January 2009 Blog Posts (9)

Hey Steve, looking forward to listening to your new CD live in Vienna. Salut, Elle

Added by Elle on January 29, 2009 at 10:28pm — 1 Comment

VIENNA BLUES SPRING 2009

BLUES GALA 09

CLASSIC BLUES - CLASSIC ARTISTS

Freitag, 20.März 2009, 19:00 Uhr

» wiener stadthalle - Halle F

Status: Vorverkauf

Preiskategorien: (Preise inkl. Entgelte)

A - 52,00 EUR

B - 42,00 EUR

C - 37,00 EUR

D - 28,00 EUR

R - 18,00 EUR

Kinderermäßigung bis 15 Jahre: 50 %

Bei der fünften Auflage des

VIENNA BLUES SPRING – dem mittlerweile längstandauernsten… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 29, 2009 at 10:15pm — 3 Comments

Eine inoffizielle Infosite zum Vienna Blues Spring 2008

Eine inoffizielle Infosite zum Vienna Blues Spring 2008

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Blues Gala in der Wiener Stadthalle

Mit der vierten Auflage des Vienna Blues Spring hat sich das mittlerweile längste Blues-Festival Europas endgültig etabliert. Vom 20. März bis zum 30. April 2008 wird sich wieder die nationale wie internationale Blueselite in Wien die berühmte Klinke in die Hand drücken. Neben der Hauptspielstätte, dem REIGEN sowie… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 29, 2009 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Japanese Translation- Steve Gardner short PR Bio- スティーブ・ガードナー

ブルースはいつも、僕の生活のなかにあった。… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 27, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Japanese Translation of Liner Notes 今回のＣＤ『Walking the Dog』

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Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 27, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

FCCJ Tokyo- Saturday Night Live Music Committee

The Foreign Correspondent’s Club Of Japan wrote, “Every once in a great while a performer comes along who not only perfects his musical genre, but becomes a walking personification of it as well. Steve Gardner not only sings Mississippi Delta Blues, he IS that musical art form, the real deal. Steve grew up in Mississippi and learned from many of the blues masters. He brings an authenticity to the Tokyo live music scene which is rare and historically… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 23, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

STEVE GARDNER'S CD-0-PEDIA-EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW...AND THEN SOME

STEVE GARDNER-CDs

WALKIN' THE DOG

WALKIN' THE DOG is a collaborative musical project that began with Steve Gardner, from Mississippi, now based in Tokyo and Washboard Chaz Leary, of New Orleans. The two put a plan for a recording into the works after a series of successful Tokyo performances, that centred around the annual Tokyo Bourbon Street Mardi Gras Festival, which was Washboard Chaz’s introduction to Japan.

The… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 23, 2009 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

AMERICAN ROOTS ‘N BLUES music, notes from WALKIN' THE DOG CD

AMERICAN ROOTS ‘N BLUES music, according to most scholars, is a blend of Euro-ethnic songs passed down from generation to generation and mixed with African rhythms. Many tunes were composed for fiddles and were played and passed along as two step dance pieces and reels. Some tunes, with lyrics were printed with shape notes on broadside sheets, big newspaper size pages, and sold by traveling salesmen. Others tunes were local ditties sung and played in… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 22, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Mississippi Bluesman Steve Gardner

Mississippi Bluesman Steve Gardner, based in Tokyo, Japan, plays original, acoustic roots and country blues music, finger picking and slide on National guitars, with harmonica, banjo, washboard and a variety of hand made instruments. He combines his music with his intimate black and white photographs of the people and place of the blues.

Steve Gardner plays and tours Japan, where many of his tours have been sponsored by the Cultural Affairs… Continue

Added by Rambling Steve Gardner on January 22, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments