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Slow Joe G

About Me

I saw my first National Resophonic Guitar when I was 10 or 11 years old at Frank's Music in New Rochelle, N.Y. I was impressed with the shiny finish. Around that time I got my own radio and I started listening to music on late at night. My favorite was Sam Cooke. I also listened to Country music that I could pick up and fell in love with the sound of steel guitars. At 15 I attended the Barlow school in upstate N.Y. where I started to learn about blues and folk music. My friends John Compton and Brad Fiedel had a band and I used to jam on harp.I started playing slide guitar in open E around this time. On May 10 of 1968, I saw Jimi Hendrix at Fillmore East and my life changed permanently. When was 17, I met Johnny Winter who told me about the guitar that he and many of my blues idols played. It took until 1989 for me to get my first National, a 1931 Style O {The shiny one with the Palm Trees!}. Around this time I did my first recording session. I ran into Banjo/Steel Guitar wizard Bill Keith at Manny's in NY and he invited me to a session he was doing at the old Hit Factory to play harp. I have no idea what the tune was or whether they even kept the track, but if I wasn't hooked before, I was then. In the last year or so , I have gotten back into playing Pedal Steel, after a 30+ year hiatus. Did I mention my friends call me Slow Joe... ;- By this time I had figured out that open G was the tuning for Delta stuff, and picked up a few other tunings to boot. In the interim I played electric and slide in countless local bands in the NY club scene and went to work first for a local sound company, then a music store and wound up selling professional recording gear and working for various manufacturers and engineering here & there . Despite this , I try to keep it really simple.I've played in a variety of bands out here in LA and am now working on a project featuring my tunes. Its a synthesis of the music that has influenced me in various ways and expresses the feelings I have. Sometimes its a mixed bag, sometimes its very much in a defined style, but its always me.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/28/2007
Band Website: http://jgsdelta.com/bluezone
Influences: Jimi,Howlin' Wolf,Butterfield,Bloomfield,Little Walter,Walter Horton,Sonny Boy II,Son House, B.B. King,Albert King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Cornell Dupree, Steve Cropper,Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis,Lonnie Mack,Pops Staples,Elmore James, Bukka White, Hank Williams,Mark Twain,Marcel Duchamp,Albert Camus,Lefty Frizzell,Merle Haggard,James Burton,Jimmy Rodgers,Sam Cooke, Staple Singers,Otis Redding,Don Helms,Pete Drake,Tom Brumley,Buddy Emmons,John Coltrane,Thelonius Monk,John Prine,Mac Rebbenac,Jimmy Vaughn,King Curtis...hell, I love music Also Jimmy K,MLK,Murray the K, Luis Bunuel, Greene & Greene, Mike S. Ray De La Cruz,Leo Fender,Ted McCarty,Wes Dooley, Chuck Kavooras,Buddy Galunkey, Ranger the CrazyCattledog & Durf Galurfey
Sounds Like: guitar
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The King Of Self Pity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yam6rHpy8Q While its not a polished performance, I think this is a good WYSIWYG look...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Thanksgiving

Spending the holiday with some of my good friends. The table will be full, good music will be in the air. I've got a lot to be thankful for. Well "beyond 3 hots and a cot". I can't remember a time in ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Remembering JFK

45 years ago today, John F. Kennendy was shot in Dallas. I was 11 years old at the time and in 7th grade. At the time I was starting my journey through juvenile delinquency, the 'counterculture'(never...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Time HAS Come TODAY!!

The Chambers Brothers were a unique product of time and place. Originally from Mississippi , the moved to Los Angeles where the developed a stye that fused gospel, blues, folk and some psychedelic...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:29:00 GMT

A little Perspective

some of you may have seen an article about a house in West Hollywood where the residents had an effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose. Unfortunately, this is on my block. The helicopters have been...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:31:00 GMT

saturdays gig

Did a good rehearsal for Saturday's gig ... hope they have a PAhere's the set list:Back at the Chicken ShackJust a LittleDark End of The StreetBreakin' Up Somebody's HomeStepping Out, Stepping InYou G...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:16:00 GMT

I believe...

Thought I'd post up a little broom dusting I was doing earlier. Was learning Stones In My Passway, and a Son House tune. Turned on the web cam on my Macbook Pro and this came out hahha. it ain't "righ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Katman Lives!

A while back I mentioned two friends who were dealing with some serious stuff that life handed them. Bobbe Seymour is healing as is my other friend, John Katsantonis. He's still pretty weak, but he's ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:13:00 GMT

Happiness & Gratitude

The two are not always synonymous. Today, I'm feeling both. Had a good day & got some stuff done. I'm getting ready to go over to the studio tomorrow and do some playing with Mark Tabbert and a drumme...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:20:00 GMT

New Day

Title says it all! Moving forward... Spoke with Mark T earlier about doing a gig at Hallenbecks in late Aug or Sept. he's out of town so won't be able to get to work till Aug 3d at earliest. Not siure...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT