San Luis Obispo Blues Society Upcoming Events Saturday, December 3, 2005 KENNY "Blues Boss" WAYNE also appearing the CINDERS SLO Vets Hall 801 Grand Avenue 8PM  Members $15 / General Admission $17 January 28: Lou Pride also the Guy Budd Band March 4: Vet's Hall Show

BLUES REVIEW
It’s time for the annual San Luis Obispo Blues Society Semi-Formal Dress Optional Holiday Show and Dance Celebration.  The Blues Society welcomes the king of the keyboard, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, on Saturday, December 3, 2005.  The Cinders will be opening the show.  The show starts at 8:00 pm at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall, 801 Grand Avenue.  Tickets are $15 for Blues Society members and $17 for the general public.  All tickets are sold at the door.  21 and over please.  Buy a membership for $10 at the door and get $2 off admission for a year of shows. In the spirit of the holiday season, please consider bringing a non-perishable food item to the show for distribution to the County Food Banks. Call 805/541-7930 for more information.

KENNY 'Blues Boss" WAYNE
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne is a master of the blues and boogie-woogie piano.  Living Blues magazine says that Wayne is “an artist bringing the piano back to the front ranks of contemporary blues”.  Real Blues magazine rated him the best blues artist of the year in 2001 and the best Canadian blues pianist for seven years in a row.  Kenny Wayne’s piano styles range from New Orleans blues and jazz to Kansas City swing and West Coast jump blues.  Besides Kenny on piano and vocals, the band includes Dave "Hurricane" Hoerl on harmonica, Takezo on guitar, Michael Messer on drums, and Paul Olguin on bass.

Kenny Wayne is literally the son-of-a-Preacher-man who moved to Los Angels as a child.  As a child prodigy on piano, his father encouraged him to play gospel, although he was fascinated by the boogie-woogie sounds of performers like Floyd Dixon and Fats Domino.  By the time he was a teenager, he was playing in R&B bands and backing visiting blues / R&B performers.  His father attended a concert where he backed Jimmy Reed in 1962, and the brawl that broke out at the performance temporarily ended Wayne’s blues career.  In the late 1960s, Kenny was a key player in the Los Angeles R&B scene, backing performers such as Delaney & Bonnie, Sly Stone, and the Doobie Brothers.  When the disco craze swept the Southland, he headed to Canada with a R&B review band.  He settled in Vancouver where he played R&B, jazz, and blues piano.  In the 1990s, while touring in Europe, Kenny made the transition to playing primarily blues and boogie-woogie.  His first solo debut, Alive and Loose (Real Blues Records, 1995) showcased his boogie-woogie style and launched his new blues career.  In 1999, he toured Europe as part of the Joe Louis Walker All-Star band.  All together, he has released five records, including Let it Loose (Electro-Fi Records, 2005) which combines brilliant piano playing with inventive songwriting and storytelling.  As Juke Blues says, “Wayne plays boogie with the piston-beat of a Pete Johnson while his blues style is reminiscent of Memphis Slim.” Read more about Wayne at http://www.kennybluesboss.com/.

THE CINDERS
The Cinders is an incendiary dance band composed of a talented quartet of experienced blues musicians.  The Cinders will be releasing their first CD, Rooms on Fire, at the upcoming show.  The CD features a title track in which everyone dies in the great blues tradition.  The band, on the CD and on the stage, includes Dorian Michael (guitar), Brett Hoover (vocals), Paul Olguin (bass), and Dean Giles (drums). The band is notable for an authentic blues sound that is emotionally rooted in circa 1960’s Chicago.
 

VOLUNTEER
Your Blues Society is run entirely by volunteers. Besides a sense of accomplishment, volunteers get into the shows for free and receive a couple free drink tickets.  We could use your help, so call 541-7930 (our voice mail number) and volunteer to work a shift at the show.
 
 

CATALOG OF SHOWS	LOCAL BLUES PERFORMERS	CD REVIEWS	LINKS
October  2005 September  2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 January 2005 December 2004 October 2004 September 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 May 2003 March 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 September 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 January 2002 December 2001 October 2001 September 2001 July 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 January 2001 December 2000 November 2000 September 2000 July 2000 May 2000 April 2000 February 2000 January 2000 December 1999 October 1999 1998 Shows	Demolition Blues Freakin' Deacons Gary Mendoza Band Guy Budd Band Julie & the BadDogs Karen Tyler Life at the Top Mighty Croon Dogs Texicali Divas Valerie Johnson	Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers  Shemekia Copeland Debbie Davies Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Li’l Ronnie & the Grand Dukes Hubert Sumlin Tommy Castro Roomful of Blues Mark Hummel Janiva Magness Guitar Shorty Smokin' Joe Kubeck & Bnois King Jody Williams Chris Thomas King Charles Brown Tommy Castro Deborah Coleman Ernie Hawkins Guy Davis LJ Evans Hot Blues May 02 Omar & the Howlers Popa Chubby Michelle Wilson Blind Pig 25 Anniversary Any Woman's Blues Eric Bibb Ernie Hawkins	The Blues Foundation Cambria Hoot SLOFOLKS

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