WFBF Day 2
blues...@centurytel.net
Yesterday began with the alternate pre-Marriott breakfast. In attendance,
myself, Greg, Terry and Erica (better known to us as one of the No Name
Available). As we walked down the boardwalk, alas, an army of row boaters
came ashore, and horrors, went to the same place! The Little River Cafe
is the name of the place, and yes, one can see a bit of the southstage
from there.
Anyway, to the music. First up was on the south stage, Miriam's Well.
Interesting, but this is clearly rock with maybe a smidgen of blues salted
into the mix.
At about this time I was thinking the crowd wasn't as mean as it had
gotten in years past. Boy was that assessment wrong. I made it to the
north stage and just as Jim Suhler got going, me looking through the
camera lens, I felt water on my leg, and I said, "Hey!" This guy, about
my age, with a little child (with squirt gun) and his wife were next to me
and he yelled at me, if I didn't like it, I could go f*** off and leave.
I told him I had some valuable equipment in my hands, and he responded he
would kick my f***ing a**. WTF? I didn't say a word, but took a few
more photos and then left. He had one more glare for me. One, when you
act like that, you don't know what sort of trouble you're brushing up
against (dude, I am a wired postal worker, do you really really want to go
there?) and then I thought, what a wonderful potty mouth in front of your
own child. Wow. Hard times indeed. Upon further reflection, I think I
should continue to believe the crowd isn't as mean as it use to be. There
are those, however, who are just plain a-holes.
So, I finally got a hug from Barbara and see Amanda. I'm not that big of
a zydeco type, so I wasn't up in that direction very much this day. Ran
into Guitar Mac, all dapper in his purple pin striped suit and fedora.
Very cool.
Next up for me was back to the south stage for the Michael Williams Band.
More rock. See ya. Back north. Reggie Houston! Can't go wrong here. I
love seeing this guy and whatever group of musicians he pulls together.
Always entertaining. I wish he had more product out there.
Now for the big conflict: Lee Boys vs Dick. I did my best to get some of
both. Lee Boys were great. Dick was great. I hate this sort of
conflict. And then Jef shows up. About time.
Next up for me was back on the north stage to hear the local ladies get it
on: LaRhonda Steele, Duffy Bishop, Ellen Whyte, Janice Scroggins, Lady
Kat, and my old buddy, Myrtle Brown. They started their set with an old
Duffy gospelish tune, I Am On A Journey. Love that one. Then each one
got to take a turn as a solo or leader of the group. Each turned in great
performances.
Back south to see Sonny Landreth. That was all right, but still rock,
imho. We had a chat at one point or another that today was a "rock" kinda
day. Each set, with some exceptions, were just plain loud. After a
fashion, the ears would like a break from the ear plugs.
Back north to see the Stone River Boys. Basically, this is the old
Hacienda Brothers band. I love seeing Dave Gonzalez play. It was, to a
point, nice to hear something other than rock, too.
Back south and funk band Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. Real good TOP type
thing. Got a set of photos of Erica getting down and getting funky. I'll
have to find some special place on the web to post those shots...
Since the crowd was getting really big by this time, I didn't feel like
negotiating myself anywhere else, so I stayed here and await Johnny
Winter. The sounds coming from the north stage wasn't bad, but it was
still loud: Greg Koch & Malford Milligan. I keep telling myself I
shouldn't complain about the volume as I well remember the axiom, if it's
too loud, you're too old. But I wasn't the one mentioning the volume.
This came from several sources. Well, if you want loud, we have Johnny
Winter up next.
And yes, he was real loud. Really tore it up from the prone position in a
chair. A guy can only take so many photos of the guy before it becomes
redundant. It still amazes me I know all the words to those songs he
played. Each one a cover (wasn't there a recent long thread on covers?).
I'm now thinking this is where I first heard Louis Jordan and Larry
Williams and so on and on.
Couldn't ask for better weather. Well, could ask for a little less heat...
Another day before us.
tom
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Gregory Johnson
First act I caught was Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat. I liked these guys, Suhler is really a nice guy and can play that guitar!! Like Tom mentioned, it seemed like blues-rock day all day, with the exception being the zydeco on the Front Porch Stage and the occasional workshops.
