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Volume 35. Issue 1 January-February 2014

In this issue: Meet Aaron King 

 Hall of Fame  Ceremonies 

 Sin City Fes val 

 San Diego Blues 

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And More! 

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Sacramento Blues

Society is a

Proud Member

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is one of the oldest blues socie es in California, founded in1979, and is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit corpora on formed to preserve and promote blues music as an art form. SBS has kept the blues tradi on alive in the Sacramento area by promo ng the local blues music scene and bringing interna onally renowned

ar sts to the region and produces and mails a newsle er, “Blue Notes” six mes a year for our membership. SBS is an affiliate member of

The Blues Founda on, and provides educa onal opportuni es for young people with The Blues Founda on’s “Blues In The Schools” Program. 

2013 Committee Chairs

Blues in the Schools —Cynthia Jaynes/Liz Walker Blue Notes —Valeriejeanne Anderson/Jan Kelley

CD Reviews—Mindy Giles Events/IBC Compe on —Mari Lu Onweller

Finance—Liz Walker Sacramento Blues Hall of Fame—Sally Katen/Jan Kelley

Membership/Volunteers —Sharon Allen Merchandise/Concessions/Graphics—Tammie Madill

Publicity—Mac “Guitar Mac” Macknally SacBlues e‐News/Calendar—Willie Brown

Website Liaison—Liz Walker Webmaster—David Alcock

2013 Board Officers Jan Kelley—President

Mari Lu Onweller—Vice President Cynthia Jaynes–Secretary

Liz Walker—Treasurer Cynthia Juarez‐Parliamentarian

Board Members at Large

Sharon Allen Sally Katen Kim DuVall

Tammie Madill Mac “Guitar Mac” Macknally 

Board of Directors Mee ngs—2nd 

Tuesday Each month; 7:00 PM at the SMUD Building, 6301 S Street, Sacramento  All SBS members in good standing are invited to 

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few of us who try to han-dle many tasks and volun-teers are extremely scarce! Write a review of a gig you just saw, take some pictures & send them to us! Raise your hands and your voices! We need input! If you see something we’re doing or NOT do-ing, let us know how you think YOU could im-prove it and contact us! www.sacblues.com. Speak up! Step up! You’ve gotta give some-thin’ to get somethin’! We really do have ‘Keepin’ the Blues Alive’ in our minds and in our hearts. Don’t just give us a “Like”, give us a hand! This is YOUR SOCIETY! We can’t do it all by ourselves, blues buddies! Let’s get some action going for 2014!

OK, I’m off my soap box…We’ll be celebrat-ing the Sacramento Blues Society’s 35th An-niversary this year as one of the oldest blues societies in California. We can look forward to a great party!

I’m proud that I’ve been a small part of the Sacramento Blues Society for nearly 30 years of that time and will always cherish all the good times and all the good friends that have come of it.

Your dearly departed (from the Board)

President, Jan

2013 has come and gone and the Sacramen-to Blues Society is alive and well! Hooray for us!

Welcome to our new Board of Directors: Kevin “Wingnut” Adams, Cari Chenkin, Rich Forman, Daniel Hernandez, Guitar Mac MacKnally, Sharie Martin, Mari Lu Onweller, Jim Reego and Charles Washington are join-ing current members Cynthia Jaynes and Cynthia Juarez. 2014 promises to be a great year with all of you on board!

Naming people I’d like to thank is hard to do, when there have been many who have stepped up and kept this Society goin’, so I’ll start with the Board of Directors who worked with me this past year: Sharon Allen, Kim Du-Vall, Cynthia Jaynes (CJ), Cindy Sue Juarez, Sally Katen, Guitar Mac MacKnally, Tammie Madill, Mari Lu Onweller, and Liz Walker. Take a bow, Ladies and Gent, you did a fine job! I also wish to thank Valeriejeanne An-derson (VJ) for her financial advice and as-sistance as well as being a fine editor of this publication. Thanks VJ for all you do! I would be remiss if I didn’t say what a trooper David Alcock is. He’s been our ‘interim’ webmaster for a year now, in addition to be-ing the MC at events and working with the BITS crew. Thanks, Dave, you’re the man!

