Lizard Letter Wood’s Words

OFFICERS

President: Bob Wood

Vice President: Kyle Ver Steeg

Secretary: Sara O’Leary

Treasurer: Karen Wood

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Sponsors: Tim O’Leary

Jams: Kyle Ver Steeg

Newsletter: Carolyn Millea

Volunteer Svcs: Ruth Larson

Babbit & Cindy Angstrom

Historian: Katie Coleman

Photographers: Bill Kurtz

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Access Audio & Accessories

Budweiser

Buford’s Steakhouse & BBQ

Crave Tattoo

Cricket’s Restaurant & Lounge

CSBank

Déjà Vu Off Main

Faiferlick Storage

FD Pool and Spa

Fort Dodge Ford/Toyota

Laufersweiler-Sievers

Funeral Home

Lefti’s Bar & Grill

McColley Nicola Therapy Svcs

Mid-Iowa Dental Arts

Mineral City Mill & Grill

Olde Boston Restaurant & Pub

Permanent Collection Tattoo &

Body Piercing

Pingel Tyre and Auto

Rides Bar and Grill

Sports Page Bar and Grill

Stumps Snow & Mow

The Brothers Sells

Three Eagles Radio

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Woodruff Construction

October 2012 Volume 14 Issue 9

Here I am chained to my desk. Carolyn is de-manding I provide her with this message before I can go out and play. As long as I have the blues to listen while I write, I’ll be okay. As it stands, I am in intense negotiations with an artist rep for our late winter early spring show. The price is right, the artist is great, they have not been here before, but we are stuck on the “when will the act be routable to our town” part of the negotia-tion. Watch this page and see what happens. It will be a great blues show. Speaking of which, do not forget the fantastic anniversary show we have lined up for November 30 at the Starlite. Magic Slim and the Teardrops! Our own Mudd Jugg Blues Band will open the show that night at 7 pm. Slim will hit the stage at 9 pm. It’s going to be great. Doors open at 6 pm. Tickets just $15 in advance. We will send out re-minders in all the important places.

Communicating with or finding out about the Lizard creek Blues Society and upcoming shows is easy, folks! We have a monthly newsletter for members and sponsors. We have a Face book page for everyone. Our website, www.lizardcreekblues.org is up 24-7, 365 on your iPhone, iPad, tablet, PC, Mac, laptop, or desktop. We’ve got you covered. We at-

tempt to make timely changes on the Facebook and website, though sometimes I have too much whiskey. However, we do have help from a webmaster for the website. Justin Rogers of Des Moines (formerly Fort Dodge) is our new guy behind the chip at LCBS online. Many thanks to Ryan Paschke, who will remain our friend as he moves on to other pursuits. Ryan is off to play Monopoly on the big board called Tex-as. We wish him luck. I hope he has a Get Out of Jail Free card. So, back to the topic at hand, look for us online or in the mailbox to check out up-coming shows around the area as well LCBS shows, news on Iowa Blues Societies, phone numbers, names, CD reviews and other important society news. If you would like to advertise on one of our sites or newsletter, look under contacts. If you have a new CD to talk about, or new band you have seen, we’ll let you write about them for our publication. Note that you may find yourself chained to the desk with me until you get it done. Carolyn, can I go now?

Cool City Man!

Bob

RECENT LIZARD CREEK BLUES SOCIETY MEMBER RENEWALS

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!

Remember to check your renewal date. The date on the address portion of your newsletter shows when your membership is due. The last page of every newsletter contains a member-ship form for your convenience. If you have any questions, or corrections regarding your

membership, please Email me at hera_c@hotmail.com or call 515-573-2796-leave a mes-

sage and I’ll get back to you. Thanks! Carolyn

Single: Family:

Jackie Kelso Randy and Polly Schuh Mark Fagan

October 2012

*Saturday 10/13 @ 10pm Tommy Castro Downtown Marriot Des Moines, Iowa

(Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Raises the Roof for Memphis)

*Saturday 10/20 @ 8pm Terry Quiett Band with Mudd Jugg Band Shades of Blue Fort Dodge, Iowa

Sunday 10/21 @ 5pm Kelly Ritchie Byron’s Pomeroy, Iowa

Sunday 10/28 @ 5pm Larry Garner Byron’s Pomeroy, Iowa

November 2012

Friday 11/2 Anthony Gomes House of Blues Des Moines, Iowa

Friday 11/9 @ 9pm Dustin Pittsley The Gas Lamp Des Moines, Iowa

Saturday 11/10 @ 8pm Dustin Pittsley Rustix Humboldt, Iowa

Sunday 11/23 Harper The Gas Lamp Des Moines, Iowa

Sunday 11/25 Tommy Castro Fairfield Art & Convention Center Fairfield, Iowa

Friday 11/30 Magic Slim & the Teardrops Starlite Village Fort Dodge, Iowa

December 2012 Friday 12/21 Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials Eagles Landing Fort Dodge, Iowa

UPCOMING EVENTS

Lizard Creek Blues Society

Meeting Minutes September 20, 2012

Meeting called to order by President Bob Wood at

7:00pm

Sara O’Leary made a motion to dispense with the

reading of the minutes. Seconded by Gwenda Naylor.

Motion carried.

Treasurer’s report was given by Karen Wood.

