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From the computer keyboard of Mike Dollins:
Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador - Arkansas
Hey y'all, I hope this finds everyone happy,
healthy and wealthy for your upcoming summer.
Winter is over, and the gigs are rolling in making
it tough to spend time with friends in MySpace,
email and messaging.
Our readership has really grown by leaps and
bounds in the last year, and all due to the
thousands of new blues friends we meet
everyday on a global perspective. If this is your
first time, don't judge a book by looking at it's
cover. This isn't your run of the mill blues outlet.
We are into shouting out about folks on all
levels of blues, and don't try to appear bigger
than life. Down to earth, just like the music we
love. Too many folks are peddling blues these
days, but ignore the working musician. They
carry over a pop rock attitude of named artists
sell, and working musicians are own their own
fighting for scraps of recognition. We always like
to list a lot of our new blues friends from
MySpace, especially the ones that left a cool
comment.
Spring was a busy month, as the band had it's
CD release party, and it was a great success with
radio air play and a local TV spot. Then, we were
asked to play at the 24th annual Arkansas River
Blues Society celebration at Juanita's. Then to
top that off, my old band mate from California,
Len Rainey, called up and said he would be in
Little Rock, AR on his way back from a Chicago
Blues show. So, we cooked up an evening with
Len, and the Joe Pitts Band at Studio Joe's.
They're letting the old man here come along to
roadie, and play a little guitar too.
We would like to welcome three new companies
advertising with us this month: Steel String Blues,
an on line storehouse of blues blues concert art
memorabilia, CD's, DVD's, and more. Geezer
Sound Company is a custom speaker enclosure
manufacture. You can order off the shelf killer
speaker cabs loaded with your choice of
speakers.
The photo of the trumpet player is Donald Byrd.
I was talking with a blues mate, and was listing
musicians and songs I personally listen to. The
first time ever I heard "Christo Redentor" by the
genius of Donald Byrd back in the 60's, I soared
into a spiritual plateau no other musician besides
Mahalia Jackson, can take me. If you listen to
this whole piece all the way through, you should
have tears in your eyes at the end, or your ain't
got a soul.
Most of us old timers that are knee deep into
the blues most often have a wide variety of music
we listen to. I formed the opinion years ago there
are two types of music, good and not so good. I
was at our favorite local Wild Oats yuppie food
store one Saturday, and heard an acoustic guitar
and fiddle player ripping Stephane Grappelli and
Django Reinhardt "Hot Club" songs. I was deeply
taken by their sound, sat down and listened while
I waited for Jo Ann to come out from shopping. If
you haven't heard "Hot Club" it is 40's mix of jazz,
bop and blues. Fast paced, and rapid melody
lines with a bouncy rhythm. You can check out
the Bill Thurman music at:
www.billthurmanmusic.com
Many old timers living in the south like me had a
Baptist hymnal beginning, and our first exposure
to 12 bar blues in the early 50's pre-rock & roll,
was Hank Williams who is the Jimi Hendrix of the
late 40's. I still listen to Hank Senior from time to
time, and it is amazing how many blues bands
these days have a number or two of Hank's tunes
in their repertoire. He is a Louisiana man, grew
up on the Bayou and was yodeling blues from
birth forward. Move it on over.
Below our featured article is by Blues Boy Jag
on cigar box guitars. Check this out, as this is a
rapid growing society of enthusiasts into this new
musical art form.
That's it for this month, God bless and keep on
jammin' them blues. Keep your tubes burnin' and
your speakers pumping. Mike
Blues Hall of Fame Ambassador - Arkansas
Hey y'all, I hope this finds everyone happy,
healthy and wealthy for your upcoming summer.
Winter is over, and the gigs are rolling in making
it tough to spend time with friends in MySpace,
email and messaging.
Our readership has really grown by leaps and
bounds in the last year, and all due to the
thousands of new blues friends we meet
everyday on a global perspective. If this is your
first time, don't judge a book by looking at it's
cover. This isn't your run of the mill blues outlet.
