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Big Wayne shares his passion and his mission to support Music and Entrepreneurship. In this Blog Wayne explores the topics of his passion and shares the concepts and creations he encounters both good and some times bad. From electronics, cooking, music, and Green alternatives. Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-21245586026783069022012-11-02T18:06:00.000-07:002012-11-02T18:06:22.806-07:00Soap soon to be made with 100% solar power and Muscle!We are working on a solar heater to heat the water and solar power for electricity so the entire process will be more green and earth friendly! Currently we use gas to heat the water and we hand mix. So its still pretty earth friendly and green. But it will help us to be better people to use less to make more and try to keep the planet Green and Blue.Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-41137322255668235472012-11-02T17:23:00.001-07:002012-11-08T02:20:44.728-08:00Blues in schools donation of 10% from purchase of BIG Bucket of Suds.Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-47451440203092547412012-10-31T22:39:00.002-07:002012-10-31T22:39:56.383-07:00Ok Gang, So here we are at another month of many, where I have been not so good about posting. I wear allot of hats and sometimes I forget or simple run out of time to post.. Iam going to try and be better about that now. I keep going back and fourth between my many Facebook pages and of course the magazine where most of my CD reviews have been this year. So if your missing my cd reviews be sure to go over to my Blues magazine www.Blues-E-News.com and check out the reviews. There is a review or two in every issue once a month since the beginning of 2012. I am trying to separate my different blogs by topics!<br />
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New, I am selling my hand made Liquid Laundry Detergents and soon soaps and more! I have "try a load on us" free samples available just $2 for shipping and handling. Just let me know and Ill get you a sample. Email me at: wayne@bigwayne.net subgect sample. Also planned in 2013 three e-books! AND YES one is a cook book! for all my foodies that have been following my posts in the mag and on Facebook! I am also still trying to get the video channel sponsored for my Blues In-Que (blues, interviews, and BBQ) during the 2013 festival season.Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-15962163559890012242012-07-12T18:11:00.001-07:002012-07-12T18:28:16.500-07:00Frank Gomez CD “Soul Resurrection”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 114%;">My favorite songs on this album are “Gift from Heaven,” “Gimme Little Sign”, and most of all the instrumental “Bumpin and thumpin,” nice and funky!</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-91930106329456941912011-08-23T01:51:00.000-07:002011-08-23T01:51:00.070-07:00Lou DeAdder <br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> </div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today we take a listen to Lou’s new CD “Number 5”</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Release date - May 1, 2010<br />
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Winner of the Durham Region Music Society's </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>"Best Blues Recording</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">2. Get It Up 4 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span> </div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">3. Aftermath 6 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">nice horns!</span></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">4. Crash and Burn 4 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">nice grind</span></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">5. Guitar Wank 6 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Nice guitar work</span></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">6. Jazzy 6 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">nice jazzy tune</span></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">7. Tight…Eh? 6 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★★★★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">this ones going on my IPOD</span></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">8. Curtains Calling 2 </span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho, serif;">★★ </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to repetitive for me</span></span></div><br />
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Band consists of Guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, sax Harmonica, keys/organ and background vocals. I personally would like to hear more of the Jazz Fusion. There is real talent here. As a trumpet player myself I have to say that horns are really nice and arranged well! I enjoyed this group and would like to here more. My favorite songs are track 3 track 5 track 7 all the jazz tunes with horns.. what can I say I like songs with good horn arrangements! So my blues fans please forgive me playing favorites to the Jazzy tunes on this album. My opinion these are the best of the songs on this Album! Band arrangements and Especially the jazzier tunes are reminiscent to the band Chicago while the more aggressive guitar playing brings in that fusion feel. The first song “low down feeling blues” is more of a slow honky tonk blues with nice harmonica highlights through out. Album feels a little like a compilation of different bands. But I enjoyed all the styles of music performed on this album.</span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.02in; margin-top: 0.02in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I look forward to review Lou’s next album, I understand it was recently released and is called “Headlights” as well another CD to be released in October 2011 called Ballads. </span></div><br />
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Big Wayne here. Well we're working on some exciting new opportunities for our Blues Lovers and thought you would like to hear some insights from me. <br />
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First we're finally getting ready to launch our Blues Newsletter. So we are looking for ideas from our little group on what you'd like to see in the newsletter. Also we will be offering a few advertising spots for Venues, Bands, Festivals or any other company looking to share their information with us. So please let us know your thoughts and interests on advertising!<br />
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Secondly, I have for a while wanted to webcast concerts and gigs on our site. If you are interested in some free publicity for your band, venue or event and would be able to provide a good video and audio feed live over the Internet, or if you can give us a good quality DVD of your band with written permission for us to broadcast it on our site, send me an email so we can talk!<br />
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Thirdly, I would like to get more members on our site. I want to do a membership drive! I am looking to our LBT community for support on this. But, I have received little help on this in past membership drives. I know it takes time and what's in it for you right? Well actually, There's a lot in it for you! The more members we have the more publicity you get! The more events you list, the more visitors will come back, which means more exposure! But hey, maybe you want more incentive. Last time I launched a membership drive I won first, second and third place for referring the most new members. LOL! It didn't really work out the way I wanted. So I was thinking... How about the three top referrals listed by new member sign ups will get:<br />
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Featured artist, venue, or member on our main page for two MONTHS! (one winner a month) (this is an advertisement spot so if you would rather have an ad, your choice).<br />
Featured on our members page for one year!<br />
Featured in our Newsletter (which we are about to launch) for two months. This is also an advertising spot, so your choice ad or band feature.<br />
A guaranteed CD review, Blues Reviews by Big Wayne! <br />
A quote about your venue or band, By Big Wayne & LiveBluesTonight.com! Good for promotional, and press releases. <br />
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Is that enough to get you to share our site with your email and contact list? I built and am maintaining this site all on my own and with little to no financial gain! And I am offering my time to help you! So help us all and give me your feedback, your help, and cooperation in promoting this site which helps us all.<br />
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Fourthly, I am looking for venues, Blues Event coordinators, Blues societies, Radio DJs, Bloggers and Writers.... We can help each other! Post your events! Write a review or blog and send me your RSS feed or repost on our site. Advertise and promote your content by starting a blog or discussion on our site! I will help you promote by directing readers to our site with your content! <br />
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As always I appreciate this opportunity to share our love for the blues and wish you all the best and sincere respect for your artistry and assistance!<br />
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Peace, Love and the Blues...<br />
Big Wayne<br />
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Visit Live Blues Tonight at: <a href="http://www.livebluestonight.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://www.livebluestonight.com/</span></a>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-50292282106406432502010-07-01T04:34:00.000-07:002010-07-01T04:34:56.020-07:00Energy Saving Suggestions<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Some energy saving suggestions I have accumulated over the web with some research!</span></b><br />
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Not only do light colors on your walls help conserve energy in your home, they also make your rooms feel brighter and more cheerful! If you are about to paint the walls in your home we suggest you use a low or zero VOC paint. <a _fcksavedurl="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/low-voc-paint.htm" href="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/low-voc-paint.htm">Check out this site from TLC for more information about how low-VOC paint</a> works.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h3>Dish Washer<span style="font-weight: normal;"> A dishwasher that is 90% full uses 4 units of electricity. If it is only 50% full, it still uses 3 units of electricity. Fill the dishwasher to save on your electric bill.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3>Energy Efficient Light Bulbs <span style="font-weight: normal;">Replacing a single incandescent bulb with an energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulb (one of those "squiggly bulbs") can save up to $50 over the bulb's lifetime. Check out <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.greenlite.ca/" href="http://www.greenlite.ca/">www.greenlite.ca</a> They have great Light bulbs to replace your old inefficient bulbs and save money being green. Site also has a great savings calculator!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><br />
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</h3><h3>Water Heater <span style="font-weight: normal;">Set your water heater to the “normal” setting or 120 degrees unless your dish washer requires a higher setting. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Buy a water heater blanket and keep your water heater insulated. You'll save $40 per year. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Water heater insulation blankets are designed for gas, oil or electric heaters. White vinyl backed fiberglass blanket. Includes adhesive tape for easy installation. Easy to install with scissors, measuring tape and pencil. Fits up to 60 gallons. *Be sure to leave the air intake vent uncovered when insulating a gas water heater! Insulate the hot water pipes leading from your hot water heater. Easy to do but might be hard to get to all the pipes! Take shorter showers. Wash clothes in cold water.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3>Energy Efficient Windows <span style="font-weight: normal;">Up to 16% of your heat can escape through unprotected windows. Close your drapes at night or install insulating shutters to retain heat. If you have a large expanse of glass that doesn't receive direct sun, keep the drapes closed as much as possible. You can also use Packing Bubble wrap and plastic draped in your window. May not be attractive but the energy savings could please your budget. <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"> You can also purchase and install a vinyl coating on your windows. This is less expensive than new windows and a reasonable investment for renters and smaller budgets. The film is applied to the inside window. <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Its benefits are:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Crystal Clear</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3>Other Drafty areas of consideration <span style="font-weight: normal;">Doors! You can buy inexpensive foam rubber insulation to easily seal out the warm sun and cold winter drafts around your doors. </span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Electrical Outlets can also transfer heat and cold from within the wall. You can use the same Foam rubber tape to seal the air from flowing through. Also you can use Spray Foam. But I don’t like this option as it makes it hard to rework on the fixture in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fire Place! Close the damper vent tightly when not in use.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Air conditioners and Swamp coolers! Don’t forget to winterize (seal temporarily or cover) your cooling units to keep the cold out!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3>Furniture? <span style="font-weight: normal;">The placement of your furniture is a consideration. Make sure your not sitting in the hot sun shining through the window. You’ll end up wanting the Air conditioner turned on! Also don’t block your heating and cooling system from doing its job just because the Armorer fits best in the spot covering the AC vent! </span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3>Vampire switch! <span style="font-weight: normal;">75% of electricity used by home electronics is consumed while "off". By using a power strip and switching off when not in use, you lessen CO2 emissions and reduce your energy bill. Its simple and cheap to buy a Power strip and plug your electronic devices into it. It can protect your equipment from harmful Power surges (if you buy one with Surge protection). And when not in use flip the switch to OFF! </span></h3><h3>What Kind of Washing Machine is More Energy Efficient? <span style="font-weight: normal;">When choosing your next washing machine, pick one with a front-loader. Front-loader models use <u>25% less energy</u> than a standard model.<br />
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Also, simply switching from a hot/warm cycle to a warm/cold cycle when washing laundry can save you 10 cents a load. That adds up when you think about how many loads of laundry you do a year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't forget to look for the Energy Star before making those big purchases!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/green-living.htm" href="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/green-living.htm">Check out this TLC site!</a></span></h3><h3>Heat and Air Conditioning Filters <span style="font-weight: normal;">Check your furnace and AC filters regularly. Cleaning or replacing filters once a month during periods of high use will insure proper air flow, promote better health, increase efficiency, and save money too.</span></h3><h3>Don’t use your Dryer! <span style="font-weight: normal;">During spring and summer months, line dry your clothes instead of using a clothes dryer. This can save you a lot of money each year.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3>Energy Efficient Thermostats Save You Money <span style="font-weight: normal;">Why pay for heat or AC you don't need? You can save energy and money by using a programmable thermostat. It can reduce your energy needs from heat or AC when you are at work, away at vacation, or asleep.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><o:p> </o:p></h3><h3>Attic and wall insulation <span style="font-weight: normal;">Take a look into the attic and see how much insulation you have. I bet you’ll notice how hot it is up there too. That is why you need a solar attic Fan. Anyway, take a ruler with you and see how much insulation you have. It should be light and fluffy! If it is squashed or settled in, than it is more likely to transfer heat and cold into your house. Here is a rating system I have come up with. </span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12 inches or more Excellent! <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9-12 inches Very Good! <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6-9 inches Good!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3-6 inches Fair!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Under 3 inches POOR!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Blow in Cellulose is an option for the do it yourself Handy man. You can rent the machine and buy the Cellulose blocks from many Hardware stores! Doing walls is a little trickier but if you have some Sheet rock skills and not afraid to paint, then you can do it! Also for exterior walls you can give your home a major modernization and a protective thermal coat by adding Poly Styrene Sheets followed by a new Stucco Coating. But this is a skilled project that will require a contractor and a bit more money. <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-install-blown-in-cellulose-insulation/index.html" href="http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-install-blown-in-cellulose-insulation/index.html">Check this site out. Detailed DIY How to step by step!</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3><u>Check out PG&E new online tools for information on your energy usage.<o:p></o:p></u></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here is the results of what PG&E’s new savings calculator says I could save from making some simple changes in my home. There new tool is pretty cool and intuitive.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Im sure the savings would be a bit different from house to house and especially for me in the Water heating area. I have 8 people in my house!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><u>Savings Opportunities <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Annual Savings</span> <o:p></o:p></u></h3><h3>Weatherization Doors and Windows:</h3><h3> Control air leakage <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$139 - $231</span></h3><h3>Water Heating:</h3><h3> Insulate water heater tank and hot water pipes <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$4 - $7</span></h3><h3>Install efficient shower heads <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$71 - $118</span></h3><h3>Lighting:</h3><h3> Use compact fluorescent bulbs in recessed fixtures <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$65 - $80</span></h3><h3> Replace halogen trochees <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$159 - $194</span></h3><h3> Use compact fluorescent bulbs in high-use lamps <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$52 - $64</span></h3><h3>Heating and Cooling</h3><h3> Install a programmable thermostat <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$65 - $108</span></h3><h3> Replace your central air conditioner <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$222 - $370</span></h3><h3> Replace your heating system <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$294 - $490</span></h3><h3> Seal leaks in ducts <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">$85 - $142</span></h3><div class="MsoNormal">Information taken from PG&E Smart energy Analyzer on-line.</div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody>
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</tbody> </table><h3><o:p>written by Wayne Rinehart </o:p></h3><h3><u><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Great resource websites:<o:p></o:p></span></u></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.conservingsaves.com/" href="http://www.conservingsaves.com/">www.ConservingSaves.com</a> Ways</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">to conserve energy and save you money<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.freecycle.org/" href="http://www.freecycle.org/">www.FreeCycle.org</a> Recycle your unwanted items to someone else in your community. <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><cite><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.simplysellular.com/" href="http://www.simplysellular.com/">www.simplysellular.com</a> These people will help sell or donate your old cell phone.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.swaptree.com/" href="http://www.swaptree.com/">www.SwapTree.com</a> Swap Books, CD’s, DVD’s and Video Games.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.greenlite.ca/" href="http://www.greenlite.ca/">www.greenlite.ca</a> Great Light bulbs to replace your old inefficient bulbs and save money being green. Site also has a great savings calculator!<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.solar-components.com/" href="http://www.solar-components.com/">www.solar-components.com</a> A neat site with some good resources and ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.windsun.com/" href="http://www.windsun.com/">www.windsun.com</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.greenpowerscience.com/" href="http://www.greenpowerscience.com/">www.greenpowerscience.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.tlc.howstuffworks.com/" href="http://www.tlc.howstuffworks.com/">www.tlc.howstuffworks.com</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diynetwork.com/" href="http://www.diynetwork.com/">www.diynetwork.com</a></span></h3>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-74838404628004583442010-03-26T19:53:00.000-07:002010-03-26T19:53:40.655-07:00Blues Reviews by Big Wayne: Al Wood and The Woodsmen CD Review<a href="http://livebluestonight.blogspot.com/2010/03/al-wood-and-woodsmen-cd-review.html?spref=fb">Blues Reviews by Big Wayne: Al Wood and The Woodsmen CD Review</a>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-86939035563405262102010-03-22T02:21:00.000-07:002010-03-22T02:21:00.155-07:00Al Wood and The Woodsmen CD ReviewToday we take a listen to Al’s new CD “Mood Swinging Blues”<br />
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1. Late Night Stroll 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
2. Firefly 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span> <br />
3. Highway 17 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
4. Parting Glass 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span> nice harmonica<br />
5. Diggin’ Down Deep 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
6. Treena Ballerina 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span> Fun Tune Got me whistling!<br />
7. The Pasture 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span> nice harmonica<br />
8. Feeble-minded Woman 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★ </span>Groovy<br />
9. Blame-Shiftn’ Blues 5 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span> Great solo work!<br />
10. Passenger Freight Train 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span> <br />
11. Rollin’ (Fade Away) 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
12. (Enter) Jazz Thief (Exit) You 7<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★★</span><br />
13. Shake 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span> Get up and dance Rockabilly!<br />
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Average (mean) 5.307692308 <br />
Median 5 <br />
Standard Deviation 0.85 <br />
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Album Score: 9.45<span style="color: yellow;">★</span><br />
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“I love this album, it’s Romantic and Fun! Many flavors influence this album and it is primed to influence your spirit to bring you out of the blues! The doctor’s prescription is to take a dose of mood swinging blues now!” Big Wayne <a href="http://www.livebluestonight.com/">www.LiveBluesTonight.com</a><br />
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Al Wood is a multi-talented performer and song writer from Ottawa, Canada. Al plays a mean Chicago roots Harmonica and on guitar he is expressive and diverse! On this album Al and the Woodsmen’s innovative style are heard. Many flavors of music are combined, but yet remain unique. <br />
Blues Flavored roots/folk and country influence with, at times, acoustic rhythm of the rails. Thirteen all original tunes make for nearly an hour of foot tapping music that will get you feeling your blues fade away. I felt as if I knew the music even though it was new to me. Clever lyrics, great vocals, awesome Harmonica solos and a fantastic band consisting of Fiddle, Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Drums, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo. Had me whistling along with the first song. <br />
My top 3 songs were “Firefly”, “Treena Ballerina” and “Feeble-Minded Woman”; with my favorite being “(Enter) Jazz Thief (Exit) You”. I know that’s 4 favorites not 3. LOL<br />
I really enjoyed all the aspects of this album and can’t wait to see what’s next. Are you all coming to California anytime soon? Let me know!<br />
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http://www.alwoodmusic.comWayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-13954595339254496392010-03-05T00:26:00.001-08:002010-03-05T00:35:57.154-08:00Promoting your gigs and getting more exposure!<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CWAYNER%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CWAYNER%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CWAYNER%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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</style>A 3 or 4 part resource series <i>by Big Wayne.</i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 1: Introduction</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ok, it’s been a while since I have posted anything here on the blog. It’s not that I haven’t had material to review, although I do have less CDs coming in to review. But my recent absent has been because of the promoting and production of the new LBT Website. LBT, for you newbie’s, is short for LiveBluesTonight.com. Any way I have worked very hard on the site and the search engine and still it’s just me and I have to do my day job to pay the bills…with this economy that has been a whole other sad story! So I want say thank you for being patient with me, especially those bands that were hoping to be featured in my review. I will post a new review soon. But thought I should post something on the blog before I post the review so to get you all listening again. Are you there… listening that is? </div><div class="MsoNormal"> So, another part of the delay in posts is music. Well I am a musician! I recently started a new band with some friends or let me rephrase that, some friends and I started! And a part of that roll has been promoting, producing and booking. You know up to this point in my so called career in music has shown me that musicians in general are some of the coolest people you’ll ever know. They’re also some of the most neurotic and seriously sensitive people (in a Bad way)! I mean come on! It’s the entire artsy crowd, walking around with their hearts on their sleeves. Me too, I am not exempt by this. I don’t think I am neurotic but sensitive…yes, I am sensitive about my passions. And of course you have the EGOS… Big Headed egos. I could really write a lot about this as I have had the misfortune of this behavior in all of the bands I’ve been in. Not me of course, just a few other people that feel they are bigger and better than everyone else! Give me a break. If you don’t know what I mean about musicians being neurotic and sensitive, yet at times cool, interesting or even exotic, one only has to visit the next NAMM Convention to get an eye full of all that! If you like to people watch this is the place for you! You will be completely entertained by the people that show up. Every stereotype imaginable is there and more! I know, I know I am a part of the freak show. I can’t be missed since I stand out so. And that is a small part of the fun. Anyway I’m getting off track here.