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Friday, December 11, 2009 

Category: Music
IBC News-

The 26th Annual International Blues Competition will take place on January 20-21, 2010 on historic Beale Street in Memphis, TN.  Our Black Swamp Blues Society representatives will be Johnny Reed and the Houserockers and Laurie Swyers.
Their venue assignments will be made public Wednesday, January 20, 2010. The assignments and playing times will be posted on the IBC website (see: https://www.blues.org/?test=Y&value=&?&#ref=index )and printed in the 90+ page program that will be available in the lobby of the Double Tree Hotel. Flyers on Beale Street will also be available.

We are proud to announce the one of the bands who competed in our 2009 Blues Competition, Bull Halsey, is a finalist in the IBC's Best Self Produced CD. If you haven't heard them, you really owe it to yourself to give a listen...buy it, own it. Congratulations guys!!!!
Here is the announcement:

12 Semi-Finalists for 2010 Best Self Produced CD Announced
The following twelve CDs have advanced to the second round of the 2010 Best Self Produced CD contest:

1. Billtown Blues Association - Ann Kerstetter, 'Duke Street Diary'
2. Black Swamp Blues Society - Bill Halsey, 'Hot Dry Work'
3. Blues Society of Tulsa - Little Joe McLerran, 'Believe I'll Make a Change'
4. Blues sur Seine - Mountain Men, 'Spring Time Coming'
5. Colorado Blues Society - The Informants, Crime Scene Queen
6. Diamond State Blues Society - The Porkroll Project, 'Shake It Twice'
7. Kentuckiana Blues Society - One Shot Johnny, 'Times Like These'
8. Maine Blues Society - Pat Pepin, I'n It For the Long Hall'
9. Polish Blues Association - Boogie Boys, 'Hey You!'
10. Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society - Laurie Morvan Band, 'Fire It Up!'
11.Southern Fried Blues Society - Rick Tobey, 'Chicken Road'
12. Spa City Blues Society - Virgil Brawley, 'Bottle Tree'

If you didn't get a chance to see the competition, you will have an opportunity to see and hear many of the bands as the BSBS is hosting a fund raiser to help our musicians defer some of the expenses of travel. We will post a list of all the bands once the schedule if finalized. However, here is the scoop:
When: January 10, 2010 from 4 pm to 8 pm
Where: Trotter's Tavern, Corner of Heatherdowns and Reynolds Road, Toledo, OH
Costs: TBA

These cats played their hearts out for you. Come and support them on Sunday, January 10th. You have nothing to lose but your sanity and you WILL have a great time. It is a cool venue and the music is....well, lets just say THE BEST!!!!

TommyO.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 

Category: Music
The BSBS Blues Challenge started off with a bang on Sunday night with last year's Solo?Duo winner, Patrick Lewandowski opening the show. Andrew Ellis and Evan Bates were the first act to compete and started things off with wonderfilled, greasy slide guitar and vocals that got the crowd in the Longhorn Saloon hopped up. Mark Arshak and Kevin Gall followed with more great slide and bass guitar work and the feet in the joint were a tapping.

At this point, the crowd, and the judges knew they were in for a night of fine music. Right and left handed guitar slingers, Adam SoRelle and Mike Monica performed very cool, original, rocking blues songs to the delight of the crowd. The first solo act was Laurie Swyers, who created a duo with her loop machine as she entertained the house with her own Swyer infused songs and smiles. When Dave Kuntz and Franz Schlievert took the stage, they rocked the house with a cool singing, a walkin' bass and SRV/Albert King infused power guitar.

With a warm house, Pete "Big Dog" Fetters took the stage with a tale to tell. His great guitar and harp accompanyment kept the audience in time with his story. Father/son team, Tom and Alex Clawson had big shoes to fill by the time they stepped on stage and they filled them admirably with a great selection of singing and guitar playing which proved that these boys had been playing for many a year.

I will tell ya what, there was no fat lady singing, but nobody left the Longhorn 'till the last note was played and I am absolutely certain that there was not another competition like this anywhere in this try-state region! I almost felt sorry for the judges who had to decide the winner of this group because in my mind, they were all winners.

When the numbers were tallied, the 2009 winner of the Solo/Duo BSBS Challenge was
LAURIE SWYERS with Pete "Big Dog" Fetters the runner up.

The champaign was popped, the new BSBS Blues Challenge plaque was presented and gift prizes awarded to Laurie Swyers. She will go to Memphis to compete in the International Blues Challenge.

CONGRATULATIONS LAURIE SWYERS!!!!

NEXT-THE BAND CHALLENGE- COME ONE AND ALL TO THE GREATEST SHOW IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AS SIX REGIONAL BANDS COMPETE FOR THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT BSBS IN THE IBC CHALLENGE IN MEMPHIS. THE SHOW WILL BE IN THE MAUMEE INDOOR THEATER AT 601 CONANT STREET, MAUMEE, OHIO ON SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 17, 2009 WITH DOORS OPENING AT 6PM AND SHOW TIME AT 7PM. TICKETS AT THE DOOR ONLY $10.00 AND $8.00 FOR BSBS MEMBERS. WE WILL HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AVAILABLE. FOR ALCOHOL, ID WILL BE REQUIRED.
Note that the Village Idiot will give free admission after the show, to anyone with an  armband. SEE LINEUP AND START TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS BLOG.
TOMO.... 

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Saturday, September 26, 2009 

Current mood:  sad
Ron "Crawdaddy" Crawford, 56, who sang the blues with soul, and humor, as leader of his own group, Blues Connoisseurs, and with Voodo Libido, died September 19th, 2009 in Toledo Hospital.  Ever the well dressed bluesman, Ron will be remembered for his ready smile, his willing heart, his soulful style and his ability to turn a gig into a party.

Ron championed community causes and hosted benefits for charity from Hurricane Katrina concerts to Coats for Kids Bluesfests.

Funeral services for Ron will be 11 a.m. Monday (9/28/09) in Mount Nebo Baptist Church, 831 N. Detroit Avenue,Toledo, OH, where wake service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Arrangements by Blanchard-Strabler Funeral Home.

Rest In Peace Brother. You will be missed.
TomO.
(See Saturday Toledo Blade for further details.)
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Friday, September 11, 2009 
Black Swamp Blues Society is proud to announce the 2009 Blues Challenge for the honor of representing NW Ohio in the 2010 IBC (International Blues Challenge) in Memphis, TN. Our competition will be a single elimination event with two separate categories. 
The tentative schedule is as follows:
 
Solo/Duo October 11th, 2009
Longhorn Saloon- 946 Phillips Ave.
Toledo, OH
 
6:00-6:20 Patrick Lewandowski
6:30-6:50 Andrew Ellis & Evan Bates
7:00-7:20 Mark Arshak and Kevin Gall
7:30-7:50 Adam SoRelle & Mike Monica
8:00-8:20 Laurie Swyers**2009 Winner**
8:30-8:50 Dave Kuntz & Franz Schlievert
9:00-9:20 Pete "Big Dog" Fetters
9:30-9:50 Tom & Alex Clawson
 
Bands October 17th, 2009
Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St., Maumee, OH
 
7:00-7:30 Buzz Anderson and Soul-Storm
7:40-8:10 Banana Migration
8:20-8:50 Bull Halsey
9:00-9-30 Youth Showcase*
9:40-10:10 One Way Out
10:20-10:50 Johnny Reed & The Houserockers
11:00-11:30 Dangerous Mood
*The Youth Showcase is not a part of the Band Competition but will be the BSBS entrant in the Youth Category and is a new venture for the BSBS.
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Friday, September 04, 2009 
This email contains important 2010 International Blues Challenge information, please read carefully.

