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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.

1 Two New Records!

Two new records from the Dirty Bourbon River Show

0 Tonight in Baton Rouge: A Spanish Moon Three Ring Circus

Dirty Bourbon River Show, the Have Nauts, and Glasgow hit the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge on February 25th, 2011.

Tonight we’ll be rocking the Red Stick for a 3rd time with yet another killer 3 ring circus at the Spanish Moon. Dirty Bourbon’ll be starting the night off right at 10pm sharp with a no-hands-barred set chalked full of big announcements, beefed up bari/tenor horn sections, and yet another new song. Following at 11pm will be Phantom Party BR locals the Have Nauts.

A power trio founded on “Motown and dirty rock’n’roll,” the Have Nauts boasts a promising line-up with Jason Ourso on guits, guts and voice, Michael Roy on drums and Cohen Hartmen on bass. There’s a really good article in Stereo Gumbo on these fellas here. For extra listening pleasure check out their bassist’s other project – Cohen Hartmen and the Bone Machine – here.

Finally, closing out the night will be none other than our dear friends Glasgow. This will be our 5th show with the Craft Brothers & Company (they’re also on our upcoming album Vol II) and every time we play with them something magic seems to happen.

You’ve probably (hopefully) heard of Glasgow by now, but if not, I highly recommend you check out their unique brand of classy, downright nasty rock’n’roll here.

If after that you still want more, peep this impromptu megaphone gypsy string stomp Dirty Bourb and Glasgow threw together at the Dragon’s Den last year:

Hope to see you there!

~ Noah

P.S. Special announcement on Sunday – check the interwebs!

P.P.S. I couldn’t resist (Glasgow is Legendary):

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 Good Times Last Night in Mobile, AL

Good times last night at the Blind Mule in Mobile, AL. Thank you to the Howdies, the Blackjacks, and everyone else who came out – that was one rockin’ show.

Make sure and come see us in Mobile again at Callaghan’s on March 5th after the parade – we’ve got some special antics for you next time around.

Shooting a music video for “Mad” next weekend then catch us the following weekend (2/25) at the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge with Glasgow and the Have-Naughts.

0 Just Another Friday in New Orleans: A Recap

Ok, so here’s my recap of the live music I saw yesterday:

~ Habitat (Wolf’s Den) = more like shit habitat

~ Miss Rail Co. (Blue Nile) = good as always, dig the new tune

~ John Lisy (12 bar) = wasn’t playing that night, they had their schedule all fucked up

~ Rough 7 (dba) = good, but Ryan Scully just doesn’t have it like he used to

And there was a surprise pick last night: along the way, I stopped off at the Maison to see Booty Trove. Playing after them was Adam & Carly’s project – Yojimbo. Definitely the most interesting thing I saw last night – groovin’ funk with a kung fu feel, shit to kick ass to. Good stuff.

~ Noah

0 Just Another Friday in New Orleans

Thinkin’ of checking out Jacky D’s new project Habitat at the Wolf’s Den, followed by some blues with either Miss Rail Co at Blue Nile or John Lisy & the Delta funk at 12 bar, followed by some Rough 7 at DBA. Got my whiskey, yup, lookin’ good. Here we go…

~ Noah