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Slow Joe G
Blues / Country / Americana



Hollywood, California
United States

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Last Login:  11/11/2009
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Member Since5/28/2007
Band Websitehttp://jgsdelta.com/bluezone
InfluencesJimi,Howlin' Wolf,Butterfield,Bloomfield,Little Walter,Walter Horton,Sonny Boy II,Son House, B.B. King,Albert King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Cornell Dupree, Steve Cropper,Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis,Lonnie Mack,Pops Staples,Elmore James, Bukka White, Hank Williams,Mark Twain,Marcel Duchamp,Albert Camus,Lefty Frizzell,Merle Haggard,James Burton,Jimmy Rodgers,Sam Cooke, Staple Singers,Otis Redding,Don Helms,Pete Drake,Tom Brumley,Buddy Emmons,John Coltrane,Thelonius Monk,John Prine,Mac Rebbenac,Jimmy Vaughn,King Curtis...hell, I love music Also Jimmy K,MLK,Murray the K, Luis Bunuel, Greene & Greene, Mike S. Ray De La Cruz,Leo Fender,Ted McCarty,Wes Dooley, Chuck Kavooras,Buddy Galunkey, Ranger the CrazyCattledog & Durf Galurfey
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   About Slow Joe G

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I saw my first National Resophonic Guitar when I was 10 or 11 years old at Frank's Music in New Rochelle, N.Y. I was impressed with the shiny finish. Around that time I got my own radio and I started listening to music on late at night. My favorite was Sam Cooke. I also listened to Country music that I could pick up and fell in love with the sound of steel guitars. At 15 I attended the Barlow school in upstate N.Y. where I started to learn about blues and folk music. My friends John Compton and Brad Fiedel had a band and I used to jam on harp.I started playing slide guitar in open E around this time. On May 10 of 1968, I saw Jimi Hendrix at Fillmore East and my life changed permanently. When was 17, I met Johnny Winter who told me about the guitar that he and many of my blues idols played. It took until 1989 for me to get my first National, a 1931 Style O {The shiny one with the Palm Trees!}. Around this time I did my first recording session. I ran into Banjo/Steel Guitar wizard Bill Keith at Manny's in NY and he invited me to a session he was doing at the old Hit Factory to play harp. I have no idea what the tune was or whether they even kept the track, but if I wasn't hooked before, I was then. In the last year or so , I have gotten back into playing Pedal Steel, after a 30+ year hiatus. Did I mention my friends call me Slow Joe... ;-> By this time I had figured out that open G was the tuning for Delta stuff, and picked up a few other tunings to boot. In the interim I played electric and slide in countless local bands in the NY club scene and went to work first for a local sound company, then a music store and wound up selling professional recording gear and working for various manufacturers and engineering here & there . Despite this , I try to keep it really simple. I've played in a variety of bands out here in LA and am now working on a project featuring my tunes. Its a synthesis of the music that has influenced me in various ways and expresses the feelings I have. Its a mixed bag, sometimes its very much in a defined style, but its always me.

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KPAW

Carl Stebbins



Nov 7 2009 10:41 PM

HEY JOE, WHAT DID YOU GET? A STOMPBOX. GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU, SOUNDS
LIKE YOU'VE BEEN STAYING BUSY..BEST WISHES   CARL
Jamie Lynn Noon

Jamie Lynn Noon



Nov 7 2009 9:04 PM

Hey!

Thank you so much... My EP, A Moment to Break, is now available on iTunes and Amazon. You can also join my mailing list at www.jamielynnnoon.com-- I couldn't be more grateful for the love and support!

:)

Always,

Jamie
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There It Is There Johnny"

Johnny Yelusich



Nov 6 2009 2:26 AM


HI JOE,
HEY BROTHER  I DON'T
HAVE ANY REALLY
SPIRITUAL SPECIAL WORDS
FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE
HERE IN OUR COUNTRY
TODAY SO ALL I CAN
DO IS PLAY A SONG
AND PUT SOME GOOD
MOJO IN OUR UNIVERSE
FOR THE FALLEN EVERYWHERE
AND FOR ALL OF US RIGHT
HERE RIGHT NOW ALOHA~
THERE IT IS THERE
JOHNNY
PEACE
There It Is There Johnny"

Johnny Yelusich



Nov 3 2009 9:17 PM


HEY JOE,
LOOKIN' FORWARD TO YOUR
SHOW IN SANTA MONICA
NEXT TUEDAY BROTHER
I REALLY AM JOE!
SO HERES A LITTLE
SOMETHIN' I DID
FOR SOME GOOD
MOJO FOR US BROTHER
JUST4TODAY~
THERE IT IS THERE
JOHNNY
Sax On The Beach

Sax On The Beach



Oct 22 2009 1:51 AM

Hows it going out west? I wish you were east coast and coming to our Blitz next Friday! I would set you up on stage for a few:) I hope all is well with you, my sweet friend! All the best!

