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<strong>April</strong> — <strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Wednesday 29 <strong>May</strong> -<br />
Monday 3 June <strong>2013</strong><br />
(Queen’s Birthday weekend)<br />
Cruise with Canadian guitarist JOEL FAFARD<br />
one night only 20 <strong>April</strong>.<br />
Pages 6 & 7<br />
INSIDE:<br />
President’s column and contacts—page 2<br />
<strong>Blues</strong> Legend Muddy Waters—page 3<br />
Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval <strong>2013</strong>—pages 4/5<br />
Joel Fafard—cruising on the Lakeland Queen—pages 6/7<br />
<strong>Club</strong> Night jam reports (Feb. & March)—pages 8/9<br />
Willie Dixon—club night compeon—pages 10/11<br />
‘<strong>Blues</strong> @ Oko Corral’ report—page 12<br />
CD reviews—page 13<br />
Calendar—page 14<br />
Sponsors & membership details—page 15<br />
<strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong>—keeping the blues alive<br />
www.bopblues.com<br />
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<strong>April</strong>—<strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Patron<br />
Doug MacLeod<br />
www.doug‐macleod.com<br />
President<br />
Mike Garner — 0272 102 612<br />
mike@blues.co.nz<br />
Vice President/<br />
<strong>Club</strong>/Jam Night Music Coordinator<br />
Warren ‘Wozz’ Houston — 027 485 7362<br />
wozzme@xtra.co.nz<br />
Secretary<br />
Sally Garner — 027 273 8881<br />
secretary@bopblues.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Noel Lamberton — 027 492 7221<br />
treasurer@bopblues.com<br />
Editor<br />
Simon Elton — 0211 33 1950<br />
nomis@clear.net.nz<br />
Sally Garner— newsleer layout and<br />
design<br />
Commiee<br />
Keith Garra — keithg@orcon.net.nz<br />
Rob Gillies — rgillies@slingshot.co.nz<br />
Peter Jongenelen —<br />
thebelgianbar@hotmail.com<br />
Keith Palmer — sukepa@gmail.com<br />
Nick Anderson—<br />
anderson.nick65@gmail.com<br />
Newsleers published bi‐monthly<br />
Contribuons for this newsleer<br />
are welcome.<br />
ALL CORRESPONDENCE<br />
must be sent to the <strong>Club</strong> Secretary<br />
<strong>BOP</strong> BLUES, 33 Caulfield Place, Rotorua<br />
secretary@bopblues.com<br />
Since our last issue there has been plenty of<br />
excing blues acvity in our region. The<br />
Marchwood <strong>Blues</strong> Picnic went off very well, and a<br />
lot of fun was had by all who aended.<br />
Congratulaons to Peter and Carol Archer for a<br />
very well organised event. Those of you who<br />
journeyed up to Okoroire for the blues social<br />
with the Hamilton <strong>Club</strong> had a fantasc day, too.<br />
Four or five acts from each club played through a<br />
sweltering Sunday aernoon, pictures and a full<br />
report are in this issue.<br />
Our first themed jam night was a success, with<br />
more musicians than non‐musicians in the bar! Every act played at least one<br />
song associated with ‘Muddy Waters’ and some played all three in their set.<br />
Our thanks to all those who put the me in to learn a new song or two, it<br />
certainly put the "blues" back into our regular club night. Special thanks to<br />
the judges, Graham Clark and Derek Jacombs, and congratulaons to the<br />
band that took away the $100 RockShop voucher. B‐Side Band from<br />
Tauranga won with their earthy performance of "Tiger in Your Tank", a<br />
lesser known song by Muddy, played in keeping with the way Muddy would<br />
have liked it.<br />
Talking of themed nights, we are going to repeat this event every few<br />
months and the next one will be on the 29th <strong>May</strong> (the opening night of the<br />
Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval) when the theme will be ‘Willie Dixon’ For<br />
background reading there are a couple of arcles in this issue, as well as a<br />
link to a list of his most covered songs. Read through the list of famous acts<br />
