He's back: The saga of Randy Loafer and the never ending blues jam
BLUES-2-DON'TS VOL. 86
THE BLUES BLOG FOR
THE PARANOID BLUES-A-HOLIC
Emergency Blues Alert
Loiters Blues Wired Service
BNN Blues News Network
Dateline: Tacoma, Washington
Luffwaffe SS Blues Society
The artists formerly known as The Randy Loafer Band have
gone through a major organizational shakedown.
Reforming as the RANDY LOAFER YOUTH IN ASIA ORCHESTRA,
Loafer has replaced longtime vocalist Steven Tyler,
guitarist Tim Robbins and Bassist Yoda with
Heather Rugburn(vocals), Davy("HEY HEY I"M A ...") Jones(guitar)
and Dominique "The Singing Nun" (on Bass).
Tyler and Robbins in a eleventh hour decision have enlisted
the help of the prestigious Blues Law Firm Bailey,Green, Powell
and Hodgkin to issue a Trombone Restraining Order against
Mr. Loafer to keep him and his Orchestra 500 ft away from
any Blues Jam In Washington State.
Loafer Corporate Spokesman Billy Stools refused to comment
on these allegations, but he did issue a press release plugging
the upcoming event of the year!
"The Blues Telethon to Memphis"
This event is to raise slush funds to send
Booze Society Favs "Bitchy Sue and Her Beer Belly Daddies"
to the IUDBS (International Universal Diversified Blues Society)
Jam session contest. Contest to be judged by Dale Chihuly,
Ronald McDonald, Richard Simmons and Glen Close
This is Howl'N'Wolfe Blizter reporting for BNN
posted by Bunny'N'Chair at 11:39 AM
27 Comments:
Was it Randy or Dale? Loafer or Chihuly? I get ‘em mixed up. Perhaps they were separated at birth…
Keep ‘em comin’…
Currently on Loafer's Guest Book. Read now, before he has it removed. Oh, and has anyone noticed he isn't wearing his wedding ring anymore? Did he ditch her too? Did she run out of money?? Must have - he ain't paying the band for CD sales. Read on:
Friday 09/15/2006 12:58:10am
Name: J & V
Homepage:
E-Mail: RockmSockm@fool.bz
Do you want to play in a jam? If so when will you be in town? No thanks.
City/Country: USA
Comments: Hi everyone,
Virginia Klemens and I want to make sure that our side of the story is
known in the Washington blues community because no one else will tell it and it is important for our own dignity to let you know our feelings and thoughts regarding our three day notice of dismissal from The Randy Oxford Band.
We received a very sweet and flowery card from Randy on the 6th or 7th of
September, one or two days before a scheduled show at Sunbanks Blues Fest.
The card gushed about how thrilled Randy was to have spent three years
with us and how this version of TROB was the best band he was ever in.
Contrary to that declaration however, he was now going to "experiment"
with different players and was giving us three days notice as Sunbanks would be our last gig. We did not drive up to Sunbanks; we gave him a days notice though. And so you know the real truth, we helped, sacrificed for and loved everyone in the band very much including Randy, and this really
took us by surprise.
He went on to say that he was going to continue to do the songs that Virginia and I had brought to the band so that he could continue to sell the remaining stock of CD's he was in possession of and he would send us the dollar a piece pay-out he had arranged for us until they were all gone and would "always mention our names as the authors of the material so that we would be out there in the public's mind"... Mind you, he didn't ask us, he was telling us, in a card, without a sit down at a face to face meeting.
We responded back to him by voice mail and email that he did not have our
permission to perform or record our original material and that we did not
want his dollar payout and that he did not have our permission to sell CD's with our songs, performances and/or images as this would be a violation of the copyright act.
Two weeks is usually the minimum time for being let go in the music business, and a month or two is considered, well, respectful! This was his first band though, and he was bound to make a few mistakes. We certainly understand and forgive him.
Virginia and I will be fine of course. You may say "sour grapes", but the
facts are, we reserve the right to control our art and identity and never
signed our show or identities over to Randy. We are going to have to figure out how to get the monies we have coming for the CD's sold over the
2006 festival season too, as we haven't seen a check yet for CD sales.
So now you know everything, at least from our side of the fence. We will
be seeing you down the road. Virginia and I have a new three hour block of fantastic material that we were hoping to work up with TROB this winter, but it is not to be. We will eventually find a new group of players to take up the sword and be on our way again.
Randy once wrote to me that our award winning album "All the Buzz" won
those awards because of the order of the songs. He arranged the order of
the songs with the amazing David Maloney at Blue Ewe during the final mix; I hope it was more than the order of the songs that took those awards!?
That explains a lot I guess.
Cheers!
Jerry Lee Davidson & Virginia Klemens
Hey Everyone,
There has been some exciting "moving forward" changes in the Randy Oxford Band.
