Joy: LOOKED TO HIS BACK, ARE
YOU READY TO HELP STOP THE
BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
OF COURSE YOU ARE, MY FRIEND
JIM PAYNE IS BACK.
THIS IS COMING UP THIS
SATURDAY.
JIM, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A
LONG TIME.
Guest: THIS IS OUR NINTH
YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL, BUT IT
GETS EASIER AND MORE FUN EACH
YEAR.
Joy: DOES IT?
Guest: BETTER BANDS AND MORE
MONEY RAISE FOR OUR CHARITIES.
Joy: HOW TO YOU GET THE IDEA
AND HOW DID THIS GET STARTED?
Guest: MY WIFE AND I WERE
DOING A LUNCHEON PROGRAM OVER
AT THE STOCKTON CENTER AND
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO
RAISE MONEY.
I MET WITH WHAT WAS THEN A
LOCAL DJ AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT
AND THAT IS KIND OF WORRIED
EVOLVED.
Joy: IT STARTED THERE, I'M
ASSUMING IT WASN'T HARD TO GET
THESE BANDS TO SIGN ON AND BE A
PART OF THIS.
Guest: YES, THERE IS
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
Joy: IT CAN BE BUT IT'S FOR
SUCH A GOOD CAUSE THAT I'M SURE
PEOPLE LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
Guest: THAT CAN SOMETIMES
PLAY INTO IT, BE A FACTOR BUT
NOT TRULY BECAUSE MOST OF THEM
NOW OUR NATIONAL ACTS.
IF I AM SCHEDULING THEM, WHAT
IS THERE OTHER OPTION.
CAN I MAKE MORE MONEY OVER
HERE, BUT THEY DO ONCE THEY GET
HERE, THEY REALIZE AND THEN
THEY TEND TO HELP MORE.
Guest: THEY COME BACK?
Guest: NEXT YEAR IS THE 10TH
REUNION AND WE WILL HAVE A SHOW
SO IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN WE
ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
Joy: THAT'S A LOT OF THEM
BUT THE ONES COMING THIS YEAR
ARE ALL NEW ACTS.
Guest: MASON BRYCE PLAYED
FOR US YEAR FOR I BELIEVE IT
WAS.
WE TRY TO HAVE ONE OF THEM,
GREAT LOCAL MUSIC SO WE TRY TO
HAVE AN OUTSTANDING LOCAL BAND
EVERY YEAR.
Joy: I THINK WE HAVE SOME
PHOTOS MAY BE OF SOME OF THE
BANDS THAT ARE COMING.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT?
WILL THAT IS YOU.
Guest: THAT IS SAMANTHA FISH
FROM LAST YEAR AND SHE DREW
SUCH A BIG CROWD, SO MUCH FUN
LAST YEAR.
Joy: SHE WAS HERE LAST YEAR.
Guest: MARK BREVARD WAS HERE
FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL, A GREAT
VOCALIST AND BAKE ACT.
Joy: GOT YOU.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS
FROM LAST YEAR, WHO DO WE HAVE
THIS YEAR THAT IS COMING IN
THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE?
Guest: YOU PROBABLY NEVER
SEEN A MAN A FISH WHICH IS
SAMANTHA'S SISTER, SOUTHERN
AVENUE IS 5:30 P.M. ACT OUT OF
MEMPHIS AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE
HOTTEST KIND OF BLUES JAM BAND
FESTIVAL BANDS RIGHT NOW.
[NAME] IS OUT OF NASHVILLE, HE
IS A WHAT I WOULD CALL ALL
COUNTRY, REALLY HEAVY AMERICANA
AND IS ALSO ROLLING STONE
CALLED HIM A CONTEMPORARY BOB
DYLAN.
THE SONGS ALWAYS HAVE A REALLY
DEEP KIND OF HEAVY MEANING AND
SOMETIMES IT GETS REALLY
POLITICAL AND YOU KNOW, HE'S
LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT.
THAT'S THE WAY IT COMES OUT.
Joy: TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
SO THIS NINTH ANNUAL CONCERT IS
COMING UP THIS SATURDAY.
Guest: MAY 18 THAT COMMUNITY
OF THE OZARKS, TICKETS AT THE
GATOR $20 BUT YOU CAN STILL GET
THEM IN ADVANCE RIGHT NOW OR
$25.
ON.
[NAME], COME BY MY OFFICE WHERE
IT'S AT 1414 PRIMROSE OR GO TO
INDEPENDENCE.
YOU CAN GET TICKETS AS WELL.
WE WOULD ALSO IS THERE TO DO
BESIDES MUSIC?
WE HAVE FOOD VENDORS, [NAME]
IS BACK AND THEY CAN'T HAVE IT
WITHOUT TELLING THEM THAT ARE
YOUR PREVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR
FRIENDS FROM THE SECOND YEAR
THEY'VE MADE A RAFFLE ITEM FOR
US.
LAST YEAR THEY MADE STOPPER AND
THIS IS STOMPERS, I DON'T KNOW
IF IT IS HIS WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND
OR SISTER BUT THIS IS STOMP.
THIS IS A RAFFLE SO WE HAVE
THREE RAFFLE ITEMS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THIS IS BEING MADE BY
A GUY DOWN IN JOPLIN ESPECIALLY
FOR SOME OF THE BLUES AND WE
HAVE A BOX THAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING A SILENT AUCTION ON NOW
AND WE HAVE WELL IT'S UP TO
$1500.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.
Joy: THIS IS ONE-OF-A-KIND.
Guest: WE HAVE STOMP THE
BLUES 2019.
CHARLES AND NIKKI STEARNS HAVE
BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
THEY ARE REALLY GOOD FOLKS.
Joy: I LOVE YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THEM.
JIM PAYNE, NINTH ANNUAL STOMP
THE BLUES THIS SATURDAY.