We are into shouting out about folks on all
levels of blues, and don't try to appear bigger
than life. Down to earth, just like the music we
love. Too many folks are peddling blues these
days, but ignore the working musician. They
carry over a pop rock attitude of named artists
sell, and working musicians are own their own
fighting for scraps of recognition. We always like
to list a lot of our new blues friends from
MySpace, especially the ones that left a cool
comment.
Spring was a busy month, as the band had it's
CD release party, and it was a great success with
radio air play and a local TV spot. Then, we were
asked to play at the 24th annual Arkansas River
Blues Society celebration at Juanita's. Then to
top that off, my old band mate from California,
Len Rainey, called up and said he would be in
Little Rock, AR on his way back from a Chicago
Blues show. So, we cooked up an evening with
Len, and the Joe Pitts Band at Studio Joe's.
They're letting the old man here come along to
roadie, and play a little guitar too.
We would like to welcome three new companies
advertising with us this month: Steel String Blues,
an on line storehouse of blues blues concert art
memorabilia, CD's, DVD's, and more. Geezer
Sound Company is a custom speaker enclosure
manufacture. You can order off the shelf killer
speaker cabs loaded with your choice of
speakers.
The photo of the trumpet player is Donald Byrd.
I was talking with a blues mate, and was listing
musicians and songs I personally listen to. The
first time ever I heard "Christo Redentor" by the
genius of Donald Byrd back in the 60's, I soared
into a spiritual plateau no other musician besides
Mahalia Jackson, can take me. If you listen to
this whole piece all the way through, you should
have tears in your eyes at the end, or your ain't
got a soul.
Most of us old timers that are knee deep into
the blues most often have a wide variety of music
we listen to. I formed the opinion years ago there
are two types of music, good and not so good. I
was at our favorite local Wild Oats yuppie food
store one Saturday, and heard an acoustic guitar
and fiddle player ripping Stephane Grappelli and
Django Reinhardt "Hot Club" songs. I was deeply
taken by their sound, sat down and listened while
I waited for Jo Ann to come out from shopping. If
you haven't heard "Hot Club" it is 40's mix of jazz,
bop and blues. Fast paced, and rapid melody
lines with a bouncy rhythm. You can check out
the Bill Thurman music at:
www.billthurmanmusic.com
Many old timers living in the south like me had a
Baptist hymnal beginning, and our first exposure
to 12 bar blues in the early 50's pre-rock & roll,
was Hank Williams who is the Jimi Hendrix of the
late 40's. I still listen to Hank Senior from time to
time, and it is amazing how many blues bands
these days have a number or two of Hank's tunes
in their repertoire. He is a Louisiana man, grew
up on the Bayou and was yodeling blues from
birth forward. Move it on over.
Below our featured article is by Blues Boy Jag
on cigar box guitars. Check this out, as this is a
rapid growing society of enthusiasts into this new
musical art form.
That's it for this month, God bless and keep on
jammin' them blues. Keep your tubes burnin' and
your speakers pumping. Mike
One man's trash is another man's treasure"
Bluesboy Jag, a computer technician from North Little
Rock Arkansas has taken the age old art of musical
instrument building one step further by using discarded
cigar boxes to make electric guitars. Cigar box guitars
were quite popular from the late 1800’s all the way up
through the 1930’s when store bought guitars became
affordable for even the most down on their luck
musician. Jag says that the recent resurgence of
interest in these instruments has spurred a new interest
in blues music: “Because the popular music of the day
was jug band and blues music, people tend to play that
kind of music on cigar box guitars. They are generally
tuned the same way a banjo is tuned – to an open chord
which also lends itself to blues style playing although
you can play any kind of music on these”.
Jag uses discarded cigar boxes, cookie tins, and even
makes amplifiers out of the rectangular cigar boxes. All
of his creations are electrified which means you can run
them through a regular guitar amplifier. Jag winds his
own pickups which he says is a very tedious and time
consuming process. “It takes several hours to hand wind
a pickup, especially one for a cigar box guitar but they
sound awesome, way better than a transducer pickup
which tends to be tinny and does not’t sound good when
it’s cranked up. I have yet to find someone who can tell
the difference between a store bought $1000 guitar and
my cigar box guitar when listening with their eyes
closed. These things look really cool and they sound
fantastic.”