The event dates are January 20-Jauary 23, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee. The night of January 20th will be a meet and greet followed by an opening night show. Semi-finals are January 21st and 22nd finals will be Saturday January 23rd. Please watch our website http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_index, for last minute news concerning IBC 2010. Be sure that you have read and understand the rules. The rules are at http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_rules.

Please read this email carefully. Print the rules and distribute to the rest of the band and support crew.

Please note the information you upload on the registration page will be used in the 90+ page program. The program will include the photo you submit as well as the biographic information that is included in the online registration. Each bio that is edited by The Blues Foundation will receive a one point deduction before the first note is played. If your photo does not meet the minimum requirements a one point deduction will be assessed as well. The Blues Foundation will make your bio and photo available on our website once you have completed the registration form. The longer the information is posted, the more exposure your act will receive. It is in the affiliates and the acts best interest to complete the registration form as soon as possible.

Photographs uploaded to on-line registration page should be the preferred
size - 2" x 3", and must be 300 dpi at 600 x 900 pixels (horizontal or
vertical) in these formats: jpeg, tif, pdf. Photographs not meeting the
criteria will not be used in the event program or on the website.

The Blues Foundation will provide drums, guitar amplifiers, a bass amplifier, an electric keyboard, keyboard stand, snare drum stand, cymbal stands, and keyboard amplifier. Drummers should bring their own cymbals and kick pedals. Harmonica players should bring their own harp amplifier, if they use one. Keyboard players may bring their own keyboards. The Blues Foundation WILL NOT provide kick pedals, cymbals or separate harmonica amplifiers (a guitar amp will be available for harp players). The Blues Foundation WILL NOT have any loaners! Effects racks and other auxiliary equipment are permitted. Musicians must include on the IBC registration page any additional equipment used or special equipment needed (such as a B-3). All Competing Acts are required to use the equipment provided, except when allowed IN WRITING and at least 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE. Exceptions and additional needs must be submitted by e-mail to Joe Whitmer at joe@blues.org no later than the application deadline of November 24, 2009. See the Official IBC Rules and Event Summary for details.

To avoid more point deductions, plan your travel to Memphis carefully. Each act will need to be checked in no later than 2:30 pm January 21, 2010. When you check in you will receive your credentials as well as your venue assignment. Attendance to act orientation at 3:00 pm in the Grand ballroom of the Double Tree Hotel is required. Acts not checked in before the meeting is subject to disqualification.

As an IBC contestant, you have the right to list your CDs on both bandVillage and CD Mojo websites. Please visit their websites for contact information. bandVillage will be the official CD store for IBC. They will be set up during the day and at night at IBC headquarters as well at both finals at the Orpheum Theater. Please reach out to both of these great blues friends for more information.

Click on http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_bandapp and enter code S2010564899

Prepare yourself to enjoy your stay in Memphis. We look forward to seeing you on Historic Beale Street.

If you have any questions please drop me an e-mail at joe@blues.org or call 901.527.2583, Ext. 11.
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Friday, September 04, 2009 
This email contains important 2010 International Blues Challenge information, please read carefully.

The event dates are January 20-Jauary 23, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee. The night of January 20th will be a meet and greet followed by an opening night show. Semi-finals are January 21st and 22nd finals will be Saturday January 23rd. Please watch our website http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_index, for last minute news concerning IBC 2010. Be sure that you have read and understand the rules. The rules are at http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_rules.

Please read this email carefully. Print the rules and distribute to the rest of the band and support crew.

Please note the information you upload on the registration page will be used in the 90+ page program. The program will include the photo you submit as well as the biographic information that is included in the online registration. Each bio that is edited by The Blues Foundation will receive a one point deduction before the first note is played. If your photo does not meet the minimum requirements a one point deduction will be assessed as well. The Blues Foundation will make your bio and photo available on our website once you have completed the registration form. The longer the information is posted, the more exposure your act will receive. It is in the affiliates and the acts best interest to complete the registration form as soon as possible.

Photographs uploaded to on-line registration page should be the preferred
size - 2" x 3", and must be 300 dpi at 600 x 900 pixels (horizontal or
vertical) in these formats: jpeg, tif, pdf. Photographs not meeting the
criteria will not be used in the event program or on the website.

The Blues Foundation will provide drums, guitar amplifiers, a bass amplifier, an electric keyboard, keyboard stand, snare drum stand, cymbal stands, and keyboard amplifier. Drummers should bring their own cymbals and kick pedals. Harmonica players should bring their own harp amplifier, if they use one. Keyboard players may bring their own keyboards. The Blues Foundation WILL NOT provide kick pedals, cymbals or separate harmonica amplifiers (a guitar amp will be available for harp players). The Blues Foundation WILL NOT have any loaners! Effects racks and other auxiliary equipment are permitted. Musicians must include on the IBC registration page any additional equipment used or special equipment needed (such as a B-3). All Competing Acts are required to use the equipment provided, except when allowed IN WRITING and at least 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE. Exceptions and additional needs must be submitted by e-mail to Joe Whitmer at joe@blues.org no later than the application deadline of November 24, 2009. See the Official IBC Rules and Event Summary for details.

To avoid more point deductions, plan your travel to Memphis carefully. Each act will need to be checked in no later than 2:30 pm January 21, 2010. When you check in you will receive your credentials as well as your venue assignment. Attendance to act orientation at 3:00 pm in the Grand ballroom of the Double Tree Hotel is required. Acts not checked in before the meeting is subject to disqualification.

As an IBC contestant, you have the right to list your CDs on both bandVillage and CD Mojo websites. Please visit their websites for contact information. bandVillage will be the official CD store for IBC. They will be set up during the day and at night at IBC headquarters as well at both finals at the Orpheum Theater. Please reach out to both of these great blues friends for more information.

Click on http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_bandapp and enter code B2010406576

Prepare yourself to enjoy your stay in Memphis. We look forward to seeing you on Historic Beale Street.

If you have any questions please drop me an e-mail at joe@blues.org or call 901.527.2583, Ext. 11.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 


Black Swamp Blues Society will conduct a single elimination competition for the priviledge of representing our society and northwest Ohio in the The Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge in Memphis,TN in January of 2010. Band Competition:October 17,2009 @ Maumee Indoor Theater Solo/Duo Competition:October 11,2009 @t Longhorn

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 

Category: Music

 

Dear Affiliate,

 

Please pour yourself a beverage of choice and take a couple minutes to read this email, it contains important information!

 

The Blues Foundation has done away with the affiliate application process. You will receive instructions and codes for register your IBC acts. You will receive three different emails, one for band, one for solo/duo and one for youth acts. The codes will be category specific, so make sure you give the right code to the right act. Remember that is it the affiliates responsibility to make sure that the acts get registered. This does not mean that the affiliate has to register the act; it simply means that it is your job to make sure they get registered. Some acts may not be computer savvy, others may procrastinate. Please help them!

 

This year we will register acts on our own website, not Sonicbids. Once an act registers, their information will be posted on our website (we hope). Fans, competitors and affiliates will be able to read the bio and see a pic of the act. This will be more exposure for the act and give the affiliate a place to make sure that their acts are registered. They will be arranged by the sponsoring affiliate.

 

Make sure that your officers, representatives and fans know where to find IBC information. It really does slow the process and limits the effectiveness of The Blues Foundation when we answer the same questions that could be answered by simply looking at the website. Here is the link to the IBC page, http://www.blues.org/about/logos.php#ref=ibc_index.

 

Hotel reservation information will be made available on our website beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9:00 am CDT.  Members will have first access to the two host hotels-the Doubletree and the Holiday Inn Select. Only individual members with their own membership numbers will have access to the codes that will get them the information they need for the discounted rate. Affiliates: take note.  If you want to reserve rooms at one of these hotels, at least one member of your team must be an individual member. The point: personal membership has privileges.  

