Last Few Weeks

I have unintentionally let a few weeks lag since my last post, so sorry.  We've been so busy and the building of our house has been occupying my mind.  And it is coming right along, Yeah!  Since my last post, we have played several shows, in Cooper, in Oklahoma City, and last night in Commerce.

Cooper, Texas is always fun for us to play, because it so near our old stomping grounds, Birthright.  We have a core following who come out to hear us, some of whom are the earliest fans of BBP, having heard the original band back in 2006 when we briefly had a guitar shop there in Cooper and regularly played on the pavilion.  If you haven't seen the Cooper square and the pavilion, you should check it out....it is my favorite small town Texas square.

The trip to Oklahoma City to play at the IBC Qualifier was a blast!  We didn't win, but we represented Texas well.  The winning group was just awesome, it had a horn section, a great rhythm section, and a really dynamic lead vocalist.  We did, however, get some great feedback, both from the audience and from one of the judges....so needless to say, we'll keep plugging away, doing what we do!  That was surely a long day and night, we drove in and out in the same day, leaving here around 1:30 pm Saturday and getting home around 4:00 am Sunday.  Good bonding for the group, haha.  Paying dues, don't ya know.

Last night, we played a couple of sets at a private party in Commerce.  We had a really nice time and there was a great sax player who sat in with us, and he really added a lot to our sound.  Hopefully we'll get together with him again and jam some more....I love good sax playing in the blues (just thinking about Gatemouth Brown's sax player makes me want to hear some more).  The food and the company last night were great, too.

In addition to our shows, Jack and I have been playing a lot in the Juke with the kids, they are at the age where they are looking forward to family jam time, which ROCKS!  D is 15 and has been rocking the drums, and W is 10 and is working on guitar, drums, and most especially singing.  He has been getting up at our family friendly shows and singing a song, it is so cool to watch.  It won't be long, he'll be a force to be reckoned with.  Raising the kids with the blues is a blessing for Jack and me, it is so much fun.  Eventually, who knows....maybe a family band will hit the road for a summer or something.  That would be cool.

We've also been working on some new songs and have a couple of new ones in the can....recorded and ready for the next album, although there is no release date scheduled yet....but if you make a show you are sure to hear one.  Until then, we have this summer's release, the live album recorded at Texas A&M Commerce, still available.  Our next show is this coming Friday, a duo set at Princeton's Blue Armadillo Winery, hope to see y'all there.

Voodoo Woman

Angry Woman Blues

Track 20

Send Her Back

Youtube Channel BirthrightBlues

Well, we've been home for two weeks and I am happy to say I have finally gotten all of the videos up from the Rising Biscuit Stage at the King Biscuit Blues Festival.  I had originally thought I would also include a couple of videos of us Buskin' on Cherry Street with Evan Hawk and "Canadian" Dave Gold, but the songs are not originals and it just doesn't feel right to put them up....I may edit them into some quick solo clips and put them up that way, but I'm not sure at this time.  I hope you enjoy the videos!

Chiggerfest and Java Joint Guitar Pull, 10/15/11

Yesterday the Birthright Blues Project played in Cooper, Texas at Chiggerfest.  We left our forest around 10:30 am and got  back to it around midnight.  We unloaded our gear at the Java Joint in Cooper and then carried it over to the stage before our friend and fellow musician, Shaun Michaels' set.  The time schedule got rearranged slightly because Shaun had been booked to follow us, and he wanted to open for us.  So we all set up the stage before Shaun's set, which gave us more playing time because we were ready to go when Shaun left the stage.  We played a good set and the crowd (which seemed to mostly congregate in the shade) seemed to enjoy the show.  Then the kids headed to a friend's house to chill out while Jack had to wait to sit in on two songs with Johnny C Lately, so I just sat in the shade since I got sunburned while on stage.  Most of the crowd had dispersed but Jack did what he does and ripped out some amazing leads.

Then we headed to our friends' house, thanks Carrie and Al, and hooked up with the kids.  They were content, fed and occupied with video games/ computer, so the adults played a little 5 card draw to burn some time until it was time to head back up to the square.  Carrie fed us a homecooked meal and we headed down the road.  We stopped by Cliff and Julie's, where they had just pulled shishkbobs off the grill, so we of course had to eat a little more.  Then Jack borrowed an acoustic/electric guitar from Cliff and we headed to the Java Joint.

We love playing at the Java Joint, and last night was a first time special event.  Jack and Shaun were joined by songwriters "Johnny C Lately" (Woodrow Thomas) and Mark Clark.  The four sat on stage with their acoustics and rotated turns singing and playing original songs.  It was a really good show with a lot of great music, different genres, topics, but all good.  I enjoyed sitting down with my friends singing along to the songs we knew by Jack and Shaun.  Then after the show, Jack had to get a little electric playing in, so I got out my bass and he played our following (by then they were still hanging around and the rest had pretty much left) a brand new song written for him by Dave Mason called 103 Degrees in Texas and Wade got up and howled Hoochie Coochie Man.  It was great!  We'll be back at the Java Joint on the 29th of October playing as a band.