Some of Jag’s favorite creations are his ‘hamdolin’, a
ukulele made out of an oval shaped ham tin; Boogie
Board foot stompers, suitcase bass drums, three string
basses and one of a kind vintage radios converted to
amplifiers. Jag plays his creations at local clubs, coffee
houses and blues festivals across the country.
You can order direct from his web site:
www.jagshouse.com
Bluesboy Jag, a computer technician from North Little
Rock Arkansas has taken the age old art of musical
instrument building one step further by using discarded
cigar boxes to make electric guitars. Cigar box guitars
were quite popular from the late 1800’s all the way up
through the 1930’s when store bought guitars became
affordable for even the most down on their luck
musician. Jag says that the recent resurgence of
interest in these instruments has spurred a new interest
in blues music: “Because the popular music of the day
was jug band and blues music, people tend to play that
kind of music on cigar box guitars. They are generally
tuned the same way a banjo is tuned – to an open chord
which also lends itself to blues style playing although
you can play any kind of music on these”.
Jag uses discarded cigar boxes, cookie tins, and even
makes amplifiers out of the rectangular cigar boxes. All
of his creations are electrified which means you can run
them through a regular guitar amplifier. Jag winds his
own pickups which he says is a very tedious and time
consuming process. “It takes several hours to hand wind
a pickup, especially one for a cigar box guitar but they
sound awesome, way better than a transducer pickup
which tends to be tinny and does not’t sound good when
it’s cranked up. I have yet to find someone who can tell
the difference between a store bought $1000 guitar and
my cigar box guitar when listening with their eyes
closed. These things look really cool and they sound
fantastic.”
Some of Jag’s favorite creations are his ‘hamdolin’, a
ukulele made out of an oval shaped ham tin; Boogie
Board foot stompers, suitcase bass drums, three string
basses and one of a kind vintage radios converted to
amplifiers. Jag plays his creations at local clubs, coffee
houses and blues festivals across the country.
You can order direct from his web site:
www.jagshouse.com
Little Rock, AR Blues Show
Len Rainey With Joe Pitts, Mike
Dollins, and David Bishop.
June 18th at Studio Joe's
www.mikedollins.biz/Len
Len Rainey With Joe Pitts, Mike
Dollins, and David Bishop.
June 18th at Studio Joe's
www.mikedollins.biz/Len
Arkansas River Blues Society 24th
Annual Celebration: June 24th at
Jaunita's in Little Rock, AR
Jaunita's schedule >>
Annual Celebration: June 24th at
Jaunita's in Little Rock, AR
Jaunita's schedule >>
I cant be writing blogs on ladies who sing the Blues and
not mention **Roxy Perry** Its all Blues Blues Blues baby!
Please check out Roxy's page (site addy is below) and
hear for youself this gal's passion when she sings, just
oozes *the real deal* with her live performances and theres
some fab clips on her site for you to watch too. Roxy's
version of **House of the rising sun** is something else..
as are all her songs, power, passion, heartfelt singing.. that
leaves you wanting to hear more when shes done..
*sensational*
I'm a huge fan of the harp and with Roxy, she sure does
some fine playing! Just another thing this talented lady
does. All mixed in with a great band, her unique,
powerful voice, its no wonder she's such a favourite with
all her come across her.
As a recording artist, Roxy has performed, produced and
written the material for three highly acclaimed CDs that
have been added to classic female Blues artist lists on
radio stations throughout the world.
Roxy is pretty booked up with shows too, so when you
visit her site, go see if shes having a gig close to where you
are. This is one lady Id love to see live, sadly being in
New Zealand Im just a tad to far away! Pretty much from
all my fav bands/solo artists! (may have to clock up some
air points!) http://www.myspace.com/roxyperrynybq
By Kris, The Blues Mama www.myspace.com/dolphinx3
not mention **Roxy Perry** Its all Blues Blues Blues baby!