who have recorded songs by ‘Willie Dixon’, it's impressive. You have a few<br />
weeks to pracce up for the next themed night.<br />
We are grateful to the sponsors who support <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. Our thanks go<br />
to the RockShop who donated many of the spot prizes and musicians who<br />
donated CDs for parcipang acts at the first themed jam night. We are<br />
now very excited to announce that we have been offered a significant<br />
sponsorship deal by The Sound, which is proving to be a very popular radio<br />
staon. They have partnered with us to promote our annual fesval at<br />
Queen's Birthday weekend and other events throughout the year. It's great<br />
to have them on board.<br />
The fesval planning is now well advanced and shaping up well. Our<br />
headline act is Jimi Hocking from Melbourne. Jimi is an excing player, both<br />
as a solo arst and with a full band. Expect to see some fireworks from this<br />
well travelled and dynamic performer. We have had magnificent help from<br />
yet another sponsor, House of Travel, who have provided Jimi's return<br />
airfare. Rotorua Trust has supported us every year and is once again our<br />
major funding sponsor, with addional support from First Sovereign Trust<br />
and others. All sponsors are shown on the poster on page 4.<br />
So dig out that old vinyl and see if you can find some covers of Willie Dixon ‐<br />
I'll bet you have a few ... and if you're too young to remember vinyl, just hop<br />
on to YouTube and slip "Willie Dixon" into the search box.<br />
Keep on digging the blues!<br />
Mike Garner, President.<br />
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<strong>Blues</strong> Legend – Muddy Waters (1913‐ 1983)<br />
Muddy Waters was an American blues musician,<br />
singer‐songwriter, and a major player in the<br />
field of electric Chicago blues. He transformed<br />
the soul of the rural south into the sound of the<br />
city. He had a significant impact on many arsts<br />
who followed including The Rolling Stones, Eric<br />
Clapton, The Allman Brothers and Led Zepplin.<br />
Muddy had hits with ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’, ‘I<br />
Just Wanna Make Love To You’, and many more.<br />
Born in Mississippi, he was a contemporary of<br />
Robert Johnson and Son House and played their<br />
style of Delta blues.<br />
In 1940 he travelled to Chicago, for the first<br />
me, returning aer a year of playing as a<br />
sideman, to run a juke joint. His early style was<br />
recorded by Alan Lomax (Liberty of Congress)<br />
before he returned to Chicago in 1943, opening<br />
for Big Bill Broonzy. In ‘45 he got his first electric<br />
guitar and by 1948 he was recording for Chess,<br />
giving them hit records.<br />
In the ‘50s he was king of the Chicago blues<br />
scene. In 1958 he went to England and<br />
impressed the audiences with his loud amplified<br />
electric guitar and thunderous beat. In ‘67 he joined up with Bo Diddley, Lile Walter & Howlin’ Wolf<br />
to record two albums.<br />
In 1972 he went back to England, recording with many top musicians of the day. By the mid ‘70s ,<br />
aer performing at The Band’s farewell concert ‘The Last Waltz’, he started working with Johnny<br />
Winter, who produced a Grammy winning album for Muddy. He connued to play live with his band<br />
into the ‘80s and record albums that turned out to be his biggest selling ever, but his health was<br />
starng to slow him down. He died aged 70 in 1983.<br />
He was inducted into the <strong>Blues</strong> Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In<br />
1992 he received a (posthumous) Grammy Lifeme Achievement Award. In 1994 he appeared on a<br />
US postage stamp. Muddy’s recordings of ‘Mannish Boy’ and ‘Rollin’ Stone’ were part of four of his<br />
songs voted onto the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s list of 500 songs that shaped R‘n’R.<br />
Franc Sterling<br />
References:<br />
