The Great Northern Blues Society is proud to announce
"Cabin Fever Blues Week"
Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 31

The week will start off with two "Blues in the Schools" programs hosted by Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo, along with Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & the Blue Max Band on March 23.

That evening the GNBS, along with their sponsors, will provide two free Blues shows with some homegrown Wisconsin talent; one featuring Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo at the Intermission Bar and the other being Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max at the Fillmor Pub & Eatery. Special guest artist, Tom Jordan, from Meantooth Grin, plans on sitting in at both venues during the evening.

Band start times will be staggered, so you can wander between locations and enjoy both shows (times and more details TBA).

The GNBS is also working on putting on one more Blues in the Schools program during the week, all leading up to the 13th Annual Blues Cafe' at the Rothschild Pavilion.

Check back here for more details as they become available.

	Chris Duarté Chris Duarte, born in 1963 in San Antonio, plays a style of Texas blues-rock that draws on elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll. With lyrics leaning towards Steely Dan, Duarte isn't an artist that wants to stay in one place. He knows some of his past attempts have fallen flat and some have shined but he will never stop venturing out onto the furthest point on the limb.
	Albert Castiglia Albert Castiglia (pronounced "ka-STEEL-ya") is Keepin On – and much more. With the release of fifth CD, Keepin On, in August 2010 on Blues Leaf Records (his third CD on this label), Albert is doing exactly what the title of the CD suggests. Having opened for ZZ Top, Elvin Bishop, and The Radiators, he’s quickly becoming a favorite high-energy performer at festivals and events across the country.
	Jumpship Blues Band Back for an encore performance in 2012, Jumpship's unique blues stylings are most influenced by Chicago Blues and West Coast Swing. With the recent departure of Brother Tedd, the band reached out to Tana Delonay to join them. A veteran performer with a wide range of musical influences, Delonay sings with strength and soul and delivers songs with a creative gusto that not only inspires the band, but entices the audience to swing along and enjoy the ride.
	Donnie Pick & The Road Band Although fluent in many styles of music ranging from Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Zydeco and Rock & Roll, Donnie sets his musical sights on the Blues/Rock genre. Originally from Nashville, Donnie toured extensively (over 250 days a year) and recorded two CDs and a DVD with national recording artist and harmonica virtuoso George Heard (aka Harmonica Red).
	Howard & the White Boys The members of Howard & the White Boys first met at NIU in Dekalb, Illinois in 1988 and began jamming together just for fun, but their fast-growing popularity soon convinced them they could make a career of it. After only a few months, they got their first big break by opening for B.B. King. The band soon made the move to Chicago and began performing with the biggest names in blues: Koko Taylor, Albert King, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry.
	This year's acoustic act between bands . . . David "Big Pipes" G & Rick Clark David "Big Pipes" G along with Rick Clark are known throughout the Mid-West Blues circles as members of Deep Water Reunion and Boilerhouse Blues Band. Rick on Bass and Pipes on vocals. With this duet, both Rick and Pipes will be going back to more of the roots, both on guitar, for some great enjoyment of some of the classics!
Ticket Info Coming Soon • Playing times will be determined at a later date.

We've officially changed our meetings back to the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Next meeting will be at 7:00 pm, 1/10/12 @ Loppnows.

You're listening to the Blues all the time

by Ron Hoerter

You're listening to Blues all the time but you just don't know it. When I was growing up during my teen years and well into my twenties, I was listening to Blues and didn't know it either. I had to be educated. I was always a fan of Southern Rock and didn't understand that it was because of the Blues influence. Rock artists like Ted Nugent doing Baby Please Don't Go, Foghat's Terrraplane Blues and I Just Want To Make Love To You, ZZ Top's Dust My Broom, along with all the British Invasion groups were doing covers of all the great Blues Masters songs. Artists like Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson. I didn't know that but I knew that I liked the songs that I was hearing.

In 1980 I bought Eric Clapton's live CD, Just One Night. I bought it for the hits like Tulsa Time, After Midnight and Cocaine, I fell in love with it because of songs like Worried Life Blues, Double Trouble, Blues Power, Rambling On My Mind and Further On Up The Road. I still didn't know that it was the Blues songs that I fell in love with; I just knew that it was great music. The fact that the Blues Brothers had Blues in their name didn't even ring a bell, although Blues was only a part of their repertoire. I even had John Lee Hooker and B.B. King greatest hits albums and never realized that there was this whole music genre called Blues. A genre rich in history, a genre that was the birthplace of Country, Jazz and Rock and Roll, a genre that had a tremendous amount of artists that I had yet to discover.

I'm programming dance music for the big night club in town (King's Knight) in 1983. I started Rock night on Sundays so I could maintain some of my sanity and play some of this great music that I had loved for years. That is also the year that I first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan on the King Biscuit Flower Hour. I ran out to the local record store the next day (Inner Sleeve Records) to pick up a copy of Texas Flood, I thought that it was some of the best music that I had ever heard. This lead me to the Fabulous Thunderbirds and I was starting to get some idea that there was something more out there than the Hair Band stuff that was on the Top 40 radio at the time.

