Stephen McTaggart :Guitar & Vocals
Blueprint:
Stephen McTaggart :Guitar & Vocals Peter Reeks:
Keyboards, Bass and Vocals ,Richard Linklater: Drums
Roundhouse Jazz Quartet: Stephen McTaggart :Guitar &
Vocals Tony Ramsay Keyboards, Bass and Vocals Don Weller: Bass and Vocals
Influences
Stephen likes the following...
Peter Green, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton. Stevie Ray, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Beatles, Jeff Beck, Chicken Shack, Alan Lavis, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Freddy, Albert, BB King, Grant Green, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, and Jimi Hendrix (its hard to know where to stop)
Sounds Like
Sounds like
For Blues, it sounds a bit like Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac mixed with Jimmie Vaughn mixed with Bluesbreakers Eric clapton with a little Freddie King thrown in for good measure. For the Jazz/blues stuff, Its equal parts Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, George Benson and Wes Montgomery. But most important of all is having the right tone!!!
Listen to Buddy Guy and Junior Wells play "Help me" From "Chicago, the Blues, Today" (1965 I think) I and you will know what Im looking for.I remember the first time I wanted to play this kind of music. I was 11 years old and my older sister was moving to Australia. Sad, I know but she left behind her record collection including the “Most Of the Animals” album. Eric Burden doing John Lee hooker tunes. What more could you ask for, in New Zealand, in the 1960’s, The first record I brought was Sgt Peppers. Next came Eric Clapton and Hendrix. I bought my first Fender Stratocaster at age 18 and it was all down hill from there. Hearing Peter Green play "Need your Love so Bad" changed my life. All of the notes you could ever need were in that song. The rest is my history.
I have been playing in Various R&B/Blues bands around Auckland and Sydney for the last 30 years. I was in in The Sovereigns, The Steve McTaggart Blues band, Mike and the Stingrays, The Stillettos, then Blueprint with the exellent Peter Reeks on K'boards and Bass and Richard Linklater on drums.
My last band before Benson road was the Roundhouse Jazz Quartet with the multi instrumentalist Tony Ramsay on Piano and Don Weller on Bass, again with Richard on drums. These guys now perform as Roundhouse, as a trio and are great. Check them out.
Thanks very much for your very kind words about 'Juniper', Stephen. It really makes it all worthwhile. Plenty of rain here too. I think I'll put on your 'Summertime' to keep the grey away. Sheer class!
Your CD arrived today. What a treat to hear your music on the hifi. It was a great accompaniment to dinner. Gorgeous tones and phrasing. Sounds like you had a ball on Lazy Sunday Afternoon.
Thanks so much. Can't wait to crank it up in the car on the way to work tomorrow.
i have a new sharing with you , i just now released my new music named "the distance" , i roughly composed it about 3-4 years ago , then modified several times , this is first time to perform in public , for me , this is a challenge of dream , i sincerely invite you to listen , maybe you can give me some opinions , i hope my dream in music will not be your nightmare :)
if you have listened before my invitation , i have to say "thanks a lot" again & again for your warm support
also feel free to visit my newest "the distance" blog to discuss with me about where is your distance..
blessings & have a great day !
((( dreamer school ))) music , make dreams come true !
Hello , Thank you for your friendship and support, it's greatly appreciated! Your invited to come by and sign our new G.R.I.T.S. World Guest Book, it would be too cool to have you sign in! gigs. It is a rectangle under our calendar of events on the upper righthand side , it may take a few seconds of your time, and a second for our page to 'fresh', but it'll pop up and we'll appreciate it!. Upload a picture and say 'Hi!' Please come through anytime. Have a plum pleasing, fantastic day! p.s. Please subscribe to our video's at www. youtube. com/bluewendybear to get alerted when our new video's post! -The Sledge G.R.I.T.S. Band Keiko and Kariel, Mimi and Bo-pah Sledge!
Hey where the white wimmin at...lmao....Thank you my friend for the add...Its so nice to be remember and back where folks actually give a terd....Hope to hear from you soon my friend...
That Steve McTaggart knows how to live!!! You are the man............hope all is well with ya. Playing a big party in Jacksonville tonight with the Jacksonville no name band. Should be lots of fun???? ttyl/lol/wolfcat
Hey Stephen Hows things? Hope youve all settled into the new digs and work is not so crazy for you.. been a long week here.. not been about as much. Catch up with you soon *hugs* Kris xx
