by janky | Sep 23, 2024 | News, Slider, Video
I busted out the the CBG on a song I usually play on guitar in open D. This is my Lowebow Shorty Like Reverend KM Williams used to play. It has two strings. Low D and High D. Super fun song. I love it when my drummer Chad, steps it up to double time and then cuts it...
by janky | Sep 17, 2024 | News, Slider
I am fascinated by Junior Kimbrough, his music and his juke joints. As most Delta musicians moved north to Chicago, the North Mississippi musicians like Junior and R.L. Burnside stayed in somewhat of a vacuum in Holly Springs as did their music. This is a gallery of...
by janky | Sep 6, 2024 | News, Slider
We had a great time in Mississippi playing the 74th Annual GOAT Picnic and Red’s Older-Timer Fest @ Red’s. The GOAT Picnic started out kinda rough as the rain moved in but we moved it all inside the Shriner’s building and had a good-old juke. I set...
by janky | Apr 28, 2024 | News, Slider
While at the 2024 Juke Joint Festival, I took the band up to the Stovall Plantation to see where Muddy Waters lived and was recorded. I wanted to document this so you can learn more or visit the sacred place someday. (Sorry for wind in video) Inscription. FrontMuddy...
by janky | Apr 25, 2024 | News, Slider
Just like last year’s Juke Joint Fest, I ran the Stone Pony Stage on Saturday and played Red’s Juke Joint Friday night. The music and excitement in the air was electric. It was nice sitting in on stage with greats like Kent Burnside, Lady Trucker, Robert...
by janky | Mar 22, 2024 | News, Slider
Few people know that you can scrub back in time on Google Earth revealing all kinds of fun historical stuff. I even found Hitler’s lair before we bombed it into oblivion (mess with the US and Allies and find out). I went through the years and found...
by janky | Nov 10, 2023 | News, Slider
Such a great time sitting in with Coach at KWVH 94.3 in Wimberly, Texas. I had my Juke Joint Boys, Chad Carroll and Michael Samuels with...
by janky | Oct 14, 2023 | News, Slider
Oh yeah. Getting back to my neck of the woods. I have been invited down to play the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival. The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that pays homage to a simple yet profoundly expressive instrument – the...
by janky | Jun 16, 2023 | News, Slider, Video
Wow. Wow. Wow. Blues Rules sure does know how to throw a proper blues party. Top artists, great sound team, great food and amazing people. I played Friday night on the main stage with the great Lady Trucker, Jessie Mae Hemphill’s cousin. The sound on stage was...
by janky | May 8, 2023 | Media, News, Slider
So I found this awesome review online at JazzBluesNews.com. Although it is factually wrong and quite insane it definitely drives the reader to check out my music and maybe buy a CD. Here is the review… There’s a name in the blues, Janky. Does anyone know that...