I started going to a local club (Scott Street Steak and Pub) that featured regional acts and came to learn that what these guys were playing was considered Blues and so was a lot of the stuff that I had been listening too.

So I started doing my homework and bought more and more Blues music. A couple of years later in my hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin we were blessed with what was called – at that time – the Big Bull Falls Blues and Jazz Festival. This festival has lost the Jazz part and is the longest-running Blues Festival in the state, celebrating its 20th anniversary this summer. Well, it was all over for me at that point; I've been all in ever since. My point is that Blues music was all around me and it took years to educate myself as to what I was listening too. I believe that is still the case today for most of you and I am going to show you why I think that.

From mid-May until mid-July, I wrote down the commercials, TV shows and movies that I saw with Blues music in them. (Just a little tip, for my money HBO's Treme and TNT's Memphis Beat has the greatest music on TV.) Here are the rest of the details: I watched all of this stuff except True Blood, that was suggested by former GNBS President Bob Decker and I know it is running on HBO at this time. I DVR almost everything except ESPN and sporting events, so I never see the majority of commercials that are being aired. I allowed a little Gospel, Soul and New Orleans Funk in the mix. Straight Funk is out and the new commercial using the song King Bee is out because it is a Rock version. The list found here is divided into the three categories.

Check it out, I think you will be amazed at how much Blues music you are hearing every day but you just don't know it. You know it is great music or the TV and Film industries wouldn't be using it. For more information on the Blues, contact The Blues Foundation (www.blues.org). You can find out about the history of the Blues and see if there is a Blues Society in your area to help you with information about the local scene.

Here's to you gaining knowledge about the Blues and embracing this fine art form.

Thanks for the great turnout . . .
this year's Blues Cafe was awesome!

2011 Blues Cafe Events Photos by Mike Tatro

2011 Blues Cafe' Sponsors

Stoney Creek Inn
Special Room Rate: Ask for the Blues Cafe Special - $79.00 per room, 20 rooms reserved. Get them before they're all gone.

Central Beer Distributors
We're happy to have Central Beer help out once again with this year's Blues Cafe! Your local Miller and Leinenkugel distributor located in the Cedar Creek Industrial Park region.

ESPN Sports Fan
100.5 FM
1110 E. Wausau Ave.
P.O. Box 778, Wausau, WI 54402-077
Phone: (715)845-8218
Fax: (715)845-6582

Security Finance
330 Grand Avenue
Wausau, WI 54403
(715) 849-1888

Black Bear Bar
The Black Bear Bar & Grill in Minocqua is sponsoring Meantooth Grin. Truly rustic, clean, cozy family-oriented bar & grill with daily specials. The only blues venue every weekend in the Northwoods.

Intermission
Every Wednesday is Open Mic Night at the Intermission Bar. All performers get FREE draft beer! The Intermission Bar in Wausau is sponsoring the Red, White, & Blues Band.

River Valley Bank
For nearly 40 years River Valley Bank has stood for a commitment to provide service standards that were and still are unique in the industry. We have done it by understanding our customer’s needs.

Roto Graphic Printing Inc.
255 South 80th Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401-9406
(715) 845-4443
fax. 715-842-0623
toll free 800-428-4151

King’s Campers
Located at 5507 Lilac Ave. Wausau, WI, King's Campers is proud to announce that 2010 is the company’s 20th Anniversary. Our mission is to be the best RV Dealer in the hearts and minds of our customers and suppliers.

TD Fischer Group
TD Fischer Group has grown to become one of the nation's leading display and exhibit design manufacturing companies, providing innovative, end-to-end display and exhibit solutions from design conception to manufacturing. Our sincere thanks to Bob and his staff for all their help.

Metro Taxicab
Offering attendees to this year's Blues Cafe 50% discounts on rides to and from the event. Why risk it, when you can get as many as six people to or from Stoney Creek to the Pavilion for a paultry $6.00?

Campfield Recorders
Pro Audio, Video, Rental, Sales and Installation
MON - FRI 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM CST
802 N. 3rd Avenue Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715)849-9000 or Toll Free: (877)849-9080

Window Accessory Company, Inc.
4705 Bayberry Street
Weston, WI 54476
Phone: 715-355-4000
Fax: 715-355-4994

Arrow Sports Club
6202 Schofield Ave. Weston
Phone: (715) 359-2363

The Palms Supper Club
5912 Business 51 S.
Schofield, WI 54476
Phone: 715-359-2200

Meyer Rossabi is someone to keep and eye and an ear on. I see a bright future for this fine guitar playing Bluesman. Click here to listen to samples of Blues Is The Color and here for the purchase link. See his Blues and Body Shop ad below.