The Nominating Committee has accepted nominations for the following slate of candidates. Nominations officially closed on February 1, 2011. To vote, you must be a member in good standing of the Colorado Blues Society.
Charles “Chick” Cavallero was born in New Jersey and moved to Colorado in 1976. Chick received his BS degree in Social Science and Secondary Education from Findlay University (Ohio). He spent 20 plus years in hi-tech manufacturing with Hewlett Packard as a Project Coordinator and is currently the Records Management Imaging Supervisor for Larimer County Human Services. He and his family live in Loveland. Chick is in his first term as president and serves as the chair of our IBC committee. He initiated CBS entry into the Best Self Produced CD competition and nominating local nominees for Keeping the Blues Alive awards, both run by the Blues Foundation. This past year he helped CBS gain participation in the Mile High Blues Festival, the 1st CBS Membership Drive, the CBS Holiday Party for the Family Emergency Assistance Fund, and is helping with the Blues for the Heart Event. Chick is also a member of the Grand County Blues Society and the Blues Foundation. He and his wife Patti attend 6-8 live shows a month in Northern Colorado venues and regularly attend annual all the blues festivals in Colorado. Chick writes artist and CD reviews. Excerpts of his writing are found in The Holler, Boulder Outlook Blues Letter, Grand County Blues Newsletter, many blues performers’ websites and even the Blues Foundation website and advertisements.
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Scott Fitzke currently services as Vice-President of CBS. Scott is a partner with Stewart, Shortridge & Fitzke, an Englewood law firm. He practices in the area of commercial law, with an emphasis on litigation, real estate, and business disputes. He has also represented many non-profit, charitable, and educational organizations, as well as private and religious foundations. He also dabbles in entertainment law. Scott is actively involved in the community and volunteers for many organizations including Urban Peak, Ronald McDonald House, Jeffco Action Center, Food Bank of the Rockies, and other homeless and hunger projects. He is married and the father of two active teen-agers. Prior to becoming Vice-President, he served CBS as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. Scott has been actively involved with CBS since 1998. Scott was previously also on the Board of Directors of Swallow Hill Music Association.
Tarry Underwood, Vice President
Tarry was a DJ at KCOW 1400 AM in 1975-1976, Tarry was a charter member of the Colorado Blues Society and served on the Board of Directors from 1998-2002. He served as Vice President 2002-2003. Tarry is a the most published photographer in Holler history. His photographs have been used on the CD jackets of Randall Dubis, Michael ‘Hawkeye’ Herman, Albuquerque Blues Connection and Dan Treanor and has taken promo photos for Stanley Milton, Little Mary, Baby Jason & the Spankers, and Albuquerque Blues Connection. He has contributed over 40 CD reviews to the Holler.
Tarry and his wife love attending Blues festivals and night club shows. Tarry has attended over 1000 shows, owns over 1000 LPs (remember those?) and 1500 CDs! He and his wife and looking to get more involved with the Blues society once again.
Patti, also known as the better half of the Chick-and-Patti team, grew up in South Dakota, graduated from nursing school and now works at the Medical Center of the Rockies. Music has been a large part of her life, starting with high school, where she marched in Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural parade as a member of the Platte (SD) High Marching School Band. Patti sits on several committees at the Medical Center of the Rockies and assisted with CBS Board secretarial duties in 2009 and in 2010 was elected as fulltime secretary.
She has been involved in a number of fundraising events along the Front Range. She helped organize a private fundraiser that raised $10,000 for a Loveland High School teacher and his family. She helped with the CBS Holiday event raising money for EFAA and is on the committee for the upcoming Blues for the Heart event. She recently took over editing the CBS Weekly Update
Patti has been a member of the IBC committee for 2 years, where she served as a scorekeeper and timekeeper. She also helped with the volunteer coordination with the Mile High Blues Festival. In a lifelong commitment to live music, she has attended almost 900 blues shows with her husband Chick and serves as an ambassador for CBS at every event.
Austin is originally from the Detroit area and spent a good part of the ‘70s and ‘80s playing alto and tenor sax in jazz, blues and rock bands. He is a long time blues lover – his favorites being slide guitar and deep blues. Austin has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Science Degree in Accountancy from the University of Colorado. He spent 25 years in financial management at Mountain Bell, U S West and Qwest Communications. He has been a Director with another excellent non-profit organization, Bicycles for Humanity-Colorado since 2007.
John Goggin hails from farm country in eastern Indiana, and, after brief stints in Austin TX and London, England, moved to Colorado twenty-five years ago. He plays ham-fisted, slack-jawed blues guitar at many jams around the area, and even does a gig now and then. All of the skills he's acquired in a quarter century of software development and management will be at the disposal of the CBS. John is a huge Blues fan and can be seen at numerous Blues events throughout Boulder and Denver. John helped CBS by serving on the nomination committee for the 2011 elections.
Jeanne is a long time live music lover. Blues, jazz and folk are my favorite. She played jazz piano in a band during her school years, She is now dedicated exclusively to listening. Prior to moving to CO in 2001, she lived in Albany NY for 6 years. She grew up and started her career in St. Louis She has travelled extensively in various parts of the world and this has helped her learn to work effectively with many different types of people and points of view.
Jeanne is employed as an attorney for Key Equipment Finance, currently serving in a management position as general counsel and secretary. She has a BS Education and JD (Law) degree as well as a Masters in Business Administration
Gary, like many, was turned on to the Blues drenched rockers of the “British Invasion” and their American counterparts in his youth; the Blues-influenced folk rock in his college and “hippy” years; and the Blues-infused contemporary jazz in young adulthood. Research in to the influences and origins of the music led him to a deep and abiding love of the Blues, from the electric Blues Greats of Chicago to a trip down the Mississippi River to the acoustic Blues Masters of the Delta and Deep South, and back up to contemporary Blues artists from throughout America and the world.
Rick has been a Blues harp player and performer for 35 years and a blues enthusiast since the mid Sixties. Rick has led the Roadhouse Joe Blues Band, becoming one of the top blues acts in the area. They won their prelim round of the CBS International Blues Challenge and advanced to the finals, where they lost to the Lionel Young band.
For the last year and a half Rick and The Roadhouse Joe Blues Band has hosted the Sunday Blues Jam at Ziggies, turning it from a moribund event into the biggest and liveliest blues jam in the area. Rick was invited to play in the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Blues Harp Blowdown in Oct. 2010. Rick also authors the Blues Harp Amps Blog, which has been the online authority on vintage harp tone for 5 years. The blog gets more than 500 hits per day from people looking for information about blues harp amps.
Skills that Rick brings to the CBS include database list management and website development. He has particular skills in online networking and promotion. Mostly Rick brings a love and enthusiasm for the blues, and a strong desire to grow the blues community in our area.
