Wow...I'm pretty sure this "organization" should disband altogether.
The KCBs board must produce written annual accounts and annual report to members to comply with not for profit status. Holding a meeting is jolly fine, but verbal response doesn't cut it. Just play by the bylaws. Simple. Quit arguing.
A professional person would not come on Facebook nor this article to provide answers particularly when it's the same stuff vomited on both.
I think that's what is getting most of you is that no matter how hard you try, you can't get jo to stoop to your level or ridiculousness.
All of you anti-jo want him to provide answers. Yet the Board has announced a meeting and the format to submit questions. Yet Michelon sent me an e-mail that she wants me to boycott the meeting and to not submit questions.
So why do you all want answers and when they try to offer them, you tell people to boycott the meeting that will provide answers?
I can't stand Joe Sherrick and it's because of not getting questions answered and getting booted off of the KCBS page. But at least the new board is going to answer questions. I will submit mine and not be led into this ongoing campaign of endless drama.
Micky, I have liked you for a long time and while I didn't agree with what happened on the board, I cannot support an intentional attempt to stop the current board from providing answers.
Whoever is posting as Cotton Candy to write the most recent comment is crossing the line. Cotton Candy would not come out here and say anything. She had more class than any of us. Secondly, you are disgracing her legacy yet trying to tell people they should respect the past.
Here's the problem with your commentary (aside from the fact that you are hiding behind the alias of a dead blues musician who deserves to Rest In Perfection) which is just pathetic:
People do respect the past board and president for serving in the KCBS. But what they don't respect is how the past board members and presidents are behaving on Facebook. It's childish. Even middle schools and high schools have online policies and most teachers or students would be suspended or expelled or fired. When your term is over, it is over!
The past board members are ruining their own legacy acting like a bunch of yee-haws.
And the sad part is that most of you aren't even musicians! it comes off as if you haven't really done anything with your lives and so you finally got a little leadership and some publicity and now you can't let go because if you did, you would have nothing but a miserable life! So you pull a musician in to be used in an article written by one of your friends at the Pitch. You used Paul for your selfish gain and whether Paul knew it or didn't know it(which I don't believe he is innocent and that dumb to not know that this article was targeting jo), this article does not highlight what should really be told about Paul as a musician. He has worked with some great musicians, always on time, always delivers a solid show, and has paid his dues. All of you anti-jo miserables should be ashamed of yourselves for playing Paul and using him like this.
let the truth be told, this article put a few names in the light so let it shine, but that light is really backfire as it made all of you look like idiots. And from the looks of things, the "endless drama" is coming from the past board and presidents who are on Facebook. Your history has been summarized in this article, these comments, and Facebook.
You would have been better off to walk away with class. But again, none of you most certainly aren't Cotton Candy!
Julie W-I dare anyone at the Pitch to interview me.
Sounds like you are part of the problem with the KCBS.
12 step programs are a cult, no one should ever go to them,
The KCBS should honor and respect their past presidents, board members, and editors. Without their previous efforts the organization would not exist today.
All of the petty personal fights are a shame. The current leadership looks very suspect from my outsiders point of view. I am really disappointed watching the blues being drug through the mud in this way. It seems a real shame that someone from the KCBS current board did not wish to go on record with the Pitch. Common ground could have avoided this giant mess. Long live the Chairman of the Board Little Hatch!
well, on a day that i have time to be entertained by mindless chatter, i read through all of the comments.
it is interesting that the article is one sided against joe sherrick. and i do agree with one poster who said that the fact he added his girlfriend to the board is really no big deal considering that she had to have won this election which she did. also, i did not know that michelon and cassandra were mother and daughter. i also didn't know that karen baum and tom tipton were in a triste. but then, all of this could be lies.
paul should have stayed out of the article since he's not a music member and he posts his events on the kcbs page so what's he crying for? i could hear your voice in this and you sound like you were drinking when you were interviewed. sounds like your hos who have come to your defense should chill and just keep dancing and unbuttoning their blouses just a little bit further.
I couldn't tell if paul was pro-jo or anti-jo so find it interesting that people are writing as if he is anti-jo. but perhaps he was used by the anti-jo side as they knew he would have something to say. it looks like paul has hos that are defending him. wtf?
also, bruce hibbs has nothign to do with this board. if you are a past president, give the current board professional consideration and respect. when your term is over it's over and unless you have alzheimers, someone needs to tell you that you are no longer president.
little jo needs to produce the records. just because you don't like that crazy michelon is screaming for it, you need to put them somewhere. you do come off as if you only promote trampled under foot and samantha fish and levee town. from what i can tell, none of them need a blues society to do what they do. so you could do better by promoting the up and coming or the older adult bands who want to carry on the blues tradition and not travel around the country as a headliner.
also, not paying the bands at the festival was not good. you do owe the society of musicians an apology for that. it's okay if it is free but at least let them know up front before hand.
the board president can protect the organization and the board by having each of them sign a privacy form. there's nothing wrong with that considering how so much has been said online by so many over the same crap for so long.
The kcbs is a crock and if you pay for a membership knowing what you have read here and on facebook, then you might as well wipe your butt with dollar bills. don't complain when your money gets flushed down the toilet.
enough of this crying, whining and pissy attitude at the end of the day, i like micki (michelon) and janet stephens who have been my friends for a long time. but micki, stop the madness.
Funny that the only pro-Joe comments on here are from his "Ho's" Hey more power to you if you don't mind being degrated. I think the term HO is classless not to mention stero-type racisist. Just show's you what kind of supporters he has if they like being referred to as his prostitutes. By the way, we are all allowed to have an opinion on these topics, and last I checked I personally do not belong or want to belong to any of these groups mentioned here.
Everyone on the board of the KCBS is a volunteer, including the president.
After all this bad blood and ill will and bad press and having his name dragged thru the mud, I can't for the life of me understand why he still wants the position. The unpaid volunteer president of a non-profit organization that's goal is to supposedly support a dying artform should not have the power to be such a polarizing figure. Why on Earth would a sane person not wash their hands of this mess?
after reading this, I don't think jo's ho's were saying that paul robert greenlease said anything bad about jo. but if a reporter asks a question, then why say anything at all? after you get quoted then people will interpret under the context that the article was written. what it sounds like is someone who is anti-jo writing postings like this just to make it seem like it is jo's camp. be careful who you accuse of making comments when you really don't know. everyone is talking about it and everyone grows balls of steel when posting anonymously on pitch but come on over to facebook and openly post your responses no matter who you support or dislike.
I used to be a member but quit after Bruce Hibbs resigned. This Joe Sherrick person running the KCBS is a two-bit musician with a blow-hard attitude. He has Napleon, short mans syndrome. After the Emporium shuttered (the real Emporium not the one that followed) it was end of a nice era of blues in this town. Knuckleheads has tried to pick up the slack but it is a poor second. It never has had the atmosphere that old GE had. But Knucklheads attracted a different audience of blues people and I think that marked the beginning of the downward trend for KCBS. The very poor attempt for a blues festival was marred by poor promotion and high ticket prices. Not paying the bands was a major faux pax. You have to pay the talent. I think the high ticket prices were meant to keep the local people of the KCK neighborhood out. I know there are plenty of blues bars in town but BB's Lawnside is one of the last of its type in town. Things have not been the same since the original GE closed and The Club Paradox burned down and John Wilson died. The old people are dying and the younger ones are being mislead.
The article is correct. Dawayne Gilley was always up front and open about KCK St. Festival expenses. Everyone who worked on that festival knew what a scramble to get funding was every year. The economy helped kill that festival. But, the musicians came first, we're treated well, and were always paid.
I think that joes_ho is just jealous of Paul to write what he did here. I have known Paul for over a decade and never heard him bad-mouth anyone. I spoke with him months ago about the BS current situation and what he told me matches the article quote. You asked why he would say something...uh hello, he was asked the question. I don't see where he has been two sided on this.
PAUL ROBERT GREENLEASE IS AN OKAY BASS PLAYER WHO HAS MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT EVERY MUSICIAN WHO HAS WORKED WITH HIM OR HIRED HIM TO PLAY FOR HIM. HE JUST FINDS SOMETHING WRONG WITH EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
SURE, HE'S A GREAT GUY WHEN HOSTING A JAM. HE TALKS LOUD AND WORKS THE ROOM TO GET TO KNOW EVERYONE. HE EVEN SAYS HE'S A CHRISTIAN.
BUT I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT HE SAYS THAT HE IS ABOVE THE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA YET SAID SOMETHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS STORY. IF YOU ARE ABOVE THE DRAMA, THEN YOU WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. FINALLY, I THINK HE JUST WANTED SOME OF THE ATTENTION AS HE IS AN ATTENTION-SEEKER.
I BET YOU ANYTHING, HE IS CALLING BOTH SIDES AND SAYING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO HEAR TO HAVE THEM BELIEVE HE IS SUPPORTIVE AND YES, ABOVE THE DRAMA. SMH.
This article is a continuation of the Facebook group page. Michelon Baron appears to have mental issues. And it's sad to see that Cassandra Houze is saying this stuff considering that she "acted" as if she was neutral and willing to work with all board members. I am not sure why anyone is concerned about Joe and Judy serving together considering that Michelon and Cassandra are Mother and Daughter and both ran for the board and LOST together. Now had they won, would the personal relationship STILL be an issue? Karen Baum should not still be upset considering that her boyfriend, Tom Tipton is on the board. He also plays in her band. Karen ran for the board alongside her man so why is she upset?
Janet Stephens (also known as Janet Ann) is on Facebook saying that she doesn't even know how her name got reported considering that she was never actually interviewed by the Pitch. Then Michelon came on and said that it was because the writer was at at the election and heard her speech. But she said that during her short speech, she never said anything about either side and feels to have been misquoted. (Well darling, you have said A LOT on Facebook and very much quilty by association).
Alexander Harrison is a 19 year old who has no respect for the current president nor the board. He was subordinate and listed a non-paying band on the cover of the newsletter. So I am confused by the writer of this story by saying that Joe fired him but then Alexander supposedly quit? All I know is that he came onto the same non-KCBS group and wrote some stuff that stirred the pot and then said he was going to sue over this and that and the other. And so my question is that why didn't he just sue rather than come on Facebook? If you are about it just be about it and sue. Otherwise, stop behaving so unprofessionally. I am sure his mother/lawyer is very proud of him.
As far as I can tell this is a small group of musicians. They don't hold a festival (never quite figured out why no more Blues and Jazz Fest but alright). They don't seem to take in any money outside of dues and whatever money is at the MMF.
When people get this crazy over a club, it is usually over money. So either there is some sort of graft going on going forward (perhaps KC blues gets a culture subsidy?) or there was embezzlement in the past.
No way there is this much bile over what is essentially a trade organization of a few dozen musicians and a few dozen like minded fans.
The Kansas City Blues Preservation Service {KCBPS} has Integrity, Honor, and Repect for The Legacy of Passed On Musicians and Entertainers.We Also collect and distibute Instruments for Individuals instead of schools that close and the student loses the instrument.We feel that All Resources for Promoting and Preserving The Heritage of Kansas City Blues , such as Big Joe Turner, Provine"Little Hatch", L.C. "Speedy" Huggins, Leon"Mr.Blues"Estelle, Annetta"Cotton Candy"Washington, Sonny Kenner, Lawrence Wright, King Alex, Adam Page, Robert Nicholas Schnebelen, Charles "Bojohns KC"Johnson, Carl"Flash"Washington ect. to name a few Should Be Supported!!!p.s. although we are not apart of The kansas City Blues Society(KCBS)we hope to be able to share the assion for Keeping The Blues Alive!!!
The Kansas City Blues Preservation Service {KCBPS} has Integrity, Honor, and Repect for The Legacy of Passed On Musicians and Entertainers.We Also collect and distibute Instruments for Individuals instead of schools that close and the student loses the instrument.We feel that All Resources for Promoting and Preserving The Heritage of Kansas City Blues , such as Big Joe Turner, Provine"Little Hatch", L.C. "Speedy" Huggins,(We are in the process of providing Speedy Huggins a headstone similar to the one In Memory Of Produced. Leon"Mr.Blues"Estelle, Annetta"Cotton Candy"Washington, Sonny Kenner, Lawrence Wright, King Alex, Adam Page, Robert Nicholas Schnebelen, Charles "Bojohns KC"Johnson, Carl"Flash"Washington ect. to name a few Should Be Supported!!!p.s. although we are not apart of The kansas City Blues Society(KCBS)we hope to be able to share the passion for Keeping The Blues Alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!In Memory Of benefit fundraiser Honoring Bojohns Johnson will be held March 24th 11am-11pm at Trouser Mouse 410 route 7 highway, Blue Springs, Missouri 64014. Donations can also be sent to The Kansas City Blues Preservation Service 501c non proft via Mazuma Credit Union and paypal
Quite the bias statement. Consider the source.
Re: “The endless drama of the Kansas City Blues Society”
Hmm! a Blues Socitey that only promotes two little white girls and not the real blues music of it's town. Way to go K.C.