MYSELF-usually. Current Live Band: MYSTR Treefrog and the H.M.H.RHYTHM GENIUS-
Eli Brayton- Bass...Alphonso "Hot" Coles-Congas-Percussion and
BleeChild Drums.
We Play SWAMPADELIC THUMP. This sound is best described as a mixture of Experimental Blues,DC go-go, Swamp grit and twisted lyrics.
I have been charmingly described as WOODY GUTHRIE on a party mix of Viagra and L.S.D.
I disagree about the Viagra and LSD. Coffee,sweet potato pie and water do the trick.
My Guitar strap bears the words of WOODY GUTHRIE-----
" THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS"
Industry Pimps Take Notice: Music is Sacred. You won't kill it though you try.
There is NO BOX..There is NO FORMULA.
I do not ache for a spot on American Idol.
life is too short for that plastic nonsense. Just ask Elvis.
Influences
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EVERYTHING GOOD AND EVERYTHING BAD.
Not much inbetween.
My Specific Writing influences are:
John Hiatt, Long John Baldry,Steve Earle, Don Van Vliet, Willie Dixon, Lowell George, Daniel Brayton,Zimmy(of course!)James McMurtry,Tony Joe White, JIM White,BUKKA White,and the sacred triad of Howlin Wolfe-Muddy Waters- and John Lee Hooker.
BUT WAIT! There's MORE!
AND Blind Willie Johnson- the best bottleneck player I've never seen.
(The Butthole Surfers,Duane Allman and Dr. John deserve honorable mention.)
LONG LIVE BROTHER JAMES BROWN
AND BROTHER BO DIDDLEY
Ask not for WHOM the funky bell Tolls...These Men brought People Together.
This list is WOEFULLY incomplete. But It'll suffice for this purpose.
'E Minor' is my favorite chord.
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Sounds Like
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Woody Guthrie on LSD and Viagra,Captain Beefheart, The Gourds, Camper Van Beethovan, Tinkerbell, Steve Earle with a wicked Hangover, Iggy Pop with a straw hat and Pee-Britches, Unknown Hinson, Jonny Dowd, Muddy Waters,Jonny Winter but slower,Frosty The Snowman, Idi Amin, Herbert from Star Trek-with a southern accent...and OF COURSE, Yo Mamma.
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While at a blues séance I am inhabited by the spirits of Howlin Wolf,John Zorn, Jim Morrison, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart and Tinkerbell. I am locked in a beer and blood soaked studio by Iggy Pop and ordered to produce an album in 8 hours. This is what my music sounds like. A purist I ain't
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NEW VIDEO O-O=O
MYSTR Treefrog and Gary Brown LIVE on WRNR-FM
Annapolis Maryland with Damian Einstein
(video by Trudi Brown...thanks kiddo!)
Bringing on the Boogie is like encountering the Force of a Wild Tornado on Tuesday knowing that Hump Day is Tomorrow and Friday Morning at 6am MST is so very close and this is when everyone gets a Real Good Dose of The Orbit Lounge with JaBeaux on KAFM! The Boogie is On!
Jennings heard you wanted a copy so he called the tapes back to put more mojo sauce on 'em. CD release show is @ Jammin Java on Dec 4th. Won't have CDs until a week or so before the show. I will make sure you get one brotha.
about that snorting clorox comment on your blog...I actually had a guy ask me that once. "hey man, let's snort some of this!" I worked in a garnet mine in North River, and operated the tailings filter...it had a six-foot wide, seventy-foot long conveyor belt with a caustic mix of ore sludge, flocculant, and caustic soda/mixed with/neautralizing hydorochloric acid, and when the belt broke, you had to repair it using straight liquid toulene out of a gallon can....BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ...no wonder I have respiratory problems....
Hey everybody " My Babes a Mechanic" is in the Hossey Music Award Song Voting Contest Show for October. Head to HossTheBoss.com starting Saturday to vote. And listen to the show on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Central."
Turn your Juke Box Up and let your Groove be
heard, let everyone know that your kicking up your heals and nothing
will get cha down...Not today, not any day! The Boogie I share is the
Boogie that will set you free, get on the phone and call someone and
let them know just how you feel about them!! Let them know that to
share the Boogie is a Blessing for us all!
Can't Ya' Feel it!
Hardest working man/frog/beast in show bizniss. He dares to double-book himself not once, BUT TWICE. Going to try to get myself up to the Whiskey on September 26th.
p.s. Glad to see your getting favorable press on the new wreckerd.
p.p.s. I hear it gets the wheelchair-bound contingency up and dancing.
just wanted to drop into your space and thank you for being my friend on here....i hope that you have had a really nice week so far...the weekend is almost here...normally i would ask you what you thought of the music but today i thought i would ask you if you have plans for the weekend.....i have been in l.a. to accept my nomination for the l.a. music awards....but will be heading back to austin this weekend....
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