Heroes and Martyrs

Check them out on myspace. They're really not a blues band, but this is what happens to kids that grow up with guitar geeks for parents. That's Mike Oxley's daughter Anna singing and my oldest Zakk on the guitar. They rawk, they don't play 'Freebird'. Great taste in music and pretty good songwriting.

OK, myspace. They're on myspace.

Bell Rock Blues?

Anyone reading this associated with the Bell Rock Blues festival? Please call or email.

The schedule is up on the web site, but emails from me to the organizers don't seem to go through. I need to confirm the details in the next couple of weeks, ok?

Lemon Tree on Friday!

How cool is this, to be going back to the Lemon Tree after so long. After all, it's been closed and is now back in business!. Phew, Aberdeen's best live music venue open again.

So, I'll be there friday the 11th at 1 pm for a lunch time show. It'll be a solo show that goes somewhere different than yu might be used to, I'll be bringing my two acoustic guitars and playing stuff that's more folk-blues than anything else. Lots of lap steel on an acoustic guitar, some new fingerstyle stuff. I think you'll like it.

See you there? No idea about the new lunch menu. I'm sure it'll be good. See you there!

Dundee in retrospect

It was great to catch up with a whole bunch of old friends, people that I hadn't seen since the year before (or perhaps our last Dexter's gig). All in all the band played great, and for Kevin's first full fledged outing with band I think it went really well.

The proof of this new lineup is the inspiration to write new material, and there's 3 new songs since Dundee that we need to work up. All heading in a nice retro direction. If you haven't seen this line up, it's a great dance band, greasy grooves, serious dynamics and a great attitude. These guys love to play. It's fun again, which for me is a real plus.

The only drawback was playing in a room with a low ceiling that ramped up the feedback a bit. That big old guitar of mine is a great sound, but more sensitive to the room acoustics than a strat would be. So, the volume comes down a bit, and next gig out comes my old silvertone and some other odd bits of wood to get the old tones.

Stay in touch, might see some of you at the Bond on Saturday from 5:30-9? Solo gig?