Walter Horton, James Cotton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson (I and II), DeFord Bailey, Junior Wells, George Harmonica Smith, Jazz Gillum, Kim Wilson, William Clarke, Sonny Terry
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A Spanish white boy trying to pay respect to the masters, I guess...
At last! The long awaited -ahem- Blind Lemons album, Southside Gumbo is ready. Released by indie label Gaztelupeko Hotsak, there are 14 tracks of our personal blend of Chicago and New Orleans sounds. You can listen to it here or at the Blind Lemons site. If you like it so much that you just have to have it, orders by email are more than welcome, either to me at davidblues@gmail.com or to the band at theblindlemons@gmail.com. Price is €10 plus shipping, which you can confortably pay via PayPal. The CD will hopefully soon be available at CDBaby or some other online store, for the convenience of everyone overseas. So here it is:
Now, the usual personal info and yet some more music for y'all.
I come from a cool middle-sized sea-shore town in the north of Spain, Gijon, but I've been living in Madrid for quite a few years now. It's been also quite a few years since I first took up the harp, back in the good-ole teen days in my hometown. Blues harp to be exact. I like old-school dirty blues, and my main fields and interests are pre-war and Chicago blues. I've been playing regularly all around the Spanish blues scene as a sideman with several bands and some of the big names in the country. I've always played in my own band as well, together with my close friends and blues partners in Madrid. With "Alias Blues Gang" we played some of the main fests in Spain, and we put out a self-produced record. In 2005 most of us who played there put together a new band, The Blind Lemons (check us out here at MySpace!), in which I play the role of singer/frontman besides the harp. We play Chicago influenced blues with a good dose of New Orleans piano funk, and we've just released our new CD. I also keep a duo project with my old partner from Alias Blues Gang, Vladi Olmos, in which we play old delta and country blues, covering Rob. Johnson, Charlie Patton, Tampa Red, Jazz Gillum, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy or John Lee Williamson, among others. I also play as a sideman in Vladi's own band, Same Old Blues, as well as with other Spanish blues guys like Tonky de la Peña, Malcolm Scarpa, Fede Aguado, Flaco Barral, Smiling Jack Smith or Fred P.G. For the fellow harp freaks, I'll say that I play preferably Hohner Marine Band harps, but I also like and use the Hering Vintage 1930 and the new Seydel 1847, all tweaked and repaired by myself. My preferred mics are an old Shure brown bullet with a black CR element and an old crystal JT-30. My amps are a '62 brownface Fender Princeton, a '75 silverface Fender Princeton Reverb with a 12" Weber 12A150 AlNiCo speaker, a '59 Fender Bassman RI, a Dutch made Marble Max, a Sonny Jr. 410 and a Masco MA-17N.
Down here you can listen to the CD my pal Vladi and I recorded back in 2003, called "A Pelo", which in Spanish can either mean "unplugged" or "doing certain things without certain protections" ;)). For a while it was up on the net for free download, artwork included, but eventually we had to cancel the hosting. So now you can listen to it again here...We hope you like it...:) By the way, the Fox Chase number wasn't originally on the CD, but I've included it here now, as we usually do a couple of solo pieces in our gigs. This is from the Rock'n'River Festival in '05.
From The Blind Lemons CD release party, here's an old classic:
Exposicion fotografia musical de Declan Hemp en Junco 17 de noviembre de 2009 martes en El Junco Jazz Club en Plaza de Santa Bárbara 10 Madrid "Collage de un melómano y otras aves raras"
Exposicion fotografia musical de Declan Hemp en Junco 17 de noviembre de 2009 martes en El Junco Jazz Club en Plaza de Santa Bárbara 10 Madrid "Collage de un melómano y otras aves raras"
Festival de Blues de Benalmádena - “Blues at Moonlight”. Este año en su tercera edición, el festival se amplia para ofrecer a los aficionados del Rhythm and Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll y Swing dos noches de música y entretenimiento de alto nivel internacional. Pincha aquí para más información de las actuaciones, entradas y ofertas especiales de alojamiento: www.benalmadenabluesfestival.com El Festival se celebra el Viernes 13 y Sábado 14 de Noviembre - tenemos un número limitado de entradas disponibles por lo que le recomendamos que haga su reserva cuanto antes para evitar descontentos.
You need to check out the new Victoria "Blowbox" Harp amp! I was instrumental in designing and getting into their line of top shelf amps. Go to youtube and search me "James Reeser" and there are a couple of recent vids featuring it.
It is a 45 watt 2X8 amp. It looks like a tweed head but yes it has 2 8" speakers in it. No one can believe such a fat rich tone comes from a little amp. It is versatile... light weight... It can be plugged into any speaker cab as it has 2, 4 and 8 ohm output taps. It also has a switch that makes it either a stock 59 Bassman if that is your tone (also for guitar if desired) or flip the switch for the harp special circuits and rich fat harp tone! And yes has plenty of power as a stand alone to keep up with just about any band.
Psst.....Que onda guey!!! Que pasa contigo...me well still deciding on my Range Rover color :P Life is good here enjoying work and all...when can I call you guey? Te cuidas y me respondes, ok... Besos!!!!
thank you. You have a grest tone on black night. I like playing different styles,- but right im into a blues band projekt.urban jazz roots very funny. The best from me.
El próximo sábado 19 de septiembre BOBAMUSIC organizará un evento bajo el nombre de Acoustic FEM!! en el que se reunirá en un concierto único a tres de las mejores cantantes del panorama musical español (Lantana, Belén Arjona y Flores Raras).
En las algo más de dos horas de duración del evento, interpretarán sus éxitos por separado y harán colaboraciones entre sí cantando juntas.
Tal vez lo más curioso sea observar el intercambio de roles de las tres artistas, quienes sobre el escenario lograrán una química muy especial. ¡Una cita irrepetible!
Más info en: www.myspace.com/acousticfem
YA PUEDES COMPRAR TU ENTRADA EN ATRAPALO.COM Y TICK TACK TICKET!!
Hola,gracias por dejarnos estar entre tus amigos. Somos el festival Migas Rock y el proximo 3 de Octubre desde las 3 de la tarde, con plato de migas incluido para todos, comenzará el festival donde habra música, dj's, teatro y humor durante 15 horas. Un gran saludo y ya sabes que estaremos rodeados de muy buenos amigos , seguro que conoces a alguno de ellos. Seguiremos informando.
MASTR Galileo Galilei 27 de septiembre 21.30 horas
La taquilla será donada a El Circo de Piruleto (www.elcircodepiruleto.org), una asociación que lleva sonrisas a niños hospitalizados. Para ello voy a contar con colaboración de numerosos artistas, llevando a cabo un espectáculo de primer nivel y en un marco incomparable. La entrada son 6 euros. Un lujo que no te puedes perder. Además la ocasión lo merece.