Michael Williams definitely carried over the blues-rock theme, plus the second theme that seemed kind of prevalent with a few of the bands, playing Jimi Hendrix numbers. Both Suhler and Williams opened with a Hendrix tune.
I swung by the Workshop Stage and listened in to a little bit of Ryan Harder give a presentation of the history of acoustic blues guitar before taking off to see Reggie Houston, with a killer band that also included keyboardist Janice Scroggins and Peter Dammann on guitar.
Stopped by to watch a part of Dick's photo presentation, but did not stay too long as I was scheduled to introduce the ladies set. Tom forgot one of the ladies however, Linda Hornbuckle. It was funny because I was told that when I read the sponsor portion of the intro, a face painting lady came running over to complain because I had said there was face painting in the DME Pavilion, which was not where she was. Hey lady, I only read the card as it's written. That was explained to her by the staff at the gate and told if she didn't care for how it was read to speak to the Food Band people in charge.
I liked Sonny Landreth's set, as I always have in the past, though I would still label him as blues-rock. Hung around backstage at the South end for a while afterward, BSing with friends like Jef, Dick and his wife Cynda, Walla Walla Wendy, Phil Chestnut, etc. When Karl Denison came on the local DJ stated he was a street performer from New York who played jazz and was popular with swing fans, which caused me to wonder why he was playing a blues festival then?? He was good, but I needed to get something to eat and ran off to do so.
Caught a bit of Greg Koch and Malford Milligan; more blues-rock. In fact, when I walked down to the other end of the park again, they were doing a medley of Rory Gallagher numbers based around his take on "Bullfrog Blues."
Johnny Winter looked a lot stronger than the last few times I have seen him. He walked, well in his case it may have been more of a near run as it was quite brisk, to his chair, sat, strapped on his guitar and boy howdy did he go to town. His guitar work was right on and his voice strong. Good to see him in such fine shape. Oh yeah, he did a Hendrix number, too.
Finished the night off hanging out with guitarist Kevin Selfe waiting for the traffic to ease up. We sat backstage at the Front Porch and listened to Brian Jack & The Zydeco Gamblers. Called it an early night because today I will be hosting the Front Porch Stage for a good portion of the day with our finals in our regional IBC competition and then sets from this year's IBC winning acts JP Soars & the Red Hots, Little Joe McLerron and 2nd place & our winners from last year the Ty Curtis Band.
Greg
Terry Odor
I can't add much to what Greg and Tom have said, but whether it's Zydeco or Blues Rock,
it was pretty much the best of those genre's which makes them more paletable.
Finally hooked up with Randy Chortoff from Delta Groove. Jef showed up, Phil Chestnut,
lots and lots of old friends. A long time crew member took a friend to emergency and he, the crew member,
had a heart attack in emergency, which saved his life.
It got really crazy during Johnny Winter's set. Some guy in the audience had a seizure and security
had to tear down part of my fence to get to him, then repaired it! While the EMT's worked on him a
drunk wandered in and after we got him out he tried to comandeer one of the equipment carts.
Never a dull moment ... and being the 4th I'm sure today will REALLY be wild.
Tomorrow morning is the Blues-L Dick Waterman breakfast!
Terry
> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 09:34:04 -0700
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> To: BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG
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> Johnny Winter looked a lot stronger than the last few times I have
> seen him. He walked, well in his case it may have been more of a near
> run as it was quite brisk, to his chair, sat, strapped on his guitar
> and boy howdy did he go to town. His guitar work was right on and his
> voice strong. Good to see him in such fine shape. Oh yeah, he did a
> Hendrix number, too.
Let me guess .. Red house. I sometimes wish that song had never been
written. It ranks right up there with Mustang Sally in my book. Every
time I hear it I get this memory of a German woman I knew trying to sing
it at the local blues jams. I loved her but her vocals on that song with
the clipped German accent was enough to make the Pope cringe. Its
actually a decent song, just way too over-played.
BTW, I'm a long-time Johnny Winter fan. I can still remember the first
time I heard the first Columbia LP, those raw sounds coming from that
strange looking man. It was all so alien to my middle-class upbringing.
To me, those first few LPs, before he hooked up with Derringer, are
the Johnny I know and love.
