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Third Story of the Sawmill
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #81
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
October 30, 2011
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.1 MB • 160 kbps • 2:47
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Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! DO NOT MIX EXPOSURE TO THIS MUSIC TRACK WITH ALCOHOL, LEGAL PREscriptION MEDICATIONS AND/OR PROHIBITED INTOXICANTS! A truly transcendental experience can't be explained. Our limited cognitive ability is unable develop a frame of reference with which to grasp, compare and/or understand such supernatural and otherworldly phenomena. Such forces, occurrences and beings are frightening to the weak minded and can be harmful to the faint of heart. They can produce altered states, that can terrorize one's soul. However, for those who would throw caution to the wind, feel free to turn down the lights and turn up the volume, but just make certain there's some sympathetic companion nearby to clutch... when your blood runs inexplicably cold and the icy grip of horror begins to take hold! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!! Phil Erb was the genius behind this piece of sound. His unique knowledge and perspective of how to manipulate sound within the digital realm is unsurpassed by any contemporary. Today (June 13th 2012), I just learned that Phil departed this life in early December of 2011. He left behind only a small fraction of his complete works that he had amassed in the last ten years. This piece was one of his last explorations into the mysterious way bell-like instruments vibrate and how those sounds can be toyed with to realize new frontiers of auditory bliss.
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