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asa_dachi

Southwest Suburbs Blues Jams

Jun 09, 2006 11:20

Well, last night I headed back out to a blues jam. I had come home from work and knocked off three loads of laundry, stripping the bed, vacuuming the bedroom, hallway, living room and den, remaking the bed and of course taking care of my pets' basic food, water and shelter needs ( Read more... )

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brutalbreasts June 11 2006, 06:33:23 UTC

I read it- but you are a good writer so it is easy to read.

And yes you don't post much lately! I mean I don't either but when ever I log on here I would prefer to see some posts from you!

As to going to listen to jazz... I will have to see if there is anything closer to me, sounds fun, sounds rich, sounds tempting.

asa_dachi June 16 2006, 14:53:39 UTC

Careful... it's blues, not jazz. :) It's approachable, down low, dirty, foot-tappin, hootin' and hollerin' blues!

Jazz, rock, that stuff just wouldn't work. The blues follows a progression. These guys who get up on stage with you, they don't even know your name half the time and haven't ever played with you. But with three little pieces of info - what key, what feel and what tempo - you're ready to go.

As the drummer, I don't pay much attention to the key. (It's a common joke - "Hey, what key are you in?" "Z!") But you hear "slow blues in A" and I ask back "How slow?" 10 seconds later we're launching into a blistering, sweating, slow burnin' blues song.

I was there again last night. Brought a friend of mine who came up from Indy to visit. He loved it. He's not into the blues, but he loved the show last night, even when we weren't sure if I was going to be able to get up and play.

-asa

brutalbreasts June 16 2006, 20:41:15 UTC

blues... jazz... whatever! :)

JUST KIDDING!!!

asa_dachi June 16 2006, 20:47:47 UTC

beets, oats, same difference. ;)

JUST KIDDING!!!

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brutalbreasts June 11 2006, 06:59:59 UTC

Oh! I forgot to tell you... My students won the State Food Science & Technology contest again this year and will be headed back to Nationals (which is in Indiana this year) and for some reason I just remembered- hey- you work with food! When I find out what our product is for nationals (last year it was stir fry) I will have to pick your brain about resources for information etc!

Yeah! I am sure you are sooo looking forward to that! :)

asa_dachi June 16 2006, 15:08:51 UTC

Not only do I work with food, but I live in Illinois which is right next to Indiana. :)

When you get your product thingee, let me know. We have lots of chefs and food scientists here. Our head chef actually leads this team of high school students who compete in the US and Europe. Pretty cool stuff. :)

-asa

brutalbreasts June 16 2006, 20:41:59 UTC

Oh... I will also be in Indiana in July for some National FFA stuff...

asa_dachi June 16 2006, 20:44:20 UTC

Sounds like a great time to feed your impossible guy fascination. We should have dinner together and never talk about anything involving the two of us, thereby giving you months of stuff to think about when you leave town with questions unanswered. :)

-asa

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Surfing bigdogmercer June 13 2006, 19:51:29 UTC

I was just surfing the web & saw this site.
Scott, right ?

Next album I do , I'm gonna let you write the review.
Very descriptive !

Twist, believe it or not, is only 54.
(Life's hard when you're a Junkman !)
He go his nickname when he was a kid (you've seen his face)
His real name is Timothy.
(But I wouldn't call him by name unless you wanna get shanked !)

That soul song you mentioned, is actually a Bob Dylan tune called "I shall be released"
It's my version of it,anyway.

Yes, Chicago Slim (aka Mike Caracinni) is Pauline's husband.

The keybord player's name is Mark Pacci (pronounced packey)
I don't know the bassman's name, but I do know that he's playing with Groover Washington (the band)

Thanks from all of us for the plug to our websites !!!

Pauline & I are playing on June 18th @ Heritage Harley Davidson in Lisle.(355 to Ogden -west for 2 1/2 miles on the left)
11:00am - 3:00pm
Stop on out !!!

Next time you're on my website, stop by the guestbook & say HI !!

Re: Surfing asa_dachi June 13 2006, 20:08:04 UTC

Hey, bud! Yes, it's Scott.

Thanks for filling in some of the background information. Your gig June 18th is about a half mile from where I work. I'll have to see about dragging out some of my coworkers.

You're welcome for the plug to your websites and albums. I figure an art form like the blues could use a few volunteer advertisers.

And next time I hit the website, I will leave a message.

See you around some night soon,
-Scott