Wikipedia (March <strong>2013</strong>)<br />
‘The <strong>Blues</strong>’ magazine (issue 1. 2012)<br />
Check out:<br />
‘The Definive Collecon’ Geffen/Chess<br />
(Single CD inc. 24 songs plus a booklet)<br />
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Well, it’s eight weeks to go unl Queen’s Birthday weekend and the 7 th Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval.<br />
Without our sponsors assistance, this Fesval would not be possible. They are all greatly appreciated<br />
and our President menons some of them on page 2. (Sponsors logos are displayed on page 15). Our<br />
major acts are locked in and page 5 shows our introductory poster. Jimi Hocking is a great guitarist and<br />
Cadillac Walk have a Southern/Texas blues feel to their music. We have acts from Wellington (Back<br />
Porch <strong>Blues</strong> Band featuring Laura Collins), Gisborne (EastSlide <strong>Blues</strong>), Tauranga (B‐Side Band), Rotorua<br />
(Mike Garner Band featuring Neil Billington) and will soon announce more bands from Rotorua,<br />
Auckland and Hamilton. Lil’ Ian Goodman is back from touring the UK and loves this Fesval — thanks<br />
Ian. The younger guitarists have an opportunity to meet Jimi at their Friday<br />
aernoon blues guitar workshop. Sponsored by Rotorua District Council Arts<br />
and <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong>, this is free to students.<br />
Keep up to date with Fesval news at www.bopblues.com/bluesfest/<br />
and on our Facebook page.<br />
Simon Elton<br />
Musical Director, Fesval Commiee<br />
Jimi ’the human’ Hocking has been a familiar sight to Australian audiences for<br />
many years.<br />
Along with the gold records he collected with the ‘Screaming Jets’ in the<br />
1990’s, Jimi has also released a large body of solo work (13 albums), from<br />
electric rock and blues, to contemporary folk and even blues mandolin.<br />
In 2005 Jimi won the presgious<br />
‘Internaonal <strong>Blues</strong> Challenge’ in Memphis USA, and toured the US extensively.<br />
In 2008 he was pronounced the ‘VicTas Male blues arst of the year’ and also<br />
‘Producer of 2008’ for his work on his album ‘Blue Mandolin’.<br />
In 2009 Jimi was invited to Kathmandu to perform at the ‘Himalayan <strong>Blues</strong><br />
fesval’<br />
In 2010 Jimi rejoined ‘The Screaming Jets’ to perform lead guitar dues, the ‘Jets’<br />
then went on to join ‘Status Quo’ for their Australian tour.<br />
Also in 2010 his solo album ‘Electric Mojo Machine’ won ‘best album’ and ‘best<br />
band’ at the MBAS VIC/TAS blues awards.<br />
In the 1980’s Jimi stepped out of his ‘Zappa’ inspired electric 3 piece, and the<br />
folk cafés of Melbourne to join rock legends ‘The Angels’ on their ‘Live Line’<br />
tour when Bob Spencer was injured.<br />
He went on to form ‘Jimi the Human & Spectre 7’ and his album ‘No Turning<br />
Back’ hit the charts in 1990. In ’93 he joined ‘The Screaming Jets’ but sll<br />
connued to record and perform as a soloist on the side.<br />
In the late 90’s Jimi parted from the Jets to pursue his love of the <strong>Blues</strong>, and<br />
achieved many awards along the way, including ‘CAV‐Best Acousc<br />
performer’, ‘MBAS 2003 Male <strong>Blues</strong> Arst of the Year’, and ‘MBAS 2004 <strong>Blues</strong><br />
Performer of the Year’.<br />
Jimi took his ‘<strong>Blues</strong> Machine’ back to perform in Kathmandu and India in 2011.<br />
This was followed by his 2012 electric live album hing # 5 on the Australian <strong>Blues</strong><br />
airplay charts – ‘LIVE: in the moment’<br />
More recently, Jimi has been working on a new album featuring acousc guitar &<br />
mandolin.<br />
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Cruising with Joel, award‐winning Canadian guitarist<br />
One Rotorua show ‐ Saturday 20 <strong>April</strong><br />
Lakeland Queen – 7.00pm – 9.00 pm<br />
