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There is a push with the Grammys to get the Blues included as a musical category. There’s 35 different category’s-and NO BLUES! Blues has been listed as a category within the genre of American Roots. The only category for Blues is Best Blues Album. WHAT?!

If these musical genuises were as intellectually gifted as they believe they are, we wouldn’t be talking about this…(No wonder why so many Artists have moved over to Europe-they’re more appreciated over there than here in the states). Ask guys like Clapton, Jagger, Mick Fleetwood if the Blues are important to music, and see what they have to say about it…”However, to not recognize Blues as it’s own unique genre of music, with it’s rich historical background, not to mention the influence Blues has had on several other genres listed at the GRAMMY website, is clear evidence of their disrespect towards this purely America art form”-taken from the Petition.

If you’d like to sign a petition from Blues Revue Magazine to the fine folks at the Grammys, cut and paste this link in your browser:

http://bluesrevue.com/give-blues-a-voice/#

**NOTE FOR BLUE NOTE OPEN GOLFERS–INFO for this years BLUE NOTE OPEN can be found lower on this page, or on the right side of this page in the LATEST UPDATES SECTION

This week the music world lost one of the truly great voices-Etta James. She was best known for the song “At Last”-but if that’s all you know her for-you need to broaden your musical horizons…If you can handle it, I recommend buying the 2 CD set The Essential Etta James, from her days at Chess Records. That will get you grounded in her great work-but there’s so much more….
I’m going to share with you a link to the yahoo story on her passing; it does a pretty good job:

http://music.yahoo.com/news/legendary-blues-singer-etta-james-dies-calif-163709371.html

Here are the forms that you’ll need to get your team entered into this years Blue Note Open-Indoor winter golf fun(d)raiser…Here are links for the the Team Captains Letter, Team Entry Form, and Basic Rule Sheet that needs to be signed by the team captain and returned with the completed Team Form and entry fees.

There are two different options for these forms, google doc link, or pdf file format-use which ever one works best for you…

The start and finish point is The Casino Starlight, 20th & Cedar in Quincy. Registration is supposed to open at 12:30, and the event kicks off at 1pm (though if you get there a little early-we’ll do our best to get your team going early-maybe you can get in ALL the holes) 

Here’s the link for the Team Captain’s Letter for this years event. This is not only for team captains, but all players should check this out…

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FX5yLvNi8j_mwJ8tJ2H4rAGoNsWbGUz6qhdCEYH1Kso/edit

Also, as a PDF File  2012 Letter to BNO Team Captains

Here’s the Team Entry form to send in with entry fees (as google doc or PDF)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IjAIdzcIR3vxy-AQ46On-lmfS8eVED2jgDh-OdrNHfo/edit

PDF File: 2012 BNO Team Form

And the Basic Rule Sheet (needs to be signed and returned with team entry form)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgxqy0bAkxVLmgMTTb8-4n6A1IXnoajOoPbC0fzZdMs/edit

And as a PDF file: Basic Rules for the Blue Note Open 2012 

Good Luck and thanks from the staff of this years Blue Note Open!