Blues Project: Acoustic Previews...

These videos are acoustic versions of some of the songs I've been recording with my esteemed colleague, Michael Dunston, for our forth coming album of blues covers. We don't have a name for ourselves or the album yet [because we don't care about thinking of names as much as we care about playing music], but the album should be out in the next few month; early 2011.

"Big Fat Squid" - As seen on "Brak presents 'the Brak show' starring Brak"

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - Hank Williams

"Built for Comfort" - Howlin' Wolf

"Stormy Weather" - Harold Arlen & Leo Reisman's Orchestra

Sultry Sultan

Sometimes I see published images that are just a few quick pen strokes from being truly completed... While flipping through a coloring book at work a few months ago I came across one such image. The look of sheer ecstasy and rapture on sultans face says it all.

Its terribly low quality, as I took this picture with my computers web cam, but I think you can still get the gist alright.

Blues Project

A few months ago, I got this great notion, to get the blues... I started finding old ass blues standards I liked and recording them. I got my close friend Michael Dunston involved, as he is the king of sultry guitaring and an audio engineer of great talent. Since then, the two of us have got about seven or eight songs at or near completion. In another few months, we will have a whole album worth of blues material. This post is pointless, as at this point, I am not yet ready to speak at lengths about the material on the album... I am excited however, and couldn't contain my enthusiasm much longer. In summation, look forward to having your sphincter blown out at the sonic gravity of our heavy hearted blues...

Painting...

This is a painting I did a few months ago... It was at the University of Tampa for the last few months, as it was in the UT Alumni art show, and then I didn't bother to go back and pick it up from the school for another month or two. But now it's home again, so perhaps I'll get around to finishing it. Originally I had intended there to be at least twice as many of the blue figures pulling on the yellow persons strings... Maybe I'll get around to adding some more...

Get What You Give