New Business:

A. Discussion regarding the Magic Slim and

the Teardrops show on November 30, including news-

paper and radio advertising. Ticket vendors will be

Olde Boston, Rieman Music, CSBank, and Hy-Vee Fort

Dodge. Sara O’Leary will contact the Hy-Vee in Web-

ster City and Gretchen Ver Steeg will contact the Hy-

Vee in Humboldt and see if they would be willing to

sell tickets for LCBS events. Rooms and provisions

have been secured. Sara will update merchandise

signs, etc… Barb Riha will apply for a raffle ticket

license.

B. Justin Rogers is the new LCBS webmaster.

He can be reached at Justin@html.marketing.com.

C. There was discussion regarding selling

current LCBS merchandise online. A motion was

made to approve the online store, with Treasurer’s

discretion was made by Bob Wood and seconded by

Kyle Ver Steeg.

Good of the Cause: Kyle Ver Steeg announced the

Mudd Jugg Blues Band will be opening October 20 at

Shades of Blue with a yet TBA main act.

Meeting adjourned at 7:37

Next Meeting Thursday October 18, 2012 The Eagles Landing 1018 1st Avenue North 2nd Floor Fort Dodge, Iowa ***************************************

LCBS meetings are held on the 3rd THURSDAY of

each month. All members are welcome and encour-

aged to attend.

BLUE AVENUE WITH

BOB DORR

5pm-6:30pm

Sunday October 14, 2012

Iowa Public Radio

More new blues releases including the

latest by The Mannish Boys, Nathan James,

and Iowa City's Catfish Keith. Exclusive IPR

recordings will allow us to hear a short set

by Trampled Under Foot at Waterloo's

Electric Park Ballroom and the Blues On

Vinyl set includes gospel blues by The

Reverend Gary Davis

...also check local

stations for the House of

Blues radio hour

May 9, 1941 Billie Holiday records “God Bless the

Child” under the Okeh label. Holiday's version of the song

was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in

(1976). It was also included in the list of Songs of the Cen-

tury, by the Recording Industry Association of America and

the National Endowment for the Arts.

all newsletter Submis-sions are Due by the First of Each month. If you have something to add, please send an email

hera_c@hotmail.com

Welcome

Justin Rogers

as our new

Lizard Creek Blues Society

webmaster

Justin@htmlmarketing.com

And Thanks

Ryan Paschke

for all the great

work on our

website and

photography!!

Best of Luck in

your latest

endeavors!

Above: Terry Quiett will be appearing October 20th at Shades of Blue in Fort Dodge. The Mudd Jugg Band will be opening from 8-9:30pm -Terry and his

band will play from 10pm-1am

Since 2006 the Terry Quiett Band has logged 200,000+ miles and played over

three-hundred shows across America's Heartland. From 6th Street in Austin to

Beale Street in Memphis, they've mesmerized audiences with their original and

contemporary blues-soaked sound. They've also paid their share of dues (and

tolls) traveling the Rocky Mountains of Denver, the blue grass of Kentucky, and

every state in between, winning fans and expanding their core grassroots audi-

ence with each performance.

Their self-produced 2008 CD titled "Cut the Rope" sold out and helped spread

TQB's inventive blues-rock to over 300 hundred radio stations worldwide

(including tracks spun on syndicated blues shows such as: Bluesville XM, Blues

Deluxe and House of Blues Blues-mobile, and being ranked on the Top 20 radio

chart in Maine for three consecutive months).

But it was their 2011 album "Just My Luck" recorded with world renowned,

Grammy-winning producer Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana,

Steve Miller Band, George Thorogood, Luther Allison, Albert Collins) that really

raised the stakes and their profile to another level. It received glowing reviews

across the globe and was in the Top 100 most played albums of 2011 on the

Root Music Report Blues Chart.

Along the way the Terry Quiett Band has shared the stage with international gui-

tar legends including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Robert Cray, Los Lonely

Boys, 38 Special, the Doobie Brothers, Edgar Winter, Kenny Wayne Shepherd,

Walter Trout, Robin Trower, Tab Benoit, Eric Sardinas, Albert Cummings, Robert

Randolph and the Family Band, Bernard Allison, Bugs Henderson, Gary Hoey, and

Anthony Gomes as well as numerous talented regional artists.

“You’ve got to have some-

thing to eat and a little love

in your life before you can

listen to any damn body’s

sermon on how to behave.”

Billie Holiday

Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Raises

the Roof for Memphis

Special Guest Tommy Castro &

the Painkillers

October 13, 2012

Doors Open 6pm Induc-

tion Ceremony 7pm

Tommy Castro 10pm

Downtown Des Moines Mar-

riott • 700 Grand Avenue • Des

Moines

Join us for a great evening of

celebrating the history of the

blues in Iowa, preserving the

blues in America and partying

with the BB King Entertainer of the Year and Alligator recording artist Tommy

Castro!

Mark your calendar for October 13, 2012 at 7PM for the Iowa Blues Hall of

Fame induction ceremony followed by a Raise the Roof fundraiser for the Blues

Hall of Fame to be built in Memphis, TN. http://cibs.org/

*****************************************************************

The Dustin Pittsley Band will be appearing at

Rustix in Humboldt on Saturday November

10th, 2012. The DPB’s sound is best described

as a blues influenced roots rock with a dash of

that “Tulsa Sound.” Dustin’s searing guitar,

warmth and passion on stage draws fans of all

ages and particular musical preferences.

Lizard Creek Blues Society P.O. Box 952 Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 www.lizardcreekblues.org

Mission Statement *To preserve, cultivate, and support the blues in Central Iowa on all levels and multiple venues.

*To provide a newsletter of current blues news and events for members.

*To increase awareness of and appreciation for the blues through society sanctioned educational efforts.

*To provide a network of association for area blues lovers.

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