25 November 2011
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Strictly Jug Nuts at The Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands 2011
Sigh… seems like everything is keeping me away from this blog these days…
Anyway, took advantage of a few spare minutes to browse around looking for some good music (preferably with a washboard or rhythm bone player) and stumble on the Strictly Jug Nuts
7 March 2011
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More than surprise, doubt or self debate on “mysterious senses”, my main memory of that experience is one of delight; the magic of perception and perceiving.
6 February 2011
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From last week’s gig.
It’s not easy to comment on ones own bones work but I was happily surprised with this video because while playing I felt that I was really screwing up the song with all the mistakes I was making, but in the end there are only two or three that are glaringly obvious (to me at least).
13 January 2011
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Tuesday I went to the ABC, the cultural center here in La Chaux-de-Fonds, to see a performance by musician - dancer - composer - performer Steve Buchanan, who has created a “mini-interactive percussive/dance system”: the 2nd LINE…
7 January 2011
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It’s been a while since I’ve made it to New York so stumbling on a Floyd Lee video made me a bit nostalgic since listening to him play in the subway is one of the better things a visitor like myself can do in the big apple. (It sure beats doing the gallery scene!)
The last time I saw him I picked up his 2003 “Mad As Hell In Crappy Blues” CD which is a fun album
24 November 2010
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Crazy enough to drive 2 hours down to Geneva to see Eric Bibb (alone) tonight!
9 November 2010
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Last Saturday Swamp Train played at the Vully Blues Festival, our first “serious” gig, starting at 19h00, 4 sets, over three hours of playing. The above video of use playing Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” is from the beginning of the first set and if the crowd seems a tad scarce it’s because folks were still arriving, by the second the place was packed.