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0 What We’ve Been Up To Lately

07/10/2011
by dirtybourbonrivershow
· Albums · General · Live Shows · Louisiana · New Orleans · North Carolina · On The Road · Video

Good times in Jackson, MS last night. But so much has happened since then and when we last talked. Hmm, let’s see… where to begin?

The six of us (Me’n’Charlie’n’Bootsy’n’Jimmy’n’Matt & Clay) arrived homeless back in New Orleans at the end of June from our S/SE tour. Bootsy left for Europe for a month, and the remaining five of us found a nice, cheap, big place in the Marigny to lay low for a while. We now live at 1234 Fake St:

We’ve been getting by, hustlin’, bustlin’ & busking (catch us today in Jackson Square and on Frenchmen late afternoonish, getting a slow start) & playing club gigs when we can pick up a drummer (Dave Shirley from E Company has been a godsend ringer). Catch us at Moe’s BBQ in Daphne, AL this Friday, and at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street this Saturday with E Company and the Alex McMurray Band. This show is going to kill…

Also, we’ve picked up a manager – the venerable miss Jaime Coggins. From Holy Ghost Tent Revival (of whom she also manages) to P-funk to Jaco Pastorius to Roberta Fleck, her taste is direct and without falter, and her judgment – keen and sharp like Japanese folded steel. She’ll be handling most of our business end from now on, I’ve updated our contact section should you need to contact her regarding gigs, private parties for the Queen of Atlantis, etc. Here’s a little Leonard Cohen / Dr. Dog mash-up to honor our new union:

Looking forward, we’ve got some big things planned for the rest of the summer. Bootsy gets back from Europe at the beginning of next month, and then the 6 of us will be hitting the road hard (check the sidebar for dates ->) – got another South/Southeast tour (TX, LA, MS, AL, TN, FL, SC, NC, VA) this August, then, come September, we’re headed to Colorado…

Big things in the horizon my friends…

It’s a funny thing, how life moves at such an incredible pace.

Your Friend,

~ Noah Adams

P.S. Our 4th album is fully recorded and currently being mastered by Bhob Rainey (who also did Volume Two, a true gentlemen of sound). Me’n’Charlie just finished hand-drawing the cover art ourselves this weekend. Peep it:

0 The Engine Room Tonight!

06/11/2011
by grainbeltthunk
· Uncategorized

We got an FREE one tonight in Tallahassee. We kick off at 9:30 sharp so be on time my good people!

The Engine Room
809 Railroad Ave
Tallahassee Fl

0 Photoset: Volume Two CD Release Party

Holy Ghost Tent Revival and the Dirty Bourbon River Show at the Blue Nile in New Orleans on April 2, 2011.

~ Photos by Josh Bradsted

0 An Incredible Weekend

04/04/2011
by dirtybourbonrivershow
· Albums · General · Live Shows · Louisiana · On The Road · Photos · Recording

Thank you Baton Rouge, Mobile, Lafayette and New Orleans for giving us & Holy Ghost Tent Revival such an incredible weekend. Thank you Tin Men & Chubby Carrier for joining in on the festivities. Thank you everyone who came out and supported us. Man, this weekend was something else.

192179_641340521748_45702446_34038432_6870313_o — CD Release Party @ the Blue Nile. Photo by Josh Bradsted.

If you haven’t yet, check out the new album. It’s on Bandcamp, iTunes & Amazon now for only $9.99. And for everybody outside of this deep south bubble Dirty Bourb was born in, we will be coming to your city soon. We’ve got a whole host of dates on the Eastern Seaboard this May & June & some westward dates to follow in the Fall.

And once again, thank you. We hope you enjoy the new record.

~ The Dirty Bourbon River Show

0 Volume Two Gulf Tour Starts Tonight!

Yes, yes good people, the weekend we have preping and preening for has finally arrived. To celebrate the release of ‘Volume Two’, we are doin a quick jaunt throught the Gulf that starts TONIGHT! in Baton Rouge with our friends Holy Ghost Tent Revival.

For those who lost track, here is the nitty gritty for the whole weekend:

Thursday, March 31st:

Baton Rouge, LA

Red Star Bar

222 Laurel Street

Doors @ 9pm Show @ 10pm

Friday, April 1st :

Mobile, AL

Callaghan’s Irish Social Club

916 Charleston St

Doors @ 6pm Show @ 7pm

Saturday, April 2nd:

New Orleans, LA

Blue Nile

Also w/ The Tin Men

532 Frenchman St

$10 cover, Show @ 10pm

Sunday, April 3rd:

Lafayette, LA

Blue Moon Saloon

Also w/ Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band

215 East Convent Street

Doors @ 6pm Show @ 7pm

We sincerely hope y’all can make it out, we’ve been working on this one for awhile and the excitement is like that of a child on Christmas morning (for real!). See you lovely people out there on the road.

0 One Week Until The Greatest Fxxking Show Ever!

April 2nd, 2011 - A day to be remembered...

03/27/2011
by dirtybourbonrivershow
· Albums · General · Live Shows · Louisiana · On The Road · Recording

Only one week to go until our greatest fxxking show yet. Yessiree ladies and gentlemen, we haven’t been this excited in a while – got a huge one planned for you ~ its going down like this:

Saturday, April 2nd

The Blue Nile on Frenchmen

Show kicks off at 10pm with our dear friends from Greensboro, NC, the one and only Holy Ghost Tent Revival. This 6 piece string/brass extravaganza is the perfect mixture of foot-stompin’ love makin’ folk/roots/blues/dixieland/rock and more. Say hello:

Then, at 11pm, yours truly will be taking the stage, performing for you our newest album – Volume Two. Songs you’ve never heard, old familiars, and everything in between. Good friends, bourbon pours, fireballs and more. So excited to be sharing this newest one with you. We sincerely believe it is our greatest work yet:

And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, guess who’ll be closing out the evening? None other than New Orleans’ own the Tin Men. Washboard Chaz, Matt Perrine, Alex McMurray – these cats kill:

Tickets are $10, $8 if you click “attending” on the Facebook event, and free for those who pre-purchase the album on our Bandcamp site.

If you can’t make the New Orleans Show (which you should, even if you live 300 miles away) you can catch us and Holy Ghost in Baton Rouge on Thursday, Mobile on Friday, and Lafayette an Sunday with Chubby Carrier.

Don’t miss this one. It is going to be our greatest fxxking show yet.

0 Blues you ough’ta know with Big Charlie: A Man of the Cloth, Cut from the Blues

02/22/2011
by bigcharliedbrs
· Uncategorized

Blind Willie Johnson

202478 — Click on Willie to read more about him

The Blues has taken on many forms throughout history, in the case of young Willie Johnson the blues came through the word of the good Lord. From age four Willie told his family he would be a preacher. Johnson and his dad built a guitar out of a cigar box and Willie learned how to play using a pocket knife as a slide.

Blind Willie Johnson played and sang his unique versions of favorite hymns and spirituals for the remainder of his life. Until his death in 1945, Willie traveled the south from street corner to backyard spreading his Gospel.

Willie frequented New Orleans, playing and preaching on the corners of the French Quarter. legend has it he was arrested once for “starting a riot” outside the courthouse with a powerful rendition of the song ‘If i Had My Way I’d Tear This Building Down’.

If you’ve already heard of Blind Willie Johnson, that’s probably due to the fact that two of the greatest recording artists of all time covered a song first recorded by Willie. Dylan and Led Zeppelin both recorded powerful versions of the the song ‘In My Time of Dying’ which is a slightly altered version of Blind Willie’s ‘Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed‘

Check it out: Zeppelin and Dylan’s version below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhd3wEG4BXM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLp5oE3iFE

– Big Charlie

If you think you know some blues I ough’ta know E-mail me at BigCharlieSkinner@Gmail.Com

0 Blues you ough’ta know with Big Charlie: Sleepy John Estes

02/15/2011
by bigcharliedbrs
· Uncategorized

The Narcoleptic Bluesman

At the early age of six, John Adams Estes was blinded in one eye during an unfortunate sandlot baseball incident. He later lost vision in the other eye, allowing him to join the ranks of iconic blind bluesmen such as; Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Sonny Terry, and Blind Boy Fuller.

Obviously, Being Blind wasn’t the only Obstacle Sleepy John had to endure. His nickname spurs from his tendency to fall asleep while sitting on a stool or even standing up. These unintentional naps were later diagnosed as Narcolepsy, which is caused by blood pressure irregularity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ20mW4X2E0

While there are no actual accounts (that I could find) of Sleepy falling asleep on-stage, I’d have to imagine when he was touring around the South playing every night, it happened at some point. Wouldn’t that be a site?

jdsipe_sleepy_thumb — Folk Art by J.D. Snipe (click Sleepy to see more)

Estes was mentioned in the memoirs of Big Bill Broonzy as having judged a guitar contest in Chicago. Memphis Minnie had just recently moved to town, and found herself in a guitar duel with Big Bill. In a glorious upset Minnie beat Bill Broonzy and became wildly popular in the city’s blues circuit, all thanks to her fellow Tennessean, Sleepy . Whenever Sleepy John and his band were in Chicago they were regularly hired by Al Capone (who was crazy about the blues) and his people to play private parties and events. Now that sounds like a right proper good time to me.

This is A great site with a Database of Memphis Bluesmen and women along with a Detailed history of each

– Big Charlie

Thank you Iain for for the recommendation. If you think you know some blues I ough’ta know E-mail me at BigCharlieSkinner@Gmail.Com

1 Blues you ough’ta know with Big Charlie: Skip James and the Bentonia School

02/08/2011
by bigcharliedbrs
· Uncategorized

Skip James was a true Blues-man, born and trained in Bentonia, Mississippi. Bentonia is quiet little town outside of the Mississippi Delta with a rich history of producing some of the best Blues guitar players/singers.

While each one was as unique as the next, the Blues-men from this town all seemed to play music with an eerie, depressing feel to it, and always in minor keys. Pair that with the Skip James signature three-finger picking guitar style and an array of unique tunings (mostly in open E minor and even down to D minor) and you’ve got the Bentonia “school” of the Blues.

Here’s an example of some Bentonia Blues: Skip James singing and playing “Devil Got My Woman”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2POWSnStU&feature=related

To learn a lot more about Skip James and the Blues in general click on that there guitar below

-Big Charlie

0 Jackson, MS Tonight!

416 George St. – Show starts at 10pm – Swamp Babies open