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> One of the things I keep getting offended with is how people keep telling me how gifted I am in promoting and Booking. I can’t tell you how many times I am told how that is my biggest talent. I think to myself, I have more to offer than that! I have other talents! This booking and promoting thing was developed out of necessity. There’s no talent in that, anyone can do it! SO, why am I so insulted by being good at something that others are not so good at? And why am I so good at it? My whole life I have always been told how talented I am in art, as a vocalist etc. I have always been very creative. It’s kind of a family trait, talented vocalists, artistically creative and inventive people. So I think the creative and inventive side of me has helped me to be “gifted” in the promoting and booking. Also most musicians don’t want to deal with the “business” side of music, and perhaps that is a part of the reason they compliment me so! LOL All joking aside, it is very important! </div><div class="MsoNormal">The next post will air soon and in this series we will be looking into some great resource’s both online and in print! So stay tuned!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Peace…..</div>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-1665745294787642432010-01-12T02:59:00.000-08:002010-01-12T03:04:57.288-08:00Jeff Dale and the South Woodlawners Cd Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jeff Dale and the South Woodlawners</b></span><br />
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Today we take a listen to Jeffs new CD Blues from the south side of my soul.<br />
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1. Blues From The South Side Of My Soul <span style="color: yellow;"></span> 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
2. Alabama Lovin <span style="color: yellow;"></span> 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★<span style="color: black;"> Fun tune<br />
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3. Love My Baby Blind <span style="color: yellow;"></span>4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
4. My Way Or The Highway <span style="color: yellow;"> </span>4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
5. You Don’t Know Nothin’ About Chicago 4<span style="color: yellow;"></span><span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
6. Grown Ass Man <span style="color: yellow;"></span> 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
7. I’d Hit It <span style="color: yellow;"> </span>4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
8. Nothin’ But The Blues <span style="color: yellow;"></span> 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
9. Big Gas Station <span style="color: yellow;"> </span>6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span><br />
10. Highway One <span style="color: yellow;"></span> 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★<span style="color: black;"> <br />
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11. Third Rail I give it a <span style="color: yellow;"></span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>2<span style="color: yellow;">★★</span> but if you get rid of the drum machine Id give it 4<br />
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"The album is nice and enjoyable, I can’t wait to hear what comes next and to get out and see these guys perform! The group has that classic Chicago sound and occasionally mixes in a few surprises hear and there!" <b><i>Big Wayne </i></b><a href="http://www.livebluestonight.com/"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">www.LiveBluesTonight.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b><br />
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Well I guess you got to get out and experience the blues to be able to feel the blues! Jeff has come back to the Blues after a 20 year sabbatical. Its good to have you back on the blues side of town! <br />
Jeff is a windy city transplant to Southern California. Jeff was raised in the coffers of the Blues, Chicago where so many Blues legends got their soul. Dale and the band have that classic Chicago Blues Style sound with some surprising twists.The album is nice and enjoyable! My favorite tunes on this album are "Alabama Lovin", "Highway one" and "Big Gas Station" (nice Play on words). My only real complaint is the ridged tempo from the Drum Machine that distracts the rhythm of the tasty Slide guitar work by Jeff. I can’t wait to hear what comes next and to get out and see these guys perform!<br />
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The band consists of Dale on dirty gritty vocals and guitar while sharing lead guitar between additional guitarists. Along with the essential core of the groove (bass and drums), to complete the seven member band is a little piano, harmonica, occasional Saxophone and Bassoon. Yes I said Bassoon ! The sound gives kind of a lurking and mischievous feel, and it works well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jeffdaleblues.com/">www.jeffdaleblues.com</a><br />
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</div>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-75028445882794976892009-11-12T00:52:00.000-08:002009-11-12T02:57:32.884-08:00Interview with Mick Martin<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mickmartinblues.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Uqk8Xv9kXSg/SvkhaPjk6XI/AAAAAAAAADE/i0yoht6eKlw/s320/MICK+MARTIN.jpg" width="215" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Introduction<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>MICK MARTIN</b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Mick Martin has played blues harmonica professionally since 1968 and, since 1983, led "Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers." On March 31, 1994, Mick did something highly unusual for a harmonica player: he performed at Carnegie Hall for the nationally-broadcast "Blues in Jazz" concert with mentor Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon, Grover Washington Jr., Carrie Smith and Mark Whitfield. That same year, he was featured on Jimmy Smith's Fantasy/Milestone Records release, Sum Serious Blues. Mick has played harmonica on stage behind Freddie King, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Mick Taylor, the Yardbirds, Roy Brown and many others. He is a featured artist on Dig Music's Bob Dylan tribute, "Positively 12th & K," which also features Sal Valentino and Jackie Greene.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Mick shared the “Best West Coast Blues Harmonica Player” nod with Mark Hummel in 2001. Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers have won the Sacramento Area Music Award (a.k.a. the SAMMIES) for “Best Blues Band” three times, thus entitling them to a place in the SAMMIES Hall of Fame.<br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Mick has been producing and hosting the Blues for over 20 years, beginning with "The KZAP Blues Show" in August of 1989. He joined the staff of KXJZ in July 1991 to create "Mick Martin's Blues Party." <br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W</i>.</b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Welcome to my show, well Blog. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. I am glad to return the favor you did for us. You host a show on the radio called Mick Martin’s Blues Party and you aired my former bands first CD on that show back in 2005. I remember taking my boom box with me to work and threatening the whole job site to be quiet when you first aired my band on your show. Its funny how just hearing yourself for the first time on the radio is so special. Even though you’ve already performed the tune live so many times you don’t even like it anymore! It was really cool too because friends all over the state called me to say they just heard my band on the radio. We first met briefly at a gig in Lodi California where we performed at an event together. Since then we have met a few other times. You were very nice and even remembered my name which blew me away! I think we were at Blues on the river in 2006. We were on the side stage watching Shane Dwight. You looked over at me and said, “We gonna act like we don’t know each other?” I said ah...well, I know who you are but you might have me confused with someone else. You said I know who you are! I said I really doubt it, I am nobody! You laughed and said, “You’re Big Wayne and you play trumpet with Highway 61 Blues Band!”<br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">We only performed together two or three times and very briefly met! That was so cool! A photographer happened to be there and he took a shot of us talking and then you went on to perform. A great show I might add!<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">So Mick, how did it all begin? What made you choose and want to learn to play Harmonica?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>I was in a band in my teens and one of the guitar players brought in a harmonica. I think he had learned “Little Child” by the Beatles. For some reason that made me angry – that he could play two instruments and I couldn’t play any. So I bought a harp and learned the solo on “You’re Gonna Miss Me” by the 13<sup>th</sup> Floor Elevators. Then I heard “Little Red Rooster” by the Rolling Stones and fell in love with the blues. I looked on the LP to find the songwriter’s name and saw “Willie Dixon.” So I went out looking for more albums with songs by him. I found “The Best of Muddy Waters,” “Howlin’ Wolf (also known as the “Rockin’ Chair” album) and “More Real Folk Blues” by Sonny Boy Williamson. Once I heard Sonny Boy, I knew I had to learn to play the harmonica right, but I wasn’t able to get that beautiful tone and almost gave up.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">What encouraged you to continue on to become proficient on Harmonica.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>When the first “Paul Butterfield Blues Band” LP came out, I knew “white boys <u>could</u> play the blues.” Before Butterfield’s record, and shortly after, Charlie Musselwhite’s “Stand Back” LP, all I heard were the British guys, who didn’t quite get the playing right. Brian Jones (of the Rolling Stones), Keith Relf (of the Yardbirds) and Ray Davies (the Kinks) sounded sloppy compared with Sonny Boy, the Wolf and the guy I heard on the Muddy Waters album (who turned out to be Little Walter Jacobs, of course). Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) was the closest thing to a real harp player of the “Caucasian persuasion” I had heard up to the point of discovering Butterfield , Musselwhite, Rod Piazza (with the Dirty Blues Band at the time) and Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson of Canned Heat. Once I heard them, I knew I had to knuckle down and do it right. I was 16 and, by the time I was nearly 50, I finally was able to play what I heard in my head.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Was your family or anyone in your family musically talented?<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><b>M.M.</b></i><b> </b><br />
<b>My mom and dad used to sing at piano bars. For my 12<sup>th</sup> birthday, I asked to join them for one night and was allowed to play maracas with an organist named Clyde Derby. I was a Jimmy Smith fanatic, so I was in heaven, even though Derby was pretty much an “easy listening” artist. So my folks sang, especially my mother. My cousin, Steve Peterson (the son of my father’s sister), is a singer, songwriter and pianist who has toured the country and made recordings, but it wasn’t until our generation that anyone in my family went on stage or into the studio.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">What were the early years like when you were starting out onto the local music scene?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>At first, we played teen centers; places set up by churches in the Sacramento area where bands could play and teens could hang out under supervised conditions. Of course, we played high school dances when we could get them. Then the “Summer of Love” hit and we had a place in Sacramento called the Sound Factory, our own local version of the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom. I did anything they needed: swept up, took tickets, ran errands for the artists (most memorably for Muddy Waters and James Cotton), whatever they needed. That was where I played my first professional gig in 1968 as a last-minute addition to a band from Davis called Wake Forest. I walked in during their rehearsal – I was there as often as possible during the week as well as weekends-- and the manager, Whitey Davis said, “Go get your harmonicas. This band needs a lead singer.” So, after that one rehearsal, we opened up for Pink Floyd that weekend. Our name isn’t on the poster, but we were there in front of a packed house. I can still see the lights over the tops of the heads of the members of the audience as I sang and played Sonny Boy’s “Help Me.”After the band broke up, Whitey set up an after-the-sets jam session as, believe it or not, a favor to me, and one night I jammed with the Peter Green version of Fleetwood Mac. Whitey had me form another band called The Mick (he named it, not me) and we opened up for Savoy Brown, the Son of Champlin, the Family Tree from Stockton and other Bay area bands you probably wouldn’t know. It was a great time in my life. When the Sound Factory closed – the last show was us with Savoy Brown – I kept playing. With my best-known bands of the period, Timothygrass and Joshua, we played many free concerts in William Land Park and Carmichael Park, Freeborn Hall at UC Davis and anywhere we could get a booking – usually playing for free. We mixed blues with originals, just as Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers do today.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">How has the Local Blues scene changed through the years?<br />
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<b>When we were old enough to play bars, I found myself in a cover band, which I found profoundly unsatisfying. So I found some kindred spirits and we evolved into Smith, Martin & Shaw, which had a local “hit” with Jim Shaw’s bluesy “Oh, the Road.” When the band split in two directions, I ended up in Mick Martin & the Orion Express, which also had FM success with “Hey Mama.” We later released two LPs, “Orion Express” (1974) and “Prisoner of the Sky” (1979). As long as it was original music, I felt comfortable playing rock, but I never truly strayed from the blues at nightclubs like the Shire Road Pub, the Oasis Ballroom/Crabshaw Corners, Slick Willy’s, C Street North and others. When the original Shire Road Pub burned down in 1977, I gave up music – for two years. I kept stopping and starting over. Disco has brought the original music scene to a dead halt in the ‘80s and then the blues came back full force because of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Phil Givant’s Sacramento Blues Festival , which I was fortunate to play from 1983 to 1993 with Mick Martin and the All Stars. The All-Stars turned into the Blues Rockers in 1984, and started off pretty much with members of Smith, Martin & Shaw. Before the Torch Club became the dominant downtown blues club in Sacramento, the best blues bands played at Sam’s Hof Brau. It was there that Johnny Heartsman reigned supreme as the godfather of Sacramento blues. If you could get into Sam’s, you’d made it. We finally got in after being rejected over and over again. Then they got a new manager, Bob McCook, and we had to prove ourselves all over again … In Folsom, the Sutter Street Saloon emerged and a kind phone call from Norton Buffalo to owner Kirby Jones got us into the mix that included Elvin Bishop, Cold Blood, Charlie Musselwhite, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, the Fabulous Flames and other top bands. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">What challenges did you encounter or still encounter?<br />
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<b>The recent economic crisis has had a negative impact on the music business, but it seems to be recovering. If it weren’t for help from drummer Bruce Pressley and guitarist Obie Dee, I would probably have give up booking and promoting the band. It is the hardest part of keeping your music out there, since few musicians really want to deal with that kind of thing and the so-called leader ends up with the responsibility.. After 18-plus CDs, three European tours and, most recently, playing Woodstock’s 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary West Fest as part of Harvey Mandel’s SnakeCrew, I still find that something comes along to inspire me to stay in the game get back on the phone to book gigs. When people ask us how much we charge per hour, I always laugh, telling them the music is free; it’s the loading and unloading of equipment, setting up and driving to the gigs that they’re really paying us for.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Mick, you have played harmonica on stage behind Freddie King, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Mick Taylor, the Yardbirds, Roy Brown to name a few. At the time did it feel like you were making a part of music history. Did it feel special at the time?