Kim~
Matthew Tanner

Matthew Tanner



Oct 2 2009 10:53 PM

Slow,

Thanks for stopping by and for the request. I really enjoyed listening to your music. Its very roots and raw and reminded me, vocally, a little bit of Joe Walsh who i really dig. Chuck did the slide on my music and will be featured in my video for "Josephine." He is a great guy and an amazing talent. I am wishing you great success in all your deeds. Stay in touch...
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Sep 26 2009 1:55 PM

Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .

Warm regards

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
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RalliSon

RalliSon



Sep 12 2009 8:34 PM

Hi, my friend Joe!

Hope everything wents well....
Keep on rockin / bluesin and live your dreams!

Greetz from Germany, Ralf.
Kalli

Kalli



Sep 7 2009 5:57 PM

Hi Joe! How's it going? Thanks for the invite, shame I can't make it, being on the onther side of the world! However I will get my act my act together some time and come and hear you live as it would be so great to hear you, you certainly show how it should be done and boy do you play some mean blues!!!! Love it! Have a great week, hope everthing is great in your world and you are keeping well. Stay in touch, Kalli X
Daniela Di Rocco

Daniela Di Rocco



Sep 4 2009 10:45 PM

Hi Joe!!! How are you? I really like your sound... "take it easy style"!!
Hugs
grazia

grazia



Aug 28 2009 7:07 PM

thanks for invite me...wish I would be there!!!
have a nice friday my friend....
BLUES TASTE

BLUES TASTE



Aug 28 2009 6:13 PM

Just stopping by to say hi - hope your week&weekend is going well. All the best, all the blues!!
BLUES ON !!!
BLUESGRÜSSE von--Uwe--






Galletta Guitars

Galletta  Guitars



Aug 15 2009 4:21 PM

Joe you da man ! That Westwood Music Commercial is very cool !  I wasn't
expecting you to do all that however it very nice of ya!


RalliSon

RalliSon



Jul 23 2009 4:04 PM

Hi Joe,
how are you doin?
Link to more pics:
http://picasaweb.google.de/D.Hackfurth/Globis2009Bearbeitet?authkey=Gv1sRgCPOevai-ws7RJw&feat=email#;
Best wishes from Germany, Ralf.
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Jul 17 2009 12:08 PM

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CountryHome Forum have more than 5,800 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 60,000 readers.

Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.

I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.

I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.

Thanks

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Phone: ++49 6101 544613
Mobil: ++49 171 6903352
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
KPAW

Carl Stebbins



Jul 16 2009 5:21 AM

HEY JOE HOW DID THE GIG GO? HOPE YOU'VE BEEN DOING OK.STILL TOO DAM HOT,DOWN HERE. GONNA PLANT
THE TOBACCO PLANTS TOMORROW.TAKE CARE AND BEST WISHES..
BLUES TASTE

BLUES TASTE



Jul 13 2009 7:32 PM

Thanks you very much for being a friend!!;G R E A T _ S O U N D;
Great respects for your work... i like your art of Blues--- have a nice week!!!

All the best,BLUES ON
RalliSon

RalliSon



Jul 9 2009 9:20 PM

Hallenbecks, you..ll make it, Joe!!!!
KPAW

Carl Stebbins



Jul 5 2009 8:00 AM

HEY JOE, HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT 4TH..MAN IT'S BEEN HOT DOWN,REMINDS ME OF MY EL CENTRO DAYS..
MY OLDEST SON GOT HIMSELF A NEW RIDE, CHECK IT OUT, SWEET...TAKE CARE AND BEST WISHES..
Slow Joe G

Slow Joe G



Jul 1 2009 7:20 PM

hey Ralf!! Thanks for kind words! should be fun..solo gig-all acoustic, something different
RalliSon

RalliSon



Jul 1 2009 5:19 PM

Hi Joe,
best wishes for your Hallenbeck gig,
you ROCK, man!
Greetz from Germany,
Ralf.
James

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Jun 23 2009 9:14 AM

Really diggin "cryin time" at the moment. I love the warm tones you've got going in it. Perfect for the cold winters nights we're having here.
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Jun 15 2009 8:58 PM

Thanks for the support Joe~ You always make me smile~ Hope you are well! All the best to you, my friend!

SMM
Kim~
KPAW

Carl Stebbins



Jun 14 2009 8:21 PM

HEY JOE, GOT THE CATS ALL DONE, AND THE GARDEN COMING IN WELL,PICKED TOMATOES,SNAP BEANS, AND CUCUMBERS SO FAR. BEST WISHES
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MINDFIELDS Toto Tribute Band



Jun 14 2009 7:33 PM

Ciao Joe! how are you? thanks for the top friend! rock on!!
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