JASON RICCI and the BAD KIND - Blues Society of Omaha

Volume TwenTy-FiVe, number one • January 2020

THE BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA PRESENTSLEGENDARY THURSDAY BLUES MATINEES

AND MORE.Unless noted otherwise, all shows are 6 pm and

at Stocks n Bonds , 8528 Park Drive, Omaha.Jan. 2nd .................... Hamilton Loomis (show at The Jewell $15)Jan. 9th ............................................. Biscuit Miller and the Mix ($10)Jan. 10th (Friday @ 5:30) ...........................IBC Send Off party for The Rex Granite Band Feat. Sarah Benck @ The B Bar ($5)Jan. 16th ..........................Hector Anchondo IBC Sendoff Party ($10)Jan. 18th (Saturday @ 7 pm) .......Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind @ The Jewell ($10)Jan. 23rd .................... Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls ($10) Jan. 30th .................. Dustin Arbucklle and the Damnations ($10) (Show at Ozone Lounge – FREE for BSO Members)Feb. 6th ....................................................... Paul Nelson Band ($10)Feb. 8th (Saturday @ 6 pm) ....The Bel Airs (show @) The Jewell)Feb. 13th ............................................ Tennessee Redemption ($15)Feb. 20th ...........................................Tinsley Ellis CD Release ($15)

Sunday, Jan. 12th @ 7 pmWAITING ROOM LOUNGE

INDIGENOUS featuring

MATO NANJIINDIGENOUS

featuring MATO NANJI

Wed., Jan. 8th @ 6 pm • Zoo BarThurs., Jan. 9th @ 6 pm • Stocks n Bonds

BISCUIT MILLER and the MIX

JASON RICCI

and theBAD KIND

Sat., Jan. 18th @ 7 pm

The Jewell

Thurs, Jan. 30th @ 6 pm • Ozone Lounge

DUSTIN ARBUCKLE

and the DAMNATIONS

BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA IBC SEND OFF SHOWS!REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK

Friday, Jan. 10th @ 5:30 pm • B Bar, OmahaOfficial Release party for their new CD “Electric Combo”

Matt Cox opens the show

HECTOR ANCHONDOThursday, Jan.16th @ 6 pm • Stocks n Bonds

Jan. 2nd .................... Hamilton Loomis (show at The Jewell $15)Jan. 9th ............................................. Biscuit Miller and the Mix ($10)Jan. 10th (Friday @ 5:30) ...........................IBC Send Off party for The Rex Granite Band Feat. Sarah Benck @ The B Bar ($5)Jan. 16th ..........................Hector Anchondo IBC Sendoff Party ($10)Jan. 18th (Saturday @ 7 pm) .......Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind @ The Jewell ($10)Jan. 23rd .................... Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls ($10) Jan. 30th .................. Dustin Arbucklle and the Damnations ($10) (Show at Ozone Lounge – FREE for BSO Members)Feb. 6th ....................................................... Paul Nelson Band ($10)Feb. 8th (Saturday @ 6 pm) ....The Bel Airs (show @) The Jewell)Feb. 13th ............................................ Tennessee Redemption ($15)Feb. 20th ...........................................Tinsley Ellis CD Release ($15)

BLUES NEWS • BLUES SOCIETY OF OMAHA

Why Join the Blues Society of Omaha with Your Membership Donation?The Blues Society of Omaha, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1998. We are an all-volunteer organization with over 800 dues-paying members. BSO’s mission is “Keepin’ the Blues Alive”. We are recognized as one of the top Blues Societies in the country. With the help of your tax-deductible donation we continue to promote blues music, blues musicians, and live music venues & events. Among our many projects and accomplishments are these:• BSO promotes musicians and venues by maintaining a comprehensive live music calendar on our website, omahablues.com. BSO also

distributes free monthly news flyers with calendars to numerous public gathering spots to inform the general community of live music shows in the area.

• BluesEd is a non-profit youth artist development program created and sponsored by Blues Society of Omaha. The BluesEd program began in 2001 to provide opportunities for young musicians to learn blues music in a series of workshops and to play with other students in a band format. Our BluesEd bands always are impressive and they have performed at some of the finest festivals & venues in and around Omaha.

• The Blues Society of Omaha has hosted an annual Nebraska Blues Challenge competition for local bands since 2011. All of the participating bands are showcased in judged public events as they compete for a package of prizes and the honor of representing BSO at the International Blues Challenge competition held in Memphis. All of the winning Nebraska bands have gone on to receive national attention and acclaim while making BSO proud!

• BSO produces and/or sponsors various music events throughout the year. • BSO is a contributor to and supporter of Playing With Fire, a series of free outdoor concerts held each summer in Omaha since 2004.• BSO provides support to The Zoo Bar, Lincoln’s legendary and award-winning blues venue. BSO is a sponsor of the annual ZooFest

music festival. • In conjunction with Toy Drive for Pine Ridge, BSO hosts an annual toy drive and concert fundraiser for the children of Pine Ridge

Reservation.• BSO regularly produces charitable events for musicians in need.

As a member and donor, you are entitled to great membership benefits:• Free subscription to “Blues Notes”, our monthly newsletter that will keep you abreast of blues events in the area, blues CD reviews, and

other articles of interest to blues connoisseurs! • E-blasts with late-breaking blues news. • Special pre-sale and discounted tickets to select events.• Discounts offered by generous local businesses. • Pride in belonging to a group dedicated to “Keepin’ The Blues Alive”!

