December 2014
Top 10 Hits songs of the week
Saxophone bar and restaurant
Interview the instructure of Koh Mr.Saxman Joe Bonnamassa & Blues Brothers concert review Music & Art activity
Issue 01
The hottest blues topic for the new generation
Editor's Letter
Paristha Prakobkij
Jurairat Pattararkkul
Duangkaew Kantasewi
“The man that hath no music in himself , nor is not mov’d with concord of sweer sound , is fit for treason , stratagems and spoils , The motions of his spirits are dull as night and his affections dark as erebus. Let no such man be trusted.” Many of you may have heard this phrase before, but if I ask you. How many of you do truly understand it deeply? This magazine captured all our love for Blues. This magazine is not only about music, but also about music, art, natural, lifestyle that make what is Blues.
Many 21st generation, I guest do know what Blues is. But do you deeply know what Blues trying to tell you through the jazz remedies and that raspy kind of voice singing their heart out loud? Therefore, this is why we made this magazine. In order to spread out the voice of Blues, so that it does not get vanished by times. In these centuries, how many of you do cares about whats above your screen. This magazine would take your breath away into Blues. It will open your eyes into a wider range, soak you up into the remedies and comfort you in the arm of jazz.
“This magazine is not just an ordinary magazine on the bookshelves, but it’s Once in Blues.”
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Amazing concert of Joe Bonamassa and Blues Brothers review.
Joe Bonamassa Blues Brother
FLASH BACK
Blues Billboard and Musicsheets
SONG RECOMMENDATION
Interview the instructor
TALK WITH BLUES
Saxophone Bar and Restaurant
BOTTLE BOTTOMS UP
Music and Art Activity
OUTSIDE THE BOX
FLASH BACK JOE BONAMASSA BLUES BROTHER
Rocks Joe Red Amphitheatre Bonamassa show
When asking any musician which venues top their list to play, Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado always sits at the top! On August 31st 2014, Joe Bonamassa and Keeping the Blues Alive did just that, playing to a sold out crowd of 9000 people! The single largest crowd of Joe’s career and what a place to host a show! With each ticket sold, $5 was donated directly to Keeping the Blues Alive foundation, raising $40,000 to fund struggling music programs around the nation!
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From the stunning Rocky Mountains surrounding the venue to the natural acoustics generated by the massive red rocks jutting up from within the earth, this venue is an awe inspiring sight to behold. Once underway, the show itself inspired just as much awe in the eyes of the fans as the venue did for me. Watching people sitting at the edge of their seats, singing along to every song and hanging on every word was enough to say that this was just as memorable of a night for them as it was for Joe.
As a part of this memory filled weekend, a group of very special fans had the chance to have the Ultimate Joe Bonamassa at Red Rocks Experience! Thanks to their generous contributions to our auctions hosted on Charity Buzz and EBay, Suzanne Bowen and Ira Goldberg along with three of their family and friends got to spend a very memorable weekend in the Rockies! After disembarking from their flights they were whisked away to the beautiful Hotel Monaco located right in the heart of downtown Denver where they enjoyed a 2 night stay over the weekend. From there, we had them picked up in a private limousine and taken to the private dress rehearsal show and BBQ with Joe and the crew. Their weekend didn’t end there, on Sunday they were invited back and enjoyed 2nd row seats at the big show! Needless to say this was a weekend that will not easily be forgotten! And of course we can’t forget the man of the hour, dressed in his signature black suit surrounded by a band of white tuxedos and fedoras, Joe was impeccable!
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He played with all the confidence and class that we are accustomed to and seemed to not have a nervous bone in his body. Playing through a collection of some of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters’ best songs, we were taken on a journey through some of the Blues’ most memorable moments. As our guide through this incredible journey Joe was gracious, visually excited, truly moved and as he said “it was a boy’s dream come true to play this venue, so from that boy to you, thank you so much.Colorado for making my dreams come true!” -Eric deTuscan.
“Simply
amazing both lyrically and musiclly, incredible performance. I love the mucisians.” Daveyjoe
The Blues Brothers Biography
BROTHERS The BLUES live August “ORIGNAL” October 2014
The One and The Only one THE “ORIGINAL” BLUES BROTHERS BAND live ! - Available tour period: August - September October 2014 - Territory: Exclusive Representation Europe France booking by RG Management, Paris
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Line up: STEVE “THE COLONEL” CROPPER guitar “BLUE” LOU MARINI sax LEON “THE LION” PENDARVIS keyboards “SMOKIN” JOHN TROPEA guitar ERIC “THE RED” UDEL bass LEE “FUNKEYTIME” FINKELSTEIN drums LARRY “TROMBONIUS MAXIMUS” FARRELL trombone STEVE “CATFISH” HOWARD trumpet BOBBY “SWEET SOUL” HARDEN lead vocals ROB “THE HONEYDRIPPER” PAPAROZZI lead vocals, harmonica
It was always about the music. Jake and Elwood may have fronted the show, but to back them up they made sure to have the meanest, sickest line-up of badass blues cats ever assembled. These were the men behind Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, and the SNL Band -- just to name a few. These players have since emerged as a powerful entity in their own right, and although scheduling makes it difficult, they have played together sporadically over the past three decades. Since regrouping in 1988, the ‘Original’ Blues Brothers Band has triumphantly performed in international venues large and small, headlining at most of the jazz and blues festivals throughout Europe.
