OBBS E-NEWSLETTER November– December Preserve Promote and Present the Blues HUGE THANKS to the Smokin Torps, The PitBull of the Blues, The Paul Stott Inside this Group, Joel DaSilva and The Midnight issue: Howl, and The Blacktop Blues Band for par- ticipating and sharing their talent with all of us!! Presidents Letter Orange Blossom Major congrats to The Paul Stott Group for Blues Society 1-2 their People's Choice Award!! PSG delivered Central Florida Blues Challenge as we know they always do. Paul and Rick have a way of blending both fiery guitar so- los and haunting harp in a way that raises the Spotlight hair on your neck!! This has become a staple 3-4 of their style. It is very rare to see a bass player break a string, but if you were paying attention, you noticed Gary Martin broke his G string on the first song and recovered like CD Reviews by 5 master players do!! Awesome! Joe Adcock Daryll Davis had to struggle thru a "mobile" bass drum yesterday which slowly inched its way away from him. He never missed a beat!! You can Festival Review: see them this coming week at The Alley Daytona Blues 6 Blues Bar in Sanford for the Live After Five Festival street festival. They will be playing outside of The Alley from 5 to 8!! This is a great way to show your support for our 2013 People's Choice Member Spotlight 7 Award Winner!! Your 2013 CFBC Winners, Joel DaSilva and The Mid- OBBS Events night Howl just fired up the stage and upped the ante with Blues in School / 8 Ladies of the some blazing Blues! Joel defi- Blues nitely knows his way around a Stratocaster . .and to think someone questioned Buddy Guy by stating to him, 'I didn't Band Listings 9 know a Strat could play Blues?'. Well, it ain't the guitar, it's the player and Joel is a helluva player! With Douglas Treen Machine on sax, The Midnight Howl did just that . .THEY HOWLED!! Stefano and Bob where locked in as tight as any rhythm section can get. They laid down and drove the groove for the entire set. Joel and 'the About OBBS 10 Howl' got the crowd to howling and participating in the show - that was cool! You Our BOD can catch these guys howling again back in our area on October 11th and 12th down Membership at the House of Blues inside the restaurant . .Free Admission folks!!! Keep your Our Mission eyes and ears open for a fund raiser we will host for our winners - details to follow within the coming weeks. Let's congrat Joel and 'The Howl' and support them all the way to Memphis!!! HOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWLLLL!!! Karen Stott –Editor Continued on page 2. 1 Continued from page 1 We can't thank all the volunteers enough. Without them, the show would not have gone on. I also want thank our judges, Beautiful Bobby Blackmon, Ed Krout, Jackie Jones, Richard Boogart, and Bobby Hall. This group of judges brought diverse views and backgrounds which was reflected in their scoring and comments. Their service and sup- port is greatly appreciated. They are indeed KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE in Central FL. It takes all of us to keep LIVE MUSIC a vital part of our lives - SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC PEEPS!!!! Last but not least, THANK YOU FANS AND SUPPORTERS OF OBBS!!!! We could survive without all of you sup- porting us!!! Sincerely, MARK YOUR CALENDARS Herb Ransburg President, HOWLIN’ TO MEMPHIS Orange Blossom Blues Society The OBBS will be hosting a fund- raiser at the Alley Blues Bar in Sanford, FL on Saturday Nov 16th from 2-6pm ! FEATURING CFBC CHAMPIONS JOEL DASILVA & THE MIDNIGHT HOWL & PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER THE PAUL STOTT GROUP. Come and join the festivities and help them go to Memphis. ! Raffles, Prizes, And much more! 114 S Park Ave Sanford FL 407-328-4848 2 Zaida Zoller If you know the blues in Central Florida you know about ZshowZ “Zaida Zoller, central Florida’s impresario to the world of blues, is a fervent believer in America and the music of America. She has a determined demeanor and willingness to do whatever it takes to get music to the people and people to the music. If you have never worked in this line of business you may only see the successful results of excellent artists presenting their work to thrilled audiences. If you have experience in the work she gladly un- dertakes, there can be nothing less than total respect for her years of success. There are very few places in our country where the