Called it an early
> night because today I will be hosting the Front Porch Stage for a
> good portion of the day with our finals in our regional IBC
> competition and then sets from this year's IBC winning acts JP Soars
> & the Red Hots, Little Joe McLerron and 2nd place & our winners from
> last year the Ty Curtis Band.
I'll be interested in what the opinions of JP Soars are from my West
Coast gang! I wish I was there. Hope you had a great breakfast with Dick
Waterman!
--
Walter
Keep on keepin' on ...
Gregory Johnson
I caught a ride down to the South Stage so I could see my very good friends Lisa Mann and Allen Markel, two of the area's best bass players, get married. Before their ceremony I was lucky to catch the final song by former WC Handy nominee Sheila Wilcoxson who I had not seen for a couple years on stage anywhere. Still sounding great. The wedding started out with Allen walking out from one side and Lisa from the other, with Lisa singing Etta James' "At Last" accompanied by Janice Scroggins on piano. A lot of tears were seen as Lisa masters this song beautifully every time. It was a nice short ceremony, then I had to run back down to the other stage.
First up, Little Joe McLerran who had the attention of the crowd easily filling up the seats and standing area nicely. Joe and I spent quite a bit of time talking backstage and then later in the evening as well.
JP Soars & The Red Hots ~ WOW!! His set at IBC was amazing, this one took it even beyond that! In my mind the best set I have seen so far the first three days. His lengthy take on Muddy Waters' "Gypsy Woman" is highly his own and then Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "Gangster Of Love" played on the two-string cigar-box brought it all home. He gets a hell of a lot of sound out of just two strings!!
Too Slim & The Taildraggers were kicking things in high gear with Peter Dammann sitting in on second guitar. Bassist Polly O'Keary surely adds a lot more zest and a hell of a lot more attractiveness to this band!!
Finished the night out listening to guitarists Sonny Hess, Laura Chavez and Fiona Boyes tell stories and playing together. Very nice. Fiona had been at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, left Iowa in the morning, drove to Chicago, flew to Portland with her flight arriving late and still made it to do this set. What a long day!! And Magic Slim is doing the same thing today as he closed the other fest last night and has a mid-day set in Portland today.
I left before the annual fireworks, so I had the streets to myself and didn't have to sit trying to get out of the parking lots forever ~ smart move.
One more day to go. (Oh, and Walter, you're right, it was "Red House" Johnny Winter played, big surprise, right?)
Greg
blues...@centurytel.net
with a few truths, namely, I am here to be with friends and celebrate the
music (I can already hear somebody say it�s about time <expletive
deleted>). Kinda eased into the day. Strolled up to the far north end
and caught a little of Franco & the Stingers. Straight ahead blues/rock.
Then ambled back to the far south and caught a little of Jersey Soul.
That was okay.
Eased on over to the workshop stage and saw Dave Gonzalez and the Stone
River Boys on that tiny stage they have there, less the drummer. I really
enjoyed this. There is, to my ears, little blues, but it is fun stuff and
I�ve always liked Dave�s guitar work.
Went back to the far north stage to see some of the Journey To Memphis
stuff. There was Dick getting a photo or two of Son Jack Jr and Michael
Wilde. They began their set with a pretty good John The Revelator, and as
Dick walked by me, he said he�d heard that song before. That was a nice
moment.
Then came the inevitable conflict: at the workshop stage was Jimmy Duck
Holmes and at the far north stage, Karen Lovely. I made it to both stage
with some time to spare. By the way, the winner of the JTM thing didn�t
take long to learn: Karen Lovely. She did put on a great set. Congrats
to her and her band.
The crowd started getting bigger and it was time to plan my movements. It
was getting to the point where one could not just wander around (I do like
to do that). So, partied it up at the south stage with the last minute
sub, old friend, and all-around good gal, Ellen Whyte. She was helped by
I guess were some of the Volcano Vixens�well, I recognized one of them as
such. Four nicely dressed fly girls dancing along.
During all this, I spotted Terry Evans and got to talk to him about stuff,
thanks to Mary. Now, before Ellen had come on, I had a phone call from my
mom. She met Terry, oh, maybe 20 years ago. He made an impression on her
I guess, so I mentioned that he was the next act I was going to see. She
told me to tell him hi for her. But she thought he wouldn�t remember
her. Just as I sat down to chat with him, how long it�s been and all
that, he asked how my mom was doing. So I told him she�d just called and
wanted me to pass along a �hi�. �Hi� back. Now that I think of it, this
is kinda weird. Maybe I don�t want to know.
