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Young Master Barmosca

Bourbon Jones

About Me

I always wanted to play the sousaphone, but I could never figure out where to plug the damn thing in.illustrator/musician/med school student/martial artist. I worked as a hired gun for a long time in l.a. playing the doghouse bass for bands like the Ace-Hi Rhythm Section, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Blue Shadows, Levi Dexter, C.C. Jerome trio, Jack and the Rippers, Gary Myrick, Rockin Ryan and the Real Gonners, the Silver Jets, Speedtwinn, robert deeble and days like these, and a hundred and one other useless nowhere bands. After that I moved to chicago and got my art degree but it was just too f$%^ing cold, so I moved west. I bought me a house out here in phoenix last year and started doctor school. I played for while with a local phoenix psychobilly band called "toomstoners", but then I decided to resurect the blues/roots/rockabilly band Bourbon Jones that I was a founding member of back in 1992. cheers, Barmosca ..

My Interests

Early american roots music, red wine, dirty martinis, pabst blue ribbon, broads, money, broads with money, good looking broads without money, any broad who likes martinis, cars with fins, motorcycles without fins, voodoo, taoism and qi gong.

I'd like to meet:

Groucho Marx, WC Fields, Redd Foxx and Frank Sinatra. Are they still dead?

Music:

Fats Waller, The Howlin' Wolf, Nina Simone, Lightnin' Hopkins, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Blind Boys of Alabama (without whats his name), John Lee Hooker, Bad Seeds, Louis Jordan, Mahailia Jackson, Tom Waits, Champion Jack Dupree, Etta James, John Hammond Jr., Frank Sinatra, Blind Willie Johnson, Dr. John, Ray Charles, and The Reverend Gary Davis.

Movies:

The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Shining, Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both versions) , all the Star Wars movies but my all time favorite is probably Blue Velvet. I'm squeamish when it comes to blood and guts and I don't do too many touchey feeley movies.

Television:

I think I'd rather floss the cat!

Books:

1957 Chevrolet Passenger Car-Shop Manual

Heroes:

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were quintessential American bluesmen, widely known and instantly recognizable. They were the oddest couple of the blues – with contrasting styles and personalities. Their differences and competitiveness brought out the best in each man, and, at the same time, kept their artistic integrity as individuals. Both have recorded extensively as soloists, Brownie & Sonny were a team for nearly fourty years, from 1939 on. Their styles fit hand and glove, Brownie is a superbly smooth guitarist and singer, while Sonny plays harp and sings in a rough country style complete with whoops and hollers. Sonny was born Saunders Tedell, October 24,1911 near Durham, North Carolina. Brownie McGhee was born 1915 Knoxville, Tenn. Together they became world renown blues musicians - recording and gigging with people like Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Rev. Gary Davis.

My Blog

Bourbon Jones

I am pleased to announce that I have fallen in with some great musicians here in phoenix who thru their talent, and the size of their hearts and livers have inspired me to resurect...
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:41:00 PST

Upright Bass Player Available

Looking for local roots/rockabilly/blues band or players. I can do vocals, upright & short bass, songwriting and a bit of piano. I have a day job and I go to school so my time is precious but I ju...
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:59:00 PST

Medical School

Very happy to announce that I have been accecpted to medical school here in Phoenix starting in January 2006.
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:01:00 PST

Homesteading in Phoenix

I recently bought me a house in Pheonix. It's right by Pin-Up Girls, stop by for a drink some time.
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:26:00 PST

'57 Chevy

after 6 long months under the hood it's finally street legal (almost) and on the road!
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Cold Water Flats

I am working on new material for a project i'm calling Cold Water Flats. I't will be me on Dog House and Vox, and just off the top of my head I'm thinkin I want Trumpet, Bone, Marimba, Piano/B3 Organ ...
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

gigs

I posted some shows on the bulletin board and I guess I should mention which bands I'm in. ACE-HI Bourbon Jones Jack and the Rippers Speedtwinn C.C. Jerome Trio Silver Jets Rockin' Ryan and the...
Posted by Young Master Barmosca on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST