Buddha
1908 posts
May 31, 2010
6:15 PM
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I played a duo show with Paris James this afternoon and the crowd reaction was tremendous.
I really enjoyed playing that old school acoustic blues and Paris is the real deal. Paris brought his manager out to meet me and they asked me to tour Europe with him starting in late Aug. We're still working out the details but if the money is there for me, I'm going to do it.
They are trying to get me on some of the summer festivals too so I might be playing around the US fairly soon.
This is a link to Paris' solo album. He's the real deal and I think we make the perfect harmonica guitar harmonica duo especially with some of the marvin gaye, neville brother and other motown stuff mixed in.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/parisjames/from/allrecordlabels
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"Musicians are the architects of heaven"
Last Edited by on May 31, 2010 6:19 PM
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Bb
204 posts
May 31, 2010
6:17 PM
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Ha!
-Bob
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Bb
205 posts
May 31, 2010
6:18 PM
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Go get a bloozman hat, Buddha!
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Buddha
1909 posts
May 31, 2010
6:21 PM
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ttt- I don't know what the text was empty but I fixed it.
Man, I wish our show this afternoon was recorded. We sounded good!!! It was the kind of thing where people were throwing $10 and $20 bills at our feet. I walked out with $86 in tips and that was half!
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ZackPomerleau
888 posts
May 31, 2010
7:41 PM
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It'd be cool if you made it around this area, New England like Boston, Manchester, or Maine somewhere.
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Blown Out Reed
154 posts
May 31, 2010
7:45 PM
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Blow dem Blues Buddha!
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"Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress." — John Wooden
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Nastyolddog
815 posts
May 31, 2010
8:22 PM
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You will need some fine threads,
but i would advise you to stay away from dressing in white and whearing a big cow boy hat,
not unless looking like Boss hog is your thing:)
Last Edited by on May 31, 2010 8:28 PM
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AW
34 posts
May 31, 2010
8:26 PM
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Awesome!
(will you finish my harps before you go?)
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The Gloth
391 posts
Jun 01, 2010
12:54 AM
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Cool ! If you cross Belgium, I'll check you out.
Last Edited by on Jun 01, 2010 12:55 AM
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Zhin
435 posts
Jun 01, 2010
2:52 AM
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I'm happy for you man.
You never cease to surprise!
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http://www.youtube.com/harmonicazhin
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htownfess
115 posts
Jun 01, 2010
4:47 AM
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Buddha, I think you should rock a turban and Ray-Bans like Kim Wilson used to do in the early T-Bird days. You could pull that off. Prescription Ray-Bans in your case--I've tried a friend's and one can see quite well in a darkened venue if you choose the right shade. Probably a tiger-skin blazer like J.B. Lenoir used to wear, maybe a leopard print one too so you can alternate on tour. White shirt, black pants w/ cummerbund. Black dress shoes and socks. Merge J.B. Lenoir with Sam the Sham.
Unless you can figure out a "Buddha of the Blues" look. Maybe a black kufi to represent the hair, Ray-Bans, long earrings, flowing robes?
Whatever shows Jason Ricci a thing or two about outrageous blues attire/persona. Why should he have all the fun?
Forgive me for not saying sooner that I listened to the "Hoochie Coochie" clip first, and the moment I heard the 7th chord arpeggio, I thought to myself, "Damn, if I were elsewhere in the building and heard that, I would know there was one harp-playing ************* in the house somewhere." That is the sound of someone who can play the covers off a diatonic, never mind about genre; it is a rare player who can make a simple, basic lick sound that good. Of course, James Cotton achieves that level with EVERY basic blues lick, but that's why he's James Cotton and the rest of us aren't :-).
Glad to think of you having fun with it and making some money.
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Ev630
521 posts
Jun 01, 2010
4:54 AM
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Oh the irony! The exquisite irony! ;)
I'm happy for you Buddha. That should be a fun gig. But I also agree with 'Fess. Ditch the cargo shorts and Tees and get yourself some decent threads for SHOW TIME.
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Buddha
1911 posts
Jun 01, 2010
7:40 AM
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Brandon Bailey has this Tiger Woods look I really like. I might do that.
I might not be touring until next year. Right now the money simply isn't there for me since several contracts are already in place. They are working on it but they might not be able re-work all of them and I can't be playing for free.
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Last Edited by on Jun 01, 2010 7:42 AM
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Ev630
524 posts
Jun 01, 2010
7:59 AM
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Hope they can afford to stretch to a real drum kit. The Mattel kit doesn't do the band any justice.
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Joe_L
308 posts
Jun 01, 2010
8:11 AM
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It sounds like some of you guys have watched the Blues Brothers one time too many.
@Buddha - Congrats, soon you will be making tens of dollars a night!
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ZackPomerleau
891 posts
Jun 01, 2010
1:59 PM
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Buddha, push for Maine/New England!!!
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hvyj
385 posts
Jun 01, 2010
6:29 PM
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Well, as the story goes, the difference between playing jazz and playing blues is that jazz musicians play hundreds of notes for a half dozen people and blues musicians play a half dozen notes for hundreds of people.
The moral of the story has more to to with economics than music.
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