STEVE “The Colonel” CROPPER the best-known soul guitarist in the world. The original member of the Blues Brothers band. A Major figure in the Southern soul movement of the ‘60s. In the ‘80s, he rode the classic STAX sound back to popularity with a new audience when actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd tapped him for service in The Blues Brothers. “Blue” LOU MARINI one of the most sought after session horn players on saxophone, flute and clarinet. the original member of the Blues Brothers band. LEON “The Lion” PENDARVIS the humble musical genius, Band Leader, arranger, composer and keyboard extraordinaire has performed, composed, written and recorded
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with everyone in the Music Business and besides the original member of the Blues Brothers band.
players on call in New York City and always in high demand and very esteemed and respected.
“Smokin”JOHN TROPEA is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world.
STEVE“Catfish” HOWARD comes to the Blues Brothers Band after carv i n g out a strong history rich in the culture and music of New Orleans and performing/touring with the likes of Dr. John and Paul McCartney’s Band-Wings.
ERIC“TheRed” UDEL a dynamic performer with looks that match his incredible talent, has evolved into a superb musician. LEE“Funkeytime” FINKELSTEIN is an in-demand drummer in New York City who currently plays with the Original Blues Brothers. LARRY “Trombonius Maximus” FARRELL is a real musical character. He is one of the top horn
“Nobody
BOBBY “Sweet Soul” HARDEN the Soul Man from NY. Most acclaimed soul singing sensation, is thrilling audiences globally as lead singer of the world-famous Original Blues Brothers Band. ROB “The Honeydripper” PAPAROZZI is a Grammy nominated American harmonica player and vocalist from New Jersey. A former member of the “original” Blues Brothers band
has been disappointed by such a stage performance. And everyone to leave with a light heart.” Best Of The Verviers (2012)
SONG RECOMMENDATION BLUESBILLBOARD & MUSICSHEETS
The week’s top-selling blues albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by NIelsen SoundScan. This is December 20,2014 Blues album top 10 chart. The winner’s album is “DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUES” by Joe Bonamassa, a man who has been performing as a professional musician for 25 years.
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DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUES Joe Bonamassa
LIVE
Gary Clark JR.
STEPBACK JOHNNY WINTER
BUCKLE UP
BLIND BOY OF ALABAMA & TAJMAHAL
TALKIN’ CHRISTMAS ! STEVE KRASE
BLUESAMERICANA KEB’ MO’
MADE UP MIND TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
TERMS OF MY SURRENDER JOHN HIATT
ELECTRIC ERICK JOHNSON
THE ALBUM “ALL MY FRIENDS” various artists
Longtime Joe Bonamassa followers have never had to wait too long to hear new material from the guitar virtuoso, with a new studio album or live effort surfacing almost every year in recent memory, however attentive fans will recognize that the recently released “Different Shade of Blue” marks Bonamassa’s first album of all-new material in two years. While the wait has been comforted by an array of not just one, but five full-length live albums earlier this year,
Let’s enjoy updating 10 blues albums chart, come see if your favourite album hits the first place on the chart.
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“Different Shade of Blue” delivers a familiar compilation of soulful, hard hitting blues rock indigenous to the style previously incorporated on Bonamassa’s earlier efforts. Joe Bonamassa isn’t afraid to let his heart and soul out in the songs which comprise “Different Shade of Blue,” which allows these blues compositions to really issue an impact.
JOE BONAMASSA
“November 8, 2014 marked exactly 25 years that Bonamassa has been playing as a professional musician.”
His debut studio album, A New Day Yesterday was released in 2000 and features both original tunes and covers of such artists as Rory Gallagher, Jethro Tull, and Warren Haynes. The album features a guest appearance by Gregg Allman on the tune “If Heartaches Were Nickels” and was produced by Tom Dowd. The album reached #9 on the Billboard Blues chart. Between 2002 and 2007, Bonamassa saw 3 studio albums hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts, and all five of his solo studio albums made the top 10. In 2009, Bonamassa fulfilled one of his childhood dreams by playing at Royal Albert Hall in London.
