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Barry Chern

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Member Since: 08/03/2007
Band Website: www.bluestones.com
Influences: Charlie Patton, Charlie Poole, Charlie Parker, Charlie Pisspoor, Charlie Pitifulfool. Elvis, the Kingston Trio, The Holy Modal Rounders, Woody Guthrie, the New Lost City Ramblers, Captain Beefheart. Harry Partch, Doc Boggs, Conlon Nancarrow, Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Incredible String Band. Mingus, Monk, Man Ray. Bunuel, Cortazar, Dick, Crumb, Kelly, Kurtzman, Van Gogh... onandonandonandonand....
Sounds Like: I don't sound like nobody
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

No Exit Jug Band 40th Anniversary - archival track posted

Yep. 40 years later, through the wonders of digital medicine, the Gravy is back. Believe it or not, the kazoo part has been restrained and the force of its mic pops reduced somewhat. This was early o...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:32:00 GMT

myspace history

Haw! Turns out I had a MySpace account in the year 2000, and had forgotten all about it. I guess it got de-activated (along with most of the other charter subscribers) due to lack of use. I just stumb...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:10:00 GMT

Short and catchy is not necessarily the natural order.

So, that second song I uploaded should have been titled, "Though I go to Bed, Little Does Sleep Come to Me." Yet, MySpace seems to have limited the length of the title field so that the second half of...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:44:00 GMT

You may well ask

...as do I: what am I doing here? All our lives this question haunts us, of course, but sometimes it becomes more specific. In a weak moment I've followed the crowd; but now that I'm here it may be ti...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:08:00 GMT