Friday, January 18, 2008

Saturday, Jan. 26th- the Tunnels

It's the Creoles at 9, us around 10:30. Great show, Two bands for the price of one, and we're going late.

See you there!

Post-Moorrings bar musings

It's good to be back!

I'm loving the new songs, the new vibe, the whole shootin match. And the fat that y'all are connecting with it too really makes it make sense.

If you haven't seen a show this year, the new vibe is a cross between the foot-stomping delta blues I play at a solo gig, and an electric band. It's raw, loud and edgy authentic blues. Works for dancing. And it went down well at the Moorings, which is proof that it's a good thing.

OK, off to the Tunnels next week for our next Aberdeen gig. See you there!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Inspiration from strange sources

Sometimes you get clobbered by an inspirational guitarist or songwriter that comes from a direction you don't expect. Imagine that happening in your own house, and that person being one of your kids?

5 years ago my oldest learned how to play the guitar at a summer camp, and kept it secret for a while, eventually getting the nerve to ask for a guitar and lessons. He's been shy about it ever since, playing in his own room, mostly metal and punk. It turns out he's a great songwriter and has been recording songs with an old acoustic guitar and putting them on myspace. He's really good, and sings well. In fact I didn't recognize it was him when I first listened to it.

But the kicker is that he's writing and performing songs in open tunings, and he's a monster in dropped-D. Completely self taught from listening to CDs and downloading tabs off the web.

Out of respect for his privacy I won't publish his myspace address. But, *crap* he's good.