I feel the need to stress that there are only a

Message from the President—Jan Kelley J a n - F e b 2 0 1 4

For adver sing rates contact

editor@sacblues.com

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A true product of the Sacramento blues sce-ne, guitarist Aaron King was born and raised here. He has been an ambassador for Sac-ramento blues around the world showcasing a style that owes as much to jazz guitarists like Herb Ellis and country guitarists like Hank Garland as it does to blues guitarists like Albert King and Albert Collins. Aaron had no musical influence from his family, and concedes they owned “the worst record col-lection ever”. Howev-er, he heard the guitar on those records and on the radio, and re-ceived his first guitar and a lesson book at age 8. By 18, he want-ed more, and found blues music lessons with Sacramento Blues Hall of Famer Johnny "Guitar" Knox. He con-tinued his blues guitar education under the mentorship of another Sacramento Blues Hall of Famer, Little Charlie Baty, developing a style that would combine blues, jazz, and country guitar. From there he spent his formative years playing guitar for and recording with the late, great pianist and Hall of Famer Omar Shariff.

Playing with renowned Sacramento jump blues band “The Chrome Addicts”, King went on to win several Sacra-mento Area Music Awards (Sammies) includ-ing a Critic's Choice Award for Outstanding Guitarist. After several national and Interna-tional tours with the “Chrome Addicts”, he left the band to start his own band, “Aaron King and the Imperials”. In addition to play-ing with the Imperials he has also toured

with world-renowned boogie-woogie pianist Mitch Woods playing such prestigious fes-tivals as the Montreal Jazz Festival and Umbria Jazz Festival.

After many years on the road, King went back to college for a degree and a stable in-come. Not willing to give up music, he has found ways to stay in touch, including build-

ing a home studio and creating musical gifts to his family. In recent years, King has broad-ened his musical hori-zons through his associ-ation with highly re-spected Sacramento jazz bassist Harley White, Jr., blurring the lines between blues, jazz, funk, and even hip-hop in an effort to con-tinue pushing the music forward in ways his pre-decessors did decades earlier with the electrifi-cation of blues- a radical notion at the time.

King believes the Sacra-mento music scene has seen better days. Alt-hough the local talent is better than most cities our size, musicians are not recognized or revered by the citizenry.

Attendance at shows is sparse, even for name artists traveling through the city. Live music, a staple in many cities, is no longer a high priority.

While King has no future plans in mind, he waits for an opportunity to get involved with a project or a group that will help him main-tain his passion for music. Not looking, he knows it will come.

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Meet Guitarist Aaron King—by Val Anderson

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2013 Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame Ceremonies— by Sally Katen; Photos by Val Anderson

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Beginning this past year, the Hall of Fame became a sep-arate Blues Society event! And yes, we had a party!! Every-one came dressed up and dressed down for our first

Hall of Fame event held at Harlow’s in Midtown this year. Our Mistress of Ceremo-nies and 2011 Hall of Fame Inductee Lena Mosley introduced our house band for the year, the Mr. December Band, and the party began. The band hit the stage and dancing began with Dana Moret singing her heart out while her band mates, Jimmy Papas-tathis – guitar, Steve Dunne - guitar, Chris Fraire – bass,

Billy Roberts – drums and brothers Law-rence Gee and Joe Gee on the horns, gave us their all!

Our current President, Jan Kelley, then spoke about our Sacramento Blues Socie-ty and introduced a new program that will be included as part of the HOF event each year. It is called “Gone but Not Forgotten”, and is meant to assure that we remember

all contributors to the Sacra-mento area blues scene that have passed on. Each year we plan on reading each indi-vidual name as a remem-brance to all.

For the second year in a row, we have had previous inductees introduce our new Hall of Fame inductees. The inductions started with 2010 inductee Johnny “Guitar” Knox introducing friend and fellow bandmate “Rat-a-tat” Pat Balcom. Our next in-

ductor was 2012 inductee Ron Texeira introducing Lew Fratis; and then 2012 inductee Marina Texeira, with a little help via a long distance phone call from vocalist and former resi-dent Stacie Eakes, intro-duced Jimmy Pailer. It

was an induction that included sweet memories and hu-mor. Former 2012 inductee Ray “Catfish” Copeland had the honor of introducing his friend and bandmate Jim Monroe; and last but not least, 2010 inductee Mick Martin

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introduced friend and fellow musician Nate “Snakeboy” Shiner.

With such an illustrious gathering of musicians in the house, one of the best All Star Jams that Northern Cali-fornia has seen in a long time began! The outstanding guidance and organ-ization skills of Dana Moret brought together current and past HOF induc-tees and their band members, all jam-ming and enjoying being back togeth-er. When it was time for things to end at Harlow’s, the jam was moved and

continued on at the T o r c h C l u b , where eve-ryone got involved in the hang-ing of the 2013 HOF

inductees’ photos and perpetual plaque on the Hall of Fame wall at the club

You are not going to want to miss this opportunity next year! We promise you will not be disappoint-ed. Just remember to start submitting nomi-nees for the 2014 In-duction Ceremony, by g o i n g t o www.sacblues.com. Click on the Hall of Fame link, and recom-mending as many Sac-ramento Blues Artists

that you feel meet the criteria and deserve to be part of our Hall of Fame. Our Committee works hard every year to try and honor the most deserving, but we need your help, we need your input! We would also like to say “Thanks” to everyone for attending and supporting the Hall of Fame Event and all of the programs of the Sacramento Blues Society.

Gone but Not Forgotten—By Sally Katen The Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame (HOF) commit-tee has started a new addition to our event schedule, enti-tled Gone but Not Forgotten.

To honor the local Blues musicians who have passed away, we will acknowledge them each year by reading their names at the Hall of Fame Ceremony. They are not HOF inductees, but they are being remembered and acknowledged by our Society for their contribution to the Sacramento Blues com-munity. Those names will also be placed on the SBS web-

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site. This does not exclude them from being nominated to be inducted into the local Hall of Fame.

For anyone to be considered for the Hall of Fame, someone has to nominate them! Why not you? This is easily done on our web site, www.sacblues.com, click on the Hall of Fame button, and you’ll be done in no time! You can always use snail mail too. Verbal requests are heard (mostly), but the committee still requires a written nomination before consid-eration. The information comes directly to me and the Hall of Fame Committee so that all have the information.

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a few new tunes. Back at the pool stage, Royal Southern Brotherhood turned things into a post-Dead dance and twirl-fest complete with an extended Allman Bros. style jam and their version of “Fire On the Mountain.” Then off to the top floor once more for Jon Cleary’s New Orleans funk and soul blend.

Day 2 was equally epic, although still barely grazing the surface music-wise. Big highlights were Deanna Bogart, whose triple-threat per-formance on vocals, piano and saxophone was tantamount to seeing three masters in one amazed gaze, and the opportunity to see an A-list personal favorite, The Soul of John Black, with John Bigham and band delivering a deep-ly satisfying set that spanned his half dozen albums. 3rd and final day memorable moments: morning at the black-jack table with Tampa blues singer Betty Fox before she joined her boyfriend Selwyn Birchwood to belt out a tune on the Casino stage, and the rest of the day and night poolside for top shelf performances by Contino, Carolyn Wonderland and the Igua-nas.

While some fest-goers complained about the venue change from the Rio to the Riviera, sound quality or anything else that wasn’t 100% right, no one complained about the mu-sic. The artists collectively put heart and soul into their performances, making it one of the most satisfying festivals in recent memory.

Impossible to catch every act, but wherever you landed was the right place. Often it was poolside, where the stage was torn down (figuratively speaking) by a procession of high energy performers. Mike Zito & the Wheel got first dibs on demolition, with desert sun in their faces and a sweltering 100+ degree tempera-ture. Bassist Scot Sutherland didn’t catch the weather forecast beforehand, showing up in black attire with a jacket belonging in another latitude. Zito invited guest Samantha Fish to jump in the frying pan, increasing the grease to 4-alarm level. Next was soul crooner/harp player Tad Robinson in the Top of the Riv pent-house ballroom sponsored by the Delta Music Experience. Tad and his band of world class musicians filled the dance floor quickly, rolling through songs from his five albums and added

Sin City Soul & Blues Revival- Las Vegas, NV—By Steve Cagle

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Every year we honor our past and present blues greats through inductions into our Sac-ramento Blues Hall of Fame. We also raise and provide funds to assist SBS musicians in times of great financial need through our Gene Chambers Musicians Emergency Fund.

