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Blues News
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Volume 27
October 2010 - November 2010
“To Support and Promote the American
Art of the Blues on the Treasure Coast”
The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast, Inc. is a non-profit organization com-
Officers
Bob “Cougar” Whitt-President
Elaine Romano-Vice President
Patti Gamble-Secretary
Sandra Griffith-Treasurer
Board of Directors
Pete Sandoval
Tom Brown
John Souza
Sonny Owens Belowch
Advisory Committee
Elaine Romano-Chair
Gerry Mullaney
Vern Melvin
Steve “Hawk“ Levy
John Souza
prised of musicians, vocalists, song writers, bands and folks that just love music, especially the BLUES, here on the Treasure Coast of Florida. The Blues Alliance of the
Treasure Coast supports all types of music, however, the basis of the organization is the
BLUES. The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast has many fine community programs:
Blues Newsletter–Interesting articles, mailed every other month to members and distributed throughout the Treasure Coast.
Monthly membership meetings- Come and socialize with the other Blues Alliance
members and discuss the local area blues scene.
Member– The National Blues Foundation.
Listed– The Blues Festival Guide, the “BIBLE OF THE BLUES”
Participant– The IBC, International Blues Challenge.
Benefit Program– for local musicians.
Scholarships- Provides two worthy children with music scholarships to IRSC each
year.
Phone Committee
Let Us Play Program- Recycle program providing instruments free of
Elaine Romano
dren unable to buy or rent their own.
Newsletter Editor
Blues website- Packed with blues information, music, lessons,
Patti Gamble
scheduled events, happenings, links and more.
Ocean Grafix
Website builder and designer
www.bluesalliance.org
Wes Neal
www.myspace.com/bluesalliancetc
Webmaster
Bill Thomas
cost to chil-
Next Blues Alliance Membership Meetings
Member affiliate of:
Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010
IBC Playoff of Bands
7 –10 PM
Archies’s Seabreeze
401 S. Ocean Drive
Fort Pierce, FL 34949
Tuesday Nov. 9, 2010
IBC Playoff Fund Raiser
7-10PM
Call for directions:
Call for directions:
772-461-3352
Support our bands!
American Legion Post 62
6412 SE Federal Hwy.
Stuart, FL. 34997
772-781-1851
Lets help our bands go
to Memphis!
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Support our member bands by going out to see them.
Here are links to find their next gig.
Category 5:
www.category5blues.com
The Mojo Band:
www.myspace.com/greggjacksonthemojoband
The Nouveaux Honkies:
www.tnhband.com or www.myspace.com/
thenouveauhonkies
Soul Rebel:
www.soulrebelband.com
Stoney and the House Rockers:
www.myspace.com/stoneyandthehouserockers
Player Band
www.PlayerBand.com
Good Tymes Band
www.goodtymesband music.com
Ben Prestage
Www.myspace.com/bprestage
Steve “ Hawk” Levy
www.hurricanehawk.com
Art Harris and the Z-Tones
www.theztones.com
www.lowdown13blues.com
JAMES L. AUTIN, M.D.
Sinus –Ear- Nose- Throat
Facial Plastic Surgery
Care of the Professional Voice
MUSICIAN’S SPECIAL
Includes: Consult with Dr. Autin, Video Exam of Vocal
Cords and complete Hearing Evaluation $99.00
10377 S. US #1, PSL
Phone for appointment (772) 337-3700
http://calendar.yahoo.com/frank.cramblitt
Just a Note by Patti Gamble
The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast would like to welcome new members: Jack Maravell, Eric Fausch, Donald Pollard,
Sanece Gransam, and welcome back Jimmy Autin.
A Blues Alliance Facebook page has been set up. Please join us with your news and posts. Don’t forget, we also have had a
MySpace page for some time, www.MySpace.bluesalliancetc.
