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BHBB NEWZ 2008 December 25, 2008 Merry Christmas! The Christmas edition of the Muskegon Chronicle included a nice piece on BHBB today: Click the article to enlarge (892k):
Taste of Music was a crowd-pleaser Mission for Area People recently celebrated its 4th annual Taste of Music fundraiser, held at the beautiful Trillium banquet facility. We would like to thank the following people for making our event a great success! Thank you to the Big House Blues Band and the Muskegon Heights High School Jazz Band for entertaining us with your great music. Thank you to the following restaurants and caterers for their fabulous hors d'oeuvres and beverages: The Cheese Lady, The Jazzy Cafe, Mr. B's, Catering by Creation, Dave's Kountry Katering, McDonalds Candy, The 750 Grill, Bernie O's, Hobo's, Pekadil's and Bonicki's. Thank you to all of the businesses and individuals for donating gift certificates or products for our theme basket silent auction. Thank you, Britta Cleveland, for emceeing our evening. Thank you to the North Muskegon Leadership Class for your leadership and organization of this event. You guys and gals were awesome! Thank you to those of you who came to support Mission for Area People. We could not continue to serve our community without you. Thank you to all for making our 4th Annual Taste of Music a great success! Blessings to all and Happy Holidays. Diana Wright Stubbs November 20, 2008 Happy birthday Big Daddy Doug! November 11, 2008 We've finished moving Vinyl Wall Studio to its new location in Muskegon and are gearing up to resume recordings for our upcoming new CD. As we've mentioned previously, songs for approximately half of the album are currently in various stages of the recording process. Due to the delay in moving the studio, we've updated the target for completion to mid 2009. October 24, 2008 The Big House Blues Band would like to welcome Jody "Muddy Britches" Addicott back as our bassist! Jody originally came on-board with BHBB in November 2005. After a two year absence we are pleased to bring back the bassist and developer of those really cool lighted drumsticks Jimi uses called "Thundersticks". Rehearsals have, again, proven Jody has the right touch and feel for our tunes and we are looking forward to making some great music with Jody. October 20, 2008 Jay Carr has decided to leave the Big House Blues Band. As many of you may know, Jay has had his hands full since March with his new baby daughter Malea. Additionally, having a son (Jeramie) and step-son (Albert) both being very active soccer players has left Jay very little time. We will miss Jay and wish him well! September 28, 2008 Happy birthday Phil ! September 15, 2008 The Big House Blues Band would like to thank everyone for coming out Uncle Steve's Birthday Blues bash at the Lexicon Club on Saturday! It was a great time and the fund raiser was a big success for the Lexicon Club.
The band had a blast and is very grateful to all of you for coming. We'd also like to thank our gracious host LeeAnn Creager. You always make us feel so welcome! We also want to send kudos to Chris and Marshall, our two newest horn section members. You guys did a fantastic job. We will be posting pictures here on our website soon, so check back often - cuz you might be in the pics! August 20, 2008 Happy birthday Jimi Ray! July 28, 2008 The Big House Blues Band would like to send a sincere and humble THANK YOU to everyone that attended our show in Centennial Park last Friday for Holland's Summer Concert Series. We appreciate you VERY much!
Although an exact crowd count hasn't been made available to us, we've been given estimates of 700 to 1,000 people having attended the show. FANTASTIC!! Thanks to National City for sponsoring the event, and thanks to our gracious hosts from the Downtown Holland Principle Shopping District: Mimi Fritz, Jill Raywood and Jessa Dutton. We also want to send kudos to our vocalist Kelly Quinn. Kelly did a fantastic job and deserves the rest of the Big House Blues Band's gratitude for working so hard in such a short period of time preparing for the show. Great job Kelly! (Lexi Hart was also impressive stepping from behind her saxophone to the vocal mic. It was awesome - thanx Lexi!) Again, thanx to everyone and we can't wait to see you again. Until next time - "...nothin' but the blues"
Kelly grew up in a family full of musicians in Big Rapids, Michigan. She has lived and performed in Nashville, Tennessee and has recently returned to Michigan from living and singing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelly not only brings her belting vocals to the Big House Blues Band, but a fantastic wit, charm and sense of humor that will be thoroughly enjoyed by our fans. Please make Kelly welcome... Kelly's bio: click here June 4, 2008 We are working out the details for an upcoming show to be held in Grand Rapids, MI !!!!! Check back often, cuz once we get everything ironed out, we'll post the info on our Live Shows page. What the heck is happening here ? ! ? ! I don't know if it is bad joojoo or what... Cindi has had to leave the Big House Blues Band already! She has unexpectedly received a number of high-profile clients at her daytime marketing firm job which will, in turn, consume massive amounts of her time this summer. Hence, there's no time left for BHBB. We wish Cindi well and already miss her commanding vocal stylings. The search continues... May 30, 2008 - $5 gift to download our music! Hey everybody, We've got something really cool here we're hoping will make you smile on this rainy West Michigan morning... We just started selling our music on AmieStreet.com, and to kick things off they have offered to GIVE our fans $5 each to download our music. All you have to do is click on the link below to get $5 to download our tunes (or songs from tens of thousands of other great independent artists). Just click the link below to get started! http://amiestreet.com/_l/cdbaby May 27, 2008 Happy birthday Jay! May 17, 2008 According to www.chcmedia.com, the Big House Blues Band’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was in the top 100 (rating number 77) on the iTunes singles charts around the world for the week ending May 17, 2008 in Greece! May 8, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. The Big House Blues Band is extremely Cindi Lou Walther Cindi describes her singing style as a "deep Etta James, belting Koko Taylor sound". (I think there's a bit of Natalie Merchant in there as well!) At any rate, we are glad to have her working with us and would like to say that some good things are coming.... April 30, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall - a few photos. April 28, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. April 27, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. Jane Bassett has decided to leave the Big House Blues Band. The group is sad to see her go and will miss her terribly. We wish her all the best in whatever her future brings. A note from Jane has been posted here on her bio page: Jane's letter March 23, 2008 Happy birthday Nick "The House" Houseman! March 5, 2008 Happy birthday Lexi! February 15, 2008 Happy birthday Tzer! February 8, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. February 2, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. January 27, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. January 26, 2008 Studio session held at Vinyl Wall. January 19, 2008 Big Daddy, Nick, Jimi and Jay held a very productive recording session for the upcoming album. January 11, 2008 A winter storm has caused a "partial node failure" with our I.S.P. therefore our web and email servers were unavailable for a portion of last night and this morning. January 2, 2008 Well, the steaks were great and the crowd was exuberant! Thanks to everyone that attended our sold-out "Steak 'N Blues" New Year's show - the band was thoroughly humbled and had an awesome time. We'd also like to thank all of you for buying CD's and T-Shirts. You are fantastic and we appreciate your support. Pat Corbin and his crew put on a great food spread that they kept stocked ALL NIGHT LONG [hey, I loved the chicken by the way]. Speaking of which, our own Rubber Chicken mascot made a surprise appearance! Refreshments were flowing and the crowd was extremely responsive filling dance floor, which had to be expanded a number of times throughout the evening! We (as always) will post photos of the show soon. Newz archive: current 2008 2007 2006 2005 (and prior)
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pleased to welcome our new vocalist:
