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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

My New Song 'Snake Oil Blues' to be Released Tomorrow!



Be on the lookout tomorrow when I upload my latest song called 'Snake Oil Blues', written and performed by me and produced by Fuad Murad of Household Productions.

 Here's the official description:

Snake Oil has come to mean any product with questionable or unverifiable quality or benefit, most commonly associated with the American old west. 

This song describes a man's addiction to fake drugs. t's an old school throwback to the blues of old, in the style of country / folk / Delta blues. 

This song was recorded in one day, mimicking my previous track called "Dem Blues is Coming', of having one take per track to keep it sounding more spontaneous and 'live'. 

I used D standard tuning on rhythm guitar to get a fuller sound, but used E standard for the slide solo (to use the open strings that naturally fit the D chord). Bass was played with flatwounds on a Fender Precision with vintage pickups.

Never Trust a Woman... Until She's Dead



One day she says she loves you;
And the next day she'll throw you in the street.

She'll call you every mornin'
Every mornin' noon and night
She'll call you in between times
Just to see if you're doin' alright
She'll ask to borrow five
And then she'll beg for ten
And baby that five and ten
You won't ever see again!

- BB King

(Song heard in background)

Monday, January 28, 2013

Low Down and Dirty Dog Blues - Son House



Leave it to the master of Delta Blues Son House to take us off to the distant blue moods, with this track recorded in 1942.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Read all about the Font on the Cover of Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'



An interesting website I discovered recently is called Rock That Font, which goes pretty in depth about the typography of rock and other music albums.

It was inevitable that John Coltrane's magum opus A Love Supreme was going to be a topic of discussion.

Apparently, the font used on the cover is "Anzeigen Grotesk, which in German loosely translates to “Advertising Sans-Serif.”

Read more [here].

Saturday, January 26, 2013

New Music Store Opening in Kuwait?



My friend Omar K. has sent me this photo; a new music store apparently called "Music Square" will be opening at the Avenues Phase 3.

Could it possibly be music instruments? Or only audio? Time will tell, and if you have any news of this please let us know!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

'Prisoner of the Blues' - Sons of Blues



Here's a great slow and mellow tune by Chicago blues vocalist and harpist Billy Branch and his band the Sons of Blues, which is great for the upcoming three day weekend.

Have a great long holiday!

My Review of Chris Byar's Jazz Quartet is Up on Kuwait Music!

Fear the beard.

As I mentioned yesterday, my review of the Chris Byars Jazz Quartet concert is now up on Kuwait Music.

It was a great night for Kuwait and Jazz.

 Check it out [here].

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tonight: The Chris Byars Jazz Quartet Live



I'll be going (and reviewing) tonight's concert featuring the Chris Byars Jazz Quartet at the Kuwait Museum.

You might remember I reviewed the show of 2011 on Kuwait Music (see it here), which featured Chris Byars and Ari Roland and I got to meet and talk with them.

Today, they return alongside Zaid Nasser on sax and Keith Balla on drums.

The show starts at 8pm. See the great information done by Kuwait Music [here] , and their interview with the band [here].

Sunday, January 20, 2013

The 25 Most Valuable Basses


Check out [this] article over on Vintage Guitar! They put up a list of the most valuable bass guitars, including pics and descriptions.

Fender took 3 out of the top 5 plus the #1 for a 1960-62 Fender Jazz Bass.

Check out that link above for the full list!

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Buddy Guy Performs 'Damn Right, I've Got the Blues' on Letterman



Legendary blues great Buddy Guy is still going strong with the blues, and is one of the surviving pillars of the genre.

He just performed his classic song from the same titled Grammy winning album 'Damn Right, I've Got the Blues' on the 16th of January on the David Letterman show.

It sounds just as fresh from 22 years ago!