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0 Dirty Bourbon Is now on Instagram

08/07/2014
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Hello all, Big Charlie checking in to let you know that Dirty Bourbon River Show has officially broken onto the Instagram scene. Follow us @dirtybourbonrivershow_

If you want to tag a post or picture of us simply put a #dirtybourbonrivershow in there somewhere and well all be able to check it out.
See ya on the interwebs!

Meanwhile Back In the physical realm, We are playing our debut show in Phoenix, Arizona tonight at the Last Exit with the Bad Cactus Brass Band. Show starts at 8:30. Come out and get some brass!

0 Looking for new Music?

Well folks maybe I can be of service. See yesterday Jimmy went off to the huge Musical Instrument Museum here in Phoenix and came back with all sorts of photos for us. Looking through his shots of various world percussion from various countries really set me back in my chair – I’ve got so much to learn! So I began digging.

As I searched around for different world drums and sounds, I came across a website I will probably be spending a majority of the remainder of the year scanning through. Its catalog of artists is literally that grand!

WOMAD, World Of Music, Art, and Dance, is an international festival bringing together artists from all over the globe, and all of their featured artists deserve high praise. It’s an organization I hope that we can be apart of someday.

Please check it out and let me know what you think. Let me know who you’ve listened to. And of course let me know if you find some hip-shaking, heart-pounding rhythms.

Here’s what I’ve been listening to today! Enjoy and share!!

Congo/ Dom. Republic – Staff Benda Bilili – “Moziki”

Indonesia – Marsada Band – “Sada Do”

Japan – Osaka Monaurail – “Quicksand”

There’s so much out there. Get up. Get Out. Explore. We’re not meant to stay in one place for too long!

Tonight…we’re in Tucson, AZ. at Club Congress. Doors at 8. The first group, Duende Wall, who we just can’t seem to find online, will be starting things at 9. We’ll be shaking things down at 10!

See y’all there – Boots.

0 DBRS Coming to PDX!

0 Introducing SlyCam: The Random Documentations of a Saxophonist On the Road

Ladies and gentlemen,

I thought about it for a while, and figured you beautiful people might find some of the random moments in our camp entertaining/interesting/revealing, so I’ve decided to start grabbing little snippets of our adventures around the country and in NOLA and sharing them with you. Let me know how you like it! A little piece of the DBRS world from the perspective of yours truly…

Also, tonight we return to Albuquerque’s own Low Spirits! The show kicks off at 10 pm with a night of whiskey-drenched musical goodness. Come do your Saturday right!

~Slyfox

0 Let’s Grow A 10 Year Beard – Month 1

I have decided to grow a 10 year beard. I will document it here, on the 1st of every month, until the beard is completed and 120 months have passed.

Ten Year Beard Kick-Off Party tonight at Taos Mesa Brewery at 8pm. Good food, good people, good music. Thus begins my journey….

– Noah Adams

0 Heroes of the Low End pt. 5

Frank Proto: Double Bass Trailblazer/Badass

Frank Proto was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his musical studies with piano at the tender age of 7 and started learning double bass at the age of 16. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music in 1963 where he performed the first solo double bass recital in the history of the school.

Not content with the poor quality and limited selection of works for double bass at the time, Proto decided to write his own. His first composition, Sonata 1963 for Double Bass and Piano, is so badass it immediately entered the standard double bass repertoire. It has been performed by thousands of bassists worldwide.

Isac Ryu – Double Bass
Min Young Park – Piano

This was just the start of Proto’s professional career as a bassist/composer. His accolades and compositions are too numerous to list here, so go check him out, there’s plenty more out there to discover.

P.S. Gig tonight at the Animas City Theater in beautiful Durango, Colorado. Show starts at 9:30.

– Bassman

1 Blues you oughta’ know: the Deep River Blues

07/26/2014
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Few people have had such a pronounced effect on folk music as Doc Watson. I started listening to Doc when I was about 2, my dad would play his cassette tapes on long trips in the car. His smooth playing style and friendly voice made him one of the most respected flat-picking/finger-picking guitar players the world has seen. Check him out for yourself:

Dirty Bourbon River Show is back in the beautiful city of Carbondale today for another double header. First we have the 43rd annual Carbondale Mountain Air festival at 5pm, then at 8:30 walk down the street to Steve’s guitars for an in store performance! We’ve got a whole day full of music for you! Hope to see you there!

– Big Charlie

0 Urban Art

The other night in Grand Junction we met a couple of street artists who were working on the side of the music club, Sabrosa. These guys were so good we had to share it with y’all!

So this will be the start of a new segment we’re calling…

“Urban Art”

ENJOY!

Tonight we’re playing in Golden, CO at the Buffalo Rose Bar & Grill!! Doors open at 9 PM!!

See y’all there!

Boots.

0 From Park Silly to Salt Lake City!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s a double header today! After waking up bright and early after our show in Grand Junction, we’ve made it to Park City, Utah’s Park Silly Sunday Market for a couple of early sets on this beautiful day. Then, tonight we debut in Salt Lake City at the Piper Downtown Pub for a night full of music kicking off at 9 pm.

So if you’re around, come hang with us! In the meantime, enjoy a tour down the History Lane of Saxophone!

~Slyfox