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About Me

a******************* I live the life I love and I love the life I live. I started my career 35 years ago at the bottom, just playing in bars all over the USA. The only problem? I found out I liked it here at the bottom. Playing in bars and having the opportunity to bring the show right up front to the people and seeing their reactions first hand and feeding off the personal energy of each and every one of them. Sure, I'd love to have the best blues player nomination or the W.C. Handy Award. But, There ain't nobody handing me a Grammy and my new video ain't overdue, but one thing you can be sure of. I'll play some blues for you.COBALT BLUE is a very fortunate band. It is made up of people, who have a great love of what they do and a great sense of loyalty and friendship.Jamsie "COSMO" Carvelli: Jimmy and Jason have been playing in bands together since their high school days in NYC. Even though, at some times they have taken on different projects, they have always found the greatest joy working and playing together in the same band. "COSMO", handles drums percussion and vocals with style and ease, making the band just float on the groove he lays down.DAVID CRAFT: ..boards and vocals.From right outside the windy city of Chicago, David is the man with the plan when it comes to keys. Bringing with him experience from many genre's of music, he is able to draw on all of them to add just the right blend to make a song come alive.Jim Pihl: This is the bottom end that does not end. Play guitar as well as bass and percussion, Jim keeps everything in the pocket and makes it funky. With a family background in music, Jim adds the drive to COBALT BLUE that makes it all come together.Josh "Buck Studley" Sidran: Josh is the one person that we cannot do without. He has made every show we do better in some way just by being there. A sound engineer, a crew chief, an electronics wizard, and the all around best friend a person could ask for. I am proud to call him my friend and proud to say that I have known him his entire life.

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MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC DID I REMEMBER TO SAY BLUES MUSIC After all there are only two kinds of music in the world GOOD AND BAD Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

I'd like to meet:

I have been very fortunate in my years of touring, recording, and playing. I have been able to meet and spend time with some of the greatest players and entertainers of our time. One of my experience's occured while running sound for the late Mighty Joe Young. We were discussing playing and I said I was filling in for the sound man because he had taken ill and that I was in a blues band, playing the same club the night after his engagement. Mighty Joe asked me. "Where's your ax?", and I said right behind the back line and the next thing I knew, there was no sound man and I was playing the blues with Mighty Joe Young for the next hour and a half. His kindness and inspiration always helped to keep me on track. Two of the other great influences are none other than, "The Ice Man" Mr. Albert Collins and the "Delta Hurricane The one and only Larry McCray. Albert and his lovely wife Gwen pushed me and Larry was kind enough to play along on two tracks of my very first album with my band COBALT BLUE. Our friendship still remains strong to this day. Mr. B.B. King He spent time after a show signing and posing with everyone that was backstage. I waited till the end. Then as he was signing my favorite poster. I told him that I had just turned 50 and he had just turned 75 and that my real ambition was to turn 75 and for him to turn 100 and to sit across from him and play just one more song. Mr King just smiled as he finished autographing my poster and said. "You wishin' me a long life ain't ya?" I just smiled shook his hand and said. "Thank you Mr King. For always making me want to be a better player and entertainer.

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Music:

- Get Your Own
COBALT BLUE SCHEDULE 2008 APRIL 26, 2008 BLUEPORT JUNCTION DAVENPORT IOWA APRIL 27, 2008 IRONHORSE SOCIAL CLUB SAVANNA ILL. 3:00PM MAY 31, 2008 MEMORIAL BIKE RIDE MECHANICSVILLE IOWA 7:00PM JUNE 07, 2008 SEMINARY ST PUB GALESBURG ILLINOIS 9:00PM JUNE 14, 2008 CAPTAIN KIRK'S MARINA FT MADISON IOWA 9:00PM JUNE 29, 2008 BLUEPORT JUNCTION DAVENPORT IOWA 3:00PM JULY 12, 2008 SCOOTER'S ANAMOSA IOWA 9:00PM JULY 19, 2008 HAPPY HOLLOW DAVENPORT IA 9:00PM AUGUST 02, 2008 SEMINARY ST PUB GALESBURG ILLINOIS 9:00PM AUGUST 16, 2008 FAMILY REUNION SAVANNA ILLINOIS 6:00PM AUGUST 30, 2008 CAPTAIN KIRK'S MARINA FT MADISON IA 9:00PM SEPTEMBER 07, 2008 BLUEPORT JUNCTION DAVENPORT IA 3:00PM SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 SCOOTER'S ANAMOSA IOWA 9:PM OCTOBER 04, 2008 SEMINARY ST PUB GALESBURG ILLINOIS 9:00PM OCTOBER 17, 2008 THE CAFE' MACOMB ILLINOIS 9:30PM OCTOBER 18, 2008 THE CAFE' MACOMB ILLINOIS 9:30PM DECEMBER 06, 2008 SEMINARY ST PUB GALESBURG ILLINOIS 9:00PM DECEMBER 11, 2008 THE CAFE' MACOMB ILLINOIS 9:30PM DECEMBER 12, 2008 THE CAFE' MACOMB ILLINOIS 9:30PM

Movies:

THE SEVEN SAMURAI RAN YOJIMBO RASHIMON THE BLOOD OF HEROES THE 13TH WARRIOR EXCAIBUR

Television:

MOVIES OAKLAND RAIDER GAMES CONCERTS

Books:

THE ART OF WAR AND THE BOOK OF THE FIVE RINGS

Heroes:

MY PARENTS Lynn (you know who you are) Jen & Joe THE GUYS IN MY BAND B.B. KING BUDDY GUY ROBERT CRAY LARRY MC CRAY MICHAEL BURKS SOLOMON BURKE JOHNNY ADAMS DR. JOHN DUKE ROBILLARD KEB MO
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My Blog

MUSICIANS RELIEVE YOUR HEADACHES

HelloI have been reading about the normal probems that I see fellow musicians having in their everyday booking schedule.If I am to be remembered for anything, let it be this. I was the musician that t...
Posted by Jason Stuart's COBALT BLUE on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:15:00 PST

THE HOLIDAY SEASON

HELLOAll you my space babies.It is that time of year again. The time for presents, decorations, too much food and drink, and entirley too much of a waste of time on all the things that have no meaning...
Posted by Jason Stuart's COBALT BLUE on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

THANKS TO ALL THE GREAT BLUES FANS EVERYWHERE

HEY GUYS & GALSTHANKS FOR THE GREAT RECEPTION OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER WE LIKE TO DO, THAN PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU.SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AT THE CHROME HORSE SALOON IN CED...
Posted by Jason Stuart's COBALT BLUE on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:18:00 PST

WHAT WE DO

GREETINGS TO ALLWE PLAY THE BLUES AND HAVE BEEN ON THE INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT FOR 16 YEARS CONSISTANTLY PLAYING: "REAL BLUES WITH A WHOLE LOTTA SOUL"JUST FINISHING UP MIXING OUR NEW LIVE ALBUM AND HOPE I...
Posted by Jason Stuart's COBALT BLUE on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:24:00 PST