Gkikas, as in Chris Gkikas.
My first SCOTS show…. amazing! Skipper’s Smokehouse is an intimate little venue with a few bars, heated chiki-huts, and barnyard style seating for smallish shows, though I’m sure the place can pack up pretty well. Southern Culture on the Skids is an amazing band, and we got to chat briefly with them after the show. I LOVE small venues for reasons like this. The Demolition String Band was the opener, and they rocked pretty good, too!
Originally recorded for the “Dad and Dave” video series, this is a great lesson for beginning guitarists. It illustrates the possibilities, rhythmically and tonally, of using two humble chords, Am – D7. Hope you enjoy, and if you want to see more of my musical efforts, check out my Youtube Channel.
Going through my older videos this morning, I find that in retrospect, I’ve strayed very far away from what initially drove me to play guitar last year. First it was Trey. Then, it was Jerry. Then, it was “the 3 Kings” (Freddie King, BB King, and Albert King). Then, it was Brian Setzer.
What was it like, back on April 1st (no fooling), to have the Blues?
I stopped by Strat2caster’s house on the way home from work today. We captured this vid trying this song together for the first time. Strat spends the first 2 minutes “searching for a feel” then clicks into some tasty stuff. In the background on shaky vocals and acoustic rhythm (get it!) is me, dressed in black, appropriately.
Lately I’ve been enamored, to put it mildly, with 50′s era rockabilly guitar. Here’s my “approaching one year of playing seriously” rendition of the Elvis classic. Obviously I have zero designs on ever being a “singer,” but as far as getting closer to my goal of ROCKING, my guitarwork lately’s seen an improvement. You tell me!