THE TWELVE STEPS OF BAA
BLUES-A-HOLICS ANONYMOUS
AND FOR THE STILL SUFFERING BLUES-A-HOLIC
AND BASS PLAYERS THAT KEEP
HITTING THE BOTTOM
THE BLUES JAMMERS SERENITY PRAYER
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO LEARN THE CHANGES
I CAN NOT PLAY AND THE COURAGE TO PLAY THE CHANGES I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW WHEN NOT TO SIT IN
THE TWELVE STEPS OF BAA
1. WE ADMITTED THAT WE WERE POWERLESS OVER
THE BLUES AND OUR LIVES BECAME UNMANAGEABLE.
2. WE CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A SHUFFLE
IN "E" GREATER THAN NATIONAL BLUES ACTS
COULD RESTORE US FROM REDUNDANCY.
3 WE MADE A DESCISION TO TURN OUR WILL &
OUR LIVES TO CARE OF THE BLUES SOCIETY.
4. WE MADE A BEER-LESS AND PAINFUL
SEARCH OF ALL OUR LOCAL BLUES COMPACTS DISC'S
5. WE WERE ADMITTED TO A BLUES SOCIETY SPONSORED
FUNCTION WITHOUT EVER PAYING THE COVER.
6. WE WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE ANOTHER
HARMONICA BLOW OFF FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.
7. HUMBLY ASKED OUR PRESIDENT WHICH CLUBS WE
SHOULD GO TO AND NOT SMOKE OR SPEND ANY MONEY AT THES VENUES.
8. MADE A LISTOF ALL BLUES BANDS, CLUB OWNERS
AND CLUBS IN TOWN AND PROMOTED THE ONES
WHO SMOOZED US THE MOST.
9. MADE DIRECT DEPOSITS TO OUR BANK ACOUNTS
WHEN EVER A BAND WANTED US TO VOTE FOR THEM
10. COUNTINUED TO WRITE LAME EDITORIALS ABOUT HOW GOOD SOME JOE BLOW BAND IS DOING AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG PROMPTLY DENIED IT.
11. SUFFERED THROUGH SLOW BLUES BALLADS IN "G" AND
ENDLESS BORING HARMONICA SOLO'S IN EFFORT TO GAIN
SOCIAL STATUS.
12. HAVING HAD A RUDE AWAKENING AS THE RESULT OF
POOR NEW MEMBERSHIP SIGN UPS, ALIENATION FROM
THE NEW GENERATION OF MUSIC FANS AND MUSCIANS
WITH OPEN MINDS; ARE CURRENT ARCHAIC MEMBERSHIP
ROLLS WILL DIE OUT QUICKLY FROM BLUESHEIMER'S
DISEASE & PTBSD (POST TRAUMATIC BLUES STRESS DISORDER).
HAVE A GOOD DAY AND KEEP SUFFERRING WITH THE BLUES
FATS OFF THE WALLER
EDITOR IN CHARGE