Burlap and Blues, The Blues Blog

Decided on Funky Woman... What an odd name for a tune. Sounds like something out of a horror movie.

Speaking of horror movies and Funky Woman, here is my inspiration for playing the blues over Funky Woman. When the movie "Twister" came out, my wife and I decided to see the movie. She enjoys movies, I am not really a big fan of movies because the screen is too big, I like to look away because I feel like I am falling. Twister was a graphic movie for it's day with tornadoes whipping cows around, etc.

We always get where we are going early, and like always, we got to the movie, got our popcorn, got a comfortable seat. About 5 minutes after the movie started a middle aged gal sat next to us. Unfortunate for me, she smelled like she hadn't showered for 3 months. As longs as she sat still, it was tolerable while I was eating my popcorn, but every time she moved I could smell this funky smell. Not only was the movie making me dizzy, I could hardly breathe...

Now them's the blues for sure...

In 2009, Guitar center brought back King of the Blues. Following that announcement, Burlap and Blues saw a 750% increase in traffic mostly searching for "Guitar center" or "King of the blues." This year we have only seen a 200% increase in searching for the same terms.

Unfortunately I do beleive that the overall interest in this contest has significantly. With searches for King of the Blues bringing up mostly articles about last year, there is only one site, and one forum in the top 10 search results. With the changes to Harmony Central's site, I could not find any forums or articles about KOTB, but I do know they exist.

What I am trying to say is maybe I have a shot this year because all the good competition is up and left...

If you are not ready, you are not ready.

If you are playing on Thursday and you have not picked out a song, you need to get some time in.

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