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I Wonder

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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I Wonder
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Summertime Blues
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Genre: Blues / Folk / Minimalist
Location BIG FAT WORLD Busking Tour, Au
Profile Views: 21475
Last Login: 2/7/2012
Member Since 2/19/2008
Website Welcome to MY VIRTUAL REALITY.COM
Record Label Check out my videos to view NO WORRIES FILMS
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Ahoy there viewers, Captain Tricko & his LOW RENT ORCHESTRA is all about having fun & poking cheek with Live Music Afloat & On the Road or at Markets & Festivals & quite possibly a street near you. Captain Tricko is a ONE MAN BAND FOR HIRE - the fair dinkum Singer / Songwriter / Poet / Storyteller and human urger plays little Martin Guitar - Broomstick Slide Guitar - Granpa's Cigar Box Guitar - Lap Steel - Banjo - Ukelele - Stomp box - Harmonica - Melodica - Tibetan Gong - Footbells - Jaw Harp - while he hollers and sings his hokum for you. LOVEs TO JAM - LOVEs TO SURF - LOVEs TO LAUGH - Folks, ain't it good to be alive ! ! ! Captain Tricko also works casually ( very casually ) as a sailing instructor for SUNSHINE SAILING - based at Mooloolaba Wharf. Get on board & give it a try. CHECK OUT THE CAPTAIN BUSKING AT: Mooloolaba Esplanade - on the beach at Noosa - Sunshine Coast markets where you will find his CDs FOR SALE - You can also hear Captain Tricko on the soundtrack of SBS film " NOT FORGOTTEN " A documentary by Mark Lee & Jane Jeffes / Firefly Productions - A DVD is available. CURRENTLY The Captain is : Making friends with folks on the street - Making friends with technology - Playing heaps of ukelele - totally getting ready for next year - dwelling on the great people he meets while busking - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE - Meanwhile . . . . The BIG FAT WORLD Busking Tour which started in NZ in Feb 2007 continues without definite strategy. New Zealand, Japan & Vanuatu are strong possible destinations for a bit of blues busking when the shaking stops.These cigar box guitars could also be twanging at your market, on your cruise ship, in your cafe or maybe at your backyard bbq. Any boat, any beach, any event ! ! ! . . . . . THANKS FOR THE VISIT ! ! ! . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD MAIL OUT INSTRUCTIONS & BOOKING INQUIRIES by email to: whoopee-doo-da-publishing@hotmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broomstick Blues Vol 1 - 2007 - 13 tracks - 35 minutes A low budget - low tide - low fidelity recording project with a cigar box guitar, stomp box and harmonica. Inspired by the film Oh Brother Where art Thou & recorded in my boat in Mooloolaba Harbour. Two tracks from this cd are on the soundtrack of the SBS documentary Not Forgotten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Songs from the Swamp - 2009 - 18 tracks - 50 minutes of: Junkyard Blues, Fried Folkmusic, Urban Voodoo, Subway Hollers & Wet Pants Chorus Cigar box guitars, little Martin guitar, banjo, resonator ukelele, melodica, harmonica, jaw harp, stomp box, foot bells, tibetan gong, vox. This recording was made in six different locations in Queensland & New Zealand. Includes three tracks with Peter Tilney playing didgeridoo Warning : This cd contains SOUNDS NEVER BEFORE HEARD BY THE HUMAN EAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tales of a Drifter - 2011 - 16 tracks - 60 minutes The studio recording project reveals what can be done with $50,000 worth of recording equipment and an extra pair of hands. Studio Jeff is at Mudjimba Beach - it was a nice couple of days spent in an acoustic incubator with wires and expensive shiny contraptions hooked up to the instruments of the LOW RENT ORCHESTRA. Cigar box guitar, acoustic lap steel guitar, ukelele, kazoo, harmonica, jaw harp, stomp, footbells, tambo & vox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CDs AVAILABLE ON THE STREET $20 each or two cds $30 or three cds $40 ( SEE GIG GUIDE ) For cd purchase by mail order send an ordering request with a mailing address to : whoopee-doo-da-publishing@hotmail.com The reply will provide instructions for payment and approx delivery time $5 postage anywhere in AUST / NZ $10 postage to everywhere else
Members
brain, two feet, two hands, mouth LORD HAVE MERCY ! ! !
Influences
Slim Pickens - Tony Joe White - Dutch Tilders - Ry Cooder - Josh Cunningham - Rockin Dopsie - Sonny Terry & Brownie MaGhee - Blind Willie McTell - Lightnin Hopkins - Doc Watson - Ramblin Jack Elliot - Carole King - Jose Feliciano - George Harrison - Harry Nilson - Bob Dylan - Rickie Lee Jones - Tom Paxton, Richie Havens - The Waifs - Harald Arlen - Elmer Albrecht - Richie Fish - Juzzie Smith - Louis Parter - The Sheepdogs - Hat Fitz - Troy Cassar Daley - Paul Thorley - Cigar box guitar maestro . . . ALL ONE MAN BANDS ON PLANET MYSPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks & Respect BRING IT ON ! ! !
Sounds Like
..tired and worn out one minute and jive jumpin the next ! .. .. .. .. .. ..