6/21 Some re-editing of pages, updates to links, resources, and in memory of John "Hammer" Sampson who passed away 6/12/2004. We will all miss this great person, drummer and friend.

	12/7 Finally updated the Services page with some studio shots of CSI.
	10/11 Somehow the borders had gotten broken along the way so fixed those and noticed that a lot of refreshing is needed so that is planned to be done. I have come out as Jenelle to all band mates and changed my name both legally and on this web site to reflect my transition to a woman. I have added a gallery of pictures of myself as a female because I live 24/7 female and now jam with the guys as Jenelle. I have included my story on the index (home) page.
	I get asked a lot about where the band plays. We play where we can make at least a hundred each and these days since Charlene is recovering from surgery, we are a three-piece act. We play private parties mostly and our schedule has us playing out about every 4 or 6 weeks, which fits our personal lives just fine these days. It's hell lugging that equipment around all hours of the night and playing those smoke filled-filled bars. Been there, done that.
	These days I would rather book bands to play than actually play all the time myself and just jam at blues clubs. It's a whole less effort and a whole lot more more fun! I provide a variety of services for bands and just recently hooked up with another partner to provide a studio and video production house where I can also provide a mobile recording truck or enough recording capability to do an entire live show-- recording, lights and sound at an arena!

2001:

 

	11/24 Set up an account on MP3.com. Refreshed links, resources and merch pages
	11/2 Added credit card purchasing through CDStreet
	10/20 Enabled electronic commerce for this site for purchases of our performances and eventually other things as well!
	10/17 Reworking audio formats (Windows Media rather than Real Audio) and picture photo galleries used on this site. I will replace the older files or pages in time.
	10/17 Songs added, a LOT of songs, from September 2001 performances. Next up new CD's derived from these for sale and for demo purposes.
	10/17 Pictures added of 9/22 Dew Drop Performance that included Dick Buchholz, Charlene Sinclair, Jim Thaxter and Jenelle .
	7/18 Merchandise stocked; Store now open!
	7/18 Site refresh: Index page graphics and layout revamped. Also "promo pack" page added.
	7/8 Added pictures from Greater Cincinnati Blues Festival (7/7/2001). Pictures of "H-Bomb and the Medicine Men" and the "Blues in the School" effort with John Redell, Dirty River's own stand-in guitar player. See more pictures of John here, when he   and Jenelle played Paulette's May, 2000. Also seen here, besides some audience shots, is Kitty Carson, "mother" along with Don Shott, Mary Ann Kindel and Jenelle of the very first GCBS festival held at the Topper Ballroom in Cincinnati's Music Hall featuring James Cotton as the headliner.
	7/3 Added recordings from our 6/30/2001 gig. Mixed originally from an 8-track hard disk recording, these tracks were then remixed,  and optimized for fast download and playing over slower speed modems (V.90/56k) and dial-up connections such as AOL.

 

	6/3 I get asked a lot about how to create and then upload files in the MP3 or Real Audio formats to web sites or to send as email attachments. To that end, I have written an article, "Encoding Song Files" for my resources section to help those interested.
	5/26 Added a new calendar for the whole year giving dates and times of all all GIGs and JAMS!
	3/21/01 Added Real Audio files of Dirty River beginning with the original band from 1985 (!), including the Riverfest performance in 1992 and many other clubs played, starting from 1991, all on the Song Files page.
	3/21/01 Deleted Into The Blues from this web site in preparation for major song file upload. That band gets their own site linked from this one.
	3/10/01 Demos of new Dirty River band posted. Features Sherry on lead guitar and lead vocals, Jenelle and on drums and Jim Thaxter, bass and lead vocals and Jeff Bonta on lead guitar. Upgraded web site to eliminate banners, get more web space and get ready to do commerce and add clients.
	2/26/01 Major update to site including new pages for performance, Photos, this page and the beginnings to Resources, Chat and more. Lots more links added. Navigation improved.
	2/26/01 Spiffy new Index (Main/Home) Page!
	1/16/01 Services added and now available from this web site!
	01/05 Broke old survey into two separate surveys. One just for the musicians, the other for fans or audience.
	01/01 Added many more high quality, useful links!
	01/01 Started Cincinnati Blues Community, a community of Cincinnati blues fans and musicians gathered together to  share, explore and spread the blues!
	01/01/2001 Added Stats page to show this site at it's infancy as a comparison to a goal of it becoming a high-traffic site.

2000:

	12/30 Major refresh of site. Updated links, updated text throughout site for current band activity.
	10/3 Replaced images on Song Files page with thumbnail links to the larger images to speed page loading to 37 seconds!
	09/09 New Links have been added!
	05/24 Joined The Official Blues Ring, registered band with several sites and directories
	05/02 Added a Links page! More to come....
	05/02 Added a Survey! Please take it!!
	04/22 Added Real Audio Song Clips-Now you can hear us!

04/18/2000 -- Dirty River Song List Posted (Small Version)

 

 

Web Master: Jenelle

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