – 3:00-6:00pm “World Gone Wrong Blues” Tuesday – 10am-Noon “The X” • 3:00-6:00pm “Group W Blues” Wednesday – 3:00-6:00pm “My Deja Blues” Thursday – 3:00-6:00pm “Every Kind of Blue” Friday – 1:00-3:00pm “Women’s Blues & Boogie” • 3:00-4:30pm “Hudson Blues” Friday – 4:30-6:00pm “A Blues Oasis” Saturday – 6:00-8:30am “Blues at Sunrise” BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 3 Damon Fowler April 1st @6:00pm • Zoo Bar • $8 April 3rd @6:00pm • 21st Saloon • $10 Fowler’s guitar work has been compared to Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck, while his slide guitar has a hint of the late Duane Allman. He can play fiery guitar runs with the best of them, but it’s his lyrical work on lap steel and Dobro that makes him stand out among the legions of guitar heroes. Reviewing a recent perfor- mance in Illinois, Juke Joint Soul said, “Fowler’s heavy helping of swamp rock and slide guitar blues conjured up a huge lightning storm. Having full command of his voice as an equal instrument to his guitar, Fowler can easily croon you to sleep as he could belt out a jump blues or a Credence-like swamper. This kid has got the tools to take on the big stage.” Born and raised in Brandon, Florida, just outside of Tampa, Damon Fowler first picked up the guitar at the age of twelve. After being shown a few chords, it was apparent that he was a natural. While his friends were listening to the musical flavor of the month, Damon was digging into the Blues, and was soon playing small clubs in and around the Tampa Bay area. Years later, with thousands of shows behind him, he is one of the most unique and seasoned artists on the national circuit. --From Damon Fowler’s website Check out B.J. Huchtemann’s column Hoodoo Blues each week in the Omaha READER for info on upcoming shows and other news in the roots-blues music scene. Find the new column online each Thursday at http://www.thereader.com/music/C12/ BSO CORPORATE SPONSORS BLUE CLUB Craig Kelley, Inserra & Ra Neurological Kit and Pam Kelley Royce M. Kreitman Kelley Law Firm West Point Rack Troy and Susan Krupicka Terry O’Halloran Steve and Lisa Krueger Jo Mach OnTrack Music John Rogers (Peace, Love, Etc.) SPECIAL Michael J. and Paula McCarville Roger and Sheri Slosson Matt Barges Tim & Sue Miller CORPORATE Dan Van Houten Mo Barry John Pollack and Karen Berry Mitch Bolte Richard Wolken Glenn Bauer Sid Sidner Jim Bradford, Jr. Bel Air Merchant’s Association Geoff Clark Ernest Sutherlin Elizabeth Easley, Psychiatric Cackin’s Repair and New Jerry Cyza Bob and Becky Swift Mental Health Care PC Christy Rossiter & 112 North Duck Bill & Patty Doney Pamela Tanous Chick Ganz Mama’s Pizza West David & Kristine Evans Dave and Sue Vanlandingham Conrad Good Paul Scott Hoagbin Blues Band Mike and Sue Hansen Greg Virant and Lynn Kost Virant PAGE 44 BLUESBLUES NEWS NEWS • OMAHA• OMAHA BLUES BLUES SOCIETY SOCIETY What’s New with BluesEd? BluesEd Bands Preparing for April 12 Festival at McKenna’s Five BluesEd bands Other bands perform- are preparing for their ing in the next month first major BluesEd are Voodoo Vinyl Music Festival of the (McKenna’s, April season at McKenna’s 19, 7 p.m.) and Us & Blues, Booze, and Them (McKenna’s, BBQ, 7425 Pacific on April 26, 7 p.m.). The April 12 from 1:30 BluesEd Showcase at to 7:00 p.m. Set in Pizza Shop Collective Stone, Voodoo Vinyl, (6056 Maple in the Dilemma, Us & Them, Benson Business Dis- and Far & Wide will trict) on May 3 (2–7 all take the stage p.m.) will feature all that day to showcase six BluesEd bands. their talents. Come hungry for great food Be sure to come and great blues music on out and support from the talented BluesEd. DILEMMA WILL PERFORM AT THE BLUESED FESTIVAL APRIL 12. young musicians. Dilemma, with four members in their third year with the band, has already performed three times at McKenna’s in 2014. March 22 was their latest show, where they intro- duced their newest vocalist and harmonica player, Jack McLaughlin, brother of one of the band’s guitarists, Ben McLaughlin. Jack showcased his vocals on a Johnny Cash song, Folsom Prison Blues, and broke out the harmonica on “Sweet Home Chicago.” Ben and guitarist Trace Jones entertained the crowd with some dueling guitars. Trace Jones said of the band, “I love being on stage and playing for a crowd rather than just sitting in the bedroom playing alone.” Chris Shouse, drummer Erik Shouse’s mother and one of the band parents, said about their rehearsal the night before, “The kids don’t just practice together. They have a lot of fun talking and hanging out together.” Kevin Shouse, Erik’s father, runs the sound board for the band, and will do sound for all of the bands on April 12. Far & Wide, who practices in the basement studio that hosts the Kris Lager Band, did a rendition of a KLB original, “Watchu Got.” The video found its way to YouTube, http://youtu.be/ZlPfgGvo3xo. Kris Lager himself praised the band for their ren- dition of the song. BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PAGE 5 “If blues, soul, and rock arranging, and performing can be said to form a tri- his own material. A series of angle, you’ll find Hamilton self-released CDs followed, Loomis right in the center including 1996’s ‘Just of it”, says Guitar Player Gimme One Night’, 1999’s Magazine. An apt descrip- ‘All Fired Up’, which the UK’s tion, as young Loomis is one Blues Matters said was “so of the young artists at the strong and confident that it forefront of bringing blues has your vote two bars in”. based American music into the 21st century and rede- Within Loomis’ live show fining it for a contemporary fans will enjoy funky audience.
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