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Steve McTaggart : Blues-rocking the South Pacific |
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| Location: | Auckland, |
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| Last Login: | Aug 5, 2008 (475 days back) |
About Me |
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Listen to Buddy Guy and Junior Wells play "Help me" From "Chicago, the Blues, Today" (1965 I think) I and you will know what Im looking for.I remember the first time I wanted to play this kind of music. I was 11 years old and my older sister was moving to Australia. Sad, I know but she left behind her record collection including the “Most Of the Animals” album. Eric Burden doing John Lee hooker tunes. What more could you ask for, in New Zealand, in the 1960’s, The first record I brought was Sgt Peppers. Next came Eric Clapton and Hendrix. I bought my first Fender Stratocaster at age 18 and it was all down hill from there. Hearing Peter Green play "Need your Love so Bad" changed my life. All of the notes you could ever need were in that song. The rest is my history.
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Music:Member Since: 9/9/2006Band Website: myspace.com/bluesguitargang Band Members: Make your own Banner Here! Make your own Banner Here! Band members Steve McTaggart& Benson Road Stephen McTaggart :Guitar & Vocals Blueprint: Stephen McTaggart :Guitar & Vocals Peter Reeks: Keyboards, Bass and Vocals ,Richard Linklater: Drums Roundhouse Jazz Quartet: Stephen McTaggart :Guitar & Vocals Tony Ramsay Keyboards, Bass and Vocals Don Weller: Bass and Vocals Influences:Stephen likes the following...Peter Green, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton. Stevie Ray, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Beatles, Jeff Beck, Chicken Shack, Alan Lavis, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Freddy, Albert, BB King, Grant Green, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, and Jimi Hendrix (its hard to know where to stop) Sounds Like: Sounds like For Blues, it sounds a bit like Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac mixed with Jimmie Vaughn mixed with Bluesbreakers Eric clapton with a little Freddie King thrown in for good measure. For the Jazz/blues stuff, Its equal parts Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, George Benson and Wes Montgomery. But most important of all is having the right tone!!! Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues / Jazz / Blues) |
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My Blog |
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Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street |
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The man is bitter here.... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:02:00 PST |
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Chittlin Circuit Magazine and Radio does feature on Mike Dollins |
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Chittlin' Circuit Magazine and Radio just did a great write up on Mike Dollins,This is great news and actually great treatment, from such a large promoter of blues, jazz, soul, R&B a... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:27:00 PST |
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Mark Kerr's Podcast show featuring Steve McTaggart |
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| Hi guys, Just a quick note to let you know that Steve McTaggart is featuring alongside those great guitar players in The Blues Guitar gang on Mark Kerr's Blues Nation Show #13.
Here's t... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:21:00 PST |
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Steve McTaggart featured on Blues and Jazz web site |
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| Steve McTaggart has been featured on Mike Dollins' excellent Blues and Jazz news web page. It is a great honour to be featured alongside Johhny Mannion and other Blues and Jazz greats. I thank M... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST |
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Strat owners volume loss |
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| You strat owners out there!!! Do you have that annoying drop in volume on you high e string? I Use 10-46 and put an 11 on the top this helps a bit. I really dont want to use a humbucker.I have a 73 su... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST |
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Guitar tones (how unusual) |
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| I have the slight problem of having a good amp and guitar (64 Blackface Fender Twin) which sounds great for clean tones but to get a spanking blues tone you have to put in on 7.... kind of loud for mo... Posted by Steve McTaggart & Benson Road on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:11:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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