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Bad Luck Blues
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A dramatic live version of an obscure blues classic. 'Gritty, pained voice, gutwrenching guitar work.' D. McClean, TimeOut Geneva
blues scottish scotland electric blues urban blues robben ford magic sam
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I am coming to that. The positive part is that all these difficulties have led me to concentrate more on the artistic side of the music - I mean art in the sense of expression, communication. I can’t be a working musician? Well, I’ll try to be an artist instead. I’ll try to touch people, I’ll try to share emotions. I can certainly try to do that even if I got back to a full-time, non musical job. And with playing live being so damn difficult, what better option than opening out to scores of people on the Internet? I am very happy to trade one or two online sales a month (real figures, from exceptionally good artists!) for a couple of dozens of downloads from people who like what I do. In the process, my compositions may even mean something to somebody, and that’s the one and only reason to do art. The record industry may well be dead, but music lives on.
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Genre
Blues Blues General
Charts
#2,202 in subgenre Peak #53
Charts
Peak #144
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January 28, 2007
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MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:11
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This song was recorded on a really bad day's night. As I was singing, I though my voice was going to crack, as my eyes were welling with tears. I still get emotional, every time I listen to it. The song is a somewhat obscure classic, sung by Guitar Slim and Magic Sam, and I have picked up an arrangement by Robben Ford. Oh, dear me - the power of these three fucking chords!
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