9 August 2025
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Today’s sing around session was in Mo’s back garden rather than at Thorpe Acre church, and blessed with glorious sunshine. I decided to take my banjo for this one – plenty of space for a double bass but I’m going … Continue reading
10 February 2024
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It was a slightly quieter session today although still well attended with plenty going on. That meant I ended up leading on four songs, starting with Wayfaring Stranger. D minor is definitely a better key for me than the A … Continue reading
4 June 2021
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The first of the three tracks I recorded for level 3 of Players Path on Scott’s Bass Lessons was called Bloozy. It’s a 12/8 blues with some neat chromaticisms thrown in:
6 June 2020
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There’s an old blues song called Nobody’s Fault But Mine. Originally it came from Blind Willie Johnson in 1927 (and not Led Zeppelin in 1976) and the theme is that, if you don’t read your Bible, it’s your own fault … Continue reading
8 November 2019
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I was out at a blues gig tonight – Dawson and the Creekers at The Golden Fleece in Loughborough. It was a fairly acoustic set (discounting the electric guitar and mics for the vox and harmonica) but at a volume … Continue reading
22 September 2019
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In the words of Curtis, the wise old soul from The Blues Brothers (1980), “… you get wise, you get to church!”. Church comes in lots of shapes, sizes and flavours but one that might suit Jake and Elwood is … Continue reading
16 June 2019
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In a short while, I’ll be packing up my double bass ready to head out a support a Blues Service being held at Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry tonight. What is one of those? It is an hour set aside to … Continue reading
23 July 2018
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Guess which blues artist I’ve been doing covers of tonight? Mudslide came round to record a few Muddy Waters tune; we got him set up and then ran a few tracks through my Zoom H1 into Logic 10. I got … Continue reading
3 February 2018
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Years ago, when I was first getting into music, I remember making a couple of mix-tape cassettes which I think I entitled ‘Jazz, Rock and the Blues’. My second track created with the RPM challenge in mind was originally intended … Continue reading
25 January 2018
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Tonight is Burns Night but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow for my haggis, neeps and tatties because I’ve got to get off to a gig instead. My double bass gets an outing with Mudslide Morris and the acoustic Revelators … Continue reading