I'm in a rush to leave - got somewhere to be - but had to stop to listen to it all. Think I'm in trouble now :)

It has been a pure pleasure to play and record with the super talented Justin Valente @justin-valente. Justin lives and breathes guitar and has such a deep and wonderful understanding of blues, blues history, and its evolution and influence in rock. And Justin uses that to turn out some of the consistently baddest guitar playing on SoundCloud. Capital B. Almost every day. So impressive.

When I found him here on SC I was instantly attracted to both his sound and conception. Somewhere that I would love to be if I played the electric guitar. A ton of electricity in his playing, raw energy, and a great understanding of navigating through the changes. If you haven't already, click to go to Justin's SC gallery and follow him. He is a serious student, and makes everything we do sound better.

Here's a collection of about 10 tunes we have recorded together....some classic tunes as well as originals. Very proud of these recordings.

Thanks Justin. So many of you have liked, commented and often shared our music - thanks for such passion, and for helping keep the blues inspired music here on SC alive and thriving. Several other of my favorite musicians here on SoundCloud are on these recordings as well - Tom Adams, Joe Bongiovanni, Ian Tait and Johnny Pugh.

To quote Bob Marley, "We're Jammin...."

@justin-valente
@tytlblues
@joe-bongiovanni
@ian-tait
@johnny-pugh


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Jamming with Justin Valente

What fun pulling this together with three serious musicians.  You probably know Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente's awesome blues oriented guitars, and they stretch out here on this funk / soul / fusion groove.  Burning it up they are.  And joining us on Alto Sax is recording artist Matt Criscuolo.  Look for him at mattcriscuolo.com.  These guys just play their ass off here.  Started with an internet fusion loop, I added many keyboard lines to funk it up to the max, and we added these pros.  Joe takes the opening solos for the first four minutes, Justin follows, and we finish with all the guys trading off.  So much energy.  Positive energy here.  Put this on and relax.  Hope you enjoy the entire tune - an extended play jam.  Damn this is burning.... Thanks for listening.  The guys would love your thoughts....

Funk And Burn - With Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente guitars and Matt Criscuolo alto sax

Bringing a soulful sound to SoundCloud with this one.  Lifetime recording artist, soul vocalist, saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh sits in with blues guitarist extraordinaire Justin Valente and me on an emotional Ray Charles type slow jam.  What a wonderful surprise to hear Johnny's beautiful harp lines, which fit perfectly with Justin's raw electric blues energy.  Real proud of this one, as it captures the heart and spirit of why we all love SoundCloud.   Check out Johnny and Justin's music here - you will love their playing.  Thanks for listening.

Soul Brothers - with Justin Valente guitar and Johnny Pugh blues harp and horns

A swinging shuffle with the outstanding Justin Valente on electric guitar.  Justin developed this 12 bar blues after listening to one of his favorite bands, Gov't Mule.  If you are into serious blues and electric guitar, you gotta check out more of New Jersey's own Justin Valente.  He's all over SoundCloud and loves to create and share new music almost every day.  Gotta love his complete understanding of how to play some serious blues - Gov't Mule style here!  Thanks as always for taking the time to listen and to comment.  Means a lot.

https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente

guitar and bass: Justin Valente
organ: Jamie Rhind (@jamie-rhind)
drums: Terrence Higgins Greasy Grooves from Loop Loft (@thelooploft)


Mule's Blues - with Justin Valente / guitar

Created this Latin Jazz Rock tune with a very percussive latin groove over classic jazz changes.  Justin as always does a fantastic job with the guitar, helping anchor the mood while developing a fine solo to complement the salsa groove.  Put on your dancing shoes...

https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente

Latin Dancer - with Justin Valente / guitar

Many thanks to Glen Granthem  for all of his hard work on this track.
Original Lyrics by Tony Harris
Featuring Glen Granthem and The Glen Granthem Band

The lyrics that inspired Glen are listed below.

HIS HEART SKIPPED A BEAT			
WHEN HE OPENED THE LETTER 			
THAT SAID REPORT FOR A PHYSICAL			
IT KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS FEET			
			
IT WAS A EARLY MORNING RIDE			
TO THE GREYHOUND STATION			
NOT A DAY HE LIKES TO REMEMBER			
HE WAS FEELING SICK INSIDE			
			
STEPPING OFF THE BUS			
AT THE BASE IN MONTGOMERY			
A MAN HANDED HIM A SMALL BIBLE			
THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED TO WORRY			
			
PASSED THE TEST WITH FLYING COLORS			
TOOK HIS FIRST PLANE RIDE			
TO FORT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA			
FELT LIKE HIS HANDS WERE TIED			
			
