CD Release Party: the Globe Inn, Thursday March 29th

Next stop the Globe Inn in Aberdeen. We're recording live AND releasing a new CD.

Drummer-Cam photos from Kemnay

A little photo essay from Les, a drummer-cam of last nightst gig in Kemnay. That the Son Henry Band, a monster talent like Bob Hall on the piano and a 125 friend and you've the makings for a party. And that's just what it was. I think I have the photos more or less in chronological order.

All in all an amazing gig. Bob Hall and Hillary Blythe played a great opening set of boogie woogie and some old blues classics and a couple of original tunes too. After a short break to let Donald the blues DJ work his magic it was all us, with Bob sitting in on the piano. Having Bob involved totally turned things on their ear in great ways- lots of off-the-cuff blues and boogie, a head-cutting session over a Slim Harpo selection. Phew.

OK, more of the same at the Globe in Aberdeen on Thursday, and then we're off to Turrif on Friday. Hopefully we'll see you there.

Live CDs are finally here...

Yep, here is the proof, and I have a stack of boxes to prove it as well. Finally, seems like this one has been a long time in the making!

Audio on myspace?

Do any of you actually download the stuff on myspace? I've got a bunch of unreleased live recordings that I'm thinking of putting out there, but don't really want to put the time into it if it's not something that y'all want.

on the fine art of friends and money.....

What a great way to loose a good friend. Shame too, I'd much rather have a house full of friends than a bank full of money. But it seems like a rule written in stone that if you end up loaning someone money you'll end up loosing a friend in the process.

Next time, I'm just going to call it a gift and not take anything but no for an answer. Too strange otherwise.

My father always used to say never sell your car to a friend, in the end you won't have either one , and I think that's sort of the message here too.

Globe Inn, March 29

This'll be the last gig in town before we head off to the Burnley Festival!

We're going to set up a little early so I can run y'all through some of the new solo material. It's really heavy on the lap-steel (acoustic that is), and so far the material has been well received.

I'll also be recording the band set, possibly as a CD release, more likely that it'll be some audio files we'll send to everyone on our mailing list. So, if you're a lurker but not on my mailing list there's a good reason to sign up, and it's as hard as clicking the link at the top of the page.

Oh- this gig is also the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE of the new live CD too.......

Ribbon of the road

I asked my father, but he didn't know
how to choose between a woman and the open road


from "Ribbon of the road", recorded tonight.

The problem isn't having enough material for this solo record, it's clearly having a back-log of material that adds up to too much. What a good problem to have...

Recording, part 2

Yes, folks, we're recording in anger these days.

Spent several hours at Musical Vision yesterday recording some lap steel tracks and managed to finish two that I'm happy with:

1. Sackcloth and Ashes
2. Water and stone

And then, to make matters worse, was up to the wee hours of the morning working on guitar parts to

3. Mirror man
4. Born to roam

Tonight we're back at it, and we'll be finishing off

5. Fork in the road
6. Name for a number
7. The celebrated Mother in Law Blues

And then package everything off to sing and mix. Lots of this will come out on the next solor record, and the rest will be available for download on Snocap or myspace or something (not sure yet).

Ok, that's me done coming up for air in the middle of this creative frenzy. If you're waiting on me to return a phone call or something, I apologize. I'm focused and need this done. Man, I haven't even taken the trash out this week but that's probably something I can't let slide much longer.....

Peace!

Bob Hall, Son Henry in Kemnay, March 23

Need a great excuse to get a little out of Aberdeen? Here it is, then!

On March 23rd we'll be playing a gig with British Blues Piano legen Bob Hall in the Fetternear Hall in Kemnay (see the map). The night will start with a relaxed set from Bob Hall and Hilary Blythe performing lots of great piano based blues. From there we'll drag Bob into the middle of my band and play a few hours of classic Chicago Blues for danging into the wee hours of the morning.

It's an honor for us to support someone of Bob's caliber. If you were at the opening of the Dundee Blues Bonanza last year when Bob sat in with us, you remember that this is a dynamic combination. You'll hear lots of new material, stuff that I've never taken to a gig yet, but with this line-up it's going to be something else.

Seating is limited, so send me an email at info@sonhenry.com to reserve seats.

See you there!