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Five Firsts: C.J. Boyd

Friday, February 1st, 2013

C. J. Boyd

NAME: C.J. Boyd
INSTRUMENT: Solo bass

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … First tape – Michael Jackson’s Bad. First CD – Pearl Jam’s Vs.

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … With my mom: MC Hammer. On my own: Silkworm with Granddaddy.

3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … 1994 Mexican made Fender precision bass. Had it 18 years until last year when it was stolen while I was on tour in Poland.

4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … No idea. Probably some Nirvana cover in high school.

5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … Los Asnos Muertos, when I was 15 years old. Didn’t last long.

Solo bassist C.J. Boyd shares the bill with singer-songwriter Liv Carrow at the Spotty Dog in Hudson at 8pm tonight (Friday, February 1). Admission is $5.

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Be Here Now: Daniel Bachman @ the Spotty Dog, 1/24/13

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

WHOA!

I gotta admit that I’d never heard of early-20-something guitar phenom Daniel Bachman until this past weekend when I stumbled across his amazing playing… and lo and behold, he’s playing at Nippertown’s coolest multi-purpose bookstore/bar/concert venue the Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson on Thursday evening (January 24).

If you’re a fan of John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Jack Rose and the rest of the acoustic steel-string guitarists who tend to get lumped into that American Primitive Guitar bag, you might already be familiar with the fab Fredericksburg, Virginia native who describes his sound as “psychedelic Appalachia.”

Check out Bachman’s album Seven Pines on the Tompkins Square label. (He performs the title track as the second selection in the above video.)

Or better yet, go and see if he can really do all of this live on a guitar…

Daniel Bachman plays at the Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson at 8pm on Thursday (January 24). With guitarist-drummer Ian McColm. Admission is $5.

Tags: Daniel Bachman, Hudson, The Spotty Dog
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