The <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong> and Lakeland Queen are thrilled to present a fantasc opportunity to get two events for the<br />
price of one; an evening cruise on Rotorua's iconic paddle steamer plus an inmate, not‐to‐be‐missed performance<br />
by Canadian singer songwriter Joel Fafard.<br />
An award‐winning guitarist in his home country, Canada, Fafard performs Southern roots and blues classics with<br />
the soul of a purist and the showmanship of a seasoned entertainer. He sings with the sexy, sandpapered‐sounding<br />
vocal style of the new‐generaon bluesman and tells hilarious between‐song stories with the confidence of a late<br />
show host delivering his monologue. When he lets rip a solo on his resonator guitar, it’s easy to hear how he once<br />
earned both a Juno nominaon and a Western Canadian Music Award for his skills on the guitar.<br />
Drinks and light snacks will be available on the Lakeland Queen during the show.<br />
Tickets $30 available from<br />
Eveninder www.eveninder.co.nz (online sales)<br />
The Lakeland Queen, Lakefront Drive, Rotorua<br />
The Rotorua City Focus corner Tutanekai & Hinemoa Sts.<br />
For further informaon, please contact Sally Garner<br />
Ph: 0272738881 E: sally@blues.co.nz<br />
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February <strong>2013</strong><br />
B‐SIDE BAND<br />
Alyana Powley<br />
The B Side Band were the house band for the night, opening the show with a dynamic set.<br />
A wide variety of performers played, and it was good to have strong female vocalists, notably<br />
Alayna Powley who has a fantasc voice, performing both solo and accompanied by her father,<br />
Rob Powley.<br />
Young Leigham Dender was accompanied by his parents. This young student of the drum kit<br />
showed neither nerves or apprehension, and displayed a high level of skill in his showcase<br />
number.<br />
Jamming with Mike Garner were B‐SIDE BAND'S Mike Kirk and bassist Chris Duff, along with<br />
club MC Warren Houston, covering three Muddy waters songs, previewing the Muddy Waters<br />
theme night planned for the March <strong>Club</strong> Night.<br />
Lindsay MacKenzie had his fine electric band belng out the<br />
grooves and is always a crowd pleaser.<br />
Leigham Dender<br />
Macka & Co<br />
Review by Mike Garner<br />
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March <strong>Club</strong> Night was a terrific success, a theme night where all acts were asked to play at least one song of<br />
their alloed three as either wrien or recorded by our featured <strong>Blues</strong>man<br />
of the night ...Muddy Waters!!!<br />
And all acts did just that, most played 2 or 3 "Muddy songs", and the<br />
wonderful thing was all acts had put me into research and pracse, so for<br />
the first me on a club night the enre night’s entertainment was True<br />
<strong>Blues</strong>!!!!<br />
March <strong>2013</strong><br />
Graham, Tim, Nick and Stewart<br />
Pudding and Jenna<br />
Our <strong>Club</strong> Constuon states that as a <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong> and we<br />
will promote the playing of blues music, but we didn't want<br />
to be seen as " The <strong>Blues</strong> Police" so it was a great way of<br />
encouraging the performance of real blues.<br />
Judges—Derek Jacombs and Graham Clark<br />
Lloyd, Warren and Chris<br />
I was chuffed that so many Musos there were supporve<br />
in their comments of the evening and most asked for it to<br />
happen again.<br />
Thanks to all who put me into their sets, it was really<br />
appreciated by the larger number of Musos. I was chuffed<br />
that so many musos told me on the night they had really Winners— B‐Side Band<br />
enjoyed pung their sets together and that they hadn't<br />
realised how many modern songs came from "real blues songs"<br />
I look forward to many more nights of Real <strong>Blues</strong>!!<br />
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Review by Wozz (Music co‐ordinator/M.C.)
