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Issue 165 The Publication of the Linn County Blues Society- lcbs.org April 2008

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Buddy Miles & Jeff Healey obitsBig Mo’s CD Review2008 Chili Challenge scores BIG!Buddy Guy coming to Riverside!Local LIVE Music Schedules

In this ‘chili’ issue —

Blues ‘N’ Buffett Chili Challenge raises

There was chili, parrots, prizes, pretty girls and blue guys running around!

No knuckelheads

here! Justgreat food &

fun!

$5800!

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Announces performers for May festival!Simply The Blues

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The Linn County Blues Society is a way cool, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Blues music in Eastern Iowa as well as to provide charitable contributions to other commu-nity organizations. LCBS is an Affiliated Organization in the Blues Foundation’s international network. The BLUESPAPER is a monthly publication of the LCBS.

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LCBS OfficersPresident - Andy DergoVice President - Evan VulichSecretary - Steve SpringerTreasurer - Sue Dergo

Directors at Large-Bob DeForest, Bill Meeks, Bob Dorr

ChairsEducation - OpenEntertainment - Greg WestMembership - Kevin CutsforthMerchandise - David Andrews

The Bluespaper & LCBS folksEditor - Evan Vulich Photographers - See bylines each issueStaff Writers - See bylines each issueDistribution - Andy Dergo, Bill MeeksParliamentarian - Bill MeeksProgram - Bob DeForestPublic Relations - OpenWeb Administrator - Evan Vulich

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“Simply The Blues” blues festival will be held again for it’s 5th year on May 9 and 10 of 2008 and is proud to announce all of its performers.On Friday, May 9, “Simply The

Blues” presents, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Eddie Turner, Leon Redbone, Louisiana Red, The Sec-ond Skinny Blues and the Jefferson County Green Band. On Saturday the 10, these acts are

all past International Blues Challenge participants, which are also some of the best National acts in the country. These include Sean Costello, Diun-na Greenleaf, Zach Harmon, Shawn Kellerman, Trampled Under Foot, Alvin Jett and Phat noiz, Rich Berry, Matt Woods and the Thunderbolts, Allen Smith and Willie McKnight. In-formation on all these great National acts can be found on simplemanen-terprises.com.This is the 5th annual presentation

of “Simply The Blues” and because of the great support that this festival has received from the Blues Founda-tion, we are dedicating this years fes-tival to them and our theme is “Kee-pin’ it Alive”.The Foundation’s signature events

are the Blues Music Awards, the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards and the International Blues Challenge in which “Simply The Blues” has been a prize, for the last 4 years. On Saturday, May 10, all the acts

performing, have been past partici-pants of the International Blues Chal-lenge that is held ev-ery year in Memphis. “Simply The Blues” will also be conduct-ing a membership drive and fundraising for the Blues Founda-tion Through out the weekend. For more information on the Blues Foundation, check out blues.org.

There were also charity events dur-ing the festival. In 2007, again over $2,000 that was made at the festival, went to charities and local non-profit groups for there help and support. This festival has raised over $10,000 in the past four years for National and local non-profit and charity organiza-tions Again this year, there will be free

activities for the public. On Saturday the 10th at 10:00am we will host an-other free beginner harmonica work-shop and will give away free Hohner harmonicas to the first 50 children. At another event that is held in Fort

Madison, the Main Street BBQ con-test, which will be held again on the 10th of May 2008. Matt Wood and the Thunderbolts will be playing at 11:00am. This event has also been very successful, due in part to the blues festival, but they are looking for more teams to compete, for more info. Call 319-372-2792.Anyone interested in information

or sponsoring “Simply the Blues” (sponsorship opportunities will end the 20th of March) in 2008 can con-tact Matt Eimer at 319-470-2082/ simplemanenterprises@yahoo.com or simplemanenterprises.com . Oth-er points of contact are Skip Young at 319-372-1423 and the Fort Madi-son Convention and Visitors Bureau at 319-372-5472/1-800-210-TOUR or visitfortmadsion.com.

I don’t play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin’ but the blues. That’s why I wasn’t interested in nothin’

else.-- Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Burnett)

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Buddy Miles1947-2008

IllinoisBlues.comIllinoisBlues.com is saddened by the

passing of drum legend Buddy Miles. He will be missed!

Buddy Miles 9/5/1947 – 2/26/2008Legendary Drummer Buddy Miles

passed away this Tuesday, peaceful-ly at his home in Austin, TX. He was (60) sixty years old. He suffered from congestive heart failure but the offi-cial cause of death is not known.Buddy performed with some of the

greatest names in music including Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Mi-chael Bloomfield, Wilson Pickett, Ste-phen Stills, Neil Young, David Cros-by, Jack Bruce, Eric Burden, Peter Torque, Billy Gibbons, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Vaughan, Rick James, Kool and the Gang, Jr. Brown, Ike Turner, Pinetop Perkins, Jr. Wells, Koko Taylor, Johnny Taylor, Barry White, Aretha Franklin, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Carlos San-tana, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Cox, David Bowie and others. Buddy Miles recorded over 70 al-

bums and performed in numerous world tours, television commercials and videos. He is best known for his work with Jimi Hendrix and bass player Billy Cox in Band of Gypsys. Band of Gypsys recorded one album

appropriately titled “Band of Gypsys” in 1970 at Fillmore East in New York. Two of the songs on the album were written by Miles. (“We Gotta Live To-gether” and “Changes”).In lieu of flowers; the family has

asked to please make donations to the Jazz Foundation of America spe-cifically in Buddy Miles’ name to as-sist with funeral, and other expens-es at jazzfoundation.org ; The Jazz Foundation of America, at 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY, 10036, Attn.: Amy Cusma.

