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 | 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...
by janky | Apr 20, 2023 | News, Slider
I had a blast at this year’s Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale, MS. Amazing music, and amazing people. Great memories. Cody Cotton and I left Austin bound for Dallas to pick up a Juke Joint Boy regular Clay Stinnet – he is one of my favorite people. After a brief...