Please consider switching to the GREEN VERSION of Blues Notes. You will be saving the planet while saving BSO some expense. Contact Susan Keith at [email protected]

to switch to e-mail delivery and get the scoop days before snail mail members!

BLUES ON THE RADIO:Mondays 1pm-3pm on KIOS 91.5 “Blues in the Afternoon” with Mike Jacobs

You can listen to the live stream at www.kios.org

Sundays 9am-Noon on KIWR 89.7 Rick Galusha’s “PS Blues” Podcast now available on Spotify

https://anchor.fm/pacific-street-blues-and-americana

Lincoln’s KZUM Radio - Nebraska’s only community radio, and you can listen to it on the web at KZUM.org.

Monday – 3:00-6:00pm “World Gone Wrong Blues”Tuesday – 3:00-6:00pm “Group W Blues”

Wednesday – 3:00-6:00pm “Highway Blues” • 8:30-10:00pm “Radio Gumbo”Thursday – 3:00-5:00pm “Blue Water Mixtape”

Friday – 1:00-3:00pm “Women’s Blues & Boogie” • 3:00-6:00pm “Hudson Blue”Saturday – 6:00-7:00am “Beale Street Caravan” • 7:00-8:00am “Juke in the Back”

Sunday – 2:00-4:00pm “Back at the Chicken Shack”

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Check out B.J. Huchtemann’s column Hoodoo Blues monthly in the Omaha READER for info on upcoming shows and other news in the roots-blues music scene.

Look for B.J.’s byline under the Music tab at thereader.com

BSO CORPORATE SPONSORSBlue Club

Absolutely Fresh SeafoodGlenn & Sheila Bauer

Kit & Pam Kelley Royce & Jo Kreitman

Terry O’Halloran Rick & Babette Simcox

Mike & Chris TaylorLonnie Thomas

Tammy Trahan - Corner Bar

CorporateBel Air Merchant’s Association

Mama’s Pizza West Paul Scott Hoagbin Blues Band

West Point RackMitch Bolte

Robin & Elizabeth Bracy-Robson Chick Ganz

Mark GoldfeinConrad Good Paul Gerber

Steve & Lisa KruegerBrian McKenna – The Jewell

Bob MorrisonLarry Richling

Roger & Sheri Slosson Ernest Sutherlin Dan Van Houten Richard Wolken

Don Younts

SpecialDown Under Lounge

Hawk’s BBQ – Chris & Brenda HawkinsonKarlene Adamson-Harper

Richard Allen & Nancy Walsh

Bill & Brenda Bahrke Mo Barry

Kenny & Linda Benton Geoff & Elaine Clark

Robert Daisley John DoocyMary Elofson

David & Kristine EvansEnzo & Stephanie Floridia

Gary Gates Dan Hamann

Mike & Sally Hansen Steve & Margaret Harman

Todd HigginsJames Kineen

Susan & Troy Krupicka Tom & Heidi Macy

Vanessa MarieBonnie Mercer & Kim Burns

Steve & Nancy Mether James Pietro, DDS

Steve SaundersJohn Pollack & Karen Berry

Mikel Schmidt & Leslie Eurek Ann Scolaro Sid Sidner Terry SmithTim Sorrell

Jeff & Vicki SuchomelBill & Denise Teeple

James TheleVickie Tiffin

James & Jacqueline Tischer David Vanlandingham

Greg Virant & Lynn Kost VirantJohn Watt

Caleb Whisenhunt

Hamilton’s long-awaited Christmas CD “This Season” is now available!!

“This Season” features 5 new original Christmas songs (by Hamilton) and 5 Christmas classics...

We’re taking pre-orders on the website hamiltonloomis.com now, and when the CDs get

in stock (Dec 2) we will ship them out to you!

Born and raised in Galveston, Texas, Loomis is the son of mu-sician parents who listened to blues, rock and soul. Music ran in his veins and, with instruments readily available around the house, he picked up drums, piano, guitar and harmonica, honing his multi-instrumental talent in addition to perform-ing regularly as part of his family’s doo-wop group.

My parents had a fantastic record collection and, when I started writing, I gravitated towards what I’d been listening to all my life. I have a huge reverence for the blues and all it encompasses, but I’ve always been fond of R&B and funky music.”

A protégé of Bo Diddley, Loomis met the icon backstage at the age of 16 at Houston’s famed venue Rockefeller’s. Before the night was over, Loomis was onstage playing guitar with the legend. Diddley quickly became friend, mentor, collab-orator and supporter, appearing on two of Loomis’ albums and presenting a cherished red guitar that he still plays.

HAMILTON LOOMIS— CD RELEASE PARTY —

Thursday, January 2nd @ 6 pm ($15) • The Jewell, 1030 Capitol Ave., OmahaAdv. tickets at jewellomaha.com

Loomis and crew shine on stage proving his music is best experienced in person, where one can see and hear its intended splendor. De-scribed by Blues Blast Mag-azine as “a non-stop turbo of power, one minute moving from side to side of the stage, and then taking on his horn player in a head-cutting con-test on the apron of the stage the next minute.” Loomis’ energetic, get-in-with–the-crowd antics are infectious. The swaying and clapping are just as he envisioned.

