Swamp Train
Swamp Train - Rollin' & Tumblin' - Little Red Rooster
27 May 2010
Well, here it is: Swamp Train as seen last Saturday night @ the Blues Club Fribourg! Sorry the sound isn’t any better but it’s what you get with today’s automatic level technology…
Swamp Train Ties For 3rd!
24 May 2010
The contest started earlier than announced on the poster, irritating since G. was coming with his girlfriend and hadn’t arrived yet and wasn’t the only one. But Bonny B. had someone pull paper slips from his hand for the starting order so we were ready to roll and guess who was first in line…
There are advantages in playing first, the obvious one being you’re the leading reference the jury gets so if you do good, all the better. Especially when, as it was the case here, the jury had 5 criteria to judge by putting notes from 0 to 10. Stage presence, originality, sound, energy and nuance. I didn’t look at the scores so don’t really know but I can imagine we did well on sound and energy and possibly originality although that’s kind of a far fetched notion in today’s blues… I would have preferred: Fun!
Either way it’s all pretty subjective and depends on what music you like to hear. As this blog’s regulars have certainly already figured out my heart goes to acoustic, roots, country, folk, ragtime, good time & lonesome blues and if it has to be electric: I need energy, lots of it!…
Swamp Train's First Venue
19 May 2010
Before continuing with the museum night story I wanted to announce the first public venue of Swamp Train, the group formed this last winter with friends Blaise and Dominik and myself. Sure enough, next Saturday we will be participating in a Blues contest organized by Bonny B.
So what started as “just for fun” has turned into something “serious” and wow! we even have a logo, wonder where that came from…
Dave in New Zealand (Again)
24 February 2010
If you happen to be in Auckland why not check out our favorite Crawfish Blues Band band leader and diva who will be giving a few concerts here and there. Two are mentioned in this flier and there are more to come.
Meanwhile while the cat travels the mice play…