On to better things. Erica is still Erica. Terry O is Terry O. Greg
Johnson is still Greg. My feet still hurt. Things are good. Then came
Candye! In an All-American superhero outfit with cape. Sure was
colorful. I enjoyed her set a great deal. I thought too, looking through
the lens that she has a wonderful face, one that cameras like. I am
struck by how some people take really good shots and then there are those
who are terribly difficult to get a good shot on.
Made it, well, wiggled my way to the north stage to see old friend Tim Too
Slim Langford. Somehow he roped Peter Dammann into playing guitar with
him. And a whole new line-up on drums and bass. Is it me or are there
more and more women playing drums (Karen Lovely�s for example) and lead
guitar (Candye�s) and bass (Too Slim�s). I for one am not opposed to this
at all. Too Slim�s bass player brought a lot of energy to the mix. I got
to thinking that 20 years ago or so, Tim and I got to talking about how
old rock and roll bands like the Fabulous Wailers played through little 20
watt amps but were still loud. They got it back then through the energy
they each brought to the mix. I think Tim has finally arrived at that
level. I still wouldn�t call it blues as much as I�d call it rock, but it
was real, high energy stuff that really stirred the crowd.
I don�t recall the bass player�s name, but we got to talking later. She
was so impressed with the Portland crowd response. I asked her where
she�s from. She�s from Othello, WA. So then we got to talking about the
Too Slim fans in Spokane and how unreal that is. She got real emphatic
about how serious that is there. She related an episode where all they
did was go to a radio station for an interview and it got mobbed.
The real treat of the day was at the very end. I spotted Dave Gonzalez
standing by a tree, so I went up we got to chattin� and ended up having a
beer together. I told him about some of the Texan�s on this list and he
spoke highly of Hash. He was toast and decided to leave before the
fireworks. Super good guy award should go to him.
All for today.
Tom
Steve Ahola
> Gregory Johnson wrote:
>
>> Johnny Winter looked a lot stronger than the last few times I have
>> seen him. He walked, well in his case it may have been more of a near
>> run as it was quite brisk, to his chair, sat, strapped on his guitar
>> and boy howdy did he go to town. His guitar work was right on and his
>> voice strong. Good to see him in such fine shape. Oh yeah, he did a
>> Hendrix number, too.
>
> Let me guess .. Red house. I sometimes wish that song had never been
> written. It ranks right up there with Mustang Sally in my book. Every
> time I hear it I get this memory of a German woman I knew trying to sing
> it at the local blues jams. I loved her but her vocals on that song with
> the clipped German accent was enough to make the Pope cringe. Its
> actually a decent song, just way too over-played.
>
Walter:
I've always considered "Red House" to be a "throw away" song. I'm
probably wrong about this but it always seemed like Jimi Hendrix
composed it in the studio on the spur of the moment, but since it was
included on his first UK album he had to continue playing it live
because his fans kept requesting it.
My gripe with it is that so many rock musicians will include it in their
repertoire as one of the few blues numbers that they play. ("Blues
Deluxe" from the first Jeff Beck album with Rod Stewart on vocals is
another song in this particular category of "throw away" blues songs.)
As for "Mustang Sally" I think that it was a well-written song in the
Soul/Blues/Rock vein, but unfortunately it has become the Blues National
Anthem for the general public... :-(
Steve Ahola
P.S. I just checked and yes, Johnny Winter is playing "Red House" on his
current tour:
01. Instrumental>Johnny Winter Intro
02. Hideaway (Freddie King)
03. Sugar Coated Love
04. She Likes To Boogie Real Low
05. Miss Ann
06. Blackjack (Ray Charles)
07. I'm Tore Down (Freddie King)
08. Lone Wolf
09. Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
10. Boney Maronie (Larry Williams)
11. It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack)
12. Mojo Boogie
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
Terry Odor
I really enjoyed Candye Kane's set, her guitar player Laura Chavez is great!!
Bonerama ... the trombone band that played before the fireworks were surprizingly great!!!
