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[sonhenry]

Hi- I'm on my way to Aberdeen and want to get a jump on getting a band organized. I'm looking for a drummer, bass player and keys for a blues band.

I'm an old school (but not old) guitar player, singer with a couple of CD's out on indie labels. We'd be playing lots of original material and some covers- all high energy party stuff.

Email or this forum probably is the best way to communicate for now!

Cheers-

Son Henry
son_henry@yahoo.com

[MacZuddy]

Sounds good, i'd love to play blues again. Two questions:
- How serious are you in terms of gigs and practise (someone with a day job need react?)
- what age range you have in mind ? (i don't mind age discrimination, am late 30s)
Ok, 3 questions, what's Alaska like?

[voodoo_chile]

I'm a drummer and am quite interested, but what stlye of blues would you be aiming for ? bands/artists of particular influence?

[sonhenry]

Excellent questions, thanks!

First, I'm much more interested in how well someone plays than how old they are, old is fine, young is fine too. FWIW I just clocked 40 and right now I've got a bass player that's 56 and a sax player that's 22. They do a great job holding up their end of the stage and that's the important thing.

Second, I'm serious about music, but I've always had people in my band that did a great job juggling a day job, family and being in the band. I do it too. So, we always work around schedule problems, etc. A day job is no problem. I can give you more details about how much we're playing here, but I'm not sure that's important because I have no idea how frequently we'll be able to play where you are. I wouldn't let a day job talk you out of this though.

The style I gravitate towards is a hybrid of old howling wolf and elmore james house rocking music is probably the best description- right now I'm playing a healthy balance of original and odd covers. Hollywood Fats, Lightning Slim, Little Walter are some major influences. Don't get rattled if your worried i'm looking for a bunch of old guys in fedoras. It's energetic party musc if it's done right and truthfully, it lives and dies by the bass and drums. Does that help? Around here it's been a popular style because it's not old fart music at all, most of the people that turn out to see us are 30 or younger and they dance till they drop. That may or may not translate to where you are, but we'll see i guess.

Oh, Alaska is a great place, kinda cold and dark 10 months out of the year, but you can catch fish that weigh as much as a medium-sized dog. I not going to miss rolling my amp through a few feet of snow though.

kinda rambling, sorry- i'm not usually up this early.

[voodoo_chile]

I'm liking the sound of things really, but, I am only 17 tho..

[sonhenry]

last time I check being 17 wasn't an incurable disease! BTW- I've got a 14 year old son who's also looking for every opportunity he can find to play. But he's still learning...

[voodoo_chile]

lol, glad that you think that way, when are you back from alaska ?

[sonhenry]

looking like a couple of weeks or so. not soon enough frankly.

[voodoo_chile]

lol, well pm me whenever you're back and up for a jam

[sonhenry]

got an email asking about this thought I;d publish the reply. Yes, horn players would be cool too- sax, trumpet, tbone.