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Barry Lee: VBK/NOBS Director, Blues Lover and Biker

posted on July 27, 2011 14:41 Article Rating

Barry Lee is a new director for the VBK/NOBS, a local CPA whose love of music and experience organizing a music festival makes him a tremendous asset to our club. In his free time, Lee and his wife enjoy going to motorcycle festivals all over the country.

Several years ago, the couple organized the New Orleans Bike Fest for two years at Bayou Segnette State Park. “We had $25,000 worth of soundstage and lighting, and spent about $50,000 to book bands. We had 3,000 people show up, but if it had rained, we would have lost all our money,” he says. “We came close to breaking even. We realized that we had good luck with two years of good weather.”
Although they decided not to push that good luck, and stopped organizing the event after the first two years, he realized that much of the success was due to his heavy emphasis on promotion. “I was able to create a very large email list of 2,000 bikers. That was an extremely good method of marketing,” he says. He also used TV and radio.
Lee says his favorite blues musician is Stevie Ray Vaughan, who he saw perform on the Riverboat President, where Vaughan performed several times during the ‘80s. He also enjoys watching local shows, such as Danny Alexander, Lil Red & Big Bad, and Eudora Evans and Deep Soul.
Lee has been instrumental in helping the VBK/NOBS with their 501(c)(3) filings, and the Voodoo Blues Challenge. “I’m just a guy that likes to listen to the blues and I like to be involved in something. James Hines found me when I had put the bike fest to the side and needed something to get involved in. It sounded like fun to get involved in the blues society, so I did,” he says.
 
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Sue
# Sue
Monday, August 01, 2011 12:37 AM
Welcome to vdbk nobs! I hope you have as much fun as I have in the last 2 years! Im one of the volunteers and love it. The compitions are great, and Beale St. is more exciting.If there's anything I can do, let me know. I hope Im able to. BLUES TO THE BONE

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