"If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all"

Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan - Born Under A Bad Sign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeLddbrzsHk

#SignsAndSignals
#JukeboxFridayNight
#blues

18 minuti di puro blues e di pura bellezza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgwySiWApQ

I watched this iris open over the course of just a few hours.

Having released this statement into the algorithmic void of FB, I might as well also release it into the non-algorithmic void of Mastodon.

At the end of this month I'm a hosting a very special exhibition and music launch night to celebrate the music of my late father Kydric. We lost him far too soon in 2018, to melanoma, just after he turned 70.

Amongst the many objects he left behind were a collection of four-track tape reels. He had been carting these around since they were recorded, throughout the 70s. A couple of these reels contained studio recorded tracks of his first band 'Axis' (named after the Jimi Hendrix album). Another reel contained a complete live set from the same band recorded at The Royal Hotel, Bondi.

I always knew that my Dad was a talented guitar player. Indeed, his blistering playing is the centrepiece of these recordings. What I didn't know was how many of his own songs he wrote and recorded. They showcase his ability to write a catchy hook, sing with heart, and most impressively for the time, self-record with a band and self-engineer to professional quality in a self-built studio (he was also an electronics prodigy).

Although he would go on to write and play in The Agents, who released a few EPs, these Axis recordings, to my knowledge, were never released publicly release in any form. With the help of his friend and contemporary Alan Arthur, I am finally giving these firmly analogue songs a well-deserved digital release.

These songs are a time capsule of the Sydney rock scene of the late 70s, but more importantly they speak to the singular, unique and largely unheralded talents of my dad. Throughout his life he was humble and generous to others, sometimes to a fault. In these early days though, just before I was born, his ambition, intent and raw talent was on full display, and is fully captured in these recordings.

These songs are worth hearing, and worth sharing. It's my privilege to finally be sharing them with the world.

More information: kydricshaw.com
Bandcamp: kydricshaw.bandcamp.com

Nous vous invitons à écouter « Quelle allégresse ! », une chanson extraite de notre deuxième album. Actuellement en train de travailler sur une version vinyle, n'hésitez pas à nous soutenir financièrement si vous appréciez notre univers musical et engagé. Si vous vous laissez tenter, c'est par là (contreparties proposées) : https://duogallus.fr/aidez-nous-a-financer-notre-deuxieme-album/ Toute contribution, même modeste, est la bienvenue !

Mail Box Blues #illustration #dessin #drawing #BlackAndWhite #NoirEtBlanc #encredechine #indianink #blues #bluesman #guitar #guitarist #mailbox #musician #musicians

Le mardi 11 mars à 17h10, nous interprèterons plusieurs de nos compositions en direct sur AlterNantes FM, accessible via Internet (https://www.alternantesfm.net/), mais aussi sur 98.1 FM à Nantes, et 91.0 FM à Saint-Nazaire. Entre autres, nous chanterons le « Blues de Paris » que vous pouvez écouter avec ce message. Pour vous reconnaître dans les paroles, il vous suffit de changer le mot « Paris » par le nom de votre ville.

En pièce jointe, vous pourrez écouter « Papillon de nuit », une chanson (sous licence CC BY-NC-SA) extraite de notre deuxième album. Si elle vous plaît, n'hésitez pas à nous apporter votre soutien financier pour une édition vinyle de cet opus : https://liberapay.com/Gallus/donate

Nous sommes des artistes vivants ! C'est maintenant qu'il faut nous donner un coup de pouce, pas dans cinquante ans !

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band excels at resurrecting ghosts. Honeysuckle is another powerful release in the trio's catalogue, anchored by Peyton's righteous, frenetic delivery. Too often musicians treat the blues with a sense of reverence or, worse, a novelty.Honeysuckle is red-blooded music for people who insist on experiencing all of life.

https://buff.ly/41czPdZ

Cigarettes and Whiskey, Crows and Blues.
G.
A man sits on his porch playing blues guitar accompanied by two crows.
Original art made by hand.

[Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/cigarettes-and-whiskey-crows-and-blues-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

Bonjour (vu l'heure) et toujours (parce qu'il nous reste au moins ça)

Encore en train de brasser du petit mobilier, des cartons et tous les objets qui font des fils tetris entre les pièces

Heureusement, il y des petits instants musicaux comme celui-ci

https://maddogfriedman.bandcamp.com/track/hard-time-killing-floor-blues-featuring-lionel-young-on-violin-live