1 June 2017
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Don’t we all love the sound of a good blues harp player? I have some good friends who bend and wail and have been practicing the basics just for the fun of it. Here are some of my t-shirt designs with harmonicas in them that you can find over at Zazzle. Hope you enjoy them!
And BTW: you will be able to chose among a large selection of harmonica t-shirts for men, women and children as well as customize the image’s size and placement.
29 May 2017
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This year I missed Friday which I regret since Steff, my good friend and blues harp player with Floyd Beaumont, was performing with his other group The Blues Spirit Band. Not to mention Mark Muleman Massey, who I would have loved to hear.
Saturday, however, it all worked out well. The sun was shining and the weather perfect for an evening of Blues.
25 May 2017
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Need a cool gift for your favorite musician? Looking for a unique skeleton and music themed t-shirt? I’ve hand picked these unique designs over at Zazzle, some from other artists that I love and some of mine. Enjoy!
And BTW: you will be able to chose among a large selection of t-shirts for men, women and children as well as customize the image’s size and placement.
18 May 2017
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About 3 years ago, wanting to make my own rhythm bones from scratch I got a few rib bones from a local butcher. I don’t have a garden so I left them on a southern facing window sill – 3 stories up – for about a year since it wasn’t clear I could stink up the place by putting them to macerate in some water. But with time it seemed obvious that just drying in the sun wasn’t going to get the grease out even with the help of a bugs.
So I covered them with water in a bucket in my workshop, put something on top of the bucket and forgot them. I wasn’t in my workshop very often at the time so maybe 4 months went by before I thought to check them out. I uncovered the bucket and found a horrible black swill which I flushed down the toilet as fast as I could… Yuck!
The bones had turned green, stunk, and still seemed pretty greasy.
16 May 2017
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Just a few of the many magnets you can find at Rattlebrained Rags and help this blog survive (these designs are also on t-shirts, mugs and more)!
3 May 2017
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The fact that I’ve been playing with Floyd Beaumont and the Arcadelphians for a year now but have never posted anything just shows how much a mess this blog has been. This is hopefully a thing of the past as I’ve spent the last week overhauling it. I’ve really been thrilled to be playing in an acoustic band again, just washboard, rhythm bones (as seen here) and getting some rubboard playing in too!
25 April 2017
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A few years ago I wanted to put the logo of my band on my kick drum but wasn’t thrilled with the idea of painting it. After giving it some thought I wondered if using permanent markers would do the trick. It did for me, so after using the same resonant head for 3-4 years I decided it was time for a change and figured I could document the process. So here is how I added my band’s logo to the new skin. But first things first:
I can’t be held responsible if you try this and mess up your kick drum resonator !
Try and draw on an old discarded drum skin first