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>No, not really. It was just an incredible honor. I remember being so blessed out having backed Bo Diddley at the Sacramento Blues Festival in 1991 that I left without getting paid. (I wondered why Bo and the band looked at me so funny when I shook their hands and floated out of the concert grounds) Before I heard of having a “bucket list,” I made up a list of people I would love to play with and set out to do that. I didn’t think of it as making history, just as realizing a dream. It started when my ultimate musical hero, Jimmy Smith, moved to Sacramento in the ‘80s. This was a miracle to me. The next thing I knew I was playing harmonica with him locally, then recording a CD (“Sum Serious Blues”) with him for Fantasy Records in Los Angeles and, finally, on stage at Carnegie Hall doing the harp part on “Hobo Flats” with this amazing orchestra. This emboldened me to actively pursue sitting in with my heroes. Being in Harvey Mandel’s band is a mind-blower, as his music has always been among my favorites, In addition to being on Musselwhite’s “Stand Back” (recently selected as one of the top 100 blues albums of all time), John Mayall’s “USA Union” and “Back to the Roots,” Canned Heat’s “Future Blues” and The Rolling Stones’ “Black and Blue,” he has made a number of classic albums as a leader, beginning with those great LPs he did for Phillips/Mercury Records. I’m truly honored to be on his latest CD, “Harvey Mandel & the SnakeCrew Live” with an amazing all-star group.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W. </i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">You were honored to perform on stage at Carnegie Hall for the nationally-broadcast "Blues in Jazz" concert, a rare thing for anyone, yet alone a blues harmonica player! How was the experience?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>It was breathtaking. To do that lonesome-sounding harp part at the beginning of “Hobo Flats,” then have the orchestra pick up the theme sent chills up my spine. I truly felt I had arrived, and it made up for all the concerts and festivals I might have played if I hadn’t chosen to stay home and be there for my daughter, Francesca. I kept getting in trouble, though, with the conductor, trumpet player Jon Faddis, because I kept turning around to watch Jimmy Smith play. I wanted to enjoy the show just like the audience. Playing with great musicians brings out the best in anybody, so it was deeply satisfying. Afterward, a group of us went out for drinks and jazz drummer/singer Grady Tate, another hero of mine, kept staring at me. I started to get uncomfortable after awhile, then he said “Mick Martin, you’re the party starter, man!” Coming from him, it was the highest compliment I’ve ever received..<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W. </i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">You were on stage with some great Musicians, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon, Grover Washington Jr., Carrie Smith and Mark Whitfield. I could ask a lot of questions about all these cats but got to ask about Jimmy Smith. He is one of my favorite Keyboardists of all time! He really played from his heart. You say in your Bio that Jimmy Smith was one of your mentors. Can you tell us more about how he influenced you and your relationship with him?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>He was like a father to me, sometimes stern but always encouraging. The first time we met at the Palms Playhouse in Davis, I gave him a hug. This shocked his band members, but I LOVED this man. He brought music alive for me with “Walk on the Wild Side,” “The Cat,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf,” “Back at the Chicken Shack,” “Midnight Special,” “Bucket,” “I’m Movin’ On” and so many great recordings.He had that “thing,” you know? He could create such intense power then break into a groove. I still listen to him with awe. Plus, I learned more from him in one night than I had in the in the 20-plus years of playin I’d done before he allowed me to come up on stage. The first time, I thought, “Well, I did it; I played with my number-one hero.” When he called me up a second time, I really felt I’d “made it.” Playing with him in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York made me feel like I was a member of a very special fraternity.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W. </i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i> </i></b>I asked some of my readers to participate with questions to ask you:<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Akarsha Kumar: Harmonica Player with <a href="http://tipofthetopmusic.com/">Tip Of the Top Blues Band</a> asks: <br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">I'd be interested in any advice you have for younger blues harp players today.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Keep playing – and learning. I’m always trying to stretch. Sitting in with Café R&B was a pretty bold move for me, since their tight, inventive arrangements don’t really leave room for harmonica, but I found a niche and it turned out to be a great experience. My young protégé (if I may call him that), Kyle Rowland, is an example of a humble but serious player who learns from everyone he plays with or hears. He’s always copping a lick here or a groove there. When I produced and arranged his new CD, “Messin’ With the Kid,” I wanted to make something he could still listen to without wincing when he was 30. I think I accomplished that, BUT the amazing thing is how much better a harmonica player he is now in the short time since we cut those songs. Recently, he sat in with James Cotton and Hubert Sumlin on “Got My Mojo Working,” and played a near-perfect 24-bar solo. It was really something to see and hear. Afterward, Kyle was kind enough to take me backstage and Hubert kept patting my leg or shoulder and saying, “Thank you for what you’ve done for us with this young man. He’s going to keep our music alive.” Does it get any better than that?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Aloha Henry from Hawaii Asks:<br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><i><b>M.M.</b></i><br />
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</style><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The cost of airplane tickets and housing are major concerns. I have friends over there, guitarist</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>Colin John in particular. So does Bruce Pressley. It’s just the logistics and getting paid enough to not take a loss on the trip. The Blues Rockers always just barely scraped by when we went to England, Italy and Belgium. That said, I’d play in Hawaii in a heartbeat. <o:p></o:p></b></span> <br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> How old were you when you started playing harp? and What variety of harp do you most like to play? </span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><b>M.M.</b></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1. I was a junior in high school, so I was about 15. 2. I used the $2 Old Standby Hohner harmonica for songs in G and spent the extra buck on Marine Bands for everything else because they were the only harmonicas I ever saw! <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have an interview with <a href="http://www.darrellmansfield.net/">Darrell Mansfield</a> coming up so I asked him if he had a question for you:</span><br />
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</style><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It was during my experience with playing at Carnegie Hall that I had my most embarrassing moments. First off, during the first two rehearsals, I became used to playing a certain length of time on “Hobo Flats.” So, during the third and final rehearsal, I stopped at the same point but the orchestra kept playing. Conductor Jon Faddis turned to me and said, “You don’t stop until I tell you to stop.” That was a big “oops.” Then, more recently, I discovered why jazz musicians were always giving me weird looks. In blues, you play two times through and then stop unless encouraged by the band leader to do a third time around. In jazz, it’s always three times around. So when I’d do two times or four times when playing with Jimmy, he always would give me a funny look and I didn’t know why. One night, I went four times and he got a look on his face that seemed to imply, “Oh, so you think you’re hot stuff.” So he kept pushing me until I played eight progressions. My face was color purple, but I made it through and the audience went wild. And, oddly enough, that was the night I learned more about playing than I ever had before. I had to top myself with each new progression. Fortunately, Jimmy was a master accompanist and would change the groove every 12 bars, so it was like having a rocket strapped to my back and crashing through 20 floors of a skyscraper. However, the absolute worst thing I ever did was when I became comfortable with just bringing my Bb harp to Carnegie to play on “Hobo Flats.” I was so dumb. On the big night, after every song on the program was played, they had a grand finale. When Jon Faddis called me out, he had to say me name twice I was so stunned. I had left my harp case back at the hotel, so I had only one harmonica. I was terrified. They went into the song and I played quietly to myself and, sure enough, it was the wrong key for cross harp. Grover Washington Jr. was finishing his solo and Faddis was eyeing me. I knew I was next. I tried one last thing and played first position, also quietly to myself. Rick Estrin had been giving me some tips on how to play Jimmy Reed style, so the first time I EVER played first position in front of an audience was at Carnegie Hall. The band members actually laughed when they heard me “tweet tweet” in the upper register, but somehow I made it through – twice. The audience gave me a big round of applause and that’s when I realized the orchestra was still playing, building a third backing progression. So I hurriedly got back on the mic. It sounds terribly amateurish to me when I listen to the “Jazz in Blues” recording of the whole show (the encore was omitted from the broadcast, fortunately), but that was the part Grady Tate liked best. So, as all musicians know, it’s your worst nights when people seem to like you or your band the best. You know, when someone says, “I felt I had nothing to live for and hen I heard your band.” That said, I can still feel that ice-cold feeling in the pit of my stomach that came as part of “my” not-so-grand finale.