There are many ways for an individual to par-ticipate as an active volunteer. Become a Board Member or Chairperson – there are sev-eral opportunities to utilize your skills and tal-ents. SBS needs you! If you have computer skills, communication skills, artistic abilities, graphic artist abilities or other talents, please consider donating your time and skills. You can volunteer for an individual activity or event.

We appreciate our members and the creative ways they contribute their personal talents and abilities to SBS. For example, Sharon Al-len – former Board member and Membership Chair - always added her artistic

The Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) is a 501(c) (3), Nonprofit Corporation, founded in 1979 to preserve and promote Blues Music as an Art Form. We promote local blues and bring re-nowned artists to our region, and we are an affiliated member of The Blues Foundation.

We are asking our members to become in-volved and encourage others to support and join our society. Within the Sacramento Blues Society we have several programs that our members and others can volunteer for and support.

The Blues in The Schools program brings mu-sicians, educators, storytellers and other per-formers together to assist each other in teach-ing students about blues music and its culture.

We hold a local competition for the Internation-al Blues Competition and support the winner with fundraisers for travel expenses to Mem-phis.

SBS Membership and Volunteer Opportunities—by: Cynthia S. Juarez  

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prizes, along with new and creative ideas (and the people to bring the ideas to life!)

Be a part of your local blues music com-munity! If you are not yet a member, your membership is expiring soon; or if you are interested in finding out more about the Sacramento Blues Society, go to www.sacblues.com

flair to our m e m b e r s h i p table; David Al-cock donates his time and tal-ents by MCing our Events, as program direc-tor for BITS and acting as Web-master; for the second time, Tammie Madill created a beau-tiful Blues quilt and contributed the proceeds to the Blues in the Schools Program. Each and every one of our Board members brings their skills to provide a viable Board.

Remember, you can create how and what you would like to contribute to the Sacramento Blues Society. We are always looking for raffle

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Winner!

Adam was the winner of the BiTS quilt, and picked it up at Louie’s. Congratula-tions, Adam!

At three o’clock they were waiting outside the door because people who love the blues also love to have fun. On December 1, the Sacramento Blues Society (SBS) held its an-nual party at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on Stockton Boulevard. The room was packed when SBS president Jan Kelley announced “The Sacramento Blues Society’s meeting is open. Let’s par-ty!” The music started with the Christian DeWild trio, named Best Blues Band in this year’s Sammie’s Awards. DeWild warmed up the room with his gritty voice and fast-paced style. Featured artist for the night was the Kyle Rowland Blues Band. Rowland, who has grown up in the circle of the SBS, was the spotlight of the last edition of Blue Notes. “I am honored and humbled to be supported by this musical family,” Rowland said after his performance. Many of the blues faithful

added to this, saying that youth is important in keeping the blues alive. “I love the membership party because it‘s these members that drive the society and keep the music alive,” said Willie Brown, who informs members of weekly events in his “SacBlues News” newsletter. Kristen Dahl added to this, saying, “We need to keep the blues alive as a true American art form. I’d hate to see it on the endangered list.” Volunteers worked hard to make the event a success. A low priced spaghetti dinner and drinks were offered by members of the VFW and Flame Club. A special raffle prize to ben-efit the Blues in the Schools program was a handmade quilt, designed by Tammie Madill. At the end of the evening, the 2014 SBS offic-ers were introduced to the membership. Outgoing officers garnered a great thank you from blues lovers.

A Blues Christmas—By Nan Mahon

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The San Diego Blues Festival—by Sharon Earl

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The news…The San Diego Blues Festival is an annual event, held the Saturday after Labor Day to benefit a local food closet. Musicians provided great blues music for a moderate ticket price and canned food dona-tions. Pricier VIP options are avail-able. In the prior year, the attend-ance was over 5,000. I would bet it was that or more this year. Lots of people having a great time.

The views…Held at the Embar-cadero Marina Park North, with a view of the Del Coronado Bridge, people fishing, boating in the bay and huge boats in the Marina. LOTS of great sun-shine and some breezes. Some rolling land-scape, some shade to perch under, but mostly it’s all out in the sun. Really nice people there, but then again, it is a BLUES festival after all. I liked that they had a nice variety of food-my favorite was the East African food. Tasty. And the fresh squeezed lemonade was refreshing.

The blues…This year, three members of the Blues Hall of Fame, Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold and Jody Williams were headliners. Grammy winner Dave Alvin joined them, along

with Lucky Pe-terson, Eden Brent and many local mu-sicians. I’ll tell you about my favorites.

Two stages were set up to keep the music

going with timely switching between the two. The music began while waiting in line at 9:30

A.M., with a local group… Billy Watson & His Submarine Trio. What fun, lots of harp playing –

right up my alley. Very welcom-ing.

I got a real taste of Chicago blues with Billy Boy Arnold. He was dressed sharp and classy in his brown suit. Very en-gaging and talented. A harp player! He played harmonica on Bo Diddley’s “I’m a Man.” when he was 19.

Lucky Peterson, at age 5, was in the recording stu-dio with blues legend Wil-

lie Dixon, and by age 7 he performed on the Ed Sulli-van Show. I LOVED his energy. I was coming

up near the stage to snap a couple of pictures, and he climbed down into the audience. Someone was waving their crutch in the air. Cra-zy fun. He was really tearing it up with his guitar.

Our closer was the wonderful Charlie Musselwhite. He is always so pro-fessional, talent-ed, and plays a mean harp. What a treat to hear him playing as we were leaving for the evening about 7:30.

They “hinted” at the possibility of a two-day event September 6-7, 2014, and I think it’s worth making the trip. Follow them on Face-book-San Diego Blues Festival.

Get Your Creativity On & Support Bits Too!

Ever wanted to try your hand at painting? Here's the perfect opportunity to share the experience with others of like mind and support BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS at the same time. Local artist Kathy Lambert will lead you through a simple 10”x12” painting and will supply all the materials. Even if you've never painted anything, you'll enjoy this afternoon of creative expression.

Please join us on Saturday, February 8th, 2014, 3pm-5pm at Bows & Arrows, 1815 19th St (19th & S St across from Safeway). Space is limited so don't wait long to get your ticket(s). $40 each (includes a glass of cider) or share this fun experience with a friend or loved one for $75 for TWO.

Tickets are available now at www.sacblues.com or from anyone on the BITS committee bits@sacblues.com,

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COMING EVENTS—by mari lu onweller

2013 brought in some real talent. The Harp Showcase at Sporty’s in Elk Grove last March was a huge success and tons of fun for every-one.

History was made on August 3 when the entire world came together to celebrate the Blues on the same day. Sacramento was no exception. Our International Blues Music Day at the Lions Gate Hotel and Convention Center brought in both local and internationally known talent. The Island of Black and White opened the show with its own special blend of high energy music. The crowd was blown away by the talent and vitality of this young band. Cole Fonseca demonstrated how he refused to allow the accident that para-lyzed his left arm take away his love for music and the Blues. Cole is a phenomenal harmonica player but when he sits down and plays his gui-tar with one hand it’s a sight to behold. When he sings you can feel the pain coming from the very deepest part of his soul. That’s what I call the Blues! When Earl Thomas took the stage no one could sit still. What a dynamo! Earl is known all over the world and we were so fortunate to have him join us. The night ended with The Candye Kane Band featuring Laura Chavez. Candye has had her own battles fighting cancer over the years but never letting it get her down. Laura Chavez is one of the most amazing guitar play-ers in the Blues scene. We are hoping to have another IBMD event the first Saturday in August again this year and in the years to come.

September brought out more local talent when we sponsored our International Blues Competi-tion at the Boardwalk in Roseville. Six local acts competed for the best solo/duo performance to be our representative in Memphis for the Inter-national competition. Lane Baldwin took the honors playing his 6 string bass and singing the Blues the way the Blues is meant to be felt. The 30th IBC in Memphis is January 21-25. This will be my first time attending. I can’t wait to see all the talent that will be on display that week. I hope to see you there!

This year the Hall Of Fame inductions were held apart from the Member Party. We felt that this honor deserved particular recognition and need-ed to have its own special day. Sally Katen is the chair of HOF, and along with the members of the committee, works diligently throughout the

year to review nominations and select who will receive this special honor. We ex-pect to continue to have the HOF ceremony as a separate event in the com-ing years.

Our November fund raiser at the Torch Club brought us a lot of surprises. Our own Lane Baldwin took the stage, showing us his solo act as well as playing with many surprise guests, including Pinkie Rideau and Blind Resistance. Lane has been Pinkie’s bass player for the past several months. Pinkie has now retired but Lane moves on with his own band Deeper Blues. Thanks to Jeramy Norris, Chip Yeager, David Tan and everyone else who came out to help raise money for SBS and the IBC. All proceeds from this event go to help send our representa-tive to Memphis to compete in the finals on our behalf.

Our annual Members Party was held at the VFW hall on December 1st. This is when SBS has an opportunity to say thank you to all of our mem-bers for your support. Without you, we wouldn’t be. A great big thank you goes out to the Chris-tian DeWild Band for opening the party with a bang! Christian was the first runner up in the IBC solo/duo competition in September. It is no surprise that his band won this year’s SAMMIES award for the best Blues band! The Kyle Row-land Blues Band really took it away! Kyle was this year’s winner of the best self-produced CD for his latest release “Alone In My Dark Room.” As you can see, it was a stellar lineup of music for our members!

Come out to the Powerhouse Pub on January 19th for a fund raiser to help send our local rep-resentative, Lane Baldwin, to Memphis to repre-sent our own Sacramento Blues Society. Watch our website for more information – www.sacblues.com.

2013 has been an amazing fun filled year. It has been my honor to be the Events Chair for the past year. It is with great anticipation that we move into a new year with a new Board of Direc-tors for SBS and all new events! 2014 promises to be a great year! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the privilege of being your Events Chair for the past year.

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Support our Band Members—Hire an SBS Member Band!

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Andy Keane & Kinda Blue ajkeane3@aol.com Bad Behavior lawdgc@yahoo.com Bad Catz www.badcatz.com Big Earl and the Cryin' Shame bigearl@gmail.com Blusoul Band blusoulmusic1@yahoo.com Bluez Houndz 916-991-6148 Blues Vandals bluesvandals.com Bobby Blues Ray Bobbybluesray.com Catfish & the Crawdaddies www.raycatfishcopeland.com Christian DeWilde band christiandewilde@yahoo.com Dave Croall & the Soothers rightdave@hotmail.com

Delta Nights Blues band grantmellor@comcast.net Foxtrot Mary abrisson@pacbell.com Gary Mendoza Band www.garymendozaband.com Groove Diggers 916-217-1263 Guitar Mac & His Blues Express www.guitarmac.com

Jeramy Norris & The Dangerous Mood www.facebook.com/JeramyNorrisTheDangerousMood Julie and The Jukes jullieandthejukes.com Lane Baldwin Band lane@lanebaldwin.com Marshal Wilkerson www.marshalwilkersonband.com Melonee Desiree & Causin’ a Ruckus cometruemusic@aol.com Mr. December Band www.mrdecemberband.com

Nedra Russ www.njrmusic.com Randy Carey Band randrock@prodigy.net Rube & the Rhythm Rockers www.ruberhythmrockers.com Steve Foster Band www.stevefosterband.com Stonecold janjer1@hotmail.com Tessie Marie and the Poor Man Band alliemarcel@yahoo.com The Big Little Rowland Experience www.kylerockinrowland.com Used Blues Band Sean@myifp.com Val Starr & the Blues Rocket www.valstarrandthebluesrocket.com Wingnut Adams www.wingnutadams.com

SBS Musician CDs Available! Listed below are our SBS member musicians and bands with CDs available for purchase.

