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| Blues, Jazz & Guitar NEWS |
November 2006
Over 30 years experience in the music industry. I
started out playing guitar in many different Kansas
City area bar bands back in the late 70's. Started
doing production work owning a small sound and
lighting company at that time and it progressed into
working for many different professional production
companies in the KC area as well as doing one of
shows and touring with a couple of the major
companies. I have extensive experience in the
sound field as a Front of House sound engineer as
well as a Monitor engineer. During that time I also
worked with several area bands as a booking agent
as well as handling all the travel arrangements,
stage managing, sound engineer,accounting duties
and even driving the equipment trucks and tour
buses. I have now decided to open my own talent
management firm and pass along my experience to
the new up and coming bands of the region. Lets
work together and put this city on its ear the old
school way.........by showing the pure raw talent
that lies within all of you.
started out playing guitar in many different Kansas
City area bar bands back in the late 70's. Started
doing production work owning a small sound and
lighting company at that time and it progressed into
working for many different professional production
companies in the KC area as well as doing one of
shows and touring with a couple of the major
companies. I have extensive experience in the
sound field as a Front of House sound engineer as
well as a Monitor engineer. During that time I also
worked with several area bands as a booking agent
as well as handling all the travel arrangements,
stage managing, sound engineer,accounting duties
and even driving the equipment trucks and tour
buses. I have now decided to open my own talent
management firm and pass along my experience to
the new up and coming bands of the region. Lets
work together and put this city on its ear the old
school way.........by showing the pure raw talent
that lies within all of you.
| "Artist / Talent Management" John P Barbarich (JB) 816-377-4836 816-241-1183 |
We welcome John, and TFI Entertainment, from Kansas
City, Missouri. TFI is the SBC, Mike Dollins' new agent, and
you can read all about the artists and talent they manage at
their MySpace site.
City, Missouri. TFI is the SBC, Mike Dollins' new agent, and
you can read all about the artists and talent they manage at
their MySpace site.
| T.F.I. Entertainment |
| Doug Treadway Music Reviewer, and friend to thousands of musicians worldwide. More than a few owe him a big "Thank You" and we want to share Doug's remarkable music history. Read Doug's Amazing Bio and Interview. |
BJGN: How long have you written reviews for music professionally?
Doug: I've written for Nightflying for about twenty years now. I wrote for the Traveler over thirty years ago, but
that was more than just music; I also did movie reviews, satire and even some straight news there. Can't say how
professional it was, except that I got paid ten cents a column inch.
BJGN: What got you interested in reviewing music, and journalize about it?
Doug: I really don't know ... it just sort of happened ... I met Dave Baer (aka Ebenezer Bowles) in college when
he was editor of the Traveler and he invited me to submit something for publication and by the time that school
year was out, I was entertainment editor for the paper....
BJGN: You have a solid following at Nightflying, how did that gig come about?
Doug: Peter Read ... we went to college together and both worked on the Traveler; shortly after he started
Nightflying, he asked me to write a review of a concert and one thing led to another. Initially, live music was all
we covered, but people started sending us recordings and Peter asked me if I wanted to comment on them in the
paper. I did and here we are.
BJGN: Do you archive your writing, to possible make it a published work someday?
DOUG: nah ... I hate re-runs....
BJGN: You have a super great background, history and certainly been-there-done-that in a lot of fields. Who or
what attracted you to jazz? I see you also have a taste for blues too.
DOUG: My folks liked big-band jazz and swing and so I grew up listening to Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman,
Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, Phil Harris, etc ... in my teens, I discovered Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck,
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, and the Dukes of Dixieland. This is not to say I ignored rock 'n'
roll or country. My dad liked country music and so I heard a lot of that growing up and, of course, I hit my
adolescence the same time Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry and all those cats hit the charts. I got thrown out of a
high school dance in 1958 for doing the dirty bop with a red-headed gal named Sue. We had a live band playing
and the saxophone player came down off the bandstand and wailed beside Sue and me as we swung each other
about the floor. It was a gas, man, and fortunately my folks never heard about it. I don't remember how I got
into blues music, but I do have a vague recollection of Hudie Ledbetter (aka Leadbelly) being asked if he
considered his music to be folk or blues and his answer was "I never heard a horse sing it." So that may have
been my motivation to listen to the blues, but my motivation for loving the blues is that it is so simple (it's just
pain, man, and everybody gets it) and yet can be made as complex as you could want it. Dig it, man, when I heard
it involved twelve bars I said "sign me up!"