Please check out Roxy's page (site addy is below) and
hear for youself this gal's passion when she sings, just
oozes *the real deal* with her live performances and theres
some fab clips on her site for you to watch too. Roxy's
version of **House of the rising sun** is something else..
as are all her songs, power, passion, heartfelt singing.. that
leaves you wanting to hear more when shes done..
*sensational*
I'm a huge fan of the harp and with Roxy, she sure does
some fine playing! Just another thing this talented lady
does. All mixed in with a great band, her unique,
powerful voice, its no wonder she's such a favourite with
all her come across her.
As a recording artist, Roxy has performed, produced and
written the material for three highly acclaimed CDs that
have been added to classic female Blues artist lists on
radio stations throughout the world.
Roxy is pretty booked up with shows too, so when you
visit her site, go see if shes having a gig close to where you
are. This is one lady Id love to see live, sadly being in
New Zealand Im just a tad to far away! Pretty much from
all my fav bands/solo artists! (may have to clock up some
air points!) http://www.myspace.com/roxyperrynybq
By Kris, The Blues Mama www.myspace.com/dolphinx3
New MySpace Blues Friends. Mouse click
their photos, and check out their blues too.
their photos, and check out their blues too.
Mike Presenting: Joe Pitts, Essie "The Blues
Lady" Neal and Babs Bearden their Blues Hall
of Fame Ambassadorship May 9th.
Lady" Neal and Babs Bearden their Blues Hall
of Fame Ambassadorship May 9th.
Visit the National Heritage
Blues Hall of Fame site, and
help support blues music.
Blues Hall of Fame site, and
help support blues music.
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Our blues buddy in
Los Angeles, the God
Father of LA Blues, has
a new MySpace site
now. Click his photo,
tell him hello from
Blues Guitar News.
Los Angeles, the God
Father of LA Blues, has
a new MySpace site
now. Click his photo,
tell him hello from
Blues Guitar News.
Guitar Center
Fold For June:
A few blues guitar buddies started sharing what we call
guitar porn. You have to be a guitar player to understand
it. Anyway, here is the pin-up, centerfold guitar of the
month. If you have guitar-mania in your blood, this
photo will make you drool out of one corner of your
mouth. Click photo for more guitar porn photos. Send in
your guitar photo, and get posted and linked with your
name as the owner.
Fold For June:
A few blues guitar buddies started sharing what we call
guitar porn. You have to be a guitar player to understand
it. Anyway, here is the pin-up, centerfold guitar of the
month. If you have guitar-mania in your blood, this
photo will make you drool out of one corner of your
mouth. Click photo for more guitar porn photos. Send in
your guitar photo, and get posted and linked with your
name as the owner.
Coming Soon: Guitar Store. For five
bucks you can list your gear, photos, links
and contact information. We are read all
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Len Rainey MP3 Player: "Better Love Somebody" and "Can't You See"
| G.R.I.T.S. Girls Raised in the South |
Mick Rutherford-Lived a Dream-Click Here!
You know, from as early as I can remember, I have been absorbed by music, my
induction to it and the measurement I set everything by, was the 1960's! It was a decade
that we are likely never to see the likes again. Musically it changed everything that went
before it in to a "Well anything goes culture"
I had a very lucky childhood. My Cousin roadies for The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann
and some of the most influential bands of then & now! I was lucky to be in the thick of and
the cutting edge of the Music that changed the world.
My memories are as precious as the Crown Jewels themselves. But I often regret not
being born 10 years earlier and to have been able to be in the thick of things as a
musician around Britain. The Cavern, The Marquee, The Flamingo Club, Eel Pie Island
etc. These, for those that don't know. Is where the British scene came of age and its
music shook the world.
I have met, most of which I have written about on these blogs, some wonderful musicians
and people who inspire me. And this man is one of them! Mich Rutherford has walked
with, played with and enjoyed the company of some of the most influential musicians of
out time. From falling asleep behind Jimi Hendrix's amp to sharing time with Rod Stewart.