<strong>Club</strong> Night Theme<br />
29 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Featuring ‐ songs wrien<br />
by Willie Dixon<br />
Willie Dixon was the "A&R" man for Chess<br />
Studios in the heyday of Chicago blues. He<br />
talent spoed for the Chess Brothers, finding<br />
almost all their big name acts, that's the "A"<br />
part, "Arsts" and he wrote a great many<br />
songs, that's the "R" bit, "repertoire". So all of<br />
the acts he introduced played at least some of<br />
his songs, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf,<br />
Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Lile Walter, Os<br />
Rush, Koko Taylor, Ea James, and many<br />
others.<br />
Over on the other side of the Atlanc, the young Brit musicians geng into the blues learned the same<br />
songs off record, and when they got big enough to travel Stateside and play, and pay homage to the<br />
Chess Studios, he pestered them into recording his new songs too.<br />
So on the list of his most covered songs you'll find a great many big names, rock stars from the 60's<br />
onwards : George Thorogood, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Canned Heat, Hawkwind,<br />
Juicy Lucy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Animals, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Van Morrison, Tom Pey, The<br />
Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, The Black Crowes, Fleetwood Mac ‐ the list goes on and on.<br />
For the next themed jam night, we are paying homage to this most prolific of blues songwriters. Some<br />
of the songs you already performed at the highly successful ‘Muddy Waters’ themed jam will have<br />
been wrien by Dixon, so you could play them again. But the challenge is to learn a new one, or two<br />
or three! The judges will be looking for songs they didn't hear at the first themed night.<br />
The rules of the themed jam night will be the same<br />
as the first one. There will be a prize for the best,<br />
and there will be a celebrity judge. But the real<br />
prize is playing some of the best blues songs ever<br />
wrien, in front of your peers ‐ other blues<br />
musicians and blues fans who all know or play the<br />
songs. So ‐ go to it ‐ get pracsing ‐ and play your<br />
best. You never know, Dixon might just be in <strong>Blues</strong><br />
Heaven and listening in!<br />
LIST OF MOST COVERED SONGS:<br />
hp://www.bopblues.com/dixon_songs.pdf<br />
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Willie Dixon…… singer, musician, song writer, arranger,<br />
record producer and all round <strong>Blues</strong> Legend. He is<br />
recognized as one of the founders of the Chicago blues<br />
sound. Dixon’s catalogue of successful songs includes<br />
meless tracks like ‘Lile Red Rooster’, ‘I Just Wanna<br />
Make Love to You’, ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’, ‘Spoonful’,<br />
‘I Ain’t Supersous’, ‘My Babe’, ‘Wang Dang Doodle’,<br />
‘Bring it on Home’. His songs were recorded by many<br />
arsts including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lile<br />
Walter, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Cream, Jimi<br />
Hendrix, Led Zepplin, The Yardbirds, Foghat, Humble<br />
Pie (with Steve Marrio), to name a few. He worked<br />
with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Os Rush, Lile<br />
Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lile Milton, Memphis<br />
Slim and a host of other blues players. His work with<br />
Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley shows the linkage between<br />
blues and the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll. (Dixon was<br />
posthumously inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of<br />
Fame in 1994, in the “early influences” (pre‐rock)<br />
category).<br />
Starng out in the 1940s, he began as a bass singer but soon moved on to the upright bass.<br />
By 1951 he was working for Chess Records where he acted as producer, talent scout, session<br />
musician, arranger and staff songwriter; working with Muddy Walters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley,<br />
Chuck Berry, Lile Walter and a feast of other arsts. He also worked for Cobra Records, where he<br />
produced early singles for Os Rush, Magic Sam and Buddy Guy. Somehow he sll found me to<br />
record and release material under his own name. By 1962 he was playing on one of the first<br />
European <strong>Blues</strong> Tours. While in England, he made contact with many musicians and interested<br />
