BIMONTHLY NEWS OF THE COLORADO BLUES SCENE • VOL. 23, NO. 2 • APRIL - MAY 2017 • [email protected] 2013 KBA WINNER BLUES SOCIETY OF THE YEAR CHUCK BERRY HAIL TO THE KING BY JACK HADLEY Chuck Berry was the original brown-eyed handsome man. People around the world as- sociate America with his mu- sic and all that came after. He defined “Americana”, a term that’s been hijacked to only include music that’s related to folk or country mu- sic. A combination of intensity, swag- ger, blues, T-Bone Walker and C&W, CHUCK BERRY, THE KING OF ROCK’N ROLL Chuck is the reason so many people learned to play the guitar. I bet there isn’t a guitar player alive who hasn’t played “Johnny B Goode”, whether it was Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards or teenagers playing in their first base- ment band. When Chuck Berry passed away on March 17th, 2017 at his St. Louis home, I read numer- ous accounts of people who immediately passed judgement on his legacy, telling us their ver- sion of the gospel truth. He was obsessed with money, only used pick-up bands to play gigs, a womanizer and on and on. IN THIS ISSUE 1 CHUCK BERRY 17-21 CD REVIEWS Continued on pag 6 2 COLO. BLUES CHALLENGE 23 MOJO & BUSINESS 4 SHOUTIN’ THE BLUES 24 BLUES ACTS 11-12 BMA NOMINATIONS 25 BLUES RADIO 13-16 IBC PHOTOS 26 MEMBERSHIP DESIGN 2017 JACK HADLEY DESIGN Colorado Blues Challenge IBC Preliminary Round Sunday April 23 2017 D’s Tavern dstavern.com Presented by the Littleton, CO Colorado Blues Society Doors 12noon www.coblues.org Competition 1pm $10 general admission CBS members & non-members All admission fees go to the competition winners APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 2 APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 3 SHOUTIN’ THE BLUES BY TARRY UNDERWOOD Wow, here we are in April with May just around the corner. The festival season starts with the Beaver Creek Blues and Brews THE COLORADO BLUES SOCIETY was formed to create a greater and the Brighton Blues blast. How many people look to CBS.org/calendar to find out awareness and wider appreciation of the American indigenous what bands are playing where on any given date? Well that calendar is updated by Peg- art form, the BLUES. P.O. Box 386, Windsor, CO 80550 gy Jamison and Jennifer Underwood, with help from Jim Primock. Next time you see one of them, thank them for their hard work. Also, big thanks go to Chick Cavallero, our hard-working Vice-President spends many hours each week putting out our weekly update that is full of blues history, current events and includes the calendar with jams Affiliated with The Blues Foundation www.blues.org and shows. OFFICERS Tarry Underwood, President I’d like to give a big shout out to Gary Guesnier and Nick Mader for putting the Chick Cavallero, Vice-President Mike Golden, Vice-President Thommy Knoxville fundraiser and to everyone who attended and contributed. It was Jennifer Underwood, Secretary Kyle Deibler, Treasurer my first time at the Westminster Brewing Company. They have great beer and have been DIRECTORS hosting live music. A big thank you to them for hosting the event. Support them if you Scott Fitzke, Patti Cavallero, Joanne Cole, Joe Menke, are in the area. Kerry Morrison, Daryl Reichenender, Fordham Murdy, Peggy Jamison, Jude Talaba, Sandee Lewin Nye, April and May also bring the IBC preliminary rounds and finals. April 2 will be at Michael Mark Dicken’s Opera House in Longmont, April 23 will be at Ds’ Tavern in Littleton, and WEB MASTER David Brandt the finals on May 7th back at Dicken’s. Doors are at 12 with the competition starting at HOLLER 1:00. Come out and support the musicians competing. Published for Feb-March, April-May, June-July, Aug-Sept, Oct-Nov, and Lastly, I look forward to seeing many of you at our annual Member’s Party on April Dec-Jan 30th. It will be at a new venue for us this year, Syntax Physics Opera on South Broadway EDITOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jack Hadley in Denver. The band will be Andy T Band featuring Alabama Mike. This is a free show CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE Jack Hadley, Michael Mark, to member’s so mark your calendars and plan to be there! Show starts at 3:00. Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro ADVERTISING Ad placement, Rates & Specs: Jack Hadley Design [email protected] APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 4 DESIGN 2017 JACK HADLEY DESIGN Colorado Blues Challenge IBC Final Round Sunday May 7 2017 Dickens Opera House Presented by the Longmont, CO Colorado Blues Society Doors 12noon dickensoperahouse.com www.coblues.org Competition 1pm $10 general admission CBS members, $15 non-members All admission fees go to the competition winners APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 5 CHUCK BERRY HAIL TO THE KING BY JACK HADLEY Continued from pg. 1 As for me, I’d rather listen to those I never met Stan Musial or Willie who actually made music with him, on- Mays, my childhood heroes. But I got stage and in the studio. There was a pe- to meet Chuck Berry one night back- riod where Chuck played with pickup stage at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis. I’ll bands, but that wasn’t the whole story. never forget being in the presence of For years he had a killer stage and studio the King. q band. And the music speaks for itself. Yes, he was human. His legacy is the music that he made and the people “...he fell on stage one night and he touched. He was a poet and a great musician who blew up the status quo of what music was supposed to sound like. recovered without a hitch, Before pedals and auto-tune there was Chuck Berry, hollow-body Gibson in turning his accident into hand. The story goes that he fell on stage one night and recovered without the Duck Walk...” a hitch, turning his accident into the Duck Walk. Nobody did it like him. APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 6 APRIL - MAY 2017 HOLLER 7 Vintage and Collectible The largest Collings guitar dealer west of the Mississippi. 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