Terry
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:53:37 -0400
> From: blues...@CENTURYTEL.NET
> Subject: WFBF Day 3
> To: BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG
>
> I�m getting with the swing of things. That is to say, I�ve come to terms
> with a few truths, namely, I am here to be with friends and celebrate the
> music (I can already hear somebody say it�s about time <expletive
> deleted>). Kinda eased into the day. Strolled up to the far north end
> and caught a little of Franco & the Stingers. Straight ahead blues/rock.
> Then ambled back to the far south and caught a little of Jersey Soul.
> That was okay.
>
> Eased on over to the workshop stage and saw Dave Gonzalez and the Stone
> River Boys on that tiny stage they have there, less the drummer. I really
> enjoyed this. There is, to my ears, little blues, but it is fun stuff and
> I�ve always liked Dave�s guitar work.
>
> Went back to the far north stage to see some of the Journey To Memphis
> stuff. There was Dick getting a photo or two of Son Jack Jr and Michael
> Wilde. They began their set with a pretty good John The Revelator, and as
> Dick walked by me, he said he�d heard that song before. That was a nice
> moment.
>
> Then came the inevitable conflict: at the workshop stage was Jimmy Duck
> Holmes and at the far north stage, Karen Lovely. I made it to both stage
> with some time to spare. By the way, the winner of the JTM thing didn�t
> take long to learn: Karen Lovely. She did put on a great set. Congrats
> to her and her band.
>
> The crowd started getting bigger and it was time to plan my movements. It
> was getting to the point where one could not just wander around (I do like
> to do that). So, partied it up at the south stage with the last minute
> sub, old friend, and all-around good gal, Ellen Whyte. She was helped by
> I guess were some of the Volcano Vixens�well, I recognized one of them as
> such. Four nicely dressed fly girls dancing along.
>
> During all this, I spotted Terry Evans and got to talk to him about stuff,
> thanks to Mary. Now, before Ellen had come on, I had a phone call from my
> mom. She met Terry, oh, maybe 20 years ago. He made an impression on her
> I guess, so I mentioned that he was the next act I was going to see. She
> told me to tell him hi for her. But she thought he wouldn�t remember
> her. Just as I sat down to chat with him, how long it�s been and all
> that, he asked how my mom was doing. So I told him she�d just called and
> wanted me to pass along a �hi�. �Hi� back. Now that I think of it, this
> is kinda weird. Maybe I don�t want to know.
>
> On to better things. Erica is still Erica. Terry O is Terry O. Greg
> Johnson is still Greg. My feet still hurt. Things are good. Then came
> Candye! In an All-American superhero outfit with cape. Sure was
> colorful. I enjoyed her set a great deal. I thought too, looking through
> the lens that she has a wonderful face, one that cameras like. I am
> struck by how some people take really good shots and then there are those
> who are terribly difficult to get a good shot on.
>
> Made it, well, wiggled my way to the north stage to see old friend Tim Too
> Slim Langford. Somehow he roped Peter Dammann into playing guitar with
> him. And a whole new line-up on drums and bass. Is it me or are there
> more and more women playing drums (Karen Lovely�s for example) and lead
> guitar (Candye�s) and bass (Too Slim�s). I for one am not opposed to this
> at all. Too Slim�s bass player brought a lot of energy to the mix. I got
> to thinking that 20 years ago or so, Tim and I got to talking about how
> old rock and roll bands like the Fabulous Wailers played through little 20
> watt amps but were still loud. They got it back then through the energy
> they each brought to the mix. I think Tim has finally arrived at that
> level. I still wouldn�t call it blues as much as I�d call it rock, but it
> was real, high energy stuff that really stirred the crowd.
>
> I don�t recall the bass player�s name, but we got to talking later. She
> was so impressed with the Portland crowd response. I asked her where
> she�s from. She�s from Othello, WA. So then we got to talking about the
> Too Slim fans in Spokane and how unreal that is. She got real emphatic
> about how serious that is there. She related an episode where all they
> did was go to a radio station for an interview and it got mobbed.
>
> The real treat of the day was at the very end. I spotted Dave Gonzalez
> standing by a tree, so I went up we got to chattin� and ended up having a
> beer together. I told him about some of the Texan�s on this list and he
> spoke highly of Hash. He was toast and decided to leave before the
> fireworks. Super good guy award should go to him.