blues can be experienced on the level or the fre- quency like we have here in Florida. And no doubt about, it simply wouldn’t be, couldn’t be possible without visionary people like Zaida. Next time you find yourself at one of her (Z)shows(z) , after a great concert experience, after praising the artist, track her down and thank her as well. When you are shaking her hand, you will be in contact with one of the best in the business.” Charlie Boyer JAZZ AND BLUES FLORIDA 10/31/13 Tell me how you first got involved in with the OBBS? What's your fondest memory of working with OBBS? What's it like to be a volunteer, be a sponsor and board member for OBBS? Orlando—my hometown I left behind many years ago to spend half of my time in the Boulder/Denver area. A little over ten years ago, though, I came back to help take care of my Dad and soon discovered the music scene pretty much sucked (which was pretty much my synopsis when I left all those years ago). Not too long after returning, I caught wind of a mini blues fest in downtown Orlando and said to myself HELL YEAH – I LOVE THE BLUES. Can’t recall who all the players were but do remember Soul Cactus and Jeff Willey were some of the performers. Two notorious individuals, Jae Futch and Ben Basile had a sign-up list for folks interested in becoming involved in a newly forming blues society and I signed up. Never heard another word about it. It was over a year later, I was at another event and the OBBS had a table. I said WTF? I signed up and never heard from you guys. Of course, it will remain a mystery into eternity why that happened. Needless to say, I ended up joining, started attending some of the Board meetings, and the next thing I know I was elected to the Board serving as entertainment director and after a short time was elected President. I did my stint as the Prez, also managed the membership files and pub- lished the newsletter for quite some time. I ran myself ragged for the society, especially getting that newsletter done each issue (hectic stuff), until one day I said to myself, does anybody read this stuff? I’m spending a lot of precious time spinning my wheels and…. So at that time the newsletter was laid to rest. RIP Digressive side thought: It’s a lot of work being a volunteer for a non-profit. Most volunteers, rare individuals who comprise an itsy bitsy frac- tion of the membership, work full time jobs, doing it in their spare time because they believe in the cause. They give their time—even their souls—to promote that thing which they love, and most of the time their #1 reward is getting flack from people who would never even dream of volunteering a nanosecond. It’s astounding. Back to my early days on the Board—it recall it being a great experience. The folks on the Board worked together well, we got things done, had regular meetings, things were happening, we put together the 501(c)3, had several great events, it was growing, people were excited. I really enjoyed this time with the OBBS. What did you find most challenging about working with OBBS? Communication. What do you wish other people knew about the OBBS? These are loaded questions. I wish other people just knew about the OBBS. It’s taken a long time to get this society in gear and it’s not growing very quickly. I think that a board that consists of non-working musicians would be beneficial to really getting down and getting this thing mov- ing. Who is your all-time favorite blues artist and why? That’s a difficult question to answer. There are so many incredible artists. I’m a huge Albert Collins fan. When I lived in Boulder many years ago, Albert used to come through quite regularly and play this little club on the outskirts of town called Peggys’ Hi-Lo. He’d march through the audience with his band in trail and his sax player hitting two at the same time. It was really quite the show and I’ve never forgotten him. 3 Blues on Internet Radio 4 CD REVIEW By Daryll Davis Stevie Ray Vaughan Resurgence SRV copyright John Rockwood 1984 This year saw the release of two recordings showcasing the emerging talent that would spawn the rebirth of the blues in popular culture in the 1980’s. The first is a recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in a small club in Norfolk, Virginia in 1980. This club, The King’s Head Inn, was popular with the college crowd from the nearby Old Dominion Univer- sity and the show was taped for radio broadcast by local station WNOR.