And when a man has walked with the very people you hold up so highly, makes him
special too.
As anyone who has played alongside Blues Legends such as Alexis Corner, you have to
be something special!
And for the Cavern Club to award a man "Bricks" of it structure as token of its gratitude to
his services to the Club, which you don't need me to tell you spawned 4 very famous
young Liverpudlians, its an honour of the highest order. As the photograph at the top
shows Mick in Action. And how many people have stood and played where Paul
McCartney played only a short time prior? Not many.
So for me, Mick has lived and is living my very dream. But, the thing that makes him more
special, is the fact he is a wonderfully caring, kind and inspiring man. Or I wouldn't be
writing this. People who blow smoke up their own arse have no substance as far as I am
concerned. But Mick has everything you would want a "True Music Trooper" to have!
I cannot speak highly enough of him. He most probably wont like this kind of attention.
Well, I will take that chance. At my Blues Club, Mick, myself and Michelle and several
others have been posting, talking about and enjoying memories via some great clips of
artists that inspired us. And its been emotional re living some of the tracks that I grew up
to, Mick witnessed 1st hand. And trust me, I know my musical history, and Mick lived the
very times Ive studied so much.!
You have only got to listen to Mick, both musically and his recall to know, he is the real
deal. And a lovely man with it.
So, if you want a great friend, great music and a great insight. Then look no further than
Mick Rutherford!
Have a great weekend. God Bless Terry
You know, from as early as I can remember, I have been absorbed by music, my
induction to it and the measurement I set everything by, was the 1960's! It was a decade
that we are likely never to see the likes again. Musically it changed everything that went
before it in to a "Well anything goes culture"
I had a very lucky childhood. My Cousin roadies for The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann
and some of the most influential bands of then & now! I was lucky to be in the thick of and
the cutting edge of the Music that changed the world.
My memories are as precious as the Crown Jewels themselves. But I often regret not
being born 10 years earlier and to have been able to be in the thick of things as a
musician around Britain. The Cavern, The Marquee, The Flamingo Club, Eel Pie Island
etc. These, for those that don't know. Is where the British scene came of age and its
music shook the world.
I have met, most of which I have written about on these blogs, some wonderful musicians
and people who inspire me. And this man is one of them! Mich Rutherford has walked
with, played with and enjoyed the company of some of the most influential musicians of
out time. From falling asleep behind Jimi Hendrix's amp to sharing time with Rod Stewart.
And when a man has walked with the very people you hold up so highly, makes him
special too.
As anyone who has played alongside Blues Legends such as Alexis Corner, you have to
be something special!
And for the Cavern Club to award a man "Bricks" of it structure as token of its gratitude to
his services to the Club, which you don't need me to tell you spawned 4 very famous
young Liverpudlians, its an honour of the highest order. As the photograph at the top
shows Mick in Action. And how many people have stood and played where Paul
McCartney played only a short time prior? Not many.
So for me, Mick has lived and is living my very dream. But, the thing that makes him more
special, is the fact he is a wonderfully caring, kind and inspiring man. Or I wouldn't be
writing this. People who blow smoke up their own arse have no substance as far as I am
concerned. But Mick has everything you would want a "True Music Trooper" to have!
I cannot speak highly enough of him. He most probably wont like this kind of attention.
Well, I will take that chance. At my Blues Club, Mick, myself and Michelle and several
others have been posting, talking about and enjoying memories via some great clips of
artists that inspired us. And its been emotional re living some of the tracks that I grew up
to, Mick witnessed 1st hand. And trust me, I know my musical history, and Mick lived the
very times Ive studied so much.!
You have only got to listen to Mick, both musically and his recall to know, he is the real
deal. And a lovely man with it.
So, if you want a great friend, great music and a great insight. Then look no further than
Mick Rutherford!
