A Saturday morning jam. Bacon is no extra charge.
Music
Chester and Chuckwagon Ride Again
So Mike and Chris are talking again – as is Chris and Jim. All sorts of good old friends coming out of the woodwork lately.
Mike and I were in New Orleans on 9/26/99 for this photo at Cafe DuMonde. We were there for a Phish show, which we saw at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. The show was somewhat uncomfortable because we were on the floor in front of the stage. In and of itself, this is a fantastic thing, obviously. The floor though, was solid concrete, and not at all like the lawns I’d become accustomed to seeing shows on. Good times – solid memories. Follow the ‘more’ link for the setlist and details. I’m priviledged to have gotten a torrent from Mike of this show, and I’m jammin’ to a wicked DWD right now. Thanks Chester!
Buddy Guy – Orlando 2/17/07
Pardon the shaky hands – it was fuh-reeeezing. Oddly for Orlando, the weather was ice cold, and you can tell by my shivering camerawork. Buddy was spot-on with this free concert coinciding with the First Annual Orlando Blues-BQ. Food was a little undercooked and all they were serving was 16oz Miller Light and overpriced (yet curiously strong) cocktails. It was fun. Here’s the video.
Hideaway
My best effort yet, I think – despite the wrong notes and sloppy execution that can only come from a recent devotee of learning blues guitar. What JOY I have found in the space of making music… I’m amazed and edified and satisfied and well, anything else -fied you could think of. I’m so happy to have found this.
Guitar Practice – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I learned this song today on a whim, amidst heavy competition from other tunes that I’ll get to in short order. I settled on WMGGW because I landed a great backing track. I hit a LOT of wrong notes and miss a ton of riffs, and realized halfway through this that today’s video isn’t a performance, but rather a archival effort of my progress so far.
A-Minor Blues
Busted out my Band In The Pocket #1 CD and jammed out for a bit. It’s got some flub-spots, but all in all I’m pleased with it. Needs work but I’m glad to be following along and having fun.
The camera was a Sony Cybershot – not really a video camera, though one of those is coming soon! I didn’t play the song all the way through… it just loops a bunch of times and figured I’d run out of memory card space.
Somewhere near the middle, my cell phone receives a text message. Yes, I know it will strike you as some surprise jingle and no, it’s not part of the song.