<o:p></o:p></span></b> <br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i> </i></b>Do you have any ideas or suggestions that would help bands to promote themselves?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>Just keep at it. Use everything you can think of and look at what the more successful bands are doing. Try EVERYTHING!<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i> </i></b>Do you have any suggestions or requests for my website www.LiveBluesTonight.com that would help bands signed and un-signed in regards to tools and resources we could provide that would help bands and venues.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>Just its existence is a help. I appreciate the exposure you’re giving me. We’re all in the same boat, so let’s try to row together. The blues is a calling, and we owe so much to the originators. Muddy Waters never said a bad word about any other artist, so I take my attitude from him. In other words, just keep doing what you’re doing!<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i>B.W.</i></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i> </i></b>I know your Radio show has helped my former band (Highway 61 Blues Band) and your show has attributed to countless bands and performing artists. On the behalf of all of us Thank You for all you do and especially for letting the world know about some local small bands tiptoeing on the threshold of greatness.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><b>It’s my honor to be able to play music on the radio. I am one of the fortunate few disc jockeys who can play whomever and whatever they want, so I take that gift seriously. My goal is to support other blues musicians and to give listeners a quality, no-repeat show every Saturday. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><b>B.W.</b></i><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Again thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions.<br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Peace….<br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Big Wayne<br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3;">Locals to the central valley of California can catch Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers this weekend at <br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span> <br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.lozanospacificavenuegrill.com/">Lozano’s Pacific Avenue Grill</a></b></span><br />
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</b></span> <br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>11/14/2009 8:00 to 11:30 PM </b></span><br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6124 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California</b></span><br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>call 209-474-8474 </b></span><br />
</div><br />
<div style="color: #eeeeee;">Visit Mick on myspace... <br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">http://www.mickmartinblues.com<br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">Listen to Mick Martin's Blues Party<br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">Saturdays 1-5pm for Great!<br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">No repeat Blues! <br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">Your Choice for NPR <br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">KXJZ 90.9 Sacramento<br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">• KKTO 90.5 Tahoe City <br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">• KUOP 91.3 Stockton <br />
</div><div style="color: #eeeeee;">• KQNC 88.1 Quincy<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.ronhaker.com/"><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today’s review is of Ron Hackers White Trash Bluesman “My Songs “ Album<br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I Do Not Dance With Short Girls 6 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>My Bad Boy 5 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span> soloing/rhythm <br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Big Brown Eyes 5 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Diddley Widdley 6 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span> great bass solo and drum work!!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">12.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Prison Mind 4 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">13.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Watch What You Say 4 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span> original personality<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Extraordinary Slide Guitar with a <u>GREAT</u> rhythm section! Bass and Drums to die for! The more I listen the more I Love this album. Over all song to song it is very consistent. If you like slide Guitar you will love this album. Ron Sings and plays from his heart, you can feel his emotion with each note!”<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Album features classic Mississippi Delta Blues featuring Ron’s aggressive, raw and dirty slide guitar solos and a fantastic rhythm section! On this album you have Artis Joyce on bass and Shad Harris on drums. I’d love to have these guys backing me! They are very in tune with each other and they are tight! Fantastic grooves! My top 3 songs on the album are “I Do Not Dance With Short Girls”, “Mambo for Albert”, and “Diddley Widdley”. The "live" 6 minute improvisational “Diddley Widdley" is my favorite with Artis showing us some great skills on bass with his solo. All the songs on this Album are great, and they're all a showcase for Hacker's Fantastic slide playing!</b> <b>No wonder Ron was asked to play on Tom Waits Album “Orphan”! <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The overall average of the songs on this album was pretty consistently good which made the album score high! This would be a good album to buy and add to your collection. Enjoyable Raw and Dirty!<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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“Tip of the Top classic Juke Joint Blues, very up beat and simple. Youll want to get up and dance! My foot was tapping the whole time! This is a band to get out and see!” Big Wayne <a href="http://livebluestonight.com/">LiveBluesTonight.com</a><br />
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Today we take a listen to Tip of the Top “Depot Street Blues”<br />
1. One of these mornings 6 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span><br />
2. Wait baby 6 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span><br />
3. Stranger blues 4 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
4. Juke 5 <span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
5. Love her with a feeling 4 <span style="color: yellow;">★ ★ ★ ★</span><br />
6. Go ahead 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
7. Depot street shuffle 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
8. I got to go 6<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★★</span><br />
9. Got to move on 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
10. Mellow down easy 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
11. Temperature 5<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★★</span><br />
12. Evan’s shuffle 4<span style="color: yellow;">★★★★</span><br />
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Average (mean) 4.666666667<br />
Median 4<br />
Standard Deviation 0.89<br />
Album Score: 7.78<span style="color: yellow;">★</span><br />
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Formed early 2009, Tip of the Top is one of the hottest new Bay Area Blues bands to hit the scene. Tip of the Top is a band from the San Jose area. Bringing together two veteran musicians, "Little" Jonny Lawton (guitar and vocals) and Frank De Rose (bass) with new comers Akarsha "Aki" Kumar (harmonica and vocals) and Carlos Velasco (drums). The band mixes together blues styles from the Delta while adding Texas Blues, West Coast Blues and Country Blues into an authentic sound that is reminiscent to yester year. <br />
My favorite songs on the album were “One of these mornings”, “Wait Baby”, “I got to go”. These songs will be going on my IPOD! I enjoyed the simplified Drum set. Carlos plays with a pair of wire brushes a snare, a hi hat and that’s about it! Nice bass keeping the bottom end tight and fantastic Hollow body Guitar and Harmonica played from the soul. I really think these guys are going to be busy next year come festival time. It will be nice seeing this band gain in popularity. Make sure to get out and see them when they come through your neck of the woods!<br />
Tip of the Top performed on the blues stage of the 2009 San Jose Jazz Festival. Tip of the Top’s first CD, titled "Depot Street Blues", was recorded and released just in time for this San Jose Jazz festival appearance in August 2009. The band's authentic "live" sound is fully captured on this CD.<br />
