Monday 20 February 2012

New split album with the great Slate Dump and more recording.

I've still been hiding away recording in my house and I'm going to post more new videos on here when I do them.  I'm also going to post some live stuff I've found from previous gigs I've played but for now here is a link to a new song I did recently. 

http://youtu.be/Xjeq56rM6uY

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all these new songs, maybe I could use them for a wee split again with someone.  If anyone is interested in doing a split cd please get in touch.

Speaking of new split albums, the new split with the great West Virginia Songster Slate Dump will be available for a FREE download from the Scottish Independent Label Cheap Wine Records very soon.  It's a follow up to the first split we did and we're very happy to make it another free download for you all.  Here is the artwork done by the very talented Katharine Cameron, who also did the artwork for the first release.


This is a video of me and Slate Dump doing Scrounger Blues on a porch in West Viginia.  Another American Tour is being planned together so hopefully we will get some more stuff like this done.

http://youtu.be/DkroZyaMHhA

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Thursday 16 February 2012

Shut Away Recording Wth The February Blues

This month so far has been spent shut away recording.

When I was in Memphis my pal Slate Dump took me to Gus's Fried Chicken.  He said the fried chicken at Gus's was the best and he wasn't wrong.  So I did a song about Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken.



This other song I've done was written by a friend of mine from Texas Mike Snow.  Mike has been writing a few songs for me over the last while.  Mike sends me the words and I put the music to it.  It's something I really like doing. 

This song is called Down The Line Blues and It's the first song written by Mike that I've done on the slide.






This next one is my version of an old song called Take Me Back.



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Wednesday 15 February 2012

Graveyard Full Of Blues Tour 2012

2012 kicked off with a bang with The Graveyard Full Of Blues Tour with Craig Hughes! 

The first night was a great wee gig at The State Bar in Glasgow which has been a regular spot for me and Craig over the years. It's one of my favourite places to play so it was a good way to start the tour.  We were joined by Tragic O' Hara and Jim Dead.  I have played with Tragic a couple of times before and he's a fine musician and a top guy and he played a great set!  It was the first gig I've played with Jim Dead and he played a top set of songs and I hope to see more of him in the future.  A good drink was had and I caught the last train back down the road to Ayrshire, although I did plan on catching an earlier one but these things happen.  The last train on a Friday is normally torture and full of crazies so it's always good to try and get some drink to help get you through the madness on the way back down the road, so i took care of business in the station by smuggling out a couple of bottles of beer from the bar at Glasgow Central.  

The next stop was Edinburgh at Ale House on the Saturday night.  Another fine wee gig which me and Craig played much longer sets than we normally do.  But we took care of things and really enjoyed our time.

 We eventually got to Montrose on the Sunday after a train journey from hell. The night was put together by The Rag N Bone Man and it was another good night.  The Rag n Bone Man is a one man band who played a great set and I really enjoyed catching him play for the first time.  Hopefully I will see more of him down this way soon.

Overall the tour was a success!  A big thanks to the venues for having us and also to the acts who played with us and also a massive thanks to Brian for giving us a lift back from Edinburgh and Montrose which made life a lot easier for us.  Loads of fun was had and I hope we can do it again sometime soon.  I know Craig has more videos of the tour and I think he might be making a short video of things so when he puts it together i'll post it on here.

The pic on the left was taken in The Northern Vaults on the Sunday.


This video is from the first night of the tour at The State Bar.  This song "My Razor"  will be on a new album I plan on recording later in the year.

It has to be said the sound in the State Bar was excellent so a big thanks to Craig for helping out with it both on the Friday and the Saturday through in Edinburgh.  I am hopeless with these things.


The other video is also from The State Bar gig.  The song "Power Cut Blues"  is on the recent split cd I did with C.J. Marie.  You can download it from Cheap Wine Records and it's FREE!

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Sunday 12 February 2012

Review Of My Album "Where The Town Ends" in Blues Matters Magazing 2012

2011 was a very busy year with many gigs and festivals being played over Scotland and also an American Tour with my good friend from West Virginia Slate Dump who i did a split album with called Covered In Blues!  I did a full length album called Where The Town Ends and it won the award for best UK Blues Album of the year with The Blues Underground Network.  I've been busy playing gigs to promote it and will continue to do so for most of 2012.

I did so much in 2011 it's hard to go into anymore detail but I intend to keep a more up to date account of things from now on.

Now 2012 has started, I have recieved a review from Blues Matters magazine for my latest full release "Where The Town Ends"  available from Cheap Wine Records. 

I have also just finished another split album with C.J. Marie called Trouble Comes Around which has five songs of us each and is a FREE download!

Many more releases are planned, including a Covered In Blues Vol 2 with Slate Dump and a new full length album later in the year. 

While i have lots of recording planned I will also be playing many more gigs around Glasgow, festivals and maybe another tour abroad.

I have just completed a weekend tour with Craig Hughes to promote our split album "Graveyard Full Of Blues" and I'll post some live videos from that soon.