 

With respect to the raffle, you may print up to 500 tickets to use as a fundraiser for the society, increase membership or however you wish.  It is up to you to determine whether such an undertaking is legal in your state. The drawing will be at the finals of the 2010 International Blues Challenge on January 23.  We must have them in the office by January 15 to ensure they are included. 

 

A new society or a society with new officers sometimes asks about the benefits of being affiliated with The Blues Foundation. 

 

1.  The local blues society becomes affiliated with the international organization.  Just being part of something larger--being part of the team/part of the whole-is good for all concerned. 

 

2.  Your society will be listed as an affiliate organization on our website http://www.blues.org/affiliates/index.php4 with a link to your society's website.  You will also be listed in the IBC and Blues Music Award programs.

 

3.  You will receive regular e-mail correspondence from the Foundation about Blues news, upcoming events, shared offers, CDs or DVDs to review, latest and complete information on the 2010 International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards coming up January 20-23, 2010 and the 30th Blues Music Awards on May 13, 2010. 

 

4.  Assistance with issues confronting your society whether directly from the Foundation or via one of the numerous experts that volunteer to assist.

 

5. Eligibility to enter a band and a solo/duo act in the IBC.  Only affiliated organizations can enter acts in this increasingly important event.  These competitions are good fundraisers for many societies.  This is considered by many affiliates to be the most significant benefit.

 

6. Eligibility to submit nominations for the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards, the deadline for which will be September 30, 2010.

 

I want to say something about use of our logos.  You are free to do so with one exception.  Please do not use the Keeping the Blues Alive Award logo unless your society is a past KBA recipient.  And also make sure you are using the most current logos which can be found at http://www.blues.org/about/logos.php4.

 

Thanks for your continuing support, but the Foundation is only as strong as its members and the affiliates are the key to the success of the Foundation just as they are the key to welfare of Blues music around the world. 

 

If you have questions or comments, please email joe@blues.org.

 

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 

26th Annual Taco and

Margarita Party!

 

It’s time once again to travel north to

Mike and Terri Curley’s on Sat. Aug. 22nd.

11058 Harold Dr. Luna Pier, Mi

(734)848-8194. BYOB, a dish to  pass,

chair, your boogie shoes, jacket,

and an appetite for the blues. This

year we’re glad to present for the first time, Frostbite with Doreen BSBS IBC local winners, for your listening pleasure!

Music starts at 7:00pm 

DONATIONS ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED

 

I-75 N to Luna Pier (Exit 6). Right at stop sign. Left on

Harold Dr (At Chateau Louise) ½ mile. Green house on

Right. Park wherever but NOT at the American Legion Hall! There is an empty lot next to our house. WATCH the 25mph speed limit! The cops are watching!!

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Thursday, July 23, 2009 
BLUES CRUISE NEWS- The Blues Cruise is this Saturday from 7:30pm to 10:30pm and tickets are going fast. This will be the last BSBS sponsored event of the summer. Pre buy your tickets or get left at the dock.
Not sold out yet. Get your tickets.

The Sandpiper's dock is located at the foot of Jefferson Avenue in Promenade Park, in downtown Toledo.
See: http://www.sandpiperboat.com/dontmiss.asp
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26th Annual Taco and

Margarita Party!

 

It’s time once again to travel north to

Mike and Terri Curley’s on Sat. Aug. 22nd.

11058 Harold Dr. Luna Pier, Mi

(734)848-8194. BYOB, a dish to  pass,

chair, your boogie shoes, jacket,

and an appetite for the blues. This

year we’re glad to present for the first time, Frostbite with Doreen BSBS IBC local winners, for your listening pleasure!

 

DONATIONS ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED

 

I-75 N to Luna Pier (Exit 6). Right at stop sign. Left on

Harold Dr (At Chateau Louise) ½ mile. Green house on

Right. Park wherever but NOT at the American Legion Hall! There is an empty lot next to our house. WATCH the 25mph speed limit! The cops are watching!!


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