The band is coming out to the Valley and will be performing at Lozano’s in Stockton California this Saturday!<br />
Come on out it should be a great show!<br />
Thanks for Listening!<br />
Big Wayne <a href="http://www.livebluestonight.com/">www.LiveBluesTonight.com</a><br />
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<div style="background-color: yellow; color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tip of the Top performing in Stockton CA.</b></span><br />
</div><div style="background-color: yellow; color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>10/24/2009 9:00 PM at Lozano’s Pacific Avenue Grill</b></span><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: yellow; color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>call 209-474-8474 Cost: $10</b></span><br />
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</div>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-44716944824561400582009-10-14T01:45:00.000-07:002009-10-14T01:45:05.182-07:00Blues Reviews: Big Waynes Bio<a href="http://livebluestonight.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-waynes-bio.html">Blues Reviews: Big Waynes Bio</a>Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-31252116609254677652009-10-14T01:43:00.000-07:002009-10-14T01:43:58.953-07:00Big Waynes Bio Wayne Rinehart AKA “Big Wayne” a S.F. Bay Area native, is a Jazz & Blues Vocalist and Trumpeter. Born in 1969, Wayne has played the trumpet ever since his father bought him a trumpet from a garage sale at the age of 3. Through the years, though picking up various other instruments, Wayne never lost sight of the Trumpet as his favorite instrument. Wayne played trumpet all through grade school and on into college. Wayne studied Music at Diablo Valley College and was under the tutelage of Jim Hodges where he really grew musically. Developing his Vocal and Tonal Talents on his horn. Big Wayne is involved with many different projects from producing to recording.. He can be seen performing with Highway 61 Blues Alumni Band where he plays Trumpet and sings. He sings Lead Vocals and other instruments in his own band: Big Wayne. Currently Wayne is also working on two solo albums, one Christian Jazz, and the other is a Modern Jazz infused with Blues. Both albums will feature original music. Big Wayne is incorporating technology by using Effects with his Voice and Trumpet creating very unique sounds. Big Wayne Has performed or shared the stage with: Mike Vax (Stan Kenton Orchestra) , Al Green, Kirk Franklin, Ron Kenoly, Tommy Castro, Little Charlie & the Night Cats, Chris Cain, Eddie Kirkland, Phil Guy, Red Archibald, Teddy "Blues Master" Watson, Layce Baker, Wylie Trass and Little Jimmy King, Elvin Bishop, The Temptations Motown Review Tour, CoCo Montoya, Mic Martin and the Blues Rockers, Big Mo and the Full Moon Band, Greg Wright, Lydia Pence and Cold Blood, Mic Gillette (Tower of Power), Friends Of Distinction, and performed at the 2006 Monterey Blues Festival.Wayne recorded with Highway 61 Blues Band self titled Debut CD in 2005 which was on the Top Sellers list at Tower records. Highway 61 Blues Band has been nominated best Band in 2005 at the SBEA and were Finalists in "The Battle of the Blues Bands" for Monterey Blues Festival 2005. The Band has also received some national Radio Air Play.http://www.highway61bluesband.com/ Big Wayne joined Calicchio custom trumpets in 2006 and absolutely LOVES his Custom Calicchio Trumpet. He is a Calicchio Trumpets Artist and endorses their wonderful line of Trumpets! <br />
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<a href="http://www.livebluestonight.com/">http://www.livebluestonight.com/</a> (music Resource)<br />
<a href="http://www.bigwayneproductions.com/">http://www.bigwayneproductions.com/</a> (event production and talent booking)<br />
<a href="http://www.yourwebforless.com/">http://www.yourwebforless.com/</a> (Do It Yourself Websites and hosting) <br />
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Comming soon in 2010:<br />
<a href="http://www.greatmusicstuff.com/">http://www.greatmusicstuff.com/</a> (On Line Music Store)<br />
<a href="http://www.comeseemyband.com/">http://www.comeseemyband.com/</a> (Music Marketing Resource)<br />
<a href="http://www.christianmusiclive.com/">http://www.christianmusiclive.com/</a> (Music resource site)<br />
<a href="http://www.thesignsarechanging.com/">http://www.thesignsarechanging.com/</a> (A Sign Production Company)<br />
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And this Blog!Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-76255460475145455482009-10-08T00:54:00.001-07:002009-10-08T00:54:49.491-07:00Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385145048071332542.post-47077983552962434262009-10-07T22:56:00.000-07:002009-10-14T01:32:16.033-07:00IntroductionIntroduction<br />
Greetings Friends and Blues Crusaders!Well here we are at the beginning of what I hope to be a long and meaningful relationship! With this blog I hope to review <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">CDs</span></span> from Blues Artists around the world both signed by a label and unsigned! I also hope to add some other interesting blog posts related to my musical experiences and day to day ramblings or at times rants!I don't claim to be some superior musical talent that seems to know all the historical pedigree of the Blues Fathers past to present. I only am offering my humble opinion about what I hear and what I like in relation to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">CDs</span></span> in review. I promise not to rip into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">any one's</span></span> CD or musical talents and post bad press, rather I will only post on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">CDs</span></span> I like! I also hope to aid in the press and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">exposure</span></span> to these talented <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">individuals</span></span> that seek out my musical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">opinion</span></span>.So I should mention what I like musically. Above all I appreciate real gut filled, from the heart and soul musical performances. I want to hear passion! I cant stand Big headed people that think they're the best I've ever heard. I love all music! World to opera, Rap, Classical, etc. But what do I listen to? I love Gospel, all Blues styles, Soul, Rock 70's, 80's and 90's, and modern Jazz to fusion. And on a rainy day all of the above and maybe some Brazilian Jazz, Afro Cuban and Latin Jazz. Yes I have many interests both musically and artistically.But you can find me listening to <a href="http://www.theworldofblues.com/" id="SAWARN1d66h3b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theworldofblues.com/</a>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Bluesville</span></span> on satellite radio, or to my site Port City Blues for <a href="http://livebluestonight.com/" id="SAWARN1d66h3b" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">LiveBluesTonight</span></span>.com</a> <a class="siteLink" href="http://play.it/stations/Port%20City%20Blues" id="SAWARN1d66h3b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen to Port City Blues.</a> Listening to The World of Blues as we speak...ah I meant as I write.<br />
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Blues Bands Artists I like: B.B. King, Elvin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Bishiop</span></span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Watermellon</span></span> Slim, Tommy Castro, Etta James, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Pinetop</span></span> Perkins, Muddy Waters, Chris Harper, John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Nemeth</span></span>, Robert Cray, Room Full of Blues, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">CoCo</span></span> Montoya, Luther Allison, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Holms</span></span> Brothers, Blind Boys of Alabama, Lonnie Mack, Guitar Mac, Guitar Shorty, Roy Rogers, Susan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Tedeschi</span></span>, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Jonny</span></span> Lang, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Boz</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Scaggs</span></span>, Sue Foley to name a few! Oh gosh I can't <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">beleve</span></span> I forgot Albert King, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">KoKo</span></span> Taylor, John Lee Hooker... man there are just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">toooo</span></span> many to list!<br />
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Next issue we will review two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">CDs</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error">Tip</span> of the Top Blues <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Band</span><br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error">Ron</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Hacker</span><br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error">Well</span> thanks for listening!Wayne Rineharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120519357330471987noreply@blogger.com0