by janky | Feb 14, 2023 | News, Slider
Last year I loaded my recording gear and drove up to the blues mecca, Holly Springs, MS and recorded some blues royalty in two sessions as part of my non-profit Blues Fund. One with Joe Ayers and Trenton Ayers and one with Peggy Sue Hemphill Lesueur aka Lady Trucker...
by janky | Feb 9, 2023 | Media, Slider
I am honored by the review of CBG Throwdown by the best UK blues rag, Blues Matters. Blues Matters’ writer Colin Campbell dug deep into my 2022 release. This is my 4th full-length release and I am encouraged by the feedback I have received from this magazine and...
by janky | Jan 30, 2023 | News, Slider
Janky has gone from writing songs about Jessie Mae Hemphill to playing with and producing a Hemphill. In 2023 Janky produced and played guitar on Peggy Sue Hemphill Lesueur aka Lady Trucker’s release Rollin’ Up On Ya. “I am honored to play with blues...
by janky | Jan 23, 2023 | Media, News, Slider
I had fun giving this interview to CBG Review Magazine. This is the best Cigar Box Guitar rag out there. I was happy to promote the CBG Builders’ instruments I play. The interview is very in-depth. View this article as a...
by janky | Jan 5, 2023 | Media, News, Slider
Page 49 of Living Blues Magazine’s January 2023 issue holds a great review of Janky’s newest CD, CBG Throwdown. Huge props to Lee Zimmerman who dug deep into the CD to really understand and relay all that went into Janky’s music. It’s easy to...
by janky | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Slider
2022 included a ton of great music adventures. I did the following in 2022: played all over Austin, recorded a new Grammy contender CD started a non-profit recording fund to help other blues musicians (https://bluesfund.com) headlined a festival in Thouars, France,...
by janky | Oct 10, 2022 | News
I had an EPIC time at Red’s in Clarksdale, MS. This was my first Juke Joint Fest since covid. So, I missed two years of JJF so it was on with a vengeance. I had my right-hand harp man, Cody Cotton, with me. The drive from Autin is a little further than Dallas...
by janky | Sep 16, 2022 | News
C.B.G. Throwdown finds Janky bringing a release that focuses exclusively on cigar box guitar. This 9-song release is Janky’s 4th CD in his catalog. Janky features Cody Cotton on harp who played on Hill Country Foot Stomp and Janky’s go-to drummer, the amazing Cole...
by janky | Aug 17, 2022 | News
Today I released the first song off my 4th album, CGB Throwdown. This is a song about growing up in Louisiana. Janky / Vocals, CBGs, Bass Cody Cotton / Harp Cole Koenning / Drums Bear Ryan / Backing Vocals Kelly Allison / Backing Vocals (My vocal coach) Chuck Ebert /...
by janky | Jun 20, 2022 | News, Slider
I have started a non-profit organization set up to help blues musicians get their music out there. I have been recording blues guys and gals for years for free including Reverend KM Williams, EJ Mathews, The Kimbrough Brothers, and Robert Kimbrough to name a few....
