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The Godfather of British Blues to Play at Long Beach Blues Festival
It was the fall of 1967, a Southern California teenager sat writing out his high school assignment. On his desk next to the text book the young man was diligently working from, was his life to another world, his radio. That particular day two men from England were on promoting their latest record. The men in question were an 18-year-old guitarist named Mick Taylor, and mid 30’s multi-instrumentalist named John Mayall. They spoke of a blues album called Crusade with Mayall’s band the Bluesbreakers. It was that day the young man found the blues or rather it found him. And that teenager was me.
On August 1, Christopher “Kid” Reid will be performing as part of K. Michael Productions and SW Suits of Carson House Party Comedy Slam! Tour at the Carson Community Center.
To hear Ghost Towne is to hear old-time rock 'n' roll with a Japanese accent. Ghost Towne, who've been gaining a following around Los Angeles and all of southern California lately, is an Asian-American blues-rock trio who call their style, "Yellow Blues." Ghost Towne is Nobu the charismatic frontman, lead singer and guitarist, from Fukuoka, Japan, who came to America three years ago, along with drummer Yasu from Wakayama (a suburb of Osaka) although he's now been in the US for seven years, and Steven the bass guitarist, who was born in Hong Kong. Being on a first-name basis is easy with these guys as they all prefer to use their first names only.
Saturday afternoon was filled with various activities at UCLA for the Ash Grove celebration. Producer Ed Pearl, founder of the Ash Grove, went to great lengths to not only provide the audiences here in Los Angeles with an outstanding evening concert, but to give back for free via the day time concerts and workshops. All together, there were 14 free events over the course of the weekend. Random Lengths News attended three of the events, later attending the main event that was the Ash Grove Concert.
It’s a tale as old as time, really. The Haves have forever been screwing the Have Nots in the name of money. American history has written itself through the blood of Indians, against the backs of slaves, in the hands of child laborers, and on the knees of fruit pickers. Time and time again brave men and women have had the courage to stand up to the cruelty of pioneering settlers, the bigotry of slave-owners, the ignorance of merchants, and the prejudice of the wealthy for the sake of humanity.
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