Andrew Martin
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Rocks are my pillow Rocks are my pillow
Classic country blues.I use the old Gibson and the Regal Triolian.The sound of walking feet is a shaken box full of African nut shells ! Improvisation lives !
Soho Chinatown Rag Soho Chinatown Rag
Ragtime guitar piece using the National Resophonic Delphi.
Broke down engine Broke down engine
Great Blind Willie McTell song,using the 1976 Ibanez Concord 12-string
Fools` Parade Fools` Parade
Recorded with my band for `Proof of Identity`.Listen for the beautiful chromatic harmonica solo by my good friend and special guest,Bostonian Mike Turk,a wonderful musician and harmonica teacher at Berklee College of Music.
Joliet Bound Joliet Bound
One from Kansas Joe McCoy which I particularly like. Great prison song from Memphis Minnie's sidekick. Public domain.
Upwardly Mobile Upwardly Mobile
Opening track for my first Italian CD `Proof of Identity`.Recorded with my band.
Love Changin`Blues Love Changin`Blues
My small homage to the great Blind Willie McTell.
The Man from Rolling Fork The Man from Rolling Fork
Part acoustic,part electric Chicago-style blues
Fool`s Paradise Fool`s Paradise
Don`t know much about this great song but I heard Charles Brown sing it in concert in San Diego.Scribbled the chords and took the words in shorthand(ex-journalist!)
Boomer`s Story Boomer`s Story
I`m very fond of the old railroad and hobo songs.This is one of the best I`ve heard.I play the Gibson,F5 mandolin and a woodbody Regal Triolian.
Texas Tornado Texas Tornado
Classic country blues using the National Resophonic Delphi.
See that my grave is kept clean See that my grave is kept clean
Beautiful old traditional blues,one of the saddest of them all.Recorded with my big old Gibson.
