Archive for June, 2011

pretty good gig #23 with Charles Williams, guitarist, songwriter, composer, playright

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Charles Williams is an interesting and talented guy. A great guitarist, he also does an incredible amount of writing. I always figure if the conversation interests me, it will interest someone else. We talked about a bunch of stuff including:
Bonaventure Quartet
MEX Strat

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Bernadette Seacrest
guitar modification
gigging in France
Jimmy Herring
Chinese Les Paul
Hendrix
Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughn “Stevie never played the same thing once!”
Caroline Herring

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pretty good gig #22 with Brian Ashley Jones, singer/songwriter, June 8, 2011

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Brian Ashley Jones is a really great singer songwriter musician whose music covers a bunch of styles and venues. Brian is at home playing blues, jazz, Americana and a bunch of other stuff. He talks about working with Donna Hopkins and songwriting. It’s an interesting road he’s been on and continues to travel! He currently is touring with Tisha Simeral, who is a fantastic bassist. One interesting aspect of this conversation is the idea of working in different markets to keep the schedule full – a different take on multiple income streams.

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