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Roger

The Bluesfather

About Me

Architect and amateur musician. Gigging regularly in Edinburgh and Newcastle with own songs as solo acoustic act and in The Modern Blues (electric blues/funk/rock band) and The Blue Suede Shoes (scratch rock'n'roll band). Check out the web site www.thebluesfather.com until I can get the myspace sorted.

My Interests

People, music, architecture.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone really who's just the sane side of crazy.

Music:

John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Big Mama Thornton, 'Shakey' Horton, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (II), Muddy Waters, Ketty Lester, Peggy Lee, Thelonius Monk, Julian Bream, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Peter Green, Steve Miller, JJ Cale, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Michael Hurley, Ry Cooder, Tony Iommi (der Riffenmeister), Edie Brickell, Belle and Sebastian, Calexico, Hem, Tunng, Smog, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Broken Family Band, Seasick Steve, KT Tunstall, The Earlies

Movies:

French nouvelle vague, American film noir, Almodovar, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ridley Scott

Television:

Rarely watch it.

Books:

Ian Rankin, John Twelve Hawks, Neil Gaiman, JG Ballard, Philip K Dick, Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Marshall Berman, JRR Tolkien, Mervyn Peake, Iain Banks, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton

Heroes:

The quiet, the unassuming, the unsung; the survivors of tragedies great and small.

My Blog

Now and then

What not to say to your boss I was in the kitchen at work the other day sticking the latest Blue Wednesday poster to the wall unit (look to your left) as the chairman of our company fussed around...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:03:00 PST

Gigs 2

A wee update: 18.05.08: The Bluesfather plays Acoustic Angels at The Centurion, Central Station, Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne....
Posted by Roger on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:05:00 PST

Gigs

Upcoming gigs for the Bluesfather are: 18.04.08: The Liquid Ship, Great Western Road, Glasgow, 8.00pm 28.04.08: Bannerman's, Cowgate, Edinburgh, 10.00pm 07.05.08: Blue Wednesday, The Forest Cafe, 3 Br...
Posted by Roger on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:14:00 PST

The Bluesfather is back!

Hello Well, it's cool to be back online and very nearly fully functioning.  It's been some weeks since my last blog of any length.  I was going to say, of any consequence, but that seemed to...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:15:00 PST

Blog on the run!

I’ve been gigging, on holiday and the home computer is in for a bit of colonic irrigation so I’m dashing this off at work.  Hope to be back in full working order (the computer, not me...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:23:00 PST

Good bye

Good bye We drove down the coast today to North Berwick where the Firth of Forth meets the North Sea, principally to get some fresh air.  And, believe me, in a biting north-easterly wind with the...
Posted by Roger on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:09:00 PST

Aerial

I’m typing this in Arial as it seems relevant. Last night possibly, I only noticed the loss this morning, but it could have been earlier, someone carefully unscrewed and removed my car aeri...
Posted by Roger on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:27:00 PST

A return

Here’s a thing.  It’s always a good feeling to play a new venue, but it’s even better when they ask you back!  Check out The Bluesfather at The Liquid Ship, Great Western R...
Posted by Roger on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST

The (very nearly) Lost Weekend

One week it’s the Marie Celeste, the next it’s the "Black Hole of Calcutta."  For the past few weeks, however, the Maltings has been packed with a really enthusiastic crowd which has ...
Posted by Roger on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:59:00 PST

Serendipity

While I have musical heroes I spend little time investigating their biographical details online though I will buy a biography of someone for whom I have a high regard, but almost always after the even...
Posted by Roger on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST