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Date: Sept 6th to 10th 2007
Event: The 2007 Annual PBFS Conference & Gathering in conjunction with Gabriel Butterfield's Blues Jam and PBFS Award of Recognition Presentation.
Attendance: Heads of Businesses, Blues Societies, Industries. Musicians, General public, Press etc
PBFS' role: organizers
Purpose:
• Held each year in September as a means to bring staff from around the country to one location to brainstorm new ideas, finalize projects & review the progress & evolution of PBFS
• To Enhance Public Awareness for PBFS & Hopefully increase Membership Support
•To offer a networking forum for Artists, Blues Lovers, Performers, Industry, Societies & more…
•To bring together musicians of all calibers to create, play some good music, manifest new performing opportunities & network
• Enhancing business for local establishments, merging local talent with national talent & bringing an enjoyable time to guests from around the country.
•Bringing people of all walks of life together to enjoy good conversation, good food and good music.
Location: Clarksdale Ms. At assorted venues
The Welcome dinner, Mini film fest, Birthday Celebration & Blues Jam, Award presentation, Sunday Gathering all take place on the grounds of Hopson Plantation (Shack Up Inn and Commissary) (www.shackupinn.com) and excursion to Helena
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Description:
This is a small, casual, intimate, down-home, up-close and personal kind of affair; open to the public and musicians. This is not a festival or paid gig. It is blues jam merging both upcoming and renowned and local and national talent and a wonderful networking opportunity.
Events to Include:
Thursday night welcome fish fry dinner followed by a trip to Morgan Freeman and Bill Luckett's Juke Joint—Ground Zero Blues Club for their Thurs night Blues Jam.
Friday Morning Breakfast served in the Commissary, an afternoon Mini Film Fest where a sneak view of live interviews with blues giants intended for the first time ever film documentary on Paul Butterfield along with vintage footage and other films will be shown, followed by a BBQ on the grounds of the Hopson Plantation and visits to local juke joints and a new blues club—The Depot Blues Club.
Saturday breakfast out at the famed local soul food restaurant—Sarah's Kitchen, a visit to the WROX Radio Museum, Cat head –a Delta Blues art shop, a visit with town Icon and local historian Frank "Rat" Ratliff, followed by a group photos and acoustic jam at the infamous Crossroads Monument dashing back to set up for the evening Birthday Blues Jam and Award Presentation to blues legend Sam lay—founding drummer for Howlin' Wolf and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. With door prizes, raffles and a free buffet.
Sunday we get to sleep in and stroll over to the Commissary for a group breakfast followed by a social gathering in the Commissary to mingle, network, watch videos, play music and games, eat Birthday Cake and get to know each other…Followed by an on grounds dinner and then a trip to juke joints--a drive to the famed Po monkey Juke Joint: the real deal set out in the middle of nowhere…
Monday breakfast at the locals hangout
The Delta Amusement Café famed for their biscuits and gravy, pancakes and homemade preserves, followed by a scenic trip to Helena, a live radio show, a visit to the Delta Cultural Center, Bubba's Blues Corner, the Blues Murals on the Levee and dinner out followed by some music…
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please RSVP, it allows us to know how many people to prepare for and to give notice to the various establishments we will be visiting.
To name of few of the musicians joining us:
Chicago born Gabriel Butterfield (son of Paul Butterfield) drummer, singer & song writer, Alabama born Sam Lay out of Chicago (founding drummer for Howlin' Wolf & the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (PBBB) currently of Siegel-Schwall Blues Band & Chicago Blues Reunion) Rod Hicks (originally of Aretha Franklin, then the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and later David Sanborn), California bass player Rick Reed (originally of Southern Pacific, did his first tour with Paul Butterfield and currently with the Chicago Blues Reunion) Bob Corritore internationally known harmonica player & producer who has played with far too many greats to name, host of the weekly radio program Those Lowdown Blues on KJZZ and owner of the Rhythm Room in Phoenix, along with Chris James & Patrick Rynn seasoned Chicago Blues players who worked with Sam Lay for 7 years on the road as members of the Sam Lay Blues Band. They are currently in the Rhythm Room All-Stars with Bob Corritore and are now living in San Diego, and Clarksdale's very own natural born talent-- guitar player and singer Marshall Drew. As well as Willie Hall (Blues Brothers) from ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Memphis, and the President of the Memphis Blues Society and guitarist, singer & harmonica player Eric Hughes bringing us some hot Memphis Blues from Beale Street. Additionally, the President of The Detroit Blues Society and organizer of the Hot Blues & BBQ Festival in Oxford Michigan--bassist Steve Allen bringing the real deal from Detroit Michigan, along with film featured Roy Moore acoustic guitar bringing with him friends and fellow musicians guitarists, banjo players and maybe even washboard player from Colorado including Mark Hutchinson on Banjo Ukulele, and Key West Icon Guitarist Vince Scardina dedicated to all the great causes and the backbone to any good music affair and musician, Guitarist David Shorey well known for his work in several of Michael Bloomfield's Bands, Joanne Spies from Connecticut and special guest Zack Pomerleau 14 year old guitarist, drummer and harmonica player all the way from Maine. With many more local and national performers planning to join us.