pares. He le tapes of his songs, which were circulated within the R’n’B scene. Brish R’n’B bands<br />
of the ‘60s constantly drew on Dixon’s song book for inspiraon. (In late 1964, The Rolling Stones<br />
had their second #1 single in the UK, with his ‘Lile Red Rooster’). By the late 1960s he was<br />
organising and assembling the All‐Star, Chicago based blues shows for work throughout Europe.<br />
In his later years, he became a reless ambassador for the blues and a vocal advocate for its<br />
praconers: founding the <strong>Blues</strong> Heaven Foundaon. The organizaon works to preserve the blues’<br />
legacy and to secure copyrights and royales for blues musicians who were exploited in the past. He<br />
was inducted into the <strong>Blues</strong> Hall of Fame in 1980 and in 1989 he received a Grammy award for his<br />
own album, ‘Hidden Charms’. Willie summed it all up by saying ’….. the blues are the roots and other<br />
music are the fruits. It’s beer keeping the roots alive, because it means beer fruits. The blues is<br />
the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.’ Long may his<br />
memory and his music survive.<br />
References:<br />
‘Vintage Rock’ magazine (issue 3 – Summer 2012)<br />
Wikipedia (Oct 2012)<br />
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Franc Sterling
Sunday 10th March <strong>2013</strong> — 8 Bands<br />
On a hot, late summer morning, two buses turned up at the Okoroire Hotel for what might become an annual<br />
event. One bus had musicians and supporters from the Hamilton <strong>Blues</strong> Society and the other bus had musicians<br />
and supporters from The Bay Of Plenty <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong>.<br />
‘<strong>Blues</strong> @ the Oko Corral’ was put together by the<br />
Hamiltonians and featured eight bands, four from the<br />
Hamilton area and four from the Bay Of Plenty area.<br />
They were ‘The Conmen’, ‘24/7 <strong>Blues</strong>’, ‘Shotgun Hill’ and<br />
‘The Rockaholics’ from Hamilton. <strong>BOP</strong> bands featured ‘The<br />
Mike Garner Band’, ‘B‐SIDE Band’, ‘Lyndsey and Keith’ and<br />
‘Macka & Co’.<br />
The hotel garden bar area was set up well to cater for an<br />
event of this type (plenty of seang, large awning, covered<br />
stage and food stall) and was soon packed with imported and<br />
local patrons eager to enjoy a good dose of blues.<br />
Outside in the main hotel area, rows of motorcycles were<br />
parked, giving a place the feel of an American Bikers’ Bar.<br />
All good – they were enjoying the sounds! All bands had<br />
a 30 minute spot with the changeovers running smoothly.<br />
At the end it was jam me, a great way to finish the<br />
aernoon.<br />
Everyone I spoke to really enjoyed the event and all<br />
comments for posive. What a wonderful me was had by<br />
all at ‘Oko Corral’, what fantasc music, what great interclub<br />
spirit, what a great idea! This deserves to become an<br />
annual event. Next me, <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong> should pick up the<br />
baton and organise the event.<br />
Franc Sterling<br />
B‐SIDE BAND<br />
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‘All You Can Eat Baby’ The <strong>Blues</strong> Buffe (Wanganui) 2012<br />
The boys return with a funky, bluesy & rocky album. 10 originals and a<br />
cover of the Ea James classic, ‘<strong>Blues</strong> is my Business’. This is a<br />
progression from their first CD ‘Appeser’ (2009). These guys are<br />
influenced by Freddy King and The Allman Brothers Band and it shows<br />
in their music. Great kiwi rock.<br />
Recommended: ‘Whisky for Breakfast’, ‘<strong>Blues</strong> is my Business’.<br />
Available: @ gigs.<br />
Info: www.bluesbuffe.co.nz<br />
‘Hell Street <strong>Blues</strong>’ Ralph Benne‐Eades (Motueka) <strong>2013</strong><br />
Ralph is back with a new CD featuring ‘Hazel’, his Naonal steel guitar<br />
and his voice, mixing originals with covers by Leadbelly, Mississippi<br />
Fred MacDowell, Tommy Johnson, Snooks Eaglin & Bob Dylan.<br />
Recorded in a 100 year old tobacco drying shed, unused for over 30<br />
years; he captures the ambience of the room.<br />
‘Nelson Mail’ newspaper said “ (Ralph) doesn’t over cook his<br />
material—he knows when to use a sly drawl , a shout or a whisper.” A<br />
companion for his previous CD ‘Everybody’s Got A Lile Something’.<br />
(2011) We saw him at last year’s Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval too. Great<br />
delta blues.<br />
Recommended: ‘Hell Street <strong>Blues</strong>’, ‘Drop Down Mamma’.<br />