“Being comfortable on stage is something that comes com-pletely natural to me,” he says. “I feel joy when I play music and it literally moves me. It moves my body. I learned long ago that whenever music is coming from you, from deep in-side your soul and from the right place, people will feel that on a deeper level and might not even know what’s going on inside of themselves. I enjoy engaging the crowd and feel a show should be an interactive experience.”

From the Artist’s website.


Biscuit Miller has done it again! Following on the success of “Wishbone” comes his 4th Studio Album, “Chicken Grease”. This time around Biscuit has teamed up with Producer Ben Elliot, who has recorded, mixed and produced artists for over 25 years. Ben is known for his expertise in diverse musical genres, having recorded classic artists such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and specializes in the Blues genre. This has turned out to be a great collaboration for Biscuit Miller’s 2019 release of “Chicken Grease”!

Biscuit and his band, The Mix, have been touring extensively ever since winning his first BMA in 2012, recording and re-leasing “Wishbone” in 2016, and winning a second BMA in 2017. The Mix is a sometimes-changing cast of players, but bassist and front man Biscuit Miller is consistently known for his high energy shows and blazing million-dollar smile. He is a born entertainer and is at home on the stage where he connects with his audience through a fun and funky ap-proach to the blues.

Biscuit was introduced to the bass for the first time at the age of eleven when visiting his friend Datrick. It was sitting in a corner collecting dust when the young Biscuit picked it up and started playing it. The four string electric bass be-longed to Datrick’s older brother Darnell, who taught him a couple of songs. Biscuit took to it immediately and thus be-gan a love affair with playing bass that has taken him plac-es he could never have imagined. He formed his first band, Clever, with childhood friend Ivan Wallace. They moved to Minneapolis in 1982. Soon after, a mutual friend, Joe Rowe introduced Biscuit to Sonny Rogers who taught him a lot about playing basic blues. During his time with Rogers, they recorded “They Call Me the Cat Daddy”, which won Rogers a Handy Award for Best New Artist. Sadly, Sonny passed away before he was able to accept the award.

Biscuit then went on to play with other respected blues art-ists such as, Mojo Buford, formerly with Muddy Waters, and Lady Blue, backup vocalist for Ike and Tina Turner. One day, Biscuit received a phone call requesting him to come back home to sub for Chicago’s own legendary Lonnie Brooks who needed a bass player for one night. That one night lasted for over ten years as Biscuit became the permanent bass player for the Lonnie Brooks Band.

In 2000 he formed Biscuit and The Mix to fill up some down-time. During this time, he also completed his first studio re-

Biscuit Miller and the MixWednesday, January 8th ($10) @ 6 pm • Zoo Bar, Lincoln

Thursday, January 9th @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, Omaha

cording “Come Together”. Biscuit frequently could be found sitting in with the up and coming blues guitarist Anthony Gomes. During one of these sessions, he was asked to join the band full time and he spent the next five years touring with Anthony. During his time with Anthony Gomes, they released five CD’s; Unity, Sweet Stringin’ Soul, Long Way Home, Music is the Medicine, and Live at the Triple Door.

By 2009 Biscuit was fronting his own band, touring the country playing clubs and festivals, and gaining respect as a front man and bassist alike. Biscuit Miller has graced the covers of several publications, including the 2006 Blues Fest Guide and the February/March 2010 edition of Big City Rhythm & Blues. In 2012 he was awarded his first Blues Mu-sic Award following the release of his second studio record-ing, “Blues With A Smile”. Having received wide air play on Sirius XM Radio, “Blues With A Smile” is aptly named, as Bis-cuit is known around the world for his huge, heartfelt smile as well as his antics as a funky bassist turned front man. His 2016 release, “Wishbone”, brought Biscuit even more success and a second BMA in 2017. His reach has expanded to garner international recognition and an ever-increasing fan base. He has played Blues Festivals in Quebec in 2018, and the Grolsch Blues Festival in Germany in the summer of 2019 in addition to several festivals in North America, one of which can be heard on a live recording that was released independently in 2017. When he is not busy touring or re-cording, Biscuit loves to spend time with his friends and family. His grandchildren are especially precious to him. Also precious to him are the rare occasions when he is able to sit down with his entire family over a home cooked meal. Like the one that happened on Thanksgiving when his 3rd album, “Wishbone” was born!

Of course, like “Wishbone”, there is a back story to his choosing the title of “Chicken Grease” which has to do with Biscuit’s newly found passion for the game of golf. But, that’s a story you’ll have to ask him about in person! Bis-cuit & The Mix love connecting with their many fans and friends whenever and wherever they play, so please watch for them to come to a venue or festival near you! You won’t be disappointed.

And in the words of the man himself, “Put Some Chicken Grease On It!”



Tuesday, December 31st @ 5 pm NYE with the Bel Airs

Friday, January 3rd @ 5 pm Mezcal Brothers

Wednesday, January 8th @ 6 pm Biscuit Miller and the Mix

Saturday, January 18th @ 9:30 pm Claire Adams Trio

Saturday, January 25th 2 shows @ 5 pm & 9:30 pm

Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal Thursday, January 30th @ 6 pm