Legendary Toronto blues guitar-ist and old-style jazz aficionado Jeff Healey died Sunday in Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Hospital after a lifelong bat-tle with a rare form of cancer — reti-noblastoma — that blinded him in his first year. He was 41.“Discovered” in a Toronto club in

1982 by Texas blues guitarist, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, Healey aston-ished music fans with his outrageous technique. Self-taught by age 4, he laid the electric guitar across his lap and played it in much the same way as a pianist manipulates a keyboard.Though he specialized in blues-

based rock and sold more than a mil-lion copies of his Grammy-nominated 1988 debut album See the Light — released after a cameo performance in the Hollywood movie Road House with Patrick Swayze — Healey’s real passion was vintage American jazz.Healey hosted a long-running CBC

Radio series, My Kinda Jazz, before moving the program to Toronto’s Jazz-FM station, relying solely on his personal collection of 35,000 rare and obscure 78 rpm recordings and an encyclopedic knowledge of the music and personalities he featured in the show.Healey also played trumpet and clar-

inet, and in the past decade recorded three albums of vintage jazz with Jeff Healey’s Jazz Wizards, including It’s Tight Like That.Healey was an internationally known

star who shared stages with B.B. King and Vaughan, and recorded with George Harrison, Mark Knopfler and blues legend Jimmy Rogers.At the time of his death Healey was

planning to release his first rock/blues album in eight years, Mess of Blues, recorded in studios in Toronto, in concert in London, England, and at the popular Entertainment District club that bore his name, Jeff Healey’s Roadhouse.

Jeff Healey1967-2008

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Mike Morgan and The Crawl Stronger Every Day - Ruf Re-cordsRelease Date – March 18, 2008

It Crawls

You may remember Mike Morgan as the Texas guitar player with the leather eye patch (and dyed hair). He’s been around since the early ‘90’s working with different vo-calists over the years and finally picking up his own singing around 2000. That’s not the beef I have with this album. Everyone’s sing-ing is fine. The CD is boring. I kept waiting for the tunes to go somewhere and they never did. The lyrics had so many cliché’s that I thought of blues tunes I wasn’t hearing instead of the one I was hearing. The guitar playing was competent, but uninspiring. It was all just kind of flat, banal and trite. It’s a nice package from Ruf Records and the production is fine. But this CD never gets up to its feet and Mike Morgan’s reputation.—John Heim (A.K.A. “Big Mo”)

KCCK’s Spring Pledge Drive begins this Saturday during The Smooth Brunch with Doug Jackson.Remember, that only with your help can

we keep jazz on the air in the Cultural Corridor. KCCK is one of those places where the music comes first and you can make sure it stays that way. Our Spring Pledge Drive begins soon, but you can get a jump on things and do your part now by pledging online at KCCK.

This year’s judges were again faced with the difficult task of deciding which chili recipe wasgoing to take top honors. It proved to be quite a challenge for even for Ashley Hinson (left) of KCRG.

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2008 Challenge raisesBlues ‘N’ Buffett Chili Challenge a HUGE Success!

Jamie and Sue Gorecki

The Linn County Blues So-ciety (LCBS) and the Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club

(IIPHC) raised $5800.00 for char-ity at their eighth annual Blues ‘n’ Buffett Chili Challenge. The event was held on Sunday, February 24, at the Best Western Longbranch Hotel and Convention Center. The Blues ‘n’ Buffett Chili Challenge is a friendly competition between the two clubs to raise money for charity. Proceeds from the event were presented to H.D. Youth Cen-ter and The Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids. This year’s pro-ceeds pushed the 8 year event over the $25,000 mark in raising money for local charities.

Since 2001, members of the two clubs have challenged one another with their finest chili recipes and colorful decorations and costumes. This year, twenty six members pre-pared their favorite chili recipes to share with the public. In addition to raising money for charity, the challengers competed for various prizes awarded to the clubs and to individuals. A panel of local ce-lebrity judges and people attending the event voted the following as winners:

Celebrity Judge’s Votes: Best Vegetarian or Non-Beef Chili

– Thomas Jones of LCBS for “Spicy Papa Chili”Best Presentation – Mike Sion of

IIPHC for “Moody’s Mild Chili”Most Spicy Chili – Tim Feldman of

LCBS for Tim’s Texas Chili Most Unusual Chili – Steve Robe

of IIPHC for “Willy’s World Class Chili Verde”Club with the Best Chili – Isle of

Iowa Parrot Head ClubSingle Best Overall Best Chili

– Steve Robe of IIPHC for “Willy’s World Class Chili Verde”

People’s Choice Votes:Best Chili from the Linn County

Blues Society – Deb Neyens and Bob Erger for “Bullwinkle Chili” Best Chili from the Isle of Iowa

Parrot Head Club – Karen Mahan-nah and Bryan Phillips for “The ‘Buck’ Stops Here Chili” People’s Choice for the Club with

the Best Chili – Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club

An assortment of prize baskets and trophies were presented to the win-ners. But the real winners are the children of Cedar Rapids who will benefit from everyone’s efforts. We’d like to thank everyone who

participated; it certainly wouldn’t be the event it is without all of these wonderful chili cooks:

$5800!

$5800!

Henry Davison of the H.D. Youth Center (left) receives a check for $2568.90 from LCBS president Andy Dergo. The Parrotheads were able to donate $2673.75

to the Boys and Girls Club!

This year’s judges were again faced with the difficult task of deciding which chili recipe wasgoing to take top honors. It proved to be quite a challenge for even for Ashley Hinson (left) of KCRG.

A football autographed by the Green Bay“we almost made it to the Super Bowl”

Packers was offered up in the silent auction.

Great photos taken by Bob Randklev and Dave Metz

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