 Long Island Blues Challenge winner The Kelli Baker Band was among the performers chosen to play the Women In Blues showcase in Memphis during the 2023 International Blues Challenge.
 So we heard you loud and clear.
We have rescheduled the Blues Challenge after the cancellation prompted a rousing outcry. We are moving it to a smaller venue (Katie's of Smithtown, 145 W. Main St.) on Oct. 23. Show starts at 1 pm. We will also extend the deadline for bands and solo/duo acts that might decide, "yeah, why not? I really want to compete ." Hope to see you at the show!  Unfortunately, we did not have enough bands and solo/duo acts register to mount a challenge to send an act to the 2023 International Blue Challenge in Memphis.
The economics of a challenge are such that we need a minimum number of acts to make it worthwhile for the club owner to open and pay staff and for us to draw a large enough crowd to cover our expenses (such as a sound person) to put on an event. Because of covid delays to last year's International Blues Challenge, we had a limited time to get this event up and running. The board is going to immediately begin planning our 2023 challenge and we hope, with a longer time span, we can present a robust challenge. Thank you again for agreeing to participate. We hope to be back on track next year. -- Looking for blues in all the right places. LIBS board members Ronnie Shapiro, Joan Weinstein and Tony Davenport trekked down to Lancaster, Pa., for a couple of days of blues music at the Roots and Blues Festival.
Jason Ricci, Selwyn Birchwood, Vanessa Collier, Toronzo Cannon, Albert Castiglia, Ana Popovich and a host of others proved last week that the Blues is alive and well as a living art form.  Jonesin' for live blues? We gotcha.
The Long Island Blues Society is featuring one of our member bands at Beau's, 54 Broadway in Greenlawn, once a month, kicking off with LI blues challenge winner Red Eye on July 19 at 8 pm. Each month we will feature a different member band. There's a $10 cover ($8 for members). Aside from bringing live blues to the stage, we are hoping this will be a chance for members to meet fellow blues fans, so wear an LIBS tee or your LIBS pin to ID yourself as a member. There will be board members on hand to share your ideas with and we might even raffle of some nifty donated merch from our sponsors D'Addario and NOLA Blue records and some CDs by our own bands. Who knows. Hope to see you there  MC RCORDS CELEBRATEs WOMEN IN BLUES M.C. Records has curated a special 16 song playlist for Women’s History Month from its releases over the last 25 years.
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Bored by the same old t-shirt design? Let's do something about it! We're looking for a new t-shirt design. You can use the existing logo, or not, it's your world as Bob Ross says. Submit a design to info@libsny.org and the board will choose one for our next order. Winning design earns the artist a one-year membership and one year of admission to all our shows free for nothing. And, of course, we'll also give ya a shirt. Get out those crayons, markers, paints or pencils and commence to designing.  It’s That Time Again
The Long Island Blues Society annual election is coming up and hoo-boy it’s a big one. All board seats are up for grabs as well as the Vice President and Treasurer slots. To serve on the board, a candidate must have been a member of the Blues Society for two years. To serve as an officer on the board, a person has to have served on the board or as a committee chair for at least a year. Nominations for board seats or officer seats are due by February 20. You must be an active member (check your ID card for the expiration date) to nominate or run. The vote will be held in March. We are hoping to have a vote during a genuine live blues show somewhere on Long Island. You can mail nominations to PO box 378, Centereach, NY 11720 or email info@libsny.org Also, if you are a member and want to get more involved with the LIBS but not necessarily joining the board, we are looking for committee chairs. Just drop an email with your area of interest. Hope to see you soon. Watch LI Blues Challenge solo/duo winner Rob Europe get Red Hot ... literally.
Rob and The Red Eye Blues Band, our band winners, will be representing Long Island at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January. Come to the Warehouse in Amityville on January 9th, starting at 1 pm, for the fund-raiser/send-off show that will help them pay their way to Memphis. Gonna be a good one. Check back here for the full lineup, If you want to kick in to help them get there, go to the Donate to the LIBS page and enter a note (you'll see it) that you want the money put toward the bands. |
