Have Fun!!!

a tutorial i hope you'll enjoy :) check out http://youdoart.blogspot.com

wanna learn...

i wanna learn some new stuff... and this is in the que...

I jingle for stuff i like :)

when i was on vacation, i re-visited an old home market that received a total overhaul a couple of years ago...what a pleasure!!!

the little guy...the independent stores

i went to the Guitar Center last week. Gosh that place is really starting to annoy me....sure, i played a few guitars that i liked pretty well, but i'm starting to think i'm not gonna go there anymore...i've got some indy stores in my own town and in the neighboring towns that seem to be close price-wise and geez they even do stuff like 'set-up' their instruments, etc.

plus with the internet it seems like the options are greater...and another thing...some of the 'lower level' brands are really making strides to put out products that are just as solid as some of the big names....i could play some of Johnson's and Sunlite's products and be just fine....and have more money in my wallet...

plus the customer service is more relational at these places...

NEW collaborative Project

Hi friends,

as some of you may know (if it isn't obvious by my posts :), i like to doodle, cartoon, scribble, etc. etc.

Jenny and I have put up a 'fun art' blog over HERE if you'd like to check it out...the emphasis will be on having fun, spreading encouragement, and hopefully inspiring others to
'do-art' themselves!!! if i can encourage anyone to pick up an instrument and make music or to pick up a pen (or whatever) and make art...i feel blessed.

not that i won't post scribbly stuff here, but the site above is made especially for 'scribbly/artistic' fun!!'

thanks,
todd (brother sonny)

yesterday and today

yesterday i was able to 'just show up'
today may be a different story....

Why do i listen to old music?

One of my web friends asked me, 'where do you find all this music?' and i believe he was referencing how every now and then i'm throwing up videos of old blues and folk artists, etc. etc.

here's how i do it....
i take many of the more contemporary artists i like...say for example Bob Dylan and i research (if i can) what they liked as a young man/woman...in Bob Dylan's case i know he listened to the popular rockabilly stuff of the time (i.e. johnny cash, rock n roll stuff you know, probably Elvis, Eddie Cochran, etc.), but i also know he began to be really influenced by guys like Woody Guthrie and the Harry Smith's anthology of folk music (an Amazing Collection!). So what do i do? i go and see if i can find it myself....it's a 'source' you see...

why do i do it?...
i don't know really...i've always been very curious....and with regard to music, it seems to me that if you can find genres at their 'root' you get something that is slightly magical :). often times, the music is more simple (i like that). and then, if you pay attention to the earlier artists' music, then you go deeper into history...to stuff that was around before the time of 'recorded' music...you hear alterations in the lyrics, the freedom of embellishment or alteration...it's fun, it's adaptable, and it's for everybody who wants it!!!!!

here is Furry Lewis. he was an influence on the great blues/jazz/folk guitarist/singer Dave Van Ronk who was also popular in the folk revival of the sixties and who was with us until 2002 when he passed on at 65 years of age...

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just an FYI....

stay tuned

as well as posting more vids from other artists that i enjoy (i hope you will enjoy them too), stay tuned for an upcoming collaborative art site dedicated to 'homemade art.' by everyday folks just like you and me.

-fun art
-fun ideas
-folkish art, poetry, and food posts!
-grassroots tutorials
-A WHOLE HEAP OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART!!!!


'lily's daydream' a church time scribble by daddy


'communicated' by lily (5 yrs old)

paying respect....

i love so much music...

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee to me, are the dynamic duo of the blues!!!

thank you both for your contribution...

My friend Blind Drunk Al

I was reminded the other day of how much i enjoy my friend Alan's music...
we've been youtube friends for a little while now...he's the sort of musician i'd like to be...yes, he's talented, but he's also an archivist....drawing deep from the wells of celtic folk, rhythm and blues, country, traditional folk, and gospel.

you can subscribe to his channel HERE

here's to you Alan! i appreciate your body of work very much.



p.s. Alan is also a very accomplished artist...he has a link on his you tube page...

A cool video of thanks....

Branden was a winner on my you tube channel and he did this very cool video enjoy!