BluesBeaten Redshaw

Hey There!
My name is ‘BluesBeaten Redshaw’, a name given to me by a great blues singer — Cherry Lee Mewis.
I’m 16 and play home built, old and vintage guitars in my own soulful style. I also play my speciality homebuilt 1 sting electric ‘Diddley Bows’. I have been featured 'Guitar & Bass' and 'Blues Matters' Mags. I was also, more recently, was the feature in Rev. Nix' 'Stink Finger radio' show.
I started playing guitar 4 years ago by picking up chords from local musicians and bands. I was shown different guitar tunings by a local bass player and guitarist and I had some guitar lessons with a bluegrass picker and slide guitarist who lived in the village. I then just messed around with different tunings for a while and played in local open mic sessions.
I heard the Mississippi hobo ‘Seasick Steve’ on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny in 2006 and even ended up meeting him and having a 3 string jam backstage with him in Sheffield. Seasick has influenced my style greatly, much like other great inspirations of mine like J.B. Hutto and Jack White.
I just keep playing and jamming with all the folks I meet along the way. Aswell as Being inspired from a broad range of music and era's. I believe that'd where it all is, in the moment.
A listen to a blues track such as the late great Muddy Waters, ‘Mannish Boy’, get’s me musically deep into the hill country and delta of Mississippi. I found such artists as Lonnie Pitchford and Compton Jones and I’m inspired by the history and hardship that drove the blues to what we know today.
I think it's important not to close yourself off from anythang, so you can interpret the same story but in your own way.
Other inspirations you’ll find in my record box will be the modern indie band the ‘Ting Tings’, the Norwegian vocalist ‘Ida Maria’ and the fantastic Do-wop Indie singer ‘VV Brown’. So from 78s to 7" of Florence and the Machine or The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Although if you where to ask me who my 3 main musical influences where I'd say; J.B. Hutto, Jack White and Seasick Steve.
A couple of years back I released my first EP ‘Songs from Shed 2’ (which is where all my instruments are built) and I’ve now got on sale my first full record. This features 11 of my own tracks ranging from solo to featuring drummers and bass players. I also have released a single from the album called 'All My Life' which is my Diddley Bow song and also features a short intro and B-side. You can find this single exclusivly available for download on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Napster, etc.
You can find short segments of my current single on my MySpace page. I’ve been adding videos to my YouTube page (links below) for about 3 years now and you can find other live videos of me from different users too so just search 'BluesBeaten Redshaw' and you'll get me, so check them out and let me have your feedback please, it’ll be positively received.
Thanks for slidin’ through my site and check out my gigs page to see what’s goin’ off.
Thanks again. Take it easy and have a great day!
Slaters,
Redd!
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