Bluesboy Jag

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From Argenta Arkansas (Downtown North Little Rock Historic District)

Competitor at IBC 2009 2010, Memphis

See Jag at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Jan 20-23 2010.

See my YouTube videos

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IBC 2009 Competitor

Winner Solo/Duo Category Arkansas River Blues Society Blues Challenge 2008

New CD "A Bump and a Beer" is now available. It was recorded live in the studio one man band style and inclueds several of my 'hits' (crowd pleasers anyway!)

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See Bluesboy Jag at the 2009 Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival (King Biscuit) Oct 9, 10

Click Here To See Jag's Cigar Box Guitar Catalog

With My Own Hand Made Magnetic (not transducer) ..Pickups

I've been playing guitar for almost 33 years and recording for almost as long. I've been a guitar teacher for 30 years, specializing in beginners and fingerstyle acoustic blues. I started playing in a cover band in Little Rock while still in high school. Opened up my own recording studio in 1984 (still in business) and recorded about 40 90 minute cassettes of my own music over the next 20+ years. Got into blues after discovering Robert Johnson and RL Burnside. I've recorded over 20 full length CD's in the past 8 years including acoustic blues, electric blues, piano blues, ambient electronic and experimental electronic. I play all over the south and at blues festival in the traditional hill Country Blues style of RL Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell and early Muddy Waters.

NEW! Custom Made CBG Cases!

I'll be competing once again this year the the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis Jan 20-23, 2010

I'll be performing once again at the Deep Blues Fest, this time in Minneapolis at the Cabooze in July 2009. Hope to see you there!

Jag plays the new Ozark International Blues Fest Fri and Sat May 29, 30 In Eureka Springs Arkansas.

JAG's the real deal!!! I've played his cigar box guitars and they absolutely rock. His cds are mandatory listening for any prim-rock wannabe.

-Shane Speal, self-proclaimed king of the Cigar Box Guitar

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one man band with cigar box guitars of various types, ukulele, banjo, resonator guitar, electric guitar, acoustic giutar, foot drums, vocals, harp

I just received my first cigar box guitar by Jag, and I simply couldn't be happier with it! This little instrument is a whole lot of fun, and EASY to play. I've owned a bunch of musical instruments over the past 30 years, but dollar for dollar this has got to be THE best bargain I've ever had! Jag is a true craftsman!

I love my three string cigar box guitar.  But it's dangerous to have around.  Whenever I grab it, I can't put it down.  It's seriously addictive.  Though intimidated at first by the lack of frets, I've found it to be very easy to play.  It's well constructed and the electronics work fine.  And the best thing about it of course, is that all the groupies go crazy over my new natural sounding groove.

I also make suitcase bass drums.

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Cypress Grove Blues by Jag

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See a video of Curtis Blues playing one of my acoustic CBGs

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Click Here To See Bluesboy JAG's Cigar Box Guitars

Now making my own hand wound pickups for "Superior Tone"

Check an article on my guitars in the local paper.

New CD "A Bump and a Beer" is now available. It was recorded live in the studio one man band style and inclueds several of my 'hits' (crow pleasers anyway!)

..NOW ON iTUNES, NAPSTER, AMAZON, RHAPSODY

click the link above to go to my iTunes page

" I've said it before and I'll say it again, Jag's albums are all buffets of cbg riffage. Essential."

Shane Speal, King of the Cigar Box Guitar

Bluesboy JAG

"LIVE at the White Water Tavern"

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One of Jag's best shows, opening up for David Kimbrough Jr at the legendary White Water Tavern in Little Rock. 40 minutes of down n dirty 4 string cigar box guitar one man band blues n boogie.

Jag has sold almost 1000 of his hand made electric cigar box guitars with his own hand wound magnetic pickup designed exclusively for his cigar box guitars. You can find these items on here along with his Boogie Board Foot Stomper and "How To Play Cigar Box Guitar" CD.

 Order now, just $9.99

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Download my CD's from Magnatune: http://magnatune.com/artists/jag

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Order my CD's here and cigar box guitars here

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