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Finally, playing the blues! My 2007 store flopormance.
By KenBJammen on Apr 5, 2009 | In Music
Tuesday finally came and my wife and I made our way down to Rockford IL. I got all dressed up, polished the LP, put new strings on her (at that time I was using 9’s), got my shoes all polished and shiny and made sure that there were no particles of food stuck in my teeth. As a meticulously obsessive person, I got there as early as I could. They asked that performers not get their before 4 P.M., but not later than 5:30. I pulled in the parking lot at 3:58 and waited to go in.
My Blues Journey – Finally playing the blues.
By KenBJammen on Apr 4, 2009 | In Music
In late January 2007, I was visiting the local Guitar Center looking to purchase a small PA for some upcoming small shows and noted all of the signage relating to their 2007 King of The Blues Contest. Having recently placing in the top 5 of the winter 2006 Johnathan Coulton Code Monkey Remix contest, I decided that I could go forward and enter the contest. They took all of my information and gave me a CD and I was set that I was going to enter this contest and do well.
The beginning of my blues journey Part 4, my first band The Valets.
By KenBJammen on Apr 2, 2009 | In Music
Yes, we were called the Valets, let me explain before you pass judgment on me!
After I finished my service time in the U.S. Army, I continued with the desire to want to play in a band on a regular basis. The last few months when I was in the service I became friends with a dude who showed me some great music including the Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Chambers Brothers, The Buckinghams, and other great unheard of bands from the 1960’s. So when I met up with a bass player who was looking to start a band who played unheard of music from the 1960’s I was excited to join.
The beginning of my blues journey Part 3, the night that SRV died.
By KenBJammen on Mar 28, 2009 | In Music
The summer of 1990, is a summer that I will never forget. I had just received my license to be an EMT and I was working 2 jobs starting to put my self through school. During the summer, there were a lot of hours open to work on the ambulance, and an opportunity to work first aid at Alpine Valley, in East Troy Wisconsin. During concerts the concert promoters hired groups of firemen and EMT’s from local fire departments to man the first aid tents. Each of the EMT’s and firemen would be able to get in for free, and possibly have an opportunity to see some of the band. Well, the second part never happened, usually because there were too many people partying a little to hard.
