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So, Ive played a few more gigs with the cigar box and the 'hilarious' comments still get wheeled out. ' Where did you get that ?, Is it real ? ' Then you play it and the clowns with the big voices shut up...ah well, goes with the territory.

If your in the Studley area on the 15th of this month, check out the Royal Oak pub. We are having a Cigar Box evening, including Chickenbone and a ' special guest '.

More details to follow.

Another Sunday, gigs just played Friday and Saturday. I took the Cigar Box for the first time this weekend and played an hour each night on it, the other two hours regular guitar. We started the set with some CBG, standards like 'Mojo Workin' and 'Shake your money maker'.

What seemed consistent though was that the second the instrument was produced, on both nights, several large and mean looking men looked at me and said 'WHAT THE F**K IS THAT' !!!!! 'YOU CANT PLAY THAT' !!!! 'WE WANT…

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Thanks for the feedback on this one. It's one of those things, you play it and it feels good, churns the guts, hits all the right things personally, but you never know how other people might respond. The mojo bow is the ultimate in back to basics I think, it tests you in so many more ways than regular guitars.
I can honestly say that stumbling into the world of cbg and the mojobow is the most fulfilling musical thing I've done possibly ever.