>
> All for today.
>
> Tom
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> P.S. I just checked and yes, Johnny Winter is playing "Red House" on his
> current tour:
>
> 01. Instrumental>Johnny Winter Intro
> 02. Hideaway (Freddie King)
> 03. Sugar Coated Love
> 04. She Likes To Boogie Real Low
> 05. Miss Ann
> 06. Blackjack (Ray Charles)
> 07. I'm Tore Down (Freddie King)
> 08. Lone Wolf
> 09. Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
> 10. Boney Maronie (Larry Williams)
> 11. It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack)
> 12. Mojo Boogie
> 12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
Johnny doesn't change his setlist much. With the exception of Red House
and Bony Maronie, this is pretty much the same set of songs he has been
playing for years now. He added Red House a year or so back then put
Bony Maronie back in the list within the year. That's a little
surprising in that it hints back to his "Johnny Winter And" rock star
period, which appears to be bad memories for him. While many here might
consider what he does now as rock, he considers it blues and that he has
tuned his back on rock.
--
Walter
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Jimmy Jacobs
River Boys) who also heard Dave's last band, The Hacienda Brothers. I was
really impressed with the Hacienda Brothers and wonder if and how the sound
of that band has migrated to the new group without Chris Gaffney's
contributions on lead vocals, accordion, and guitar?
Jimmy
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Eased on over to the workshop stage and saw Dave Gonzalez and the Stone
River Boys on that tiny stage they have there, less the drummer. I really
enjoyed this. There is, to my ears, little blues, but it is fun stuff and
I've always liked Dave's guitar work.
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Dennis Orr
says that there are only 3 people still playing real blues - him, BB King,
and...damn, I can't remember the third one.
So, obviously, in his mind these are all blues songs. If he's going to rock
I would love to hear him do old classics like the Stones' "Silver Train",
and "Too Much Seconal".
Joel Fritz
I'd like to hear Nick Moss do it especially with Gerry Hundt on
mandolin. A barrelhouse piano version would probably get me going too.
In the mid '30s Peetie Wheatstraw recorded a tune called "Chase Them
Peppers." I'm quoting from memory but the first verse goes something
like this:
There's a little house on the corner with the doors all painted green.
That's where my baby stays, in the one ain't got no screen.
Around the same time Casey Bill Weldon recorded "Somebody Changed the
Lock on My Door." <g>
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Steve Ahola
> In the excellent DVD documentary "American Music: Off The Record"
> Johnny says that there are only 3 people still playing real blues - him,
> BB King, and...damn, I can't remember the third one.
>
Joe Bonamassa, maybe? LOL
> So, obviously, in his mind these are all blues songs. If he's going to
> rock I would love to hear him do old classics like the Stones' "Silver
> Train", and "Too Much Seconal".
If an artist wants to associate himself with the blues I will give him
the benefit of the doubt. I might not like his music or buy his CDs but
I really try to avoid those "is he blues" arguments. As for Johnny
Winter he certainly proved his blues credentials in his work with Muddy
Waters in the 70's; the albums he produced for Blue Sky Records pretty
much set the standard for all of the blues bands that have sprouted up
since then.
Here is Johnny doing "Mama Talk To Your Daughter" from Montreux in 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGZTikKCJvg
I guess you could call that blues/rock but I think it is a lot tastier
than the over-distorted stuff that passes for blues/rock these days. It
is incredibly fast- perhaps too fast- but I love it!
Steve Ahola
Tom Hyslop
>I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has heard this band (Stone
>River Boys) who also heard Dave's last band, The Hacienda Brothers. I was
>really impressed with the Hacienda Brothers and wonder if and how the sound
>of that band has migrated to the new group without Chris Gaffney's
>contributions on lead vocals, accordion, and guitar?
>
>Jimmy
>
Jimmy,
I'm responding as a longtime fan of Chris Gaffney and Dave
Gonzales, and a great fan of the Hacienda Brothers, whose four albums
made my yearly top 5 each year. If you enjoyed Hacienda Brothers,
you'll find nothing not to like about the Stone River Boys. Much of
the material is the same, but with the addition of some of new singer
Mike Barfield's repertoire - "Can I Change My Mind," "Ask My Baby,"
"The Struggle," "Twist It," etc. - I rate SRBs as bluesier (actually
more soulful and funky) than the Haciendas (in whose music I heard
enough soul to satisfy, as did their collaborator Dan Penn).