Mezcal Brothers

BLUES YOU CAN USE!Thur. 1/02 Hamilton Loomis @ The JewellFri. 1/03 Mezcal Bros. @ Zoo BarSat. 1/04 Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street TavernTues. 1/07 Crabby Blues Band at Shucks (119th & Pacific)Wed. 1/08 Biscuit Miller and the Mix at Zoo BarThur. 1/09 Biscuit Miller & The Mix @ Stocks n BondsFri. 1/10 Two Blue @ Mars Bar & GrillFri. 1/10 Rex Granite Band w/ Sarah Benck @ The B BarSun. 1/12 Indigenous at The Waiting RoomThurs. 1/16 IBC Send -Off for Hector Anchondo at Stocks n Bonds Fri. 1/17 Hector Anchondo Band @ Waiting RoomSat 1/18 Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind @ The JewellSat. 1/18 Claire Adams Trio at Zoo BarTH 1/23 Tas Cru & his Band of Tortured Souls@ Stocks n BondsFri. 1/24 Black Swan Theory with Josh Hoyer & Colossal and Funk Trek at SlowdownSat. 1/25 Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal at Zoo BarThurs. 1/30 Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations at OzoneTH 1/30 Squirrel Nut Zippers & Dirty Dozen @ Holland CenterWed. 2/5 Paul Nelson Band at Zoo BarTH 2/6 Paul Nelson Band @ Stocks & BondsFri. 2/7 Paul Nelson Band at Corner BarFri. 2/7 Bel Airs at Zoo BarSat. 2/6 Bel Airs @ The JewellSun. 2/9 Heather Newman Band @ Corner BarTH 2/13 Tennessee Redemption @ Stocks & BondsThur. 2/13 Taylor Scott Band @ Corner BarFri. 2/14 CIBS Winter BluesfestSat. 2/15 Cibs Winter BluesfestSun. 2/16 Lindsay Beaver @ Corner BarWed 2/19 @ Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ SlowdownTH 2/20 Tinsley Ellis CD Release Show @ Stocks & BondsThurs. 2/20 Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials at Zoo BarFri. 2/21 Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials at Zoo BarWed 2/19 Big Head Todd & The Monsters w Los Colognes @ SlowdownWed. 2/26 John Primer at Zoo BarTH 2/27 John Primer @ Location tbdMon 3/9 ZZ Ward @ Waiting RoomTue. 3/10 Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band @ Waiting RoomTue 3/17 Allen Stone @ SlowdownTH 3/19 Zac Harmon @ Stocks & BondsTH 4/2 Ben Rice @ Stocks & BondsWed 4/29 The Music of Cream @ SlowdownMon. 5/18 Southern Culture on the Skids @ Zoo

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HECTOR ANCHONDO’S IBC FUNDRAISER EVENT

Thursday, January 16th @ 6 pm ($10)Stocks n Bonds, Omaha

The Road to Memphis!

We’re playing to raise money for Hector Anchondo’s solo challenge at the world famous International Blues Chal-lenge in Memphis, Tennessee.

Hector is the winner of the 2019 Nebraska Blues Challenge in the Solo/Duo category.

This is Hector’s 3rd appearance at the IBC representing the Blues Society of Omaha. In their 2016 trip to the IBC the Hector Anchondo Band placed in the elite final 8 out of 250 acts from around the world, a huge accomplishment.

This year marks the 36th year of the IBC’s and over 230 challengers from all over the world will be competing.

Please join us for this very special evening!

The Blues Society IBC Send Off for

THE REX GRANITE BANDCD RELEASE PARTY!Friday, January 10th @ 5:30 pm ($5)

The B Bar, 4330 Leavenworth Street, Omaha

The Blues Society of Omaha’s IBC Send Off for The Rex Granite Band, who is representing the state of Nebraska at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tn. The Event also celebrates the Official Release of The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck’s new full length original CD “Electric Combo”.

Matt Cox opens the show at 5:30!

FRIDAY, JAN. 3RD @ 8 PM • STAN AND THE CHAIN GANGFRIDAY. JAN. 10TH • TWO BLUE @ 5 PM

BIG DADDY CALEB AND THE CHARGERS @ 8 PMFRIDAY, JAN. 17TH @ 8 PM• ACOUSTIC GROOVE

SATURDAY, JAN. 18TH @ 8 PM • HECTOR ANCHONDO BANDSATURDAY, JAN. 25TH @ 8 PM

REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK

THE FRIENDLY LITTLE CRAFT BEER BAR YOU’VE KNOWN WITH LIVE MUSIC AT 162ND AND MAPLE

FRIDAY, FEB 14 – SCHEDULELobby Lounge5:00-6:00 & 6:30-7:30 ................................................ Buckmiller/Schwagger8:00-9:00 & 9:30-10:30 ............................................................... Blue TwoDubuque Room - 3rd Floor7:00-8:30 ..................................................................................Davy Knowles9:00-11:00 ..........................................................................Paul Nelson BandDes Moines Room - 3rd Floor7:30-9:30 ................................................................... Tennessee Redemption10:00-12:00 ...................................................................................... Nikki Hill

WINTER BLUES FEST AFTERNOON EXTRA!

TWO NIGHTS – 20 Acts… all under one roof and out of the cold!Advance Tickets $45 Weekend Pass – or – $20 Friday and $30

FREE Guitar Workshop with Chris Cain in the Des Moines Room from 1-3 PM. Everyone is welcome!

