Bosque Blues's Profile |
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Acoustic Blues Duo |
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| Location: | RIO RANCHO, New Mexico |
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| Last Login: | Sep 30, 2008 (452 days back) |
About Me |
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| Shawn and Eden are both professional firefighters in the Albuquerque area. They started playing together in September 2007. They both have played with other bands for many years. Our focus is acoustic blues and blues based classic rock. But we do have some other genres that we play. | |
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Music:Member Since: 12/23/2007Band Members: Shawn Williams- Harmonica, Lead Vocals, Guitar. Shawn is from Tucson, Arizona. Raised mostly on a small ranch south of there. He met his wife in Tucson and they moved to Albuquerque in 1998 for a better fire department job. He started playing harmonica about 2002. He played many intruments growing up. Such as violin, trombone, piano, mandolin and guitar. His affection for blues music happened upon learning the harmonica and exploring its possiblities. Shawn plays in another band as well playing more classic and contemporary rock and heavier blues (read louder). Shawn has studied under Jason Ricci, Chris Mechalek and Michael Rubin (Rockers in the Rockies I), and David Barrett (Harmonica Masterclass). Influences include- Sonny Boy Williamson I and II; Little Walter; Pat Ramsey; Jason Ricci; Kim Wilson; Muddy Waters; Howlin' Wolf; Paul Butterfield; James Cotton; William Clarke; Sugar Ray Norsica Eden Copping- Lead Guitar, Vocals/Lead Vocals Born and bred in the western suburbs of Melbourne Australia. Meeting and marrying a Minnesota girl, He and his new wife moved to St Paul MN in 2000, Not enjoying the climate in winter much (bloody cold!) they moved to Albuquerque in 2001. Eden started playing guitar from an early age then Taking classical guitar in his teens while playing rock and metal as well . He Played in numerous cover bands as lead guitarist in Australia ranging in music from Pat Benatar and Baby Animals to Pearl Jam, Rage Against the machine and Soundgarden. Largely self taught Eden's influences are Mark Knopfler, SRV, Gary Moore, Jeff Healey, Ian Moss (Aussie), Ry cooder, Neil Schon, EVH, BB King, Robert Johnson, Joe Satriani. Steve Vai, and Tommy Emmanuel(Aussie). Influences: Songs we play Mystery Train Dust My Broom-Robert Johnson Let the Good Times Roll-BB King Ice Cream Man 1Bourbon, 1Scotch, 1Beer-John Lee Hooker So Glad I'm Livin'-Sonny Boy Williamson II Hell Cat-John Long Help Me-Willie Dixon Bad Moon Rising-CCR Harmonica Rag-Sonny Terry Oh Baby-Little Walter Good Morning Little Schoolgirl-Sonny Boy I Got My Mojo Working-Muddy Waters Blue on Black-Kenny Wayne Shepherd Me and My Crazy Self-Jeff Healey Honky Tonk Key-Buddy Flett Move On-Jet Get Rythm-Johnny Cash It Stoned Me-Van Morrison Spoonful-Willie Dixon Stuck in the Middle-Jeff Healey Walk Away Blues-Sonny Terry/Ry Cooder Walkin' By Myself-James Lane Feeling Bad Blues-Ry Cooder Bye Bye Bird-Sonny Boy II Folsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash Great Balls of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis Ring of Fire-Johnny Cash The Thrill is Gone-BB King Eyesight to the Blind-SBII Billie Jean-Chris Cornell version Hoochie Coochie Man-Willie Dixon Boom, Boom, Boom-John Lee Hooker Working on- Down in the Flood-Dylan Mustang Sally-Wilson Pickett Sounds Like: Record Label: Spitfire Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues / Acoustic / Rock) |
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My Blog |
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holding pattern |
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| we are in a bit of a holding pattern for a short bit. Eden is off on "holiday" (as the Aussies put it). my computer went down and had to get a new one. i am back up and should be able to make a new de... Posted by Bosque Blues on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:08:00 PST |
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New songs! and Copeland’s |
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| We got a new recorder to capture more of our live sound which always seems to be way better than our recordings so far. Check out the top one. It is the new Chris Cornell version. Didn't think that wo... Posted by Bosque Blues on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:58:00 PST |
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new tunes |
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| Ok, i failed to mention that the new Viva Viagra spoof is called "Viva Mylanta". it's about a guy who goes out and drinks too much and gets a terrible hangover...i know that's never happened to a... Posted by Bosque Blues on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:58:00 PST |
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original material |
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| Well, we have begun working on original songs! we have over 35 covers in our arsenal now. Eden has a funny parody written around the Viva Viagra commercials, and I have at least song 2 ideas goin... Posted by Bosque Blues on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:33:00 PST |
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Copelands |
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| A big thanks to Copelands of New Orleans restaurant! we have done 2 gigs there and had a great time! They treated us very well and the patrons had very nice things to say to us! We will be scheduling ... Posted by Bosque Blues on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:51:00 PST |
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Rio Rancho Library gig |
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| Thanks to all who came out to the Rio Rancho Library to see us! We got very good feedback. Eden and I had a great time too. Not bad for our first time out! We were able to give lots of background on t... Posted by Bosque Blues on Sat, 10 May 2008 08:04:00 PST |
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We’re on the boards! |
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| Gigs are booking up! we have filled up May and 1 week of April. We planned on 1-2 gigs per month and so far are gearing up for a great summer. Come see us and support the establishments that we are pl... Posted by Bosque Blues on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:48:00 PST |
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new songs done! |
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| Our songs are done and up on our page. Feeling Bad Blues is the only one that is from the previous recording. Eden wants to redo that one as well, so it will be replaced as well. Let us know what you ... Posted by Bosque Blues on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:26:00 PST |
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In the studio |
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| We are in the process of laying down new demo songs in the recording studio at Spitfire Records. To be honest we weren't very happy with the songs we have up right now. They were done in my livingroom... Posted by Bosque Blues on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:00:00 PST |
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