Saturday, July 12th - 8:30 PM to Midnight

Michael Capezzone & Bobo Lavorgna - LIVE! featuring MIKE CAPEZZONE, GUITAR & VOCALS & BOBO LAVORGNA, BASS & VOCALS - an evening of Original Blues, Folk, & Donkey-Kickin', Goodtime Rock 'n Roll!!! [note: Due to a severe sunspot and solar flare activity, Bobo will NOT be playing at Bill's Seafood this night...he WILL be at AUGUR'S with MIKE!!! @ Augur's Pub, 29 Water St. (Route 146), Guilford, CT For information, call (203) 453-4936

originally posted by Sarah LeMieux and the Super Blue Band on myspace.com:  forwarded by Bobo

Date: Jul 12, 2008 2:36 AM

Subject: Women in Blues

Body: http://blog. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog....

Feel like helping? Go look and see - especially, but not only, if you have any connection whatsoever to the blues.

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Bad news Good News WiB 3

Category: Music

Dear Readers

I know many of you are waiting to find out if you have been booked for the 3rd WiB. We were ready to start calling some folks but I had to delay and will continue to do so for another week.

Here is the cliff notes on why, and pardon me keeping some information out of this for now.

We lost a major sponsor last minute. I spent most of my holiday weekend trying to no avail to bail things out and then contacted the major players involved to tell them I might have to pull the plug because of the loss and my health making the fight very difficult on me.

However, the reaction was a positive reinforcement of why this event needs to be kept alive and thanks to these wonderful people reacting the way they did...I felt strong enough to go back out and fight another day. The last few days I have secured a few smaller sponsorships and may have already located a few more midline sponsors.

Last night I got two calls that could...possibly fill in the rest and I am still at it today and the rest of the week. Plus, I have more meetings next week and a few other tricks up my sleeve that will bring in additional funding to help us cover costs.

I am tickled to tell you that Ted Crocker has offered up one of his custom Rusty Nail guitars for a guitar raffle to help us bring in more funding. It will soon be on display in downtown Wilmington thanks to Finklesteins Music. They will have it in their location where people can buy tickets starting at the end of this month up until the event. If you are in the area you can buy yours early and you don't need to be present to win. The winning ticket will be pulled at the Invitational Jam on the Sunday following our main events.

We will also be offering advertising space in this years program and it won't cost a lot, so if you or anyone you know is interested in buying an add, have them email WilmywoodMayor@aol.com

We will also be placing our add to offer 'vendor' spots very soon but the space will be limited so anyone who wants to be a vendor should email soon!

All is not lost but there might be some more tweaking. It does mean we may not be able to afford bringing in as many additional acts as we hoped.

BUT...WiB 3 is not dead in the water and will still take place!

Have a little patience but if your band has a great offer for that weekend, don't turn it down and take a pay loss because you are waiting on us. One of our missions has always been to make to protect all of the women in blues that we can and to support them and promote them to our best ability. Losing a gig because of us is not what we hope to do. Do what you need to do and don't fret...if we can't bring you in this year it does not mean we cannot bring you next year.

Don't forget that the Sunday Jam may not have a pay check with it but it will be broadcast and that could lead to sales and additional radio airplay. Keep in mind that we do provide a person to sell your CD's and we don't ask for any percentage (just include sales tax in total so we don't eat that), that way you get every dime back to supplement your journey.

Thanks for your understanding in advance and MAJOR THANK YOU's to the folks who I had to call and give the bad news too, because without their positive reactions and continued support...the WiB might have faded. Now...it won't!

Sincerely

Woman

WiB CBW

www.nationalwomeninblues.com

www.myspace.com/nationalwomeninblues

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The 2008 Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival

It's July 25, 26 and 27, at the Sunrise Resort in Moodus. It's going to be the best Fest yet! Names like Swing’39 featuring Steve Jones, Bill Lezotte & Bobo Lavorgna, Jeff Barnhart Allstars, Cornet Chop Suey, Igor's Jazz Cowboys, Blue Street, Midiri Brothers, The Bearcats, The Galvanized Jazz Band with Jane Campedelli, Sarah Spencer's Transatlantic Band, Bob Price, JP Alessi (sax player and leader of French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band!), trombonist Roy Rubinstein from Chicago, clarinetist Paul Boehmke!, The Connecticut Festival Band, and more, much more! Call 1-800-HOTEVENt for a brochure, or to buy your tickets in advance. Visit the website: www.ctjazz.org  call for Tix: 1-800-HOT-EVENt - or contact the Festival office by clicking HERE!

Click HERE for directions to the Festival! See you THERE!!!

"Biographie! At Sarah's last Georgetown Saloon gig, an audience member pronounced her voice "a cross between Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin." After opening for headliner E.G. Kight at North Carolina's National Women in Blues Festival this fall, and being featured on the Women in Blues compilation CD released by JoMar records, Sarah was approached by Japan's BSMF records, and just released her album in the Asian market. Sarah's smoky, silky voice, and unique brand of "storytelling" blues and jazz are getting people hooked all over the world, from Quebecois radio shows to Australian podcasts and everywhere in between.

It's no small wonder her music has such international appeal. When Sarah was a girl, she used to sit on her daddy's lap while he banged out old blues tunes on the piano, and in the other room, her momma would be playing eerie French folk songs or winding Celtic reels on the guitar. The music that grew in Sarah from these strange old seeds sprouted wild and new, blues-driven but with a harmonic twist.

Sarah's influences ride the river, from Robert Johnson, Freddie King and Koko Taylor, on through Jimi Hendrix and Bonnie Raitt, to Bjork, Daniel Lanois and Pierre Bensusan. After college, she added some indie-rock to her mix, lending her vocals to bands like Brother Love, Hapikrak, and Toke Squealy, but she always returned to the blues. After stints in the house band at the legendary C-Note Blues jam and Hank's Saloon and Lillie's blues nights, Sarah toured, stopping back for regular gigs at Lower East Side hotspots Mannahatta and the Anyway Cafe.

Recently Sarah's been playing with her Super Blue Band, a flexible collection of scalding hot players, including Mazz Swift (Jay-Z, DJ Logic), Darian Cunning (Meshell Ndegeocello, Kristin Hoffman), and her brother Brendan. In the past year, they've hit Mamapalooza, the Lilly Awards, and the National Women in Blues Festival, among others.

Sarah is currently in the studio working on a followup to her album Superbleu." from Sarah's website: http://www.virb.com/sarahlemieux

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