WITH A WIFE BACK HOME			
AND A TWO MONTH OLD SON			
SOUTHEAST ASIA WAS IN THE CARDS			
HE NEVER FELT SO ALL ALONE			
			
(CHORUS)			
HIS WIFE AND MAMA CRIED			
AS THE GREYHOUND PULLED AWAY			
HE HAD A SICK FEELING INSIDE			
ON THAT WARM SPRING DAY 			
HIS CAREER WAS SIDELINED			
THE DAY HE TOOK THAT RIDE………			
YEA, IT WAS SIDELINED			
THE DAY HE TOOK THAT RIDE………			
			
(BRIDGE)			
GOD'S WILL AND MAMA'S PRAYERS			
BROUGHT HIM BACK HOME			
FROM THAT FAR AWAY PLACE			
			
(REPEAT CHORUS 2 TIMES)			
			
			
Lyrics by Tony Harris © 2018 (BMI)

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The Day He Took That Ride - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring The Glen Granthem Band - Original

This is a cover of the old blues tune - Next Time You See Me, covered by many including my beloved Grateful Dead :)  Jamie is on keys, and me on guitars.  I put the rest of the backing track together with various loops.  I am playing my PRS thru a makeshift rig but hopefully it gets the job done.  Thanks as always to Jamie!

Next Time You See Me (featuring Jamie Rhind)

Playing over the Yellowjackets' "Rush Hour" backing track.

Rush Hour

You got me staring into space
You got me, I’m losing my place
That’s what you do
That’s what you do to me
That’s what you do

I’ll ask myself what are you doing to me? 
And I ask myself what are you doing to me? 
To me...

You got me talking no sense
You got me oh on my knees...
That’s what you do
That’s what you do to me...oh...

Chorus...

A thank you to someone who makes me smile. : )

What you do...

Truly blessed to have my dear friend and sister from another Mr play gorgeous cello on this song! Thank you Becky! 🎵❤️

Square one (with live Cello by Becky Crichton)

Una Mas (Kenny Dorham)

Here's a new introspective jazz ballad original entitled Reflection.   Always time for a little reflection - and especially as we move into the New Year.

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Reflection

Soundcloud Blues legend Tom Adams and I are back with an Eric Clapton blues entitled Same Old Blues.  Tom's one of the finest blues gunslingers on the Cloud and brings his authentic signature style to our recording once again.  Follow Tom's wonderful collection of blues inspired recordings:  https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
And for a playlist of the 45 tunes Tom and I have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/tearing-it-up-with-tom-adams-1

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Same Old Blues - with Tom Adams / guitar

Annie Smart's layered vocals here steal the show, providing such gorgeous and beautifully phrased lines of harmony.  And how great to have the wonderful Mirko Borach's sound underneath.  Follow these favorite musicians of mine and so many others:
https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1
https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

And for a collection of the 50+ tunes Mirko and I have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/stretching-it-out-with

Many thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.

Keeping Things Cool - with Annie Smart / vocals and Mirko Borach / bass

Live at Skipton Folk Club. October Song by The Incredible String Band

Skipton Folk Club 11/02/19

October Song - Live at Skipton Folk Club (11/02/19)

A real gem by the legendary writing team of Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia and sung by Hattie Craven. This is a reimagining of the Garcia treatment with Joe Craven & The Sometimers; Joe Craven / Mandolin & Fiddle, Bruce MacMillan / Guitars & Lap Steel, Jonathan Stoyanoff / Bass, Barry Eldridge / Drums. Enjoy!

Brown Eyed Women

I've been playing guitar with varying degrees of devotion for about 30 years. I love to play and record every chance I get and have really enjoyed my time on SC so far.  My musical influences are guitar greats such as Hendrix, SRV, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Robben Ford, Mike Bloomfield, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks. I love listening to other people's music and drawing inspiration from their talents.  Most of all I appreciate all of the support from the community here and look forward to spending a lot more time. :)

Jazz/Fusion keyboard player, composer and producer.  Marketing, advertising, publishing and sales career.  Originally from Chicago, where I developed a strong appreciation for the blues and classical, and moved to New York, where jazz and the fine arts are so deep.  Key musical influences include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to Forever, John McLaughlin and the Mahivishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Emily Remler, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Young, Buddy Guy, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.   Former classical clarinet and piano player.  Unless noted, my music on SoundCloud was composed, recorded and performed using only keyboards.  An avid photographer.  Many covers here are my shots.  To see my photography look for Herbiejazz on Instagram or search for Herbiejazz on Google.  And a big thumbs up to SoundCloud and the SoundCloud community, and so many friends who have joined me to create.  Thank you all.

Next Time You See Me (featuring Jamie Rhind)

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