New Damon Fowler Release!!!

[C70man]

Heads up!!!

Blind Pigs just released the new Damon Fowler CD! I got my "signed" copy last night at the release party in Tampa......

Damon is performing at Skippers Smokehouse Friday the 30th to kick it off...

Definitetly a must cd for your collection......You can purchase it at your local Borders or whatever now! or go online and get one...

Keep an eye out for Damon on his site or at BlindPig Records venue list for when he will be out your way......
http://www.damonfowler.com/

[rickg]

Okay - what's the connection here? Is there an Omaha connection?
We are playing the record on Pacific Street Blues but I am curious why someone is posting this guy in Nebraska?

[C70man]

Originally Posted by rickg

Okay - what's the connection here? Is there an Omaha connection?
We are playing the record on Pacific Street Blues but I am curious why someone is posting this guy in Nebraska?

Hey, I get out your way once in a while so I thought I would keep up with the blues in Omaha......And......Damon has played and will play in Omaha again. So all I was saying is grab his new CD, its great! Didn't know it was against the rules to be a fan.

[rickg]

Whoa fella - kinda defensive there.

Could it be you're a marketing guy posing as a fan?

I think that's okay. Today its all about the viral marketing and manipulating impressions.

I just wanted to know of Damon was from the area or if he played here or what. Market away and good luck.

[C70man]

Originally Posted by rickg

Whoa fella - kinda defensive there.

Could it be you're a marketing guy posing as a fan?

I think that's okay. Today its all about the viral marketing and manipulating impressions.

I just wanted to know of Damon was from the area or if he played here or what. Market away and good luck.

Thanks, but really, I'm just a fan. I moved from Chicago to Tampa 6 years ago. That's when I first saw this guy....he's unbelievably good. Just trying to boost his career a bit.......Used to work in Omaha, Council Bluffs a lot, but don't miss the winter weather at all.

When Damon gets up that way, I'll post it so you Omaha Blues guys can get a chance see him. I may even make the trip myself....you'll become fans too.

[rickg]

So which track is the most radio friendly?

[C70man]

Originally Posted by rickg

So which track is the most radio friendly?

I really love his new album........BUT......

The studio cut down all the songs for "radio time", or whatever you want to call it.....Almost all the songs are 4to4:30 long. A few under 3 minutes!

In particular the "Some Fun" song at 2:27min is a great opener for radio, but Sugar Lee at 4:32min and Lonely Blue at 4:30min are the albums best studio tracks.....VFW at 3:21min is also a great radio song as this studio version sounds nearly as good as live.

But "Live" these songs are absolutely fantastic with an average 3-4 minute lead guitar segways. Especially, "I Hope It's Gonna Rain" at 4:44min is normally an 8 minute song.

I have used my H4 to tape him at small venues and to me the longer versions are by far the best. I just attended his Debut release concert at Skippers Smokehouse on Friday and he was fantastic. An absolute packed house and an incredible show of guitar wizardry.

Thanks for the inquiry. I hope you blues fans in Omaha get to hear him soon.

[Brad2]

Wow, I google Damon and this site pops up. I was at the CD release
party at Skippers on 1/30(a fantastic Blues venue:Koko Taylor, Tab
Benoit, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Derek Trucks et al...they've
all been there). Despite the unusually cold weather, it was a fun night.
I'd rather see Damon than Derek Trucks, much more personality. Although
Damon can play the Blues with anyone, this CD is better classified as
Americana, some Blues, some country, and some Roots Rock. I see that
Damon is # 12 in the Blues category on Billboard. That's a nice entrance
into the charts. It's nice to see a Tampa area guy enter the national scene.

[C70man]

Originally Posted by Brad2

Wow, I google Damon and this site pops up. I was at the CD release
party at Skippers on 1/30(a fantastic Blues venue:Koko Taylor, Tab
Benoit, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Derek Trucks et al...they've
all been there). Despite the unusually cold weather, it was a fun night.
I'd rather see Damon than Derek Trucks, much more personality. Although
Damon can play the Blues with anyone, this CD is better classified as
Americana, some Blues, some country, and some Roots Rock. I see that
Damon is # 12 in the Blues category on Billboard. That's a nice entrance
into the charts. It's nice to see a Tampa area guy enter the national scene.

Yeah, I was there as well. I had Damon sign a few more cds. Your right about the album, its Americana personafied. I heard all the cuts they made in the studio in Chicago and quite a few were a lot bluesier but were not used. One of my favorites he does was cut too. But all in all, I think its a great cd for him and can't wait to see him this Saturday at a cd release party in Bradenton at a blues place called Ace's. Ace's is actuall owned by the keyboard guy from the Allman Bros Band....no, not Greg, but their road and studio guy.

When Damon plays the blues its electrifying. He can crank as good if not better than all of them out there. He will also be playing with Guitar Shorty at the Shasko Festival coming up.

I hope he gets out to Omaha soon so the rest of these members can see and hear him. I know he's in DesMoines soon, and Fort Dodge, but I didn't see him scheduled for Omaha.

Glad you got to see him....it's easy to become a real fan when you catch him in small venues cranking on his vintage Les Paul and Strat (he rarely travels with now).

[C70man]

He's coming to Nebraska..........
Apr 28, 2009 Lincoln, NE Al Lundy's Highway Blues. KZUM Radio 89.5 More info 3:30 PM

Apr 29, 2009 Lincoln, NE Red 9 Apr 30, 2009 Kearney, NE Cunningham's