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strayhorn |
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| Location: | London, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | May 14, 2008 (149 days back) |
About Me |
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| When we were kids and first listened to music on the radio and TV in the early sixties a distinctive sound could be heard colouring certain popular songs. We had no idea where it came from, or what it was, we only felt it touching us. Later we discovered that the sound had deep roots, in time and space. Growing up we got the itch to try to make that sound ourselves, to play and sing our blues, to cry and shout, weep and howl. Like the majority of blues players always have been, we are part time musicians, working at other jobs over the years to make a living, dragging our tails around in obscure bands when the music we loved was far from the spotlight. We stumbled into each other a few years back, and finding a connection, have persisted in attempting to make something out of it together. The countless black American musicians who created and nurtured the genre, made their music out of their own sorrows and joys, and the many injustices inflicted upon them and their people. In our circumstances and times we feel the need to try to expand the territory occupied by the music, while remaining within its general compass. Most of us in the west are no longer working on the killing floor but there is still plenty to sing the blues about. Gasoline Based on the central riff and opening lines of I Asked For Water by Howling Wolf, we imagine the words coming from a conscript soldier in a far off land whose officers have sent gasoline instead of water, leaving him stranded. At a wider level it alludes to the gulf between real human needs and what the globalised corporate machine seeks to provide us with. My Baby Don't Cry No More Bayou blues based on two themes that lay sleeping for over twenty years. Shilling Slow jazz-blues in G. Can't Beat The Kid Cover of an Eddie Hinton composition that we first heard on John Hammond's 1975 album of the same name. Gillett Street Blues An observation of street life in a poor district of London that strays into a commentary on the misadventures and hypocrisy of the Bush and Blair administrations in the Middle East. "The blues are fantastically paradoxical and, by all logical and historical odds, they ought not to have come into being. I'm absolutely certain that no one predicted their advent" Richard Wright: from the foreword to Paul Oliver's Blues Fell This Morning Paris 1959. |
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Music:Member Since: 5/26/2006Band Members: Paul Ferreira:: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica: Andrew Nighthawk:: Guitar, vocals: Nic Poulson:: Bass: , vocals: Stefan Cusaco:: Drums: Carla and the Delta Draytones:: Backing vocals on Gillett Street Blues: Influences: Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox ! Sounds Like: Click to download tracks from Tunetribe Record Label: tunetribe.com Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues) |
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Onda Jazz |
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| Wednesday night at Onda Jazz is open mike night or 'Palco Aberto' in Portuguese. The venue is to be found up a steep flight of steps in Arco de Jesus in the Alfama district of Lisbon, and at... Posted by Strayhorn on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:43:00 PST |
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Ponto Sete Jazz + Blues Bar |
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| This intimate and friendly bar in Ericeira, 50km north of Lisbon, Portugal is a great place for anyone who wants to spend an evening listening or playing blues or jazz. Most nights in the summer you'l... Posted by Strayhorn on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:36:00 PST |
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Paul Ferreira, The Blues Archives, The Blues, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, Gil, Jan James, John Hammond, Tom Waits, J.J. Cale, Bonnie Raitt, Nick Drake, John martyn, Van Morrison, Laura Nyro, Jaz, Frank Farka, Leila, Emma, Becky's bluesin' again, Dave Harnetty, Jane Bostock, Brown Dog Jonez, Juliet Kelly, Oxfam GB, HACKNEY, TRISH'S TOP TRACKS, Noam, André Kertész, Françoise ADDmedia Photography, Katfish Karr, Blues Buddha, APRYL HILL, Bob Long, CHICAGO RED, The Tone Kings, Dennis Herrera Blues Band featuring Julie Long, the bluesman, Egg Yolk Jubilee, Phil Hoolahan slide, Ken Wade, jessAlicia, Megan, ~ Lady_Into_Blues ~, Blues Guitar, Ninure da "Warrior" Hippie, ViBeJays, Elmore Magazine, Annalee, Theresa, Link Wray’s Raymen® Official MySpace Site, Don Gabbert, Rising Stars Magazine, Andre & The J-Tones, "late night jazz", Moonlight Label, World in Common, McKENNA, Clark's Picks, Young Rebel Goombas, Rene'e, Anthony Payton, matt morrow, Wasis Diop, The Jooks of Kent, Radio Positive Energie e.V., Maria, The "Underground" BLUES HALL of FAME, Hot Clube de Portugal
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