On July 27, 2022, Jon recorded some songs with his smartphone and edited them in iMovie and Garageband. He used the Roland Loop Station for the accompaniment. The videos on the wall come from Pixabay. The picture shows the setup: Mackie amplifier with 1 speaker (Mackie/RCF), Fender Blues Junior with Celestion Vintage 30, Roland Loop …
In this column: blackie, greeny, ex-sunburst Of the hundreds of guitars that blues-rock legend Eric Clapton had his favorite was one that he had a hand in designing. In 1970 Eric was at Sho-Bud guitar shop in Nashville and saw in a back room of the shop a rack of vintage Strats from the 1950s. …
In this column: large gibson hollow bodies, nancy, number one T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker, Dallas Texas) played on different guitars in three eras: 1930-1950 on a Gibson ES-250, 1950-1970 on an ES-5 and from 1970 on an ES-335. He used the guitars favored by the early jazz guitarists (like Charlie Christian). T-Bone Walker was …
In this column: the hoss, gibson ES-335 lefty, old lady Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) was a blues singer-songwriter and important in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". In 1957, Waters bought a brand new, 1958 Fender Telecaster. Originally white, with an ash body and a maple …
In this column: lucille, lucy, gibson es-345 In 1949, BB King was playing a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. The hall was being heated by barrels which were half full of kerosene. A fight broke out, knocking over one of the barrels and setting the building ablaze. King realized he had left his beloved Gibson …
In this column: hard rock, nine-string guitar, kalamazoo The 1933 National Duolin resonator guitar "Hard Rock" of Booker T Washington "Bukka" White. Bukka used used this guitar as his main gigging and touring guitar for three decades. He was a founding father of the Delta Blues and an influential, definitive player of the genre. He and …
In this column: bottle it up and go, beer bucket, bourbon, sloppy drunk "May be old, may be gray You ain't too old just to shift them gears You gotta bottle up and go" Leave, make a change, stop talking (or drinking) and hit the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSlozlntn4I “My bucket's got a hole in it, won't …
In this column: moonshine, corn, white lightning Moonshine, also known as "hooch" (a name borrowed from the Hoochinoo tribe of Alaska, known for its potent homemade brew) or "homebrew," is made by fermenting a sugar source to produce ethanol. Traditionally, moonshine is made from a mash of corn and sugar. The alcohol is separated from …
In this column: kidney stew, grits ain't groceries, potatoes Crazy about you baby, but I just ain't got the price You're a high class mama, so I guess it ain't no dice Goin' back home, and get my old gal Sue She ain't the caviar kind, just plain old kidney stew Old… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zepOvRPilAg Grits are …
In this column: jelly roll, squeeze my lemon, all that meat and no potatoes A jelly roll is a dessert made of sponge cake that has been spread with jam (or jam mixed with cream) and rolled up into a log, but this is the blues and that's not all it means! Jelly roll is …
In this column: soul food Soul food (aka downhome southern food) is often mentioned in blues lyrics. The menu includes dishes with: oxtails, neck bones, pigs' feet, ham hocks, chitterlings, ribs (pork and beef), fried chicken, catfish, several kinds of green, turnips, rutabagas, fried corn, fried green tomatoes, field peas, cobbler and cornbread. The most …
In this column: Cannonball Express, The Flying Crow and The Frisco “I’m goin' down to the station, catch that west cannonball”. Sunshine Blues -- Memphis Jug Band The Cannonball is a fast passenger train, that refers to a crack train (fastest train between two points) on the Illinois Central Line. On April 30, 1900, John …
On Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the age of 69 Chicago Bob Nelson passed away. Bob was a harmonica player and singer and known for Louisiana and Chicago blues styles. Bob was named "Chicago" because every blues venue in the Windy City where Muddy Waters played, Robert Lee (Bob) was also featured. Muddy came up …
Een Blues-Out brengt een concert van eigen composities, een mix van verschillende muziekstijlen met altijd een verbinding naar de blues. In een Blues-Out wordt muziek met passie gespeeld, waarbij de muzikanten ieder vanuit hun eigen achtergrond hun creativiteit inbrengen. Met aanstekelijke ritmes wordt een muzikaal verhaal verteld, dat uitnodigt om te bewegen. Jon …
