King of the Cigar Box Guitar

About Me

Just a no-talent hack in a flashy gold suit with more passion than he has brains.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/21/2006
Band Website: cigarboxguitar.com
Band Members: SHANE SPEAL PLAYS JOHN PEARSE GUITAR STRINGS EXCLUSIVELY.
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Hindustani Blue Raga/Lucy in the Sky

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Influences: Johnny Frickin' Lowebow, Morphine, Blind Willie Johnson, Stacy Puckett, The Beatles, Gerry Thompson, Paul Metzger and his modified banjos & guitar, The BOZ, Willie Joe and his Unitar, KISS, One String Sam, Rollie Tussing, The Sex Pistols, R.L. Burnside, Doctor Oakroot, Blue Man Group, Stomp, Uakti, Hasil Adkins, Slayer, Rhythmboard Ray Nutter, Presidents of the United States of America, Bazookahosen, Sam (Leslie) Phillips, The Shaggs, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Spinal Tap, Tom Waits, Scum of the Earth, Timothy Renner, tiMOTHy Revelator, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, John Cage, Rasputina, Jack Kerouac, Roy H. Williams "The Wizard of Ads", 1970's Saturday morning tv
Sounds Like: the battle sequence in Blind Willie Johnson vs. Godzilla
Record Label: Insurrection Records and also Hand/Eye Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mr. Rogers TV Show...the jazz music was LIVE!!!

As a huge fan of the Mr. Rogers Show, I frequently go online and research some tidbits of info. (I'm biased...I was literally next-door neighbors with cast member, Bob Trow as a kid. Bob was the nices...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

My new band + festival gig Aug. 25

I'm now a member of a brand new prim band, Crow Tongue featuring Timothy Renner and AH Hoskin. Renner, as some of you remember, is my close friend and my partner in Insurrection Records. ...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:09:00 PST

SURREAL 2

Here's a letter I got from Dennis Menard, an artist I greatly admire. He writes in regard to my newest Insurrection Records release, "Surreal 2". I answer him at the end... Shane-Here are ...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:00:00 PST

Blues before sunrise

Time flies when yer recording again...It's 1:30 in the morning!!!!Just put the wraps on "Shane Speal: Surreal 2" tonight. I used threeinstruments on this one: the Jim Farris 4-string paint can reso cb...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:32:00 PST

The Future of the Cigar Box Guitar

The way I see it, the growing Cigar Box Guitar movement is in need of a few tools and opportunities. Here are some things I am currently working on behind-the-scenes... 1. A record label d...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:50:00 PST

I MADE A FREAKY GUITAR

I'm building instruments again. Instead of the cigar box guitars for which I've become known, I decided to go a different route and build "outsider art" one-string guitars (aka "diddley bows") T...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:53:00 PST

All time fave albums based on pawnshop theory

Have you ever had an album that you have bought more than once (because you lost it, pawned it for cigarrette money, etc)? There are a few of these albums in my life. I've bought 'em,...
Posted by King of the Cigar Box Guitar on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 01:03:00 PST