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On Jan 3, 7:25*am, wrote:
On Jan 2, 4:21*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Yep, some of those poor kids won't make it past the local bar on "Jam night", And in ways I think some are way too good to be /or become "commercialized" . sad to say.... |
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On Jan 3, 8:31*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote: wrote: On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: You've got it made! *There's nothing *around my place to hear a good blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area then there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur blues bands that suck - big time. I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Kind of ruins it for me. Funny story about blues music. *Way back in time, New Orleans Civic Auditorium - BB King and band. I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us tickets - excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing. I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was the only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda stood out if you get what I mean. So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set goes by, break, then out for the second set. *Band is starting up with some kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone, starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. *I'm thinking "white guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". *I look around and sure enough... *:) Pretty cool. * There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of the best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been, I've been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does the cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the place! She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her cooking! What is the name and where is this club located?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Daddy D'z: http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profil...daddy_d_z.html Do you ever go to Blind Willies? Kind of over rated, but you can get some damned good acts in there. Always too damned crowded though. |
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On Jan 3, 8:47*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: wrote: On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: You've got it made! *There's nothing *around my place to hear a good blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area then there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur blues bands that suck - big time. I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Kind of ruins it for me. Funny story about blues music. *Way back in time, New Orleans Civic Auditorium - BB King and band. I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us tickets - excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing. I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was the only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda stood out if you get what I mean. So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set goes by, break, then out for the second set. *Band is starting up with some kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone, starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. *I'm thinking "white guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". *I look around and sure enough... *:) Pretty cool. * There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of the best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been, I've been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does the cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the place! She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her cooking! What is the name and where is this club located? I have always loved blues, including blues/rock groups such as the Allman Bros. and Eric Clapton. *Many years ago, Underground Atlanta had an old time musician who played the classic Black-blues (ie Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf etc). *I think his name was Red.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - At Dante's? |
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On Dec 31 2007, 6:23*pm, Tim wrote:
Just got a call a few moments ago. a local band has a really good gig lined up and at the last minute their *bass player gets a bad dose of the stomach flu and wondered if I could be a stand in.. SURE! Happy New Year! That's excellent especially since NYE gigs usually pay about twice what other gigs do. Hope you had fun. My current cover band took the night off because our lead singer had plans to be away then, that she already had when she joined the band earlier this year. I kept hoping to get a similar last minute call for a fill-in (I play keyboards), you never know, but nope ended up staying home with the wife and kids to watch the ball drop and Miley Cyrus and Carrie Underwood and Fall Out Boy sing on tv. Boy for some reason New Year's Eve seemed to be a lot more fun twenty years ago or so! Luckily the band I'm working regularly with now already has a pretty full slate of gigs filling in all the way through the summer, so that should help keep out on the water on the waverunner this summer. richforman |
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On Jan 3, 8:47 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: wrote: On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: You've got it made! There's nothing around my place to hear a good blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area then there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur blues bands that suck - big time. I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Kind of ruins it for me. Funny story about blues music. Way back in time, New Orleans Civic Auditorium - BB King and band. I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us tickets - excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing. I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was the only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda stood out if you get what I mean. So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set goes by, break, then out for the second set. Band is starting up with some kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone, starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. I'm thinking "white guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". I look around and sure enough... :) Pretty cool. There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of the best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been, I've been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does the cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the place! She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her cooking! What is the name and where is this club located? I have always loved blues, including blues/rock groups such as the Allman Bros. and Eric Clapton. Many years ago, Underground Atlanta had an old time musician who played the classic Black-blues (ie Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf etc). I think his name was Red.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - At Dante's? This is the guy I was talking about, Piano Red: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Red |
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On Jan 3, 4:12*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote: wrote: On Jan 3, 8:47 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: wrote: On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: You've got it made! *There's nothing *around my place to hear a good blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area then there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur blues bands that suck - big time. I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Kind of ruins it for me. Funny story about blues music. *Way back in time, New Orleans Civic Auditorium - BB King and band. I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us tickets - excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing. I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was the only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda stood out if you get what I mean. So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set goes by, break, then out for the second set. *Band is starting up with some kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone, starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. *I'm thinking "white guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". *I look around and sure enough... *:) Pretty cool. * There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of the best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been, I've been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does the cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the place! She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her cooking! What is the name and where is this club located? I have always loved blues, including blues/rock groups such as the Allman Bros. and Eric Clapton. *Many years ago, Underground Atlanta had an old time musician who played the classic Black-blues (ie Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf etc). *I think his name was Red.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - At Dante's? Nope, it was on the main street, it was a pub and he played at the window. *It was about a half a block from Dante's. *I think he was blind, but it has been many years. *I have always thought of Dante's asng playing Jazz , not blues.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - They go back and forth. Seems like I go to underground every couple of years, and Dante's is either blues or jazz. It's pretty much a tourist trap, anyway. |
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On Jan 3, 4:16*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote: wrote: On Jan 3, 8:31 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote: wrote: On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: You've got it made! *There's nothing *around my place to hear a good blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area then there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur blues bands that suck - big time. I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in your eyes. Kind of ruins it for me. Funny story about blues music. *Way back in time, New Orleans Civic Auditorium - BB King and band. I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us tickets - excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing. I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was the only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda stood out if you get what I mean. So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set goes by, break, then out for the second set. *Band is starting up with some kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone, starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. *I'm thinking "white guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". *I look around and sure enough... *:) Pretty cool. * There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of the best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been, I've been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does the cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the place! She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her cooking! What is the name and where is this club located?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Daddy D'z: http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profil...daddy_d_z.html Do you ever go to Blind Willies? Kind of over rated, but you can get some damned good acts in there. Always too damned crowded though. I will have to check out Daddy D's. *I have been to Blind Willies, but i really don't like the Virginia-Highland's crowd. *Too yuppish for me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Bingo. I only go to Blind Willies if it's someone I saw and really like. |
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