“On The Road Again” with the RP355
The piece attached to this post is a segment from a performance I put together using the Digitech RP355 loaded with my patch set for Digitech RP, plus the RP355’s builtin looper. The sounds include beatboxed percussion (run through a patch with heavy vibrato and…
The RP355 Has A Looper, And I’ve Seen It In Action
I’m in Idaho as I write this, and my rig in Idaho consists of a Digitech RP355, an Audix Fireball, and a Peavey KB2 amp. I was jamming on that rig a day or so ago, and I remembered that the RP355 has a looper….
Video of the Day 18 December 2014: Tom Morello on “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
“Widow’s Walk” Live October 29 2014
This performance was delivered live to an audience of Chief Information Officers, most of them Brazilian, at Gartner’s Brazil Symposium on October 29, 2014. I played into a Shure 58 mic, which was amplified via a small PA system (I don’t think the woofers were…
“Comin Home Baby” Live with Wim Dijkgraaf, 29 October 2014
I’ve known Dutch-born harmonica virtuoso and composer Wim Dijkgraaf since the late 1990s. Wim now lives in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and I joined up with him there at Gartner’s Symposium ITXPO conference to perform this duet on Ben Tucker’s “Comin Home Baby” in front of…
RIP Jack Bruce
Hendrik Meurkens’s “Junity” is in the top 15 on the jazz charts!
Hendrik Meurkens is one of our favorite jazz harmonica players, so we were delighted when we got this message from him: My new CD JUNITY, an album very different from the previous Brazilian-tinged releases, has been out for a couple of months and received great…
“Me and the Devil” by Ed Abbiatti/Chris Cacavas rated 5 stars by R2!
I was informed this morning that the UK-based mag Rock n’ Reel (R2 for short) has rated “Me and the Devil” by Chris Cacavas (formerly of Green on Red) and Ed Abbiatti 5 stars, and called it “a work of genius.” For those who haven’t…
Video of the Day 4 September 2014: Brandon Bailey, “People Take My Soul”
Live with Derrik and the Dynamos, Wilson, WY, August 2014
I had the opportunity to perform with Derrik Huffsmith and his band Derrik & the Dynamos at a gig near Wilson, Wyoming this August. The band included Phil Round on bass and vocals, Ed Domer on drums, and Don Christenson, who I’d never met before,…