Have a great weekend. God Bless Terry
Mick Rutherford-Lived a Dream by Terry Knott, UK
Arkansas River Blues Society - IBC Blues Challenge
Arkansas River Blues Society Announces Blues Competition Weekend –
Seeks www.myspace.com/arriverbluessociety
Blues Talent
From the ARBS President: Babs Bearden:
The Arkansas River Blues Society (ARBS) will hold a Blues Competition
Weekend on August 22 and 23, 2008 at the Cornerstone Pub in North
Little Rock. Blues bands and solo/duo blues acts will compete for prizes and
ARBS sponsorship to The Blues Foundation's 2009 International Blues
Challenge (IBC) held in Memphis, TN February 4 – 7, 2009.
The International Blues Challenge (IBC) can no longer be considered a
purely "amateur" contest. It represents an international search by The
Blues Foundation and its affiliated organizations for the Blues band
and Blues solo/duo most deserving of taking their act to the International
stage. In 2008, over 90 bands and 60 solo/duo acts from 34 states and
8 countries competed, making the IBC the largest gathering of Blues acts
in the world.
The ARBS event will be a two day event. Competition will begin on
Friday night (August 22, 2008) and end on Saturday night (August 23, 2008).
The IBC rules will be followed strictly.The first place winner in each of
the two categories will receive ARBS sponsorship to the International Blues Challenge in
Memphis in February 2009, where they can gain valuable exposure to record label A & R
representatives, Blues industry professionals, and festival promoters capable of providing
real career advancement for a serious blues
musician. The second and third place winners in each category will receive
prizes, as well. The rest of us will be winners, as well, since we will get to enjoy some great
blues entertainment at the competition.
Winners at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the city
considered by many to be the home of the Blues and the birthplace of
Rock n Roll, receive cash and prizes such as professional consultations and
assistance, gigs at some of the country's best festivals, interviews in
the world's leading Blues publications, free website design and
hosting, an even a slot on the "2009 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise."
Applications for entry are available by contacting Deb Moser and
deb@blueshouseparty.com. The entry fees are $40 for a band and $20 for a solo/duo.
All entry packets must be postmarked by July 2, 2008.
The Arkansas River Blues Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) all
volunteer Blues society.
Arkansas River Blues Society Announces Blues Competition Weekend –
Seeks www.myspace.com/arriverbluessociety
Blues Talent
From the ARBS President: Babs Bearden:
The Arkansas River Blues Society (ARBS) will hold a Blues Competition
Weekend on August 22 and 23, 2008 at the Cornerstone Pub in North
Little Rock. Blues bands and solo/duo blues acts will compete for prizes and
ARBS sponsorship to The Blues Foundation's 2009 International Blues
Challenge (IBC) held in Memphis, TN February 4 – 7, 2009.
The International Blues Challenge (IBC) can no longer be considered a
purely "amateur" contest. It represents an international search by The
Blues Foundation and its affiliated organizations for the Blues band
and Blues solo/duo most deserving of taking their act to the International
stage. In 2008, over 90 bands and 60 solo/duo acts from 34 states and
8 countries competed, making the IBC the largest gathering of Blues acts
in the world.
The ARBS event will be a two day event. Competition will begin on
Friday night (August 22, 2008) and end on Saturday night (August 23, 2008).
The IBC rules will be followed strictly.The first place winner in each of
the two categories will receive ARBS sponsorship to the International Blues Challenge in
Memphis in February 2009, where they can gain valuable exposure to record label A & R
representatives, Blues industry professionals, and festival promoters capable of providing
real career advancement for a serious blues
musician. The second and third place winners in each category will receive
prizes, as well. The rest of us will be winners, as well, since we will get to enjoy some great
blues entertainment at the competition.
Winners at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the city
considered by many to be the home of the Blues and the birthplace of
Rock n Roll, receive cash and prizes such as professional consultations and
assistance, gigs at some of the country's best festivals, interviews in
the world's leading Blues publications, free website design and
hosting, an even a slot on the "2009 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise."
Applications for entry are available by contacting Deb Moser and
deb@blueshouseparty.com. The entry fees are $40 for a band and $20 for a solo/duo.
All entry packets must be postmarked by July 2, 2008.
The Arkansas River Blues Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) all
volunteer Blues society.
Babs Bearden
Deb Moser
