Good Rocking Sam

Some new live tunes from the last Bayou show

Oct 5, 2009 Music Releases, gigs Leave a comment
Posted by grs

Here are a couple tunes (on our music page) that  came from the last Bayou gig.  One is a tune from ‘First Thing Smoking’, our in-release project, and one is brand new!

The New Thing - Recorded live in September, 09 at the Blue Bayou Club, originally on ‘First Thing Smoking’.

On the Run - A new tune, rough edges evident!  This is an answer to the call to play something ‘Hendrixy’, so it has something of a Band of Gypsies feel, along with the requisite rotary and wah guitar tones.  This one is one we are trotting out for occasional live shows (when folks are really drunk in the audience and will tolerate such indulgence), but is coming along as we work it out in front of the bar crowd.

All of this is licensed under Creative Commons per the license info on our music page…

TBS Blues Contest Photos up

Sep 2, 2009 blues in the triangle Leave a comment
Posted by grs

Photo’s of the Blues Contest a while back are up on the Triangle Blues Society Web site!

New Tunes

Jun 16, 2009 Music Releases Leave a comment
Posted by grs

New tunes have been added to the Music page. There are a couple of cuts from Try to Hold On, and a live recording from a recent gig.
Is the Chicken Done Yet? - Swinging Jump Blues

A fine tune from Walter.  This used to be a live staple, and it’s bound to get resurrected in our [...]

TBS 2009 Blues Challenge Videos

Jun 15, 2009 Music Releases, blues in the triangle Leave a comment
Posted by grs

Here’s our set from the TBS Blues Challenge for 2009.  This was held at the Berkley Cafe in downtown Raleigh.  We had a great time, and were happy to see some old friends and make some new ones!  The first song is ‘The Flow’ off of our upcoming ‘First Thing Smoking’ project…

We followed with ‘Got [...]

Triangle Blues Society Blues Challenge 2009

Jun 14, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Posted by grs

Best of luck at the 2010 International Blues Challenge to Bullfrog in the solo category and to Fat Bastard in the band category. These folks really were far and away the best entertainers of the evening at the Triangle Blues Society Blues Challenge last night. GRS played really well and had a lot of fun. [...]

New (older) music added

Jun 10, 2009 Music Releases, blues in the triangle, gigs Leave a comment
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I’ve added links to two tracks from the cd ‘Luxury Life’ on our music page. Check’em out, and come support us this Saturday at the TBS Blues Challange.

Jun 5, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Posted by grs

After a few days of rain showers and torrents, it looks like the rain is past us for several days at least. Good thing, too. We have a special party to play under the stars tomorrow night for our good friend Muriel. One last gig before the TBS Blues Challenge on July 13!! If you [...]

May 30, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a comment
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We found some photos from the recording sessions for First Thing Smoking.  Check them out in the Pictures page in the First Thing Smoking Session Pics folder. More to come as we find them.

Bonus live track - ‘Three Handed Woman’

May 29, 2009 Music Releases Leave a comment
Posted by grs

This is a new one…we have not yet committed it to a real recording yet, but why not… This new tune is called ‘Three Handed Woman‘, it’s a live track from a recent gig that we’ll probably track during the next recording session.  The tune is Creative Commons licensed, free to download, share, and [...]

TBS Blues Challenge

May 26, 2009 blues in the triangle Leave a comment
Posted by grs

Good Rocking Sam will be competing in the 2009 TBS Blues Challenge…
The 2009 TBS NC Blues Challenge will be Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Berkeley Cafe in downtown Raleigh, NC. The blues challenge is a professionally judged competition open to North Carolina blues acts that qualifies the winners to compete in the 2010 International [...]