Barfield is Soul Cowboy #1 - a great frontman with a phenomenal
(once the initial shock wears off) blend of Merle Haggard and James
Brown (maybe Joe Tex). Believe it: he wears a cowboy hat, plays
maracas, and dances like JB. The other guys in the band have turned
over, but the talent level remains incredibly high, with Dave Biller
on steel guitar, onetime Nick Curran drummer Damien Llanes making
many gigs, and the great guitar and baritone guitar stylings of Dave
Gonzales.
You can check out some live tracks from Stone River Boys at
http://haciendabrothers.com/extras/index.html. I'm looking forward to
their first CD, a work in progress.
tom
Deb Lubin
Deb
--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Tom Hyslop <rock...@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Tom Hyslop <rock...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Stone River Boys, Was Re: WFBF Day 3
To: BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 3:20 PM
At 12:27 PM -0500 7/5/09, Jimmy Jacobs wrote:
> I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has heard this band (Stone
> River Boys) who also heard Dave's last band, The Hacienda Brothers.� I was
> really impressed with the Hacienda Brothers and wonder if and how the sound
> of that band has migrated to the new group without Chris Gaffney's
> contributions on lead vocals, accordion, and guitar?
>
> Jimmy
>
Jimmy,
� I'm responding as a longtime fan of Chris Gaffney and Dave Gonzales, and a great fan of the Hacienda Brothers, whose four albums made my yearly top 5 each year. If you enjoyed Hacienda Brothers, you'll find nothing not to like about the Stone River Boys. Much of the material is the same, but with the addition of some of new singer Mike Barfield's repertoire - "Can I Change My Mind," "Ask My Baby," "The Struggle," "Twist It," etc. - I rate SRBs as bluesier (actually more soulful and funky) than the Haciendas (in whose music I heard enough soul to satisfy, as did their collaborator Dan Penn)..
has...@aol.com
quite a bit, and they always used to come by my Sunday jam at
the Prohibition Room, where I played with Anson's old rhythm section
of Freddie 'Pharoah' Walden and Eddie Stout. Those we're the
days!
HB
>
> The real treat of the day was at the very end. I spotted Dave Gonzalez
> standing by a tree, so I went up we got to chattin’ and ended up having a
> beer together. I told him about some of the Texan’s on this list and he
> spoke highly of Hash. He was toast and decided to leave before the
> fireworks. Super good guy award should go to him.
Tom Hyslop
>Please know that I liked the Hacienda Brothers and the Paladins.
>constantly in what you've heard? I found it supremely annoying and
>awful and it drowned out the good of the music for me. I won't be
>listening to that band again---unless you can tell me that day was
>an anomaly.
>Deb
Barfield only shouts on "Struggle," which is a one-chord funk vamp a
la The JBs. He sings pretty darn well otherwise, IMO. Deb, check the
live cuts I posted in my reply to Jimmy and see if it matches what
you heard.
gtr...@prodigy.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ahola" <st...@blueguitar.org>
To: <BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: WFBF Day 2
gtr...@prodigy.net
From: <gtr...@prodigy.net>
To: "Dennis Orr" <dor...@shaw.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: WFBF Day 2
> Yes That Could Be A loaded Question On Who Is Really Playing Blues Any
> More . probably The Same could be said ABOUT rock. So many seem to
> Butcher up All Styles Of Music. The word Blues Is A popular Word Now
> Day's Most Festivals Could Safely Be Called Music Festivals.
> Guitar Mac.
> http://www.guitarmac.com
> http://moikonetwork.ning.com/profile/SoothingBluesCharityCDCompilation?xgs=1
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>
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Orr" <dor...@shaw.ca>
> To: <BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:32 AM
> Subject: Re: WFBF Day 2
>
>
>> In the excellent DVD documentary "American Music: Off The Record" Johnny
>> says that there are only 3 people still playing real blues - him, BB
>> King, and...damn, I can't remember the third one.
>>
>> So, obviously, in his mind these are all blues songs. If he's going to
>> rock I would love to hear him do old classics like the Stones' "Silver
>> Train", and "Too Much Seconal".