Bluesman October Update

Man, there is nothing that I love more than fall and, in less than seven days, I’ll be enjoying it even more surrounded by gorgeous trees and mountains at the Lake of the Ozarks. I was born in the Ozarks of Southwestern Missouri, raised in same and still, to this day, refer to the portions of the mountain range that stretch in Oklahoma and Arkansas as the Faux-arcs. I know how dumb that is. This amazing terrain is the only place in the world that I feel like I’m ever really at home, at peace. So before I wander offline into the terrain of my homeland, I thought I’d share a few goodies from Bluesman Central.

Bluesman Experience

We did our first Bluesman Experience shows at the end of September. It felt really good. We had exceptional turnout at two of three shows and mitigating circumstances surrounding the third so all in all, I was very pleased. We haven’t gotten any good photos from one of these shows yet (or audio for that matter) but with at least two more booked and several more in the process of date confirmation, I hope to be able to make some of that material available later in the fall.

“Throbbin” Rob is in the house…

For those curious about what exactly goes on at one of the Bluesman Experience shows, all is not lost! In preparation for a new music project I’m working on, I’ve created a MySpace Music page to showcase this side of my creative persona. By zipping over to http://www.myspace.com/throbbinrob you can take a listen to three tracks from the Bluesman Experience show that I recorded back in May for Jim Johnson at KGOU. The last three tracks are material I recorded for a solo project back in “the day”. The mixes are a little rough but I’m still proud enough of this material almost ten years later that I don’t mind folks hearing it now.

Anyone who is interested to check out new material as it develops is invited to add "Throbbin" Rob as a friend!

Bluesman Reviews

Two here for your enjoyment. There was a third one I read yesterday but wasn’t able to track down in time to add it to these so there’s something else to look forward to!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38571 (Ain’t It Cool News)

http://theoceancountylibrary.org/Teens/booklists/Learning%20History.pdf

Thanks again for your continued interest in Bluesman. I’ll be posting the second leg of Bluesman Experience dates when I get back from the ‘Zarks. Be good to each other and, in the immortal words of Charlie Dunn, don’t forget to vote Democratic.