He's either very clever or very disturbed (maybe both?). Either way, Son of Dave's music is very catchy and pretty bluesy to boot. Scroll down his page to find "Bonkers".
I'd really like to try the looping thing he does, in spite of the fact that I'm a little afraid it might make me a little loopy like S.o.D....
Dec 6, 2009
Nov 29, 2009
'New' amp
Just finished knocking together something to carry around my latest find. I bought this Newcomb amp (an old tube PA) on E-Bay cheap. Replaced 1 tube & she sings!
Sounds pretty sweet, IMO, although the cabinet work yours truly did looks pathetic up close. I like the fact that it has a dedicated AUX input and Line Outs so I can run it thru the PA for more volume.
This little beastie uses a pair of 6V6's. (& a couple of 6-something-or-others in the pre-amp section).
As you can see in the second photo, I mounted the power supply remotely in the bottom of the cab like a reverb tank to save space since the chassis originally was unusually shaped.
Construction is pine & birch plywood.
Cab is loaded with 2 8" car audio speakers. 4 ohm impedance.
FOLLOW-UP: The amp lasted half-way through the BAr Pink gig (it's 2nd outing) before dropping most of it's volume & tone. Not sure what the problem is; I'll have to take it to an amp tech for help. It's interesting that my band-mates "thought it sounded fine, except for the volume not being as loud"...what does that say about me?
Jun 28, 2009
Richard Sleigh interviews Dennis Greunling
If you're not familiar with Dennis Gruenling, I suggest you check him out - he's worth listening to. In fact, Dennis is a real student of the genre - virtually a blues historian.
The reason I'm posting these interviews here is because of a crucial point Dennis makes:You have to listen to what the OBGs (Original Blues Guys) listened to if you're going to really understand the music. Listen to too much modern music & you only hear PART of the story, filtered through someone else's soul. You have to hear this stuff undistilled, go back to the source, to really hear the music for what it was before it was covered, interpreted, remade into something else. It's like making a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy...get too many generations from the source and what comes out is almost unrecognizeable and certainly doesn't contain all the information, nuance, subtlety of the original. Imagine what the Constitution would look like if it had to be small enough to post on twitter, or what the Mona Lisa would look like if DaVinci were only allowed charcoal and an 8x10 canvas.
OK, so you're not interested in in playing just like it's already been done. Good. But how can your interpretation be authentic if you don't know what the source was?
The other part of the lesson here for musicians, i think, is to make yourself an expert on what you're doing and find every possible way you can to get yourself out there.
The reason I'm posting these interviews here is because of a crucial point Dennis makes:You have to listen to what the OBGs (Original Blues Guys) listened to if you're going to really understand the music. Listen to too much modern music & you only hear PART of the story, filtered through someone else's soul. You have to hear this stuff undistilled, go back to the source, to really hear the music for what it was before it was covered, interpreted, remade into something else. It's like making a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy...get too many generations from the source and what comes out is almost unrecognizeable and certainly doesn't contain all the information, nuance, subtlety of the original. Imagine what the Constitution would look like if it had to be small enough to post on twitter, or what the Mona Lisa would look like if DaVinci were only allowed charcoal and an 8x10 canvas.
OK, so you're not interested in in playing just like it's already been done. Good. But how can your interpretation be authentic if you don't know what the source was?
The other part of the lesson here for musicians, i think, is to make yourself an expert on what you're doing and find every possible way you can to get yourself out there.
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