Eric Clapton performed during the show along with Bonamassa.Bonamassa’s live album Beacon Theatre–Live from New York was released in 2012. The show featured one of Bonamassa’s musical heroes, Paul Rodgers, formerly of the bands Free and Bad Company, as a guest. Over the summer of 2013, Bonamassa performed four shows in London featuring three different bands and, at one show, a horn section, covering four different sides of his music. Each show had a unique setlist. The shows were recorded for a DVD release and the set of DVDs was released in October, 2013 under the name “Tour de Force.”
SONG GARY
RECOMMENDATIONS
TAPS & MELODY
MOORE
STILL GOT
Still Got the Blues is a 1990 album by guitarist Gary Moore. Prior to this album Moore’s work had consisted of predominantly jazz-fusion with Colosseum II and rock and hard rock styles, including his work with Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, G-Force, as well as a large repertoire of solo work. This album, as evidenced by its title, was a departure from hard rock to an electric blues style. Still Got the Blues was assisted by contributions from Albert King,
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Albert Collins and George Harrison. The title track was released on the single format and reached No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 16 February 1991. It was the only single of Moore’s to chart in the Billboard Hot 100. The album reached No. 83 on the Billboard 200 on 16 February 1991, then was certified gold by the RIAA on November 1995. This was the most successful album both in sales and chart positions from Gary Moore in the US.
TALK WITH BLUES INTERVIEW THE INSTRUCTOR
Interview of the insteuctor of “Mr.Koh Saxman” an outstanding artist in Thailand who always shown up with saxophone.
Mr. NOPA+ DOL CHIM TUAM 1. What makes Blues different from the others ? In your opinion ?
2. Why you keep playing music ? Don’t you feel boring ?
3. What do you like in Blues & Jazz ?
4. 5. How do you think How do you think about Blues & being an artist ? Jazz in our country ?
6. Do you think Blues & Jazz will be more famous in Thailand ?
A : “Blues is the kind of music which gives a chance for the artists to show their own opinions. Opinion in this place means “Improvication” For instance, you follow the recipe to cook a main dish, this is the form of “Classic music” but Blues is not. Blues is like when you try to cook something, you know all the directions and you also add more spices or add your own ingredients to make it unique up on your style. So all artists will show their improvication differently from each other in each songs. Blues is out of frame.”
A : “I absorb the music from my family, my father and my older brother have been played the music before I was born. So I see a lots, hear a lots. I live among the sound of music. Even I grew up I work with music. It seems like I am a part of music and music is a part of my life. For me music is my best friend who I can talk to, when I have a trouble, when I am happy, when I feel bored. I know I will feel better after I pick up an instrument and started playing it out lound.”
A : “Actually, I am pretty good in using emotions. When I talk, I uaually talk by using tones. Sometime I speak lound and sometimes I speak very soft. So compare to Blues & Jazz, I think the characteristic of these kinds of music is like when the people having some conversation. Like, talking between you and I, like talking between instruments in Blues & Jazz songs.
A : If compare Blues & Jazz with Painting. It similar to the abstract painting. Any people who listen a song can think in different perspective. I think Blues & Jazz is not famous in Thailand till our king started to create some song such as “HM Blues”(Cha-ta-chee-vit) “Near dawn”(Klai-rung) “The candle light”(Sang Tiean). After that, Thai people started to listen more about Blues.
A : I am not sure that in the future Thai people will listen more about Blues & Jazz or not. It maybe famous in Thailand inthe future and hopefully Thai people will understand more about the characteristic of Blues and Jazz, understand more about the back ground of Blues and learn how to use it, how to adapt Blues and Jazz with the others music. I hope that Thai people will not listen Blues & Jazz just because to follow the trend but they will listen those stuffs because they really understand the kind of music.
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A : I am very HAPPY ! I didn’t work directly as the artist like a singer but I am the teacher I teach the people out there how to use the instrument, how to compose a song, how to arrenge things. Music is not what just a song with drums pattern but that pattern can be call “music” because the composer of that song really understand what is music.
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“Music
expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
BOTTLE BOTTOMS UP SAXOPHONE BAR & RESTAURANT In the chaotic city like Bangkok, there ia a small bar named “SAXOPHONE” located in the middle of the city around the Victory Monument. There are a lot of Thai and foreigner come to this place. Once the door opened, we all feel like we just enter to another side of the world
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SAXOPHONE
December 2014
bar & restaurant
“If you like jazz music you have to spend a night at this wonderful place .Saxophone is also a nice place for dinner,drinks, jazz music, atmosphere & the building is great!.”
