"The Road to Memphis" . Again, D.Graig, Mark, Robyn, and GWTBS and team hosted a terrific competition to select two acts for the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (Jan 2025). GWTBS will be represented by the Corbell's in the solo/duo category. Sam Barlow and His True Blue Band will be the group category. Two really good groups and some really good folks, Congrats to the whole GWTBS effort, good music, great folks.
Attended the Greater West Texas Blues Society BYOB (Bring your own Blues) jam in Midland. 4th Thursday of every month. Hosted by D. Craig Smith, Mark Maddox, and Robyn Vasicek. Great attendance at The Destination in Midland. GWTBS sent two acts, Sam Barlow and His True Blue Band and Twice as Nice, featuring Leon Carrasco and Adrian Revilla. Both acts made the Finals of the International BluesSociety 2024 meeting. Congrats to all for supporting the blues!
The VooDudesATX at the Waterloo Ice House, Austin, Texas. The Tuesday night jam with Joseph Deeb, Guitar and Vocals, Mark Viator, Guitar and Vocals, Chris Olson, Bass, John Cantu, Vocals, Scott French, Drums. We are doing some live recordings during the Tuesday night jam.
Barry returned for a second recording engineering course at Sweetwater Studios, this time under the direction of Shawn Dealy and crew. We tracked and mixed work by Joe Robinson, a superb guitar player, singer, composer from Australia. He is a protege of Tommy Emanuel. One always comes away from Sweetwater with a raft of new knowledge. The new ATMOS studio, in Studio B at Sweetwater is jaw dropping to hear.
Trey delivered the Model 32, Serial no. 001 ! It is a beauty. See the pics above. It is just 6.25 lbs, tiger maple on the front, mahogany neck and back. 5 position switch lets you split the humbuckers with the single coil. Plays great, sounds even better. Party Time!
Trey Clements is a new luthier on the scene in Texas. He has recently completed his shop in Bryan, Texas. Trey is producing his first prototypes and NanoGram has ordered Serial Number 001. It will be a double-cut away, solid body with 2 humbuckers and a single coil. We are looking forward to its delivery and have enjoyed working with Trey to design the guitar. Hopefully we can have a guitar “coming out party” in Austin, when it is finished and the Covid numbers go down.
Drew Walker is a local Austin resident and friend. He is the rhythm guitarist for Fire From the Gods, a now internationally recognized band, with great music and lyric skills that combine metal, rock, rap and other eclectic influences. Drew visited NanoGram with his favorite baritone guitar and Kemper head. We hope to see him more post-Covid if he is not always on tour. www.firefromthegods.com
The Polly O’Keary Band hails from Bothel, Washington. Polly is a killer bassist and vocalist and shares the stage with Dave Miller (guitar) and Tommy Cook (drums). www.pollyokeary.com
Barry Holtz was a student at Sweetwater Studios for a 3 day class conducted by Mark Hornsby. The session featured skill sessions in set-up, tracking and mixing. The guest artists were Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, from Nashville. Awesome session at Sweetwater.
Annika Chambers is a tremendous blues vocalist from Houston, TX and a very good pool player. She comes from that blues-gospel tradition with a powerful melodic voice. Annika has a long list of awards to her credit. www.annikachambers.com.
Noah Wotherspoon, 2015 Best Guitarist, International Blues Challenge, Memphis. Noah and his bandmembers Rob Thaxton (bass), Brian Aylor (drums) visited us in Austin before the fest. A good time was had on 6th Street and at Antones. Noah is an exceptional guitarist, vocalist and writer. www.noahwotherspoon.com. Here we are at the Fest, Rob, Noah, Brian and Barry.
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