There are 3 new energetic,charismatic,happy,entertaining,positive thinking, high quality musicians who have joined the Randy Oxford Band full time.
Heather Rayburn will be our featured Vocalist,Dennis Jones will take over one of the Guitar spots while adding vocals and keyboards and Dominique will take over the Bass position while adding Vocals and some keyboards as well.
Current long time members Steve Blood on Guitar and Riky Hudson on Drums and vocals are included in the newly reformed Randy Oxford Band.
We will make our debut this Sunday, September 17th at 5 p.m. at Reverend Dave Brown's Blues Vespers event held at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church (901 North J Street Tacoma, WA. PH # 253-627-8371)...Our special guest for this event will be Tom Boyle on Guitar from the Band Becki Sue and her Big Rockin' Daddies.
Check out www.randyoxford.com for more information on the newly reformed band and it's debut performance.
(We would like to thank Virginia Klemens, Jerry Lee Davidson,Hank Yanda, Michael Stubbelfield and Jack Kinney for their past commitments to the Randy Oxford band.What a ride it has been so far.)
Following Blues Vespers, Randy Oxford and his Trombone will be taking part in the "Beale Street or Bust" event held at Jazzbones in Tacoma starting at 7 p.m.(www.jazzbones.com)
This event is sponsored by the Washington Blues Society (WBS) and designed to raise funds to send Becki Sue and her Big Rockin' Daddies to the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN. In Feb. 2007 as the WBS representative. The MC for the evening will be the Reverend Dave Brown.
Featured bands will be..Ben Rice and the Youth of Blues and solo artist Rollie Tusing, both representing the Cascade Blues Association (CBA) (out of Portland, OR.) at the (IBC) in Feb. 2007
Also at this event will be the Michal Miller Band who will be representing the South Sound Blues Assoc.(SSBA) at the IBC.
Becki Sue and her Big Rockin' Daddies will be playing a set as well as Junkyard Jane (former CBA representatives at the IBC.
Randy Oxford (Former SSBA representative at the IBC) will be sitting in on a couple of numbers with Ben Rice and the Youth of Blues as well as Becki Sue and her Big Rockin' Daddies and of course with his former band Junkyard Jane as well.
All of this entertainment this Sunday for only $10.00.
There will be raffles, auctions and many prizes to give away.
Reservations strongly advised for this event. All ages until 11 p.m.
Call Jazzbones at 253-396-9169.....
Join us from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Blues Vespers for the debut of the newly reformed Randy Oxford Band and then follow the Caravan over to Jazzbones for a night of All Blues and lots of surprises!!
Sincerely,
Randy Oxford
The Randy Oxford Band...IT FEELS GOOD !!
www.randyoxford.com
My sincere sympathy to the outgoing members of the ROB, but it sure is nice to know I'm not the only person who got f'd over by a bone slider.
I'm thinkin' this is just a way to grab another BB award, you know, Best New/Reformed Band for 2007. Oh well, now Ms. Tyler and Mr. Robbins know what it's like to have Mr. Loafer's boot up their collective butt after all, the dynamic duo of Tyler/Robbings were responsible for a couple of firings in the past. Hopefully we'll see the ongoing saga of the "music rights' saga on "Judge Judy", where it rightfully belongs. On the subject of the newcomers, Mr. Loafer could of done better but, the pile of bodies he's leaving is probably scaring off a lot of real musicians.
The Davidson/Klemens rebuttal letter has now been purged from The Loafer's guest book....Must not have fit in well with his "positive" image.
"rotund fornication" = good one! (but I prefer the directness of "fat fuck")
This is FUN!!!! It's about time
This is FUN!!! What ever happende to JAKES? That place sucked Donkey Balls.
Don't you bastards realise that Randy is the only TRUE bluesman in the whole northwest? You should all get on your knees and pray that He continues to grace us with his incredible musicianship! I pity you.
Ahhhh, Darn, looks we we might have offended "True Blues Fan"...That's what it's about - your opinion vs everyone else's.
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench,a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. "Hunter S. Thompson"
There's planty of "true" blues persons in the area, you need to get out more often oh and, by the way, I guess if that makes me a "bastard", so be it....You sound like you might just be related to Mr. Loafer, could it be? Now, that being said, "can't we all just get along."
The "dynamic duo" of Tyler/Robbings were about as interesting as the missionary position every night for 20 years.
Randy Oxford is a genus musician. Its too bad you cant see that. your just jealous
Oh, man, Loafer has B.A.L.L.S. [albeit dainty and bi like the rest of him, I'm sure] to post his big announcement and gig schedule here!! He can't even allow the truth to be posted on his website. Hey Loafer, once you start believing your own hype, you aren't what you think you are anymore. You should have been run outta town with the Gnome and his manipulative Bitch. Put down the bong, dude....
First it was the Doo Doo Roosters, then Jokeyard Jane, Now this. Will the WBS ever learn. JEEZ!