Under our Let Us Play Program, all musicians under age 21 who are beginners or novice may now join us at a reduced membership fee of $10.00 for the first year. After your first year you will pay the Regular Membership dues of $20.00. You will be entitled
to perform at our yearly Recital Jam.
Corporate Sponsors: Your first set of flyers inserted by us in our newsletter is free. You print the flyer and give to any board
member. This is another great way to advertise your business. Second flyer is $50.00 which helps us with our printing expenses. A good
deal for everyone!
The 27th International Blues Challenge, The IBC, has a 4 day format. Memphis, Beale… here you will be able to make great
connections. This is the largest gathering of Blues musicians in the world. Meet and greet will start off the IBC, then The Fed Ex Showcase, many seminars, workshops, and The KBA (Keeping The Blues Alive Awards, which used to be called The Handy Awards). The
amount of talent is staggering. It’s pure blues, it’s the Nation’s biggest and most respected event for Blues musicians ready to take on
the National Stage…………
The Alliance is now getting ready to hold our playoff. Impartial judges are being secured and score sheets as per National will
be used. The IBC will be held this year, Feb. 1-5, semi finals, Feb. 4, finals Feb. 5. Act registration ends Nov. 24. Ticket and hotel information will be available in early fall.
Good luck and God Speed to our musicians………The Blues Alliance, “launching careers in music” as quoting our long standing member, Mr. Vern Melvin.
The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast, supporting the blues, supporting The American Art of the Blues, supporting The
National Blues Foundation!
Please join us!
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“THE THRILL IS GONE” STEVE THORPE HAS PASSED
Steve Thorpe was a very dear to many in the music and blues community and will live on forever in the hearts and memories
of his family, friends, musicians who he performed with and his fans.
First and foremost he was a dear Husband to Linda and the very proud Father of his son Nathan, who played Bass with his
dad for many years. Steve passed from an undisclosed illness on August 19, 2010 at home with his family around him.
He was a kind and humble musician with amazing ability and talent. He was a strong willed gentleman with a heart of gold and
a great sense of humor, as long as the joke wasn’t on him.
Steve was born in Kentucky, and lived on the East Coast of Florida for many years where he performed with some of the best.
Big Bill Morganfield, Alto Reed, George Terry and Todd Taylor to name a few. Steve was a straight-ahead aggressive blues guitar
player and a soulful singer.
Known for his hard hitting Chicago/Texas style, Steve would occasionally pull out a dobra and do a set of his favorite delta
songs if the mood hit and the crowd were right. All blues, all the time...except when Todd Taylor called and says bring a dobra and lets
do some pickin'. Steve grew up in Eastern Kentucky listening to bluegrass his entire childhood. Steve said that bluegrass style dobro is
what led him ultimately to the blues.
A Memorial Celebration of Life is being planned at The Maxwell C King Center Rotunda in Melbourne, Florida for his Florida
entourage to have closure. Details to follow on Linda’s return from Kentucky, where Steve was laid to rest beside his father on a beautiful hill top in the Thorpe family cemetery. Rest In Peace my Brother man, another Bluesman has been called home to heaven.
By: Sue Luley 8-25-2010
Jimmy Autin performing at the Richard Mac Memorial
Concert.
McCartney Mania is his new project with Jack Maravell
and Desi Kane (on drums)
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Blues Alliance of the Treasure coast membership application
Membership types and dues:
Name___________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Phone___________________________________________
E-Mail _________________________________________ _
Instrument (s) played _______________________________
Lup-Under 21, novice, 1st year, $10.00
Student: $10 (full time student)
Individual: $20
Household: $30 (2 members same address/2 votes)
Mojo member: $40 (1 vote - free T-shirt or Hat)
Band Member: $50 (1 vote)
Corporate Member $100 (1 vote, website and newsletter recognition)
Payable, Mail To:
Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast P.O. Box 7192 Port Saint
Lucie, Fl. 34985-7192
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The Cultural Explosion on the Treasure Coast , THE INTERVIEWS
Remedy, a Rock Gospel Band.
