Influences: delta blues, ZZ Top, a lot of electric Chicago blues and a lot of gospel.
After almost a year of being under COVID house arrest I am really looking forward to this year's FAWM. I am hoping to clear some of the spiders our of my head and foster some serious creativity.
I got turned onto the blues over 50 years ago. I had a troubled childhood and in the blues revival in the 1960’s I made a strong lifelong connection. I play electric bass as well as a variety of cigar box guitars. There is also an unused Melodica in my life that I would like to make more use of. I also do a lot of songwriting on an almost daily basis.
I like to play slow delta blues in a spoken format.
WIDE OPEN TO COLLABORATION!!
Love to all!!
I completely agree that old gospel songs and spirituals are such great sources for inspiration- they are so rich with visuals and meaning! Hope you enjoy the last week of FAWM... and beyond! 😀
Thanks for your lovely comment
Your stuff is so cinematic! I enjoy the minimalism and storytelling. Oh, and my song about Barbara is partially fictitious.
Thank you Chris for what you said about that first verse. I agree. It's the reason I decided to share it... It's all about that first verse... Would like to mine and refine the rest of it - but I don't have the patience or bandwidth during FAWM to do this... onwards!
PS Congantulations on getting to well over 14 tunes this FAWM!!! Bravo!!!
Yay. You have taken the plunge into recording... and you passed 14 songs. Way to go!
I refuse to collaborate until you pick up your bass and record at least one and post it! [padlocks his itchy CBG] DON'T let that stop you writing! (It's just I haven't got a lot of time this FAWM
Hi Chris. Noted your first song, looks great.
Hi Chris! Glad you're a FAWMer! Garn
Happy FAWM to you
Get that bass working. You know you can do it!
Chocolate Jesus is so much of a fave of mine that it's in my repertoire 😀 I really hope you make use of a cigar box guitar SOOOOOON 😁
So good to meet a fellow bass player! We have a table reserved for us at the back of the FAWM clubhouse. 😉
Hey yo! Love cigar box guitars! Cheers, MB
Thank you so much! Here's to a great FAWM!
That's very kind of you, Mr G. Hope we get to collaborate.
Hey, have a great FAWM!!
Barrie, eh? My daughter used to live in Orillia.