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| Joseph
Breznikar |
Bruce Camden |
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Nathan George |
Darby McGrann |
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Jack O'Boyle |
Doug Rees |
| Release Party Dec 11, 2005 Hangar 9 Carbondale, IL |
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Sales Benefit Hurd Brothers Scholarship Fund |
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Read a Message from Marcia Hurd
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Contact: Guitars@BetweenTheRivers.Com
Page last updated: 11/02/04
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| Joseph Breznikar website: http://www.breznikar.com/ |
THREE EPISODES
IN TRAVEL... Joseph Breznikar
III. Night Wings
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| Bruce
Camden has been playing guitar since 1975, but
his talent is not limited to music. He is also
a gifted writer, the author of many short stories and nonfictional
pieces. His debut CD "Nothing Gained" was named "local album of
the year" for 2003 by Nightlife. The track "Mouse" is
from that
cd. As sideman to local blues legend "Tawl Paul" and Slappin' Henry Blue, Camden has attracted a small cult of appreciative fans. He is currently crafting his next CD. |
Mouse Bruce Camden Paul Fredrick, Vocal |
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| Originally
from Chicago, guitarist Ivas John moved to
Carbondale to
attend SIU at the age of eighteen, and began playing in public within
his first year. After gaining valuable playing experience with a
couple of local blues bands, John settled into the Carbondale music
scene more permanently alongside Southern Illinois blues legend "Big
Larry" Williams. In the Summer of 2002, John was introduced to
Louisville singer/songwriter David Gene Smith and formed the band Delta
Fuzz, whose eclectic and original sound reflects a variety of
traditional blues, rock, and country influences, and features John’s
boldly expressive and tasteful lead guitar work. In addition to
establishing himself as a competent player for any blues situation,
John has shown his versatility as a developing jazz guitarist as well,
playing with veteran jazz musicians from the area, and studying the
idiom independently at SIU. When he’s not on a gig, you can find John
teaching guitar five days a week at Mike’s Music center in Carbondale. |
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He moved to Chicago in '72 and played in The Bob Ready Blues Band featuring Carey Bell on harp and Johnny Shines, the mandolin bluesman. In '73, he moved to Orlando, FL and jammed around with the members of Edgar Winter's White Trash. Upon returning to C'dale in '74, he was hired as guitarist in Rolls Hardley, a splinter of the Coal Kitchen family featuring Bob Pina and Randy Bradle. Oddly enough, it was to fill Robbie's place once again, as he had left the band to move back to California. In '75 Jack was asked by his friend and fellow guitarist Jimmy Bruno to join up with a band he was forming featuring Dennis Conroy from the Cryan' Shames and a young singer/guitarist named Shawn Colvin. The Shawn Colvin Band played to great acclaim until Shawn injured her vocal cords and was unable to sing for a year. Jack and bassist Brian Sandstrum then formed the Skid City Blues Band with Billy Desmond and the Highway Dogs featuring Greta Mitchell on blues harp. Jack also was a founding member of Doctor Bombay with Carlos Penny, Kevin Cox and Big Larry Williams. Dr. Bombay melded Jimmy Wasaitis' Majuba Brothers Band with parts of Skid City, adding a horn section along the way. Fast Jack, as he was known then, played with Skid City as the house band at the Kingston Mines in Chicago. He played regularly with many Chicago blues greats, including Junior Wells, Detroit Junior, Sunnyland Slim & Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Jimmy Johnson "the Singing Preacher," Otis Clay, Lefty Dizz, Magic Slim, Johnny Littlejohn, Big Time Sarah, Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows, and many others. He lived in Southern California in the 80's & 90's, playing with West Coast slide guitar legend Stan West for many years. After roaming the country for several years to see what he could see, he eventually settled down in Lemont, IL, where he free lances, teaches guitar and hangs out with his best friend Rusty "Radar" Hurst, former guitarist for the Dixie Diesels. |
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A
student at SIU in the late seventies,, Din Dayemi returned to
Southern Illinois in 1995 and founded "Majnun," a 9-piece eclectic
band. The word majnun means "crazy," and the band exemplifies its crazy
talent by highlighting the creative work of several of its
singer/songwriters. "Majnun" is set to release their second album "Live
at Der Club" after completing a 2004 summer tour in Germany. |
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| Nathan Clark
George is a singer/songwriter who is often stepping outside the
boundaries of the genre into warm and intricate fingerpicking and then
into rocking acoustic tunes. He is touring throughout the midwest
with continued growth and interest in his music and performances, not
to mention his growing discography. Nathan's music has been
called folk-fusion, fingerstyle and folk-rock. He is constantly
exploring new blends of modern and traditional acoustic music and is
using images and concepts that reflect the wide range of human
experience, faith, and the truths that affect us all.
www.nathanclarkgeorge.com |
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| Grant
Morgan has been playing guitar professionally for more than 25
years,
both electric and acoustic. One of the key forces behind "Massive
Funk," he is presently a one-man band, playing a soulful
variety of synthesized
instruments, molding together songs from many artists, and originals. |
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Russell has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and he's a Master of the blues when
he's not strumming for Cajun Stomp. |
Hard Times |
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 Darby
Hollingsworth McGrann, an Aquarius, has been playing guitar most of his life. He says, "The main reason, the only reason, I play guitar is that it
helps me be
one with the universe of reality." It all started when I was a child, but I really started to
evolve
when I played in the high school jazz band -- which went to
New Orleans one year. That was cool. Darby did several
typical "cool
bands" in high school before going solo with "DARBY".
and producing a tape called "Weeds Along The Roadside," years ago. He
has also written "tons of songs and can't remember
them all." Now he works at a music store, and plays guitar weekly
at an Hispanic catholic church. Darby is also the "official"
guitar player of the Carbodale Bike 2 Work Day event. If you're
interested, he gives guitar lessons and knows what the word "augmented"
means when it comes to a
major scale. "Thus my music is "augmented" at times," he
jokes.
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Born and raised in Southeast Missori, Doug Rees has always had a deep passion for the guitar. He started getting serious about playing in the 7th grade when his band teacher scolded him for learning the saxophone by ear. This inspired Doug to take his music to another level and the guitar became his best friend. Doug moved to Nashville at the age of twenty and played guitar in a band called "Crystal Blue," which opened and played behind several acts including the late Sammi Smith. Eventually he married and moved back to Southeast Missouri to raise a family, while pursuing music and songwriting there and later back in Nashville. Doug says the best thing that ever happened to him in hte music business was meeting his long-time and mentor, Big Larry Williams, who he still plays gigs with from time to time in tri-state area. |
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A MESSAGE FROM MARCIA HURD
My brothers, Forrest and Doug, loved music from early childhood until their last day on earth. They never made a lot of money, but both found beauty and true inspiration in music they heard and played. Their enjoyment of music was wide, and encompassed classical era, crooners (Bing Crosby) of the early 1900's, simple songs of Bill Monroe, rhythmic Elvis Presley, Beatles, early rock artists of Great Britain, and all eras of blues and jazz. They especially loved guitar in classical, blues, and jazz. They felt their music. Doug often laughed and agreed with BB (King) that 'even a blind man can tell when he's walking in the sun.' Forrest often said, "I would much rather be deeply moved by music than awed," indicating a deep level of satisfaction and fulfillment that he derived from listening and/or playing a particular piece of music. I believe both the enjoyment and creation of music can be such a thing of beauty in life, as it was for my brothers. I hope to help others find their own beauty in music by way of my brothers' Scholarship Fund. Marcia Hurd, September
2004
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