Available: @ gigs.<br />
Info: www.ralphblues.co.nz<br />
‘Stories’. Tim Lothar (Denmark) 2012<br />
Tim Lothar is a Delta blues style guitarist who uses both a resonator<br />
guitar and a standard 6 string guitar. Here he presents his 3rd CD to the<br />
world with 12 songs and all originals. Winner of the ‘Best Danish <strong>Blues</strong><br />
Album’ (2009) and ‘<strong>Blues</strong> Arst of the Year’ (2008), he connues on his<br />
Mississippi blues journey and can be seen throughout Europe, playing<br />
everything from small venues through to fesvals. This is a very<br />
personal album, with tales from real life. <strong>Blues</strong> Bytes (USA) said “ he<br />
displays a de touch on guitar with mannered but confident vocals”.<br />
Professionally recorded and packaged, this is another blues gem from<br />
Europe.<br />
Recommended: ‘www’, ‘Coming Home’.<br />
Available: www.cdbaby.com Info: www.mlothar.com<br />
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GIG GUIDE<br />
REGULAR EVENTS:<br />
all details regularly updated at www.bopblues.com<br />
1st Wed<br />
each month<br />
2nd Wed<br />
each month<br />
2nd Thurs<br />
each month<br />
1st Sun<br />
each month<br />
<strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> <strong>Club</strong>/Jam night<br />
At The Belgian Bar, 1151 Arawa St. Rotorua. 7.30pm . All welcome.<br />
Free to <strong>Club</strong> members and parcipang musicians. Door Charge for non‐members<br />
Tauranga <strong>Blues</strong> Jam<br />
At Drivers Bar, 11th Avenue, Tauranga. 7.00pm. All welcome. Free.<br />
Enquiries: David Porter. 021.844.858<br />
Hamilton <strong>Blues</strong> Society/Jam night<br />
At Biddy Mulligans, Victoria St, Hamilton. 7.30pm. All welcome.<br />
Free to <strong>Club</strong> members. $5.00 non‐members.<br />
Enquiries: Neil Ransfield. www.hbs.org.nz<br />
Rotorua Jazz <strong>Club</strong> — <strong>Club</strong> night<br />
At Arawa Lounge, Rotorua Racing <strong>Club</strong>. 5.00—8.00pm . $8 members, $12 non‐members.<br />
Enquiries: Dave Cown 07 347.9438 rotoruajazzclub.com<br />
CALENDAR :<br />
Wed 3 <strong>April</strong><br />
Sat 20 <strong>April</strong><br />
Sun 21 <strong>April</strong><br />
Wed 24 <strong>April</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong>/Jam Night Rotorua<br />
At The Belgian Bar, 1151 Arawa St. Rotorua. 7.30pm . All welcome.<br />
Free to <strong>Club</strong> members and parcipang musicians. $5 door Charge for non‐members<br />
Joel Fafard<br />
Cruising on the Lakeland Queen with Canadian guitarist/singer/songwriter Joel Fafard.<br />
See pages 6 & 7 for details.<br />
Sunday Sessions at Brew<br />
Mike Garner and Warren Houston<br />
Brew Cra Beer Pub, Tutanekai St, Rotorua (‘Eat Streat’)<br />
From 4pm, no cover charge.<br />
Whakatane <strong>Blues</strong> Jam<br />
‘The Office’, The Strand, Whakatane. All welcome.<br />
Enquiries to Rob Gillies (07) 308 5554<br />
Wed 1 <strong>May</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong>/Jam Night Rotorua<br />
At The Belgian Bar, 1151 Arawa St. Rotorua. 7.30pm . All welcome.<br />
Free to <strong>Club</strong> members and parcipang musicians. $5 door Charge for non‐members<br />
Wed 29 <strong>May</strong> —<br />
Mon 3 June<br />
<strong>Club</strong>/Jam Night Rotorua, as part of the Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval<br />
(Queen’s Birthday weekend—see pages 4 & 5 for details) *<br />
Willie Dixon theme night and compeon (see pages 10 & 11 for details)<br />
PLEASE NOTE:<br />
* JUNE <strong>Club</strong> night will be held on the 29th <strong>May</strong>, for the opening of the Rotorua <strong>Blues</strong> Fesval.<br />
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MEMBERSHIP<br />
Membership fees for <strong>2013</strong>‐14 are due on 30 June <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Full Year: $20.00 (1 July to 30 June)<br />
www.bopblues.com<br />
The financial year runs from 1 st July – 30 June.<br />
Members receive free admission to <strong>Club</strong>/Jam nights, reduced<br />
admission to selected <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> special events,<br />
priority purchase for <strong>BOP</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> cketed events —<br />
and help make Rotorua the <strong>Blues</strong> Capital of New Zealand.<br />
Membership forms can be downloaded here:<br />
www.bopblues.com/membership.pdf<br />
Contact the Secretary to have a membership form e‐mailed to you.<br />
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