Please consider adding a CD to your collection to support the Sacramento area's live music scene.

Bad Catz Nasty Confrontation www.reverbnation.com/badcatz; Amazon, iTunes Blues Vandals Partner in Crime www.bluesvandals.com , Amazon, iTunes Bobby Blues Ray Blues Knight of the West Coast www.bobbybluesray.com Gary Mendoza Band Keep 'em Dancin' www.cdbaby.com

Guitar Mac— She Done Moved www.guitarmac.com/cd Jeramy Norris Band Blues Man www.cdbaby.com; www.reverbnation.com Kyle Rowland Alone in my Dark Room & more www.kylerockinrowland.com Lane Baldwin/Deeper Blues Dig the Hole www.lanebaldwin.com; www.cdbaby.com; itunes, apple

Marshal Wilkerson Propaganda propagandarecordsonline.com Nedra Russ / NJR Everybody’s Been Somewhere www.cdbaby.com; njrmusic.com The Used Blues Band Used Again www.tatemusicgroup.com Wingnut Adams Welcome to Grooveland & more www.wingnutadams.com; ;

www.cdbaby.com; iTunes

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Sacramento Blues Society Is Pleased To Acknowledge our Sponsors and Donors

and Thank them for Supporting our Programs

Blues in The Schools—by Cynthia JAynes

Happy New Year!! Blues in The Schools is looking forward to what 2014 will bring. We have a new three-year plan of action to ex-pand and improve our programs. A review of the previous plan showed we have: Ex-panded our musician base by adding several players new to BITS; expanded the Artist In Residence (after school instruction) program to a third school; researched and compiled grade-level curriculum; (the next step is to package and disseminate to BITS musicians & classroom teachers); become a listed pro-vider with the national Any Given Child pro-gram, funded by the Kennedy Arts Center in Washington DC; developed a new BITS logo, now used on documents, promotional items, and online; and expanded the program to an-other social service agency, the Sacramento Children’s Home.

Bronze Sponsors

Marina Texeira www.torchclub.net

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge

The Golub Family

Ann Malveaux

Gold Sponsors

Mary Carrera 916-941-9001

Business Donors

Bluebird Tours Grady O’Bryant

www.sactrips.com

Elk Grove Sports Bar & Grill www.elkgrovesportsbar.com

Louis’s Cocktail Lounge

www.louiescocktaillounge.com

R.J. Painting/Construction 916-752-1687

Stoney Inn

www.stoneyinn.com

The Boardwalk www.boardrocks.com

Big thanks to Yolo County Arts Council for inviting us back to their schools for the sixth year. We will hold another songwriting competition & hope to add a fifth fabulous new blues song to the BITS CD. We’re also excited to be included in The Kennedy Cen-ter’s local 2013/14 Any Given Child (AGC) directory and have been invited back to per-form for 3 schools so far this year!

Attention BITS musicians

And those interested in joining this worthwhile program.

We will be hosting a BITS training ses-sion /appreciation brunch on Sunday

January 29, 2014.

For more information, contact Liz Walker at 916-712-7277.

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P. O. BOX 60580 SACRAMENTO, CA 95860-

Born in Tulare, California in 1930, Esteban Villa is a nationally renowned Chicano artist and muralist. Considered one of Sacramento’s most respected artists, Villa is also one of the founding members of the Royal Chicano Air Force, an artists’ cultural collective created in Sacramento amidst the Chi-cano movement’s battle for social and political rights and recognition.

Villa describes himself as a mu-ralist, printmaker, art educator and community activist. His work is frequently shown in Sac-ramento at the Crocker Muse-um, Galería Posada, and Luna's Cafe. His most visible art works are the murals at Southside Park, the underpass to Old Sac-ramento, and downtown Macy's Parking Lot.

He can also be found occasion-ally performing as a singer and guitarist, and just released his third album of original music, Holy Mole!, in June of this year. The Sacramento Bee once called Villa, “an extraordinary

man: a mural artist, musician, teacher and community leader who is known for his barrio art.”

Cover artist Esteban Villa