By Ari Mendes
As a record label executive and music producer, I do get demos from zillions of bands. This one caught my attention so much that I decided to produce
them in the studio. Also, I love Gospel music. It represents Family Values, Peace, Respect, and the Willingness to Help one Another. Myself, I do have a
Gospel acoustic guitar CD, with a selection of everybody’s favorite Spirituals. And I also play a Sunday Gospel Brunch every Sunday Morning from 11 to 2
at Sixty Sundaes, one of our Corporate Sponsors. But the band Remedy, well, Remedy is Rock’n Roll!! Great combination, guitar power and Jesus…The
founding members are all family members playing music for most of their lives, either as performing and studio musicians. They all write their own original songs, beautiful, contagious Rock’n Roll. Russ, a singer and the lead guitar player, is also a school teacher here in Port St Lucie. Martha, the lead singer,
has recorded a Country CD as a solo artist, a few years ago. She’s from Texas, where she was also a police officer. Some dangerous brew… Her Hubby,
David, is a precise, firm,” in the pocket “drummer. A very sought after studio drummer, also a singer. On bass, we have Dylan, the youngest of the bunch.
He’s amazing, plays all instruments, sings, and has a very professional attitude, not too common in young kids nowadays…Way to go, Dylan! Last but not
Least, another very talented musician, Mrs Karen White on keyboards. She also sings, plays mandolin, ac and electric guitar, upright bass, banjo, wow!
Karen is well known in the bluegrass circles in this area, and a solo artist on her own. She also works with PSL’s Police department… Hey Cougar, as a
former undercover Police Officer, what you think of this awesome gathering of minds? They decided to form Remedy about one year ago and with the
help of Ari Mendes have produced our first all Christian music CD. Remedy, A Cure for What Ails Ya, will be released in mid Oct. Please check us out at
rocknremedy.blogspot.com or on facebook at Remedy (Cure for What Ails Ya) for information about how to contact us. God bless us all….
Ari Mendes is a guitar player, and has been practicing a lot to be able keep up with all this talent here in the Treasure Coast…
Find me on Facebook!
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Support our Sponsors, They Support the Blues!
Take a moment to discover our corporate members and think of them when you are doing business. They
contribute much needed funds to the organization and some even offer members discounts too. They share
your love of the music and they showed their support for it where it counts, so let’s do the same for them.
Corporate Sponsors, we will be featuring your businesses in our newsletter.
You will remain here in the slected
DRUM SHOP
area of the newsletter for your
DRUMS * PERCUSSION * INSTRUCTION
business....plus, we will feature
REPAIR * SELL * RENT * REPAIR
some members each month.
Stix Nickson
Another perk coming back atcha!
1532 SE VILLEGE GREEN DRIVE
Thanks for your support, we
appreciate all of you !
very much.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL 34952
Email:stix@drummersonly.net
www.drummersonly.net
772-337-4002
Port St. Lucie
Downtown Lion’s Club
Meeting place Bristo on the Green
2nd Tuesday of every month at
11:45AM P. O. Box 9301
Port St. Lucie, FL 34985-9301
psldowntownus.lionswap.org
THE FRIENDLY POST OF THE
TREASURE COAST
AMERICAN LEGION POST #40
772-461-1480
810 S. U S 1
Fort Pierce, Fl 34950
pcChain: Port St. Lucie
772-335-7720
pcChain: Fort Pierce
772-828-2190
JAMES L. AUTIN, M.D.
Sinus –Ear- Nose- Throat
Facial Plastic Surgery
Care of the Professional Voice
MUSICIAN’S SPECIAL
Includes: Consult with Dr. Autin, Video Exam of Vocal
Cords and complete Hearing Evaluation $99.00
10377 S. US #1, PSL
Phone for appointment (772) 337-3700
772-225-3444
1949 N E Jensen Beach Blvd
www.bluesalliance.org / www.myspace.com/bluesalliancetc