The Santa Barbara Blues Society, the oldest existing blues society in the U.S., invites you to Warren Hall, Earl Warren Showgrounds, on Friday, Sept 17. Doors open at 7:30, Music starts at 8:30 PM. There will be free food snacks and a large dance floor!

Tommy Castro, a local favorite, returns to S.B. after a several year absence to perform for his first time ever for the SBBS. Playing an infectious mixture of traditional, jump, and West Coast blues, this 6-piece band features a dynamic horn section and Castro's incendiary lead guitar and powerful vocals. The band and Castro are at the top of the contemporary blues world, having just won 2010 Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation for Band of the Year, Blues Album of the Year, Blues Artist of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year!

Tickets will be on sale at the door for $30 general admission and $40 preferred VIP seating. MEMBERS MAY NOW BRING UP TO THREE FRIENDS AT THE MEMBER DISCOUNT OF $5.00 OFF THE TICKET PRICE! College students are admitted with ID $15, high school students only $10, and children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available at Folk Mote Music, Jensen Guitar & Music, and by mail until Sept. 14. Call us at 722-8155 for group rates.

The event is sponsored by radio stations KTYD, KCSB, and KCBX, as well as Firestone beer, Longoria Wines, Buttonwood Farm Winery, State & A Bar & Grill, and Southland Blues Magazine. A special thanks to new sponsor El Prado Inn. Please make sure to thank them for their support.

CD RAFFLE Our prizes this show will be 4 copies of the new Delta Groove release, "Mitch Kashmar & the Pontiax."

Memberships

SBBS annual memberships are valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Please check your membership card for the date. Memberships may be renewed at the show or by mail. Annual memberships are $20, less than most other blues societies' and a bargain. Members plus one guest get $5 off of each SBBS show. Life memberships (your life or ours, whichever is longer) are $60; new life members receive a free T-shirt or blues CD. For this show, annual memberships dated or later will be honored.

As you well know, we are the oldest existing blues society in the U.S. and also the first winner of the W.C. Handy Award for Blues Organization of the Year, in 1982, as well as repeat 2005 winner. Since March 1977 we have been bringing you the best and most authentic practitioners of the African American blues tradition in a relaxed party atmosphere, the way blues should be enjoyed. Let us know which artists you would like us to book; we welcome your input. The SBBS is a non-profit organization; donations are welcome and are tax-deductible!

Do you know of a business that may be interested in becoming a SBBS sponsor? Let us know. Interested in volunteering? Send us an e-mail at info@sbblues.org.

Visit our WEB SITE, www.SBBlues.org, for the latest in local blues happenings, to join the SBBS and our e-mail list, and for more information about featured artists, with photos and music clips, and about our history. Information is also available at (805) 722-8155.

The SBBS thanks the following radio stations and disc jockeys, whose support helps us to keep the blues living and vibrant.

KCSB, 91.9 FM
Views of the Blues Sunnyland Steve
Mon., 1:30 to 4 PM
Bluesland with Leo Schumaker
Thurs., 8 to 10 PM

KTYD, 99.9 FM
Bluesbreakers with Jimmy Mac
Sun., 9 to 11:30 PM

KPFK, 98.7 FM
Blues Power
with Bobbee Zeno & Louise Foster
Thurs., 10:30 PM to Midnight

KCBX, 89.5 FM
Evening Blues
Jackson Blue and Detroit Deb
Sat., 7 to 10 PM

KCLU, 102.3 FM
Blues Shack with Jim Rondeau
Sun., 2 to 5 PM