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

02/08/2011
by bigcharliedbrs
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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

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Noah's Beard - Week 21

Soon I will be able to play the guitar with my beard

0 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros play the Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans on October 14th, 2010

Tonight I’ll be working the door & floor at the Howlin’ Wolf (907 S. Peters) where Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros will be playing. Heard ’em yet? They’re making big splashes lately. Come catch them before they blow up. Peep the musica here.

Big up to Vince’s mom for showing me them last year. Good stuff. Show’ll probably sell out 1st hour or so; I think they’ve already presold over 1000 tickets. God only knows what kind of hippie shenanigans I’ll face tonight. Could be good. Less find out…

0 Tonight! A Spectacular & Magnificent Jamboree at the Big Top!

Dirty Bourbon River Show and Holy Ghost Tent Revival rock the Big Top Sunday, August 1st, 2010.

Tonight! A Spectacular & Magnificent Jamboree at the Big Top! Yessir ladies and gentlemen, come out early for one of the most exquisite, sultry, tickling summer evenings we’ve ever put together…

It’s going up at the Big Top (1638 Clio St.), 6pm tonight (Sunday August 1st) – we’ll begin with a 5 course meal, then at 8pm Dirty Bourbon will take the stage (our last show of the summer) followed by our North Carolinian friends Holy Ghost Tent Revival at 9pm.

Nothing in history will ever be like tonight. The cunning uniqueness of tonight’s occasion is spilling over the brim; I suggest you come drink from this cup before it’s all gone.

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Dirty Bourbon River Show & Howdies stomp feet & toss back the guitar sauce this Saturday at Artmosphere in Lafayette

This Saturday (July 10th) we ride west to Lafayette, LA for a charcoal-fingered romp’n’stomp at Artmosphere. Our third appearance, this time we will be joined by the Howdies, Lafayette’s own SwingRoots’n’Rockabilly gentlemen – whiskey orbs, fingergloves, a duck possibly. Yess indeed. And, in a couple of hours, the delivery man’ll be dropping off 200 copies of the new album “Free Love”, which we’ll be handing out for free at the show.

Check out the Howdies here. They sound damn good. ‘Nuff said.

0 Week 2: Dirty Bourbon Burlesque Residency

It's round two of Dirty Bourbon's weekly burlesque residence - Tuesday, June 8th - 8:30 - $5

Howdy yall, tonight (Tuesday the 8th) marks week two of our Dirty Bourbon Residency. If you missed the 1st one, or you just can’t get enough, come check us out tonight at the wolf:

0 Dirty Bourbon Burlesque!

Tonight (June 1st) and every Tuesday this month, the Dirty Bourbon River Show will be featured in TheBigBusk!, a weekly live music burlesque and vaudeville hour at the Howlin' Wolf on 907 S. Peters in the Den.

Tonight (June 1st) and every Tuesday this month, the Dirty Bourbon River Show will be featured in TheBigBusk!, a weekly live music burlesque and vaudeville hour at the Howlin’ Wolf on 907 S. Peters in the Den.

Tix only 5 bucks, doors open at 8, sets at 8:30 & 9:30pm. Pack your whiskey nip and your sinnin’ boots – it’s going to be a classic, damn good time. Hope to see you there.