SATURDAY, FEB 15 – SCHEDULELobby Lounge4:00-5:30 & 6:00-7:00 ......................................................... Generation Blues7:30-8:30 & 9:00-10:30 ................................................ Cedar County CobrasSalon D - 2nd floor6:30-8:00 ......................................................... Heath Alan’s Iowa Blues Expo8:30-10:00 .......................................................................... Taylor Scott Band10:30-12:00 ...............................................................Harper & Midwest KindSalon E - 2nd floor5:30-7:00 .....Rex Granite with Sarah Benck – Omaha Blues Challenge Winner7:30-9:00 ................................................................................Lindsay Beaver9:30-11:00 ..............................................................................Lauren MitchellDubuque Room - 3rd floor6:00-7:30 ............................... Harrison Street – MN Blues Challenge Winner8:00-9:30 ....................... Avey Grouws Band – Iowa Blues Challenge Winner10:00-11:30 ....... Stranded in the City – Kansas City Blues Challenge WinnerDes Moines Room - 3rd floor7:00-8:30 ................................................................................ Albert Castiglia9:00-10:30 ......................................................................................Chris Cain11:00-1:00 ........... Mike Zito’s Big Blues Band featuring The B.B. King Horns

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blues in January & February

FIRST TUESDAY FUNDRAISERwith the Crabby Blues Band

featuring Bucky McCann Tuesday, January 7th from 6 to 9 pm

Shucks, 119th and Pacific, Omaha 13% of revenue donated to

local Omaha Charity QLI - Quality Living Inc.

[Thu Jan 02]Hamilton Loomis @ The Jewel (6:00 pm) ()[Fri Jan 03]Mezcal Bros. @ Zoo Bar (5:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Grace Giebler & Friends at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell)[Sat Jan 04]David Hawkins Quartet at The Jewell (7:00 pm) (The Jewell)Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street Tavern (9:00 pm) (Harney Street Tavern)[Sun Jan 05]Cole Palensky Quartet at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell)[Mon Jan 06]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)1st Monday Blues Jam @ Down Under (9:00 pm) (Down Under Lounge)[Tue Jan 07]Crabby Blues Band at Shuck’s (119th & Pacific St.) (6:00 pm) (Shucks)All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Wed Jan 08]Biscuit Miller @ Zoo Bar (6:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q)[Thu Jan 09]Biscuit Miller and the Mix @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)[Fri Jan 10]Two Blue at Mars Bar & Grill (5:00 pm) (Mars Bar & Grill)Rex Granite Band Featuring Sarah Benck – IBC Sendoff – The B Bar (5:30 pm) (The B Bar)[Sun Jan 12]Indigenous – at The Waiting Room (7:00 pm) (The Waiting Room Lounge)

[Mon Jan 13]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Jan 14]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Thu Jan 16]Hector Anchondo – Intnl Blues Challenge Send-Off @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)[Fri Jan 17]Alexis Robles Latin Birthday Bash at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell)[Sat Jan 18]Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind at The Jewell (7:00 pm) (The Jewell)Amarugia Ridge Runners @ The corner Bar, Fremont (8:00 pm) (Corner Bar)Claire Adams Trio @ Zoo Bar (9:30 pm) (Zoo Bar)[Mon Jan 20]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Jan 21]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Wed Jan 22]Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q)[Thu Jan 23]Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)

HEY BANDS & BARSIf you want your schedule printed

monthly in BLUES NOTES and listed on omahablues.com,

e-mail to [email protected] All schedules must be received by the

21st of each month. Get calendar updates @ www.omahablues.com


blues in January & February

OPEN BLUES JAMSZOO BAR

Mondays @ 7 pm • 136 N. 14th Street, Lincoln

BARLEY STREET TAVERNTuesdays @ 7 pm

with the Scott Moyer Band

DOWN UNDER LOUNGEMonday, January 6th @ 8:30 pm

35th & Leavenworth, Omaha

SWAMPBOY BLUES JAMAT B BAR

Thursday, January 16th @ 8:30 pm

[Fri Jan 24]Jorge Nila featuring Lars Erickson, Joey Gulizia, Mark Luebbe at The Jewell (6:30 pm) (The Jewell)Black Swan Theory @ Slowdown w/Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Funk Trek (9:00 pm) (Slowdown)[Sat Jan 25]Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal @ Zoo Bar (9:30 pm) (Zoo Bar)[Mon Jan 27]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Jan 28]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Thu Jan 30]Mezcal Brothers @ Zoo Bar (6:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations @ Ozone – Membership Appreciation Event (6:00 pm) (Ozone)Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Holland Center (7:30 pm) (Holland Center)[Sat Feb 01]Sailing in Soup @ Harney Street Tavern (9:00 pm) (Harney Street Tavern)[Mon Feb 03]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)1st Monday Blues Jam @ Down Under (9:00 pm) (Down Under Lounge)

[Tue Feb 04]Crabby Blues Band at Shuck’s (119th & Pacific St.) (6:00 pm) (Shucks)All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Thu Feb 06](6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)[Fri Feb 07]Paul Nelson Band – The Corner Bar – Fremont, NE (8:00 pm) (The Corner Bar)Sebastian Lane’s Barley Street Blues Jam (9:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Sun Feb 09]Heather Newman – The Corner Bar, Fremont, NE (5:00 pm) (The Corner Bar)[Mon Feb 10]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Feb 11]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Wed Feb 12]Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q)[Thu Feb 13]Taylor Scott Band – The Corner Bar, Fremont, NE (6:00 pm) (The Corner Bar)Tennessee Redemption @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)[Fri Feb 14]Two Blue @ Mars Bar and Grill (5:00 pm) (Mars Bar & Grill)[Sun Feb 16]Lindsay Beaver – The Corner Bar (5:00 pm) (The Corner Bar)[Mon Feb 17]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Feb 18]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Wed Feb 19]Big Head Todd & The Monsters w Los Colognes @ Slowdown (7:30 pm) (Slowdown)[Thu Feb 20]Tinsley Ellis CD Release @ Stocks n Bonds (6:00 pm) (Stocks n Bonds)[Mon Feb 24]Zoo Bar House Band & Open Jam @ Zoo Bar (7:00 pm) (Zoo Bar)Ozone Big Band (7:00 pm) (Ozone)[Tue Feb 25]All-Genre Jam @ Barley St. Tavern (8:00 pm) (Barley Street Tavern)[Wed Feb 26]Acoustic Soup @ Tavern on Q (7:00 pm) (Tavern on Q)

