I’ve started turning my musical tasting sights to the blues. There is so much out there though, do I wade right in with the obvious? Or go straight underground? I don’t know.
I saw a guy called Seasick Steve at The Big Chill festival this year (when people introduce him, it sounds like C-16, beware). He’s played there before, but this year was my first time there. An old guy came on stage and played some seriously good blues, hobo style, and was very funny. In fact, part of his set he played with a 3 string guitar, and still sounded great, he even brought out a 1 string instrument he made (diddley bow) and played that. For his drum, he had a box with a microphone in it (Mississippi drum machine) and yes, it sounded like a drum. Excellent stuff.
His album “Dog house music” is great, but it doesn’t come close to his live act.
