COLORADO BLUES SOCIETY’S INAUGURAL JOHN-ALEX MASON SCHOLARSHIP FUND BENEFIT CONCERT

I don’t promote too many events here.  I wholeheartedly endorse this one.  John-Alex Mason was a good friend and brother in music to many of us in Colorado, and throughout the world he traveled in.  His mission was to share his music – his own unique telling of the blues.  To that end, he inspired school kids and grown ups.  I am thrilled that the Colorado Blues Society has started this scholarship in John-Alex’s name and legacy.  If you’re able, please contribute to this very excellent cause.

KRFC PRESENTS: COLORADO BLUES SOCIETY’S INAUGURAL JOHN-ALEX MASON SCHOLARSHIP FUND BENEFIT CONCERT

Simulcast LIVE on 88.9FM KRFC & krfcfm.org

Friday December 2, 2011
$10 Suggested Donation
Doors 8pm
Broadcast 9pm
Road 34 Tavern – 1213 W. Elizabeth St., Ft. Collins CO 80521

featuring

RONNIE SHELLIST <http://www.harmonica123.com/aboutme.htm>
CASSIE TAYLOR <http://www.cassietaylorband.com/#!look>
JASON DOWNING (Musketeer Gripweed) & FRIENDS <http://www.jasondowning.com/>

Colorado bluesman, John-Alex Mason (November 30, 1975 – October 19, 2011) was beloved and respected throughout the blues music community, and that was particularly true here in Colorado. Since his sudden and unexpected death this Fall, many in the state have been looking for a way to honor his memory and help continue the educational work he felt was so important.

John-Alex Mason took high school students from Colorado Springs to Mississippi for extended field trips that sometimes included visiting Memphis and New Orleans.

The Colorado Blues Society, a 501-c-3 nonprofit organization, will use the money raised in John-Alex Mason’s memory to further the blues music education of young Colorado artists.

KRFC volunteers and staff are hard at work compiling interviews, videos and photos of John-Alex Mason for the live show and simulcast in the week leading up to the event. If fans or acquaintances have a memory they would like to share, KRFC invites them to post it on their Facebook page <facebook.com/krfcradio> or email <andrew@krfcfm.org>.

Silent Auction items may be sent to KRFC c/o John Alex Mason Scholarship Fund; 619 S. College Ave. #4; Ft. Collins, CO 80524.

Social Media can reference this event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/189511134465495/

The Colorado Sound – Vol 3, EP 45 2011

Petals of Spain “What It Is” from Late Night Visitor (2011)
John-Alex Mason “Gone So Long” from Jook Joint Thunderclap (2011)
Joe Johnson “Don’t Let Your Blue Eyes Cry” from A Time to Dance (2011)
Colorado Goat Ropers Guild “Dead Boys” from Fly (2011)
Constitution “Broken Down” from Wrestling with the Daylight (2011)
Melissa Axel “I Want Love to Win” from Love*Humanity*Metamorphosis (2011)
(D) Strip the Stars “Down” from Strip the Stars (2012)
Monroe Monroe “Engines Will Come” from Engines Will Come (2011)
Roniit “You Were Trained” from Roniit (2011)
(D) John Statz “Distance” from Old-Fashioned (2012)
Bare Bones “Come In/Stay Out” from Bare Bones (2011)
Finnders and Youngberg “Give A Little Back” from FY5 (2011)
Adam Stern “Locked Up” from High Country Gentleman (2011)
Hazel Miller Band “Moon Was Right” from Coming To You Live…From KUVO (2011)
The David James Band “Street Performer” from Street Performer (2011)
Katey Laurel “Everything I Love” from From Here (2011)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Rich Man” from Live and Learn (2011)
Devotchka “Contrabanda” from 100 Lovers (2011)
Longest Day Of The Year “Took All Winter” from Turn Into the Ground (2012)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Thy Will Be Done” from Unentitled (2011)
Take to the Oars “Vanishing Act” from American Volume (2011)
Patti Fiasco “Electric Smile” from Patti Fiasco (2011)
Jonny Barber & the Living Deads “Rockaway Beach” from Jonny Barber & the Living Deads (2011)
Rose Hill Drive “Birds Against the Glass” from Americana (2011)
Veronica “Frederick” from Emerging From Troubled Days (2011)
Beats Noir! “Bad Beats” from 13 Tracks From the Dark Side of The Beat (2011)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Zoloft Bounce” from Brand New (2011)

The Colorado Sound – Vol 3, EP 44 2011

NEWS & NOTES: Dave Sonner “Come Clean” from The American Campus (2011)
Kenny Perkins “Last Goodbye” from Wild Frontier (2011)
The Love Royale “Come Over” from Love Letters (2010)
Dubskin “Lifts Me Up” from Release from Fear (2011)
Fox Street Allstars “Somebody In the World For You” from Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (2011)
El Toro de la Muerte “God Alone” from Dancer These Days (2011)
Andy Palmer “Grrr” from Sometime Around (2011)
INCA “Don’t Look Away” [single] (2011)
No Fair Fights “Kiss From A Rose” from The Sound of Burning Bridges (2011)
Driftwood Fire “Small City Nights” from How To Untangle A Heartache (2011)
Great American Taxi “Poor House” from Paradise Lost (2011)
Tyson Ailshie “Somethin’ Fine” from The/Send/Off (2011)
SHEL “When the Dragon Came Down” from The Dragon Came Down (2011)
Xiren “Sunshine” [single] (2011)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “You!” from Live and Learn (2011)
Whiskey Blanket “Up Up Away” from No Object (2010)
(NT) Don’ts and Be Carefuls “Old Heart Young Heart” from Sun Hits (2011)
(D) Ryan Dart “The Shift” from The Shift (2012)
(NT) Longest Day Of The Year “Change Our Ways” from Turn Into the Ground (2012)
(D) Robert Cline Jr. “Mockingbird” [single] (2012)
(D) Lauren & Bo “The Most Natural Thing in the World” [single] (2012)
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake “Like A Moth” from Sineater (2011)
Achille Lauro “Low Cha Cha” [single] (2011)
Fred Hess “Good Question” from Hold On (2009)