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IowaThe Clean & Easy Band .................................................................Jerry Potter ..............................................................................................712-309-5996

HASTINGS Smokey B. and the XYZ’s ..............................................................Byron Starr ............................................... 402-462-5879 / [email protected]

KEARNEY OK Sisters ......................................................................................Kate Fly .......................................................308-627-3021 / [email protected]

LINCOLNBig Daddy Caleb & The Chargers .................................................Caleb Whisenhunt .................................402-202-9895 / [email protected] Messengers ...........................................................................Jake Wiese ...............................................................................................402-601-4959The Blues Project ...........................................................................Lary Lehman ...........................................................................................402-421-2936Church House Blues Band ............................................................Danny Dakan................................................. 402-890-2533 / [email protected] Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal ..........................................................Josh Hoyer ............... 402-416-3846 / [email protected] / [email protected] William ..................................................................................Levi William ...............................................402-310-2681 / [email protected] The Mezcal Brothers ......................................................................Gerardo Meza ..........................................................................................402-438-5120 Super Blues Party ...........................................................................Jared Alberico ........................................402-474-2473 / [email protected] Budig Band .............................................................................Tim Budig .........................................................503-719-3969 / [email protected]

OMAHA 112 North Duck .............................................................................J. E. Van Horne ................................................ 402-210-9378 / [email protected] Alley ......................................................................................Bob Karr ................. 402-672-7300 / [email protected] / www.backalleyomaha.comBanjo Loco .....................................................................................Blind Burrito ...........................................................................................402-850-0245 Blue House with the Rent to Own Horns ......................................Joe Putjenter .........................................................402-658-2222 / [email protected] Angels ..................................................................................A.J. Foyt ..........................................................402-968-5593 / [email protected] ..........................................................................................Tim Kaplan ..............................................................................directors@bluesed.comBlues Society of Omaha All Stars ..................................................Craig Balderston ........................................................ 402-208-1068 / [email protected] Chuck Brown and the Basement Devils .........................................Chuck Brown ..........................................................................................402-610-1522 Daddy Mac & the Flak ...................................................................Bucky McCann .................................... 402-871-4770 / [email protected] David Diaz Project ..................................................................David Diaz ..................................................402-547-6633 / [email protected] Street Band .........................................................................Gage Wiggins .......................................... 402-926-9156 / [email protected] James and the Way Outs ......................................................Patrick Peters ..................................................402-292-6435 / [email protected] Walker ................................................................................George Walker .........................................................................................402-871-1469 Hector Anchondo Band ..................................................................Hector Anchondo ...................................402-215-3956 / [email protected] Reef & the Shipwrecks ......................................................Tommy Kriegshauser ................................402-517-8248 / [email protected] Kris Lager Band ......................................................................Kris Lager ...............................................................................................402-304-7269 Little Joe and Big Trouble ..............................................................Little Joe McCarthy ................................................. 402-680-2924 / [email protected] James Band .........................................................................Luther James ..................................................... 402-213-5234 / [email protected] The Matt Gagne Blues Experience ................................................Matt Gagne .............................................................402-212-0694 / [email protected] The Mighty Sapphire Kings ...........................................................Bill Ferleman ...........................................................................................402-658-1785 Paul Scott Hoagbin Blues Band .....................................................Paul Scott Hoagbin .........................402-359-0668 / [email protected] Resident Lime ................................................................................Connor Swanson ......................................... 402-238-5526 / [email protected] Rex Granite Band....................................................................Kevin Loomis ..................................................... 402-306-9342 / [email protected] Collective Reggae .............................................................Frank Fong ..............................................................................................402-556-3568 Rich Patton – Rich Blues and More ...............................................Rich Patton ...................................................402-841-1110 / [email protected] In Soup ...............................................................................Gunnar Guenette .....................................................................................402-599-9255 Sebastian Lane Band ......................................................................Sebastian Lane .................................. 402-705-2179 / [email protected] .......................................................................................Barry Clark ...................................................................................... [email protected] Spike Nelson Trio ...........................................................................Mike Nelson ............................................................................................402-612-1250 Stan & The Chain Gang .................................................................Stan Spurgeon ............................................402-738-9225 / [email protected] Monroe .............................................................................Stephen Monroe ......................................................................................402-699-5905Steve Lovett Blues Band AND Steve Lovett-Solo Acoustic Blues .....Steve Lovett ............................................................402-660-7146 / [email protected] Susan Thorne Group ......................................................................Susan Thorne ...........................................................................................402-968-4991Swampboy Blues Band ..................................................................Tim Koehn .........................................402-830-0021 / [email protected] Thrift Shop Radio ..........................................................................K.C. Kelley .............................................................................................319-431-3508Two Blue ........................................................................................A.J. Foyt ......................................................... 402-968-5593 / [email protected] ...........................................................................................Charlie Ames ....................................816-678-8360 / [email protected]

TABOR, IowaRick Hillyard and more ..................................................................Rick Hillyard ...........................................................................................712-420-1232


Tas Cru is truly a blues eclectic who refuses to let his music be bound to just one blues style. You get it all from Tas. He’ll swing you with a traditional shuffle, swoon you with a sul-try ballad, lull you into a trance with deep Hill-country blues and then rock your knobs off. If you want to be entertained, Tas is your guy. With a repertoire of over 60 original songs from multiple albums and dozens of crowd-pleasing clas-sics, this seasoned road warrior will give folks what they want be it festival, concert or dance hall.