Top 10 Hits songs of the week
Saxophone bar and restaurant
Interview the instructure of Koh Mr.Saxman Saxophone Pub & Restaurant Jazz & Blues Pub, one of the best Jazz and Blues venues in Thailand since 1987 or 25 years of milestones, guaranteed by Best Pub in Thailand Award with friendliness of European-style decorations and perfectly harmonizing Western and Eastern music instruments. At this very moment, Saxophone Pub & Restaurant has become widely famous for international travelers and local citizens who are passionate in high quality of live bands with endless entertaining nightlife in Bangkok, with fine Thai dishes along with a variety of cocktails. The restaurant is separated into 2 floors, provided the 2nd floor with comfortable seats and the 1st floor intentionally for harmonizing your soul with the music,
and also we provide you a pool table on the 2nd floors for your enjoyable time. More importantly, we delight your time here with monthly Art Exhibitions from famous artists in Thailand. Revenues from art sales are dedicated to Sound and Vision Foundation, which supports art-educational funds for children. Saxophone Pub & Restaurant is known as best of Jazz & Blues music venue in Bangkok guaranteed by the name of the famous artists in Thailand such Koh Mr. Saxman, T-Bone Band, Neung Jakkawal Bang, The Emergency, JRP Little Band and lots more. By the consequently, you will wonderfully experience the very moment of Jazz & Blues music from best players in town.
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Saxophone Pub & Restaurant was awarded by Best Music Joe Bonnamassa Venue from Best Bangkok Dining and Entertainment Mag& Blues azineBrothers in 2009-2010 and also by The Best Pub in Asia form Asiaxpat.com. concert review
My old favourite came up triumphs
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Besides from the broad varieties of good music, we also serve fabulous and fine Thai dishes, by the very recommended dishes such Steamed Shrimp in Coconut, Sea Bass with Sour Music & Sauce and Grilled Pork with Lime, etc. and more than 100 varieties of cocktail you cannot miss such Art activity Saxophone Dropper and Mai Tai. Saxophone Pub & Restaurant is very conveniently accessed by BTS Skytrain, Victory Monument Station, Exit 4. It is located at 3/8 Phayathai Road, Victory Monument Bangkok, opens daily from 6.00 pm to 1.30 am.
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Saxophone Pub & Restaurant is very conveniently accessed by BTS Skytrain, Victory Monument Station, Exit 4. It is located at 3/8 Phayathai Road, Victory Monument Bangkok, opens daily from 6.00 pm to 1.30 am.
“Good live music. On weekend nights they would hold blues jams that were amazing with lots of performers trading the spotlight.”
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OUTSIDE THE BOX MUSIC AND ART ACTIVITY
A column that will ignite your world of inspiration into a wider range through a creatively unique activity in a little town called Pai.
We start off with opening the blues songs. After that we distribute papers, they start expanding their imagination onto the paper through all the colorful crayons. They soon then grabs all the people attention, but were not distracted. They were all concentrated on their piece of art. Each of them has their own unique style of the way they thinks and imagination toward blues without the topic of drawing. Also, They feel relaxing while drawing with the blues songs.
Blues and Art
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Pai is a little town located in the city of Maehongsorn. Pai secure their people and visitors from big city excitedly, people come here to escape from confusions. Pai is filled of rich natural resources. Many visitors travel here to seek their own purpose of inspiration in life. There are high majority of musicians who travel along here due to the wide range of music genres. Music is one of the factors in this town flavour. Today we present the activity, that we called the ‘Blues and Art’ and as an activity we put together with art and Blues. We open Blues music while we let the kids at the ages of 3-7 draw their imagination out loud without any boundaries.
Pai is a little town located in the city of Maehongsorn. Pai secure their people and visitors from big city excitedly, people come here to escape from confusions. Pai is filled of rich natural resources. Many visitors travel here to seek their own purpose of inspiration in life. There are high majority of musicians who travel along here due to the wide range of music genres. The first place that we went to is Pai walking street. Which open from the afternoon till approximately 10 PM. You will find all sorts of people from local Thais to foreigners from around the world. There are all sorts of little shops along the street. Many open hat shows were performing along the walk. We met one group of kids performing their tribal music. From the first sights that we saw them we knew they has the love for music more than other normal kids will do. So we walk up to them.
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The next place we went to do the ‘Blues and Art’ activity is at the village of ethnic Karen. Which is a village full of Karen tribes living their daily life. This village is one of the most peaceful scenic. But we went there in not a very good timing, there were only one kid in the Karen village at the time we went. However, we still conducted our activity with this little 3 years old girl. Age is not an obstacle that is what she proved to us. She start picking a crayon and draw her imagination onto the paper, while we open Blues in the background. Surprisingly, during the song she starts to mumbling along the song.
After we conducted all the activities we came up with an idea thar somehow art and blues do has a path that could go together. Also we did gave them a spark of art and Blues inspiration to them, that is what important that has measured that we succeed our goal.
To sum up the ‘Blues and Art’ activity, it is proved that Blues expand kids imagination into wider rage. Serprisingly kids at the age of 3 to 7 years old seems to enjoy the Blues like the way we enjoyed it too.
“ Music is the art of thinking with sounds.” Jules Combarieu
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