Hi folks!

The petition to allow the King Biscuit name to come back to Helena now has
over 400 signatures. I want to thank the folks who have shown their support
of The Sonny Boy Blues Society`s quest to use the name, but we need more
support. If you haven`t signed the petitition and support the Blues and want
The King Biscuit Blues Festival to remain in Helena, please take a minute
and sign the petition. Thanks!
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Most of you have heard about the big rip-off of The King Biscuit Blues
Festival name by Performa Entertainment Real Estate in Memphis. In short,
the NYC company "King Biscuit Entertainment", who produced the rock shows
for radio in the early 70s, won the rights in a New York court to the King
Biscuit name and leased the use of that name to Performa. Performa is now
planning to hold a festival just accross the river from Helena, AR (where
"The Biscuit" is held) on the same weekend as the original festival,
bringing in hip-hop and pop acts, and calling it "The King Biscuit Music
Festival". They also plan to force the "King Biscuit Time" radio show off
the air at KFFA in Helena, where it has been broadcast from since 1941, so
that they can broadcast it from Beale Street. they are also planning to open
a chain of "King Biscuit" restaurants.

This move of pure corporate greed is a huge slap in the face to all Blues
fans. They are stealing the heritage of the best free festival in the
country and trying to steal festival goers and income from an impovershed
area in the Delta, the place where it all started. It may be legal, but it
is WRONG.

An online petition has been started to help combat this injustice and return
the King Biscuit name to the festival that has nurtured it for 20 years.
Please help by signing this petition and boycotting the Memphis Festival and
any peoject Performa is involved in. It`s simple to do. Just click this
link, sign the petition. You have to include your e-mail address, but rest
assured it will be kept private. Only one person (me) can see your e-mail
address if you choose to keep it private. My only agenda is to bring The
King Biscuit name back to the Helena Festival, and your e-mail address is
only needed, and will only be used, for confirmation purposes.

Please show your support as a Blues fan and help us bring the "Biscuit" back
where it belongs!
Just click this link and sign, and Thank you for your support!

http://new.PetitionOnline.com/Biscuit/petition.html

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