Tuesday, February 20, 2007

25 Things

I'm now featuring four songs on my site, www.myspace.com/dangarner and on www.myspace.com/25things, straight from my new CD, 25 Things. Hope you enjoy them!!
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I can't believe the incredible job that "Why The Hell Not? Records", Chris Alexander did with the music I gave him, but finally after about 3 years I'm putting out a new CD called "25 Things" and I'm very happy about it.
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There are still so many songs that couldn't be included this go round, but maybe I can get around to those more quickly since Chris made this a very non-traumatic experience.
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The art/photography was done by my good friend J.K. Potter and the musicians involved are some of my favorites!!
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I'm even set up with an online account that you can order directly from....click here to buy my CD.modern technology never ceases to amaze me.
Don't forget to check out the CD Release party this Saturday, February 24th (see details below) I'm going to kick it off with a short set at 8:pm...Other great music will follow on my heels as I head out to my gig at Lee's with Cookie and The Kingcakes!!
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Ten Days Out (of control)

Boss Cotton came by the other day with the new CD/DVD release of hometown boy made good, Kenny
Wayne Shepherd, "Ten Days Out", which is a must see for any true blues fan...visually it's stunning and there is some terrific footage of some of the greats (and late greats...Gatemouth Brown, for instance) as well as other Shreveport homeboys, Buddy Flett, Joe Nadeau (he's a yankee, but he's been here long enough for us to claim him) and Jimmy Wallace. You can even spot Donny Opperman doing sound in the Kansas City church/studio. The actual sound production (done by an ex-Talking Head) was exquisite and the grand finale, featuring Howling Wolf's band AND Muddy Waters' band was the crowning touch. The B.B. King performance footage was also breath----taking. This was a wonderful idea and the folks who put this together are to be commended. I joked about doing my own DVD...Ten Days Out Of It...about all my near brushes with some of the greats. As I watched the film unfold I started thinking back on some of the folks I met, traveling around with Jesse Thomas on the blues circuit. I dug through a little photo album I keep on a shelf and found a few shots, posted here...yep, there was a teenage Kenny Wayne playing with me and Jesse at "Tommy's Place" back when Tommy was still alive...this photo was used on Kenny's first CD, "Leadbetter Heights" (they cut my head out of the shot) and there's Honey Boy Edwards telling the "Robert Johnson in the field, barking on all fours" story, from when we played at the Eureka Springs blues fest...off camera is Po' Henry Dorsey. Henry Gray played right before Jesse and Me on the old Fais-Do-Do Stage at Jazz Fest in New Orleans (before the Racetrack burned down) and right before we went on, Henry pulled out a bottle of whiskey from his inside tux pocket (he doesn't drink anymore) and offered me a swig....I said "Yes, thank you," to Howling Wolf's piano player. Jeff Healey played right before us at the Long Beach Blues festival and afterwards borrowed my guitar while we were jamming with Jack Owens and Bud Spires. I met John Lee Hooker, Pop Staples, Bo Diddley, Junior Parker and Diamond Teeth Mary there as well. She's the one being wheeled away in the Jeff Healey photo. I also tossed in the shot of John Mayall...this was from Eureka Springs. I was just a kid back then (only 40) and Jesse looks like a kid, as well...these were all magic moments. I suspect Kenny Wayne feels the same way. If you get a chance I would highly recommend everyone doing their own Ten Days Out!!