Alright, who's been fomenting? It's getting downright vicious in here.
Yes I agree. Way too many negative vibes. Let's all take a deep breath and repeat after me.... What ever happend to Jakes Ales? That place sucked ass!
So what "genus" of musician is the Loafer, Mr. Mah? Since it has not been definitively established that he is even human, putting him in the genus Homo along with us other presumed sapiens is not justified at this time.
Therefore, in the interim, may I suggest the following scientific nomenclature to biologically classify the Loafer?
Chihulius randii
Trombonia overplaydicus
Simmonsiella oxfordia
Mcdonaldus pseudoronaldus
Fornicatia rotundum
Perhaps a vote is warranted.
I once heard that if you've had more than 3 bassplayers in your band, it might be time to reconsider what you're doing....
Jack - Bass - RIP
Michael - Bass - RIP
Hank - Bass - RIP
Will the last Bass Player to leave the band please turn off the amps.
I heard that one too, only it was trombone players and the number was one.
(Oh my....comments that witty make me absolutely HORNY, pre boiled owl....)
Yeah I get that alot.
Please Bunny, take his pic down, or I won't be able to come here anymore. I can't gag that much without passing out.
Hi!
You may probably be very interested to know how one can manage to receive high yields on investments.
There is no need to invest much at first.
You may begin to get income with a sum that usually is spent
for daily food, that's 20-100 dollars.
I have been participating in one project for several years,
and I'll be glad to let you know my secrets at my blog.
Please visit my pages and send me private message to get the info.
P.S. I earn 1000-2000 per daily now.
http://theinvestblog.com [url=http://theinvestblog.com]Online Investment Blog[/url]
http://lumerkoz.edu So where it to find, http://rc8forum.com/members/Buy-Synthroid.aspx bibby http://www.comicspace.com/aciphex/ palomino ncid http://www.comicspace.com/codeine/ ptes http://soundcloud.com/aricept hawkes dela http://www.lovespeaks.org/profiles/blogs/buy-famciclovir carter
nine west travel bag http://qipp.eu/disneyland/disneyland-tokyo-prices tourism travel adriatic [url=http://qipp.eu/tourism/travel-tourism-amarillo-texas-tx]travel tourism amarillo texas tx[/url]
delores burrell travel consultant http://qipp.eu/motel/the-aquarius-motel sta travel insurance [url=http://qipp.eu/airport/airport-letter-codes]travel odessa[/url]
air travel golf clubs http://qipp.eu/adventure/adventure-package-tours-in-tamilnadu business travel allocation [url=http://qipp.eu/vacation-packages/cheap-vacation-package-to-disneyland]cheap vacation package to disneyland[/url]
travel trailer need title http://qipp.eu/airlines/continental-airlines-in-texas australian travel discount air fare [url=http://qipp.eu/tourist]loves travel centers[/url]
stroller for airline travel http://qipp.eu/disneyland/christmas-time-at-disneyland-paris official greek travel [url=http://qipp.eu/lufthansa/embraer-erj175]embraer erj175[/url]
truckers travel mugs http://qipp.eu/flight/orlando-flight-tracker routes to travel from russia to egypt on llama [url=http://qipp.eu/tourist/europe-story-tourist-country-perceptions]travel aganets[/url]
ipod cables for car stereo auxillary http://audio.anymusicdownloads.in/holy-spirit-series-campus-audio spanish dance types [url=http://instrumental.anymusicdownloads.in/black-sabbath-war-pigs-instrumental]black sabbath war pigs instrumental[/url]
blank piano sheet music http://rap.anymusicdownloads.in/rap-star-name-generator lyrics for kiss kiss [url=http://blues.anymusicdownloads.in/still-got-the-blues-for-you-stevie-ray-vaughn]all time low lullabies mp3[/url]
raisins to cure pain http://rock.anymusicdownloads.in/rave-theater-in-little-rock-ar metallica the memor remains [url=http://rock.anymusicdownloads.in/red-rock-canyon-vegas]red rock canyon vegas[/url]
philly dogs rock candy http://jazz.anymusicdownloads.in/genius-guide-to-jazz soundtrack down once more [url=http://dance.anymusicdownloads.in/dance-universities-canada]hip hop artist biographies underground[/url]
down periscope soundtrack http://hip-hop.anymusicdownloads.in/hip-hop-dj-battles together again janet jackson mp3 [url=http://folk.anymusicdownloads.in/ormskirk-folk-dance]ormskirk folk dance[/url]
nasty bastards rock http://winamp.anymusicdownloads.in/winamp-software-features ipod nano 8 [url=http://trance.anymusicdownloads.in/trance-nation-america]britney spears star magazine[/url]
Hurrah! After all I got a webpage from where I can
really obtain useful information concerning my study and knowledge.
Check out my website :: payday loans for bad credit
Post a Comment
<< Home