To Name Only a Few Reps from Blues Societies & various organizations attending:
PBFS, Detroit Blues Society, River City Blues Society, Memphis Blues Society, Rising Sun Performance Co, Eyes Open Productions, Blues Revue and many more…
How to help & be involved:
1) Importantly Sponsorships for funding for event costs & traveling expenses for a few of the blues pioneers
(Help recruit sponsors or do a PBFS fundraiser) (Do a gig fundraiser)
2) Volunteers needed for all aspects of Sat Sept 8th event
3) In-kind-donation of promotional giveaways, door prizes and fundraising prizes
4) Sponsorship for food and specialty dishes & items for the free buffet
5) Promotion, networking, media coverage
(pre-event and live at event)
7) Come join us Sept 6 to 10th or any portion of and we thank you for your interest and support and hope to see you in Clarksdale
" The Paul Butterfield Fund and Society" (PBFS) was recently established by Salli Squitieri & Gabriel Butterfield-son of Paul Butterfield, w/the assistance of Dan Aykroyd & his wife Donna Dixon-Aykroyd & the sponsorship of Fractured Atlas (www.fracturedatlas.org) a NYC based non-profit art service organization.
PBFS is dedicated to the preservation and revival of the legacy of Paul Butterfield & to the rich traditions of the Blues styles of music through the support of the arts & those involved with the arts. PBFS strives to assist struggling artists w/emergency relief, project support & cultural enrichment, particularly those creative endeavors w/focus on projects dedicated to underprivileged & at risk children.
PBFS is a relatively new, developing and quickly evolving educational and charitable entity gaining worldwide recognition and interest within a very short time.
PBFS is currently working on a series of ongoing projects including our Signature Project—"The PBFS Special Care Package for Struggling Artists", our PBFS Educational Archival Exhibit representing segments of Paul Butterfield's life and career, a networking & resource site for artists of all genres, the first time ever done film documentary on Paul Butterfield, an online petition for Paul Butterfield's recognition into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Music project dedicated to the enhancement of performing artists' careers & fundraising for PBFS & its many causes & endeavors, the development of a CD Library for Youth, offering PBFS assistance in whatever capacity possible for assorted benefits & fundraisers & an assortment of other projects.
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Join forces with us and help make a difference in the lives of those who color our world so brightly!!!
With warmth,
Salli Squitieri & Gabriel Butterfield
1107 Key Plaza 335 Key West, FL 33040
Legendary Bluesman Sam Lay founding drummer for Howlin' Wolf and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band with Son of Paul Butterfield--Gabriel Butterfield drummer, singer & song writer and co-founder of The Paul Butterfield Fund and Society (PBFS) Photo by Thom Pollard
Husband & Wife team
Salli Squitieri & Gabriel Butterfield
Founders of
The Paul Butterfield Fund and Society (PBFS)
at the Blues Awards in Memphis
A Few PBFS Staff Members & Friends enjoying Clarksdale MS 2006
at Delta Blues Museum
The making of a PBFS Special Care Package for Struggling Artists
Gabriel Butterfield Live interview at WDST in Woddstock NY
Hubert Sumlin and Gabriel Butterfield
at Morgan Freeman & Bill Lucket's Ground Zero Blues Club
in Clarksdale MS
Our PBFS Mascot "Kenya" 3 year old Black West German Shepard