BJGN: What do you like to hear in music; Song, lyrics, tempo, style, musicianship, solo artists?
Doug: Being a poet, I like lyrics, but I appreciate any music that grabs my attention and makes me move my
body. Somebody who has maybe a tiny bit of talent but an obvious love of what he or she is playing can thrill me
more than the most accomplished soloist, but I like it all. I love gospel choirs and barbershop quartets; love big
bands and little combos. One of the most exciting shows I ever saw was Todd Snider all by himself, another
favorite is Trout Fishing In America, and some of my best musical memories are of bands ol' Burger put
together. I listened again to "Humming A Snatch Of A Tune" just the other day ... a great album.... I'd like to
add here that I love to sing, probably caught that from my dad, as he used to sing as he worked and since I often
worked with him, I would sing along with him, sometimes doing counterpart ... some of the peak moments of my
life have come standing in front of a group of talented musicians, singing my heart out, baring my soul....
BJGN: Where do you think music in general is headed for here in the USA, as there are so many venues and
styles to pick from? What will be the future format & style?
DOUG: I have no idea. Music has ebbed and flowed for as long as people have been making it. I rather regret
that pop stars get so much attention, as they are usually more about appearance than music, but good music is
true, and truth will out. Electronics hold sway right now, but you still see plenty of acoustic music makers. As
long as there's a heartbeat, there will be music.
BJGN: What was the most impressive live concert, or music event you every attended?
DOUG: I think I have to say the first time I saw Santana live in San Francisco in 1969. They had so much power,
yet they were so smooth; it was truly electric. But I've seen a lot of great concerts: Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal,
Bonnie Raitt, John Prine & ZZ Top. I went to a three-day outdoor concert in California called the Gold Rush
Rock Festival that was an incredible event: Bo Diddley, Cold Blood, Sons of Champlin, Santana, Ike and Tina
Turner, and on and on. I also was at Altamont, which had some great acts, including the Flying Burrito
Brothers, but it turned out to be a bit of a bummer. The concerts at Riverfront Park in Little Rock have been
great, as have the Memphis in May events and of course the New Orleans Jazz and Blues Fests. But sometimes,
just sittin' around jammin' with Lyle Walton and Frank Wood beats anything.
| Doug Treadway - Interview |
BJ Allen and
Blue VooDoo
are working on
their new CD
that should
release in early
Spring. Their
current CD is
still available.
Check out their
MySpace
Music > > > > >
Blue VooDoo
are working on
their new CD
that should
release in early
Spring. Their
current CD is
still available.
Check out their
MySpace
Music > > > > >
Frank Skinner, webmaster of Spalding Blues Club featured at the Red Lion
Hotel, in Lincolnshire, UK is a hot bed for blues. Frank has done more than
most to perpetuate, encourage and promote the art of blues worldwide. Not
a complicated, flash dance site with whistles, bells and flashing lights; Just
plain, pure facts about blues, artists and places to find blues worldwide.
Unsung heroes like Frank, are mighty big heroes in our mind set, whereas
most of the world is far too busy to notice blues players both famous, and
not so famous. This is a must view site to take some time, and discover a
world of blues from a few easy clicks of your mouse. I know some of my
close blues buddies world over, will take my suggestion, just to see what I'm
talking about. I wouldn't steer you wrong, as I know the real deal when I
see and hear and read it. Frank has a good ear for the blues, and has
dedicated his life to spreading the news. Keep on jammin' them blues Frank.
http://spaldingblues.org
Hotel, in Lincolnshire, UK is a hot bed for blues. Frank has done more than
most to perpetuate, encourage and promote the art of blues worldwide. Not
a complicated, flash dance site with whistles, bells and flashing lights; Just
plain, pure facts about blues, artists and places to find blues worldwide.
Unsung heroes like Frank, are mighty big heroes in our mind set, whereas
most of the world is far too busy to notice blues players both famous, and
not so famous. This is a must view site to take some time, and discover a
world of blues from a few easy clicks of your mouse. I know some of my
close blues buddies world over, will take my suggestion, just to see what I'm
talking about. I wouldn't steer you wrong, as I know the real deal when I
see and hear and read it. Frank has a good ear for the blues, and has
dedicated his life to spreading the news. Keep on jammin' them blues Frank.
http://spaldingblues.org
Frank Skinner, Mr. Blues and the Spalding Blues Club, UK