Tas has been called one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade to-day. His songs testify to his reputation as a bluesman who is accomplished in and comfortable with most every style of blues. As a writer Tas wants his songs to determine the style, rather than the oth-er way around. And that’s why fans love his stuff and critics sing his praises. With great vocal and guitar work alongside his trademark well-crafted lyrics, this music is an interesting and enjoyable listen. Performed live it is captivating – highly entertaining!

Tas Cru is currently is based out of up-state New York and performs in multiple formats ranging from solo acoustic to a 7 piece-backing band. He sings and plays a wide variety of guitars - at home on either electric, acoustic, resonator or cigar box and is known to sprinkle in a bit of har-monica from time to time. Tas is a Delaney Guitars (Austin TX) endorsed artist and is signed to Subcat Records, Syracuse NY.

Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls

Thursday, January 23rd @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, Omaha

With three hot albums in the last five years – You Keep the Money, Simmered & Stewed and Memphis Song – Cru has readied another for 2020 - Drive On. In addition to his bet-ter-known albums is Tas’ 2009 release, Even Bugs Sing the Blues, an album of original blues music for kids. In 2016 he recorded a blues album for dog lovers called Doggone Blues that is now being turned into a three-book series featuring the dog characters from these songs working together to try to form an all dog blues band. The first of this book series, Bad Dog Bubba, is now available.

As a Blues Foundation, Keeping the Blues Alive award re-cipient (2014), besides performing, Cru brings his Blues Ed-ucation programs and workshops to festivals, schools, and hospitals everywhere he travels. In 2019, Tas began his affiliation with United By Music North America; a program serving differently challenged young adult musicians. Thus far, Cru has traveled to the Pacific Northwest and Memphis, TN to mentor participants. Tas says, “Working with UBMNA has brought me back to why I began playing music in the first place – for the pure joy of doing so!”

His brand new album, Drive On, is the latest soundtrack of a man who, living the life he chooses, just keeps drivin’ on.

From the Artist’s website


DUSTIN ARBUCKLE AND THE DAMNATIONSThursday, January 30th @ 6 pm • Ozone Lounge, 7220 F Street, Omaha

A veteran of the progressive roots scene, Dustin Arbuckle (formerly of Moreland and Arbuckle) continues kicking up dust with Dustin Arbuck-le & The Damnations. A musician of vast appetites, he’s long held an appreciation for traditional American music in the vein of Charley Patton as well as the cross-pollinated sounds of The Band or Stax-style soul. His work with The Damnations allows for that along with occasionally for-ays into deep country and even jazz.

The Kansas native marks hearing the Leadbelly classic “Gallows Pole” as his earliest music memory, becoming an astute devotee of the blues by the time he’d reached his teens. “That turned out to be a jump-ing off point, though,” he says. “I always loved Howlin’ Wolf, but as I got older and started opening my mind to a wider range of music, I’d turn around and listen to the Allman Brothers Band, then Johnny Cash, Sam & Dave, or Tom Petty

& The Heartbreakers. I hope you’ll hear some of that reach with The Damnations.”

Arbuckle, who also fronts the Kan-sas-based acoustic group Haymak-ers, will release a live Damnations EP in March 2019, recorded at Min-neapolis’ Hook & Ladder Theater & Lounge, while laying the foundation for the outfit’s first full-length studio LP. (The group released its self-ti-tled debut EP in 2017.)

Arbuckle says fans will hear an evo-lution in the new music with feet planted firmly in the world of roots music he’s known for. “When I formed this group in 2016, I really believed anything could happen, from a musi-cal standpoint,” he offers. “What we’ve done since then has gone beyond my own expectations and I really can’t wait to see what we do next.”

From the Artist’s Facebook page.

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Jason Ricci is one of the most popular harmonica players on the planet today. Listed in al-most every top ten list of players on the internet today Ricci is a polarizing force always in the spot light and on the tips of critics, artists and fans tongue’s everywhere.

Through two plus decades of endless touring, TV appearances, recordings and the internet Jason Ricci’s style of playing is so revolutionary and influential that there exists an entire younger generation of players imitating his music, clothes, gear, and even stage presence.

Nicknamed “Moon Cat” (a street name he once used in Nashville and New Orleans to avoid police detection) Jason has been an almost constant force for decades in the studio, festivals, club dates and press. Love him or hate him, through performing, singing, song

writing, teaching, harmonica playing and activism in the fields of L.G.B.T., mental health and addiction, it is not an overstatement that this young, white, queer, skateboarding, punk rock loving, multiple convicted felony having Moon Cat from Maine is currently changing the world through music and education.

Jason was a featured performer on Johnny Winter’s Grammy award winning CD ‘Step Back’ (2014)

Has received multiple Blues Music Award Nominations 2009 – 2016, and won a Blues Music Award in 2010.

Featured performer at the Rock & Roll hall of fame with Zac Brown & Tom Morello for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band induction in 2015

Jason has worked and/or recorded with Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside, Nick Curran, Walter Trout, Ana Popovic, Ce-dric Burnside, Joe Louis Walker, Peter Karp, Sue Foley, and many others.


Jason Ricci and the Bad KindSaturday, January 18th @ 7 pm ($10) • The Jewell, 1030 Capitol Avenue, Omaha


Paul Nelson – Grammy Award Winning American musician recognized as one of today’s top modern blues/rock gui-tar masters and producers not only having the distinction of being the hand picked fellow guitarist to the legendary rock/blues icon Johnny Winter joining in 2010 but he has toured the world over performing and recorded with an endless who’s who of top artists from Eric Clapton to Slash, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Ben Harper, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, James Cotton, Joe Per-ry, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Popper, Dr. John, Larry Carlton, Leslie West, Joe Bonamassa, Sonny Landreth, Dickey Betts to Joe Walsh and more...

Nelson received a Grammy award for his work performing on and producing Winter’s “Step Back” release on Mega-force/Sony winning “Best Blues Album of the Year” high-lighting his already long list of Grammy Nominations. As well as the BMA for “Best Blues/Rock Album” reaching #16 on the Billboard Top 200 and staying at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts for weeks. He is also a recipient of the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping The Blues Alive Award”.

He has appeared on both Late Night with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in the award winning docu-mentaries: “Down and Dirty” The Johnny Winter Story and “Sideman: Long Road to Glory” (feat: Bonnie Rait, Gregg All-man, Hubert Sumlin), he has reached millions with music

PAUL NELSON BANDWednesday, February 5th @ 6 pm ($10) • Zoo Bar, Lincoln

Thursday, February 6th @ 6 pm ($10) • Stocks n Bonds, OmahaFriday, February 7th @ 8 pm • Corner Bar, Fremont

written/performed and broadcast nationally on NBC and on multiple major album releases, books, instructional guitar columns, live Concert DVD’s, and special guest performanc-es on countless recordings.

Staying at #1 on the Hot New Releases charts for months. Nelson’s latest project “Badass Generation” on Sony Records still maintains his unmistakable connection to the Blues, but it also finds Nelson showing his many other musical dimen-sions that his ever growing fan base has come to expect and who consider him to be one of music’s most respected and influential contemporary guitarists.

Whether it’s headlining festivals, performing at many of mu-sic’s most prestigious stages or iconic clubs like New York’s Iridium, Blue Note, 55 bar and BB Kings to London’s Astoria and Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago to packed houses, Nel-son’s guitar mastery and band in a live setting are the most impressive and unforgettable.

From the Artist’s Facebook page.

5:30 PM SHOWSFRIDAYS AT THE B. BAR

Jan. 3rd Justin Shelton and Friends (FREE) Jan. 10th Rex Granite Band Featuring Sarah Benck IBC Sendoff Fundraiser ($5)Jan. 17th The Delta 88'sJan. 24th Soul Tree ($5)Jan. 31st Swampboy Blues Band ($5)

Jan. 3rd Justin Shelton and Friends (FREE) Jan. 10th Rex Granite Band Featuring Sarah Benck IBC Sendoff Fundraiser ($5)Jan. 17th The Delta 88'sJan. 24th Soul Tree ($5)Jan. 31st Swampboy Blues Band ($5)


From Lash,

We spent time with kids at three schools today.Thanks to Barnes & Noble, each child went home with a new book as well as a toy.

One girl was having a hard time picking and when asked if she needed help said “When do I have to return it?” When told that it was hers to keep, her eyes lit up and she smiled SO big.

As this bitter cold moves in, remember that you can donate to the emergency propane fund and literally save lives all winter long at ToyDriveForPineRidge.org.

A Huge Thank You to everyone that contributes and helped with this year’s Toy Drive for Pine Ridge events .... stories like this say more than we ever can about how much difference a small gift can make for a child on the reservation.


C D R ev i ew s

Born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, Indigenous front man Mato Nanji was exposed to his father’s vast collection of blues records by legendary artists. Mato embraced his own musi-cal talent at a young age. Mato, his brother, sister and cousin formed the band Indigenous while in their late teens. They released their award-winning debut album Things We Do in 1998. Indigenous’ music caught the attention of blues icon B.B. King and the young band was invited to play on his annual B.B. King’s Blues Tour in 1999. Four albums were released before the 2006 decision by the siblings to ‘disband’ and pursue their own musical paths, while Mato carried on with the Indigenous name. Seven albums later, Mato is still writing and producing music with the latest offering “Gray Skies.”

In addition to Indigenous, Mato Nanji has been a roster member of the critically acclaimed Experience Hendrix Tour since 2002, just wrapping up a record breaking 17th year of playing to sold out crowds alongside orig-inal Jimi Hendrix band member Billy Cox, along with Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and many others. 2020 marks Mato’s induction into the South Dakota Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

IndIgenous featuring Mato nanjI

Sunday, Jan. 12th @ 7 pmWAITING ROOM LOUNGE

6212 Maple Street, Omaha ($20)See waitingroomlounge.com for advance tickets and event info

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