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Benefit for Larry Garner at Phil Bradys

         

   

        

Happy 50th Birthday Kenny Neal
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'Lil' Ray Neal Band wins BRBS Blues Challenge

'Lil' Ray

Bam Bam

Charlie Hall

Darnell Neal

Music In The Schools
Students at Walker Elementary

Miscellaneous

       

A Few Red Stick Bisquitheads 2007

 

 

Phil Brady's Summer of Love with
Rev Rob & The Original Sinners

 

Rockin' at Teddy's Juke Joint

 

  

       

 

     

 

     
     

Fun at Phil Brady's

    

     

      

 
 

 

 
 

     

 

 

Miscellaneous  Steppin' Out

          
 

 

 
 
          
             
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Blues fun stuff    http://www.moblues.org/fun_stuff.htm

 

Blues transportation:

- Chevys
- Cadillacs
- a Greyhound bus
- a southbound train
- walkin'

Not Blues transportation:

- Beemers
- hot air balloons
- escalators
- canoes

You can sing the Blues if:

- you shot a man in Memphis
- you can't be satisfied
- "The man" doesn't like you
- you're an old black man
- you're blind
- you play the guitar or piano

You can't sing the Blues if:

- you are a teenager
- you are from North Dakota
- you wear a suit
- you have an IRA
- you play the oboe

Blues names:

- Sadie
- Big Mama
- Bessie
- Lightnin'
- Johnson
- Willie
- Joe (including Big, Old or Blind, but not Little)

Not Blues names:

- Sierra
- Buffy
- Chauncey
- Chad
- Julio Iglesias
- Barbara Streisand

Blues liquids:

- wine from a bottle in a sack
- Irish whiskey from a dirty glass
- muddy water (usually not for drinking)

Not Blues liquids:

- bottled spring water
- any mixed drink or a drink with a little umbrella in it
- mocha decaf
- kosher wine

Blues colors:

- blue
- brown
- black
- rusty

Not Blues colors:

- violet
- beige
- mauve

Blues lines:

- woke up this morning
- you ask for water and yo baby give you gasoline
- ma baby done left me
- in a flea bag hotel
- stabbed in the back
- fixin' to die

Not Blues lines:

- while getting liposuction treatment
- after the a tennis match
- I'm a cheerleader

 

 

How do you get a guitarist to play slower?
Put music in front of him.

What do you throw a drowning guitar player?
His amp.

Why did the bass player get mad at the drummer?
He turned a tuning peg, and wouldn't tell which one.

How do you get a bass player off your doorstep?
Pay for the pizza.

Why do sax players prefer the alto sax to the soprano sax?
The soprano sax doesn't have a place to put your beer?

Drummer Jokes:

What do you call a drummer without a girl friend?
Homeless.

Did you hear about the time the bass player locked his keys in the car?
It took two hours to get the drummer out.

What sentence do drummers use the least?
"Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?

A drummer tried to teach himself to play the flute.
After practicing for months, he still could not get a good tone from it.
He finally decided that he was hitting it too hard with the stick.

What's the difference between a savings bond and a drummer?
Someday the bond will mature and make some money.

Oxymoron - snare drum music.

How late does the band play tonight?
About half a beat behind the drummer.

What's the first thing drummers do in the morning?
Walk home.

 

 

Is It The Blues?       Listen and Vote

Is it the Blues?

Well it depends on your definition of Blues music. Some fans take the academic approach,
some the emotional. To some, it's the groove that matters, to others, it's a matter of race.
Are the Blues an historical artifact, or are they still alive?
"Is it the Blues" is a chance to calibrate your Blues radar. Listen to the following clips from
recent releases and rate their Blues worthiness in this Blues music challenge. Just listen and
vote. This will require RealPlayer to listen to the clips.
If you can't tell Blues music from Rock and Roll, here's how.

Ready to take the Blues music challenge?
Listen, vote and play

"Is It The Blues?"

 

The History and Art of Playing Blues Harp When you listen to the bending moan of a harmonica, you know you are listening to the Blues. The harmonica, (harp, mouth organ, Georgia saxophone), along with the guitar, are the most distinctive of Blues instruments. Some will say it's not Blues without them. Born in Europe, this convenient party tool became a basic sound in American music. But the question still lingers, should you blow or suck? In the mid-1800's the most famous name in harmonicas, Matthias Hohner, took the basic design and introduced the instrument to America. His business skill, and a hard working immigrant sales force, spread the harp around the country. Just like todays marketing of musical instruments with celebrity endorsements, Hohner used John Phillip Sousa to promote his product. The fact that most people could afford a harmonica was the biggest reason for it's success. Air is blown through a channel and over a reed that vibrates to produce the tone. Line up several channels and reeds and you have a basic harmonica. This only works when air is blown in past the reed, there is no sound when air is sucked back through. An identical set of reeds, only in reverse so that a tone is produced when air is sucked in though the reed, is added to make a modern harmonica. The way harmonicas are configured and tuned vary. The chromatic harp contains the standard notes in half-step intervals, in other words, all the notes you see on a piano. The common harmonica only contains the notes in diatonic scale in the key specified on the cover plate. So if you have a harp with a C on the cover plate, when you blow it, you will play a C chord. The reverse reeds will sound when you suck and will play a G chord. The combination of blowing and sucking is how the instrument is mastered. By now you're blowing and sucking on your harmonica saying "that doesn't sound like the Blues". When you blow on the downbeat and suck on the upbeat you are playing in a major scale. The secret to Blues harmonica is to suck on the downbeat and blow on the upbeat creating a minor or Blues scale. There now, play the Blues! One of the most appealing sounds a harmonica can make is a bent note. Blues music is based on a minor scale with bent notes or "blue notes" that bridge between notes. To bend a note you have to contort your mouth and tongue to change the pitch. These are the moaning and wailing sounds that are typical of the pain in Blues music. With the combination of price, portability, and expression, the harmonica was born to play the Blues. Many artists such as Little Walter, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, and Rod Piazza became masters and stars with the harp. They have also been a curse to every Blues band on the planet when less-than-accomplished harmonica players attempt to sit in on a tune. Played well, a harmonica can make you cry or make you dance.

                                                                
    

     

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