The annual Cigar City Brewery event in Tampa, Florida is just around the corner...Saturday March 9th.  Beer tasting, brewery tours, food, souvenirs, continuous bandstand entertainment, and more.   Cottin Pickinin Blues will be on hand displaying and selling our newest builds.

The Cottin Pickin Blues Brothers will be on stage at 11am Steve Arvey and Ed Wright....

Doors open at 7:30am due to the large crowds that form at the gate.

I have posted some of my assembling of a…

WEDU show "ARTS PLUS has aired  and (so they say) will soon be distributed nationally.  These are excerpts of the last show on The Gulf Coast Journal.   Hopefully the national distribution will help the credibility of all of us in the industry. 

www.wedu.org/artsplus

 Beer tasting, brewery tours, food consessions, CBG's by Cottin Pickin Blues on sale, continuous bandstand entertainment.  Doors open at 9am  

This is the once a year event that the Gulf Coast waits for......Entertainment all day long..11am The Cottin Pickin Blues Brothers  will be performing on stage with Cottin Pickin Blues cigar box guitars.  Bear tasting all day long ...food consessions, tours of the brewery.  Limited parking so come early......and finally I will be…

This one was specially designed by Steve Arvey and Manufactured by Cottin Pickin Blues.  Signed copies of this one including a certificate of authenticity can be ordered for $350.

Any opinions on the least expensive packing and shipping rates???  Any advise would help.  Thanks

WEDU is the station...Channel 3 on Comcast on the Florida Gulf Coast

Here's the latest.....The show will be airing for the fist time on February 28th at 8pm.  The name..."ARTS PLUS"   From there it will be released all over the country slowly and methodically.  Really proud of all of the effort the Cigar Box Nation members have done to bring back the age old tradition.  This is a tribute to us all!!!

Great News!!!!  The EMMY award winning segment on PBS's WEDU  Gulf Coast Journal is going nationally syndicated....!!!!  Very proud of the work that was done by all involved.  We are now the largest manufacturer of Cigar Box Guitars on the Gulf Coast.  Beautiful new boxes and designs both in stock and custom made.    Thanks to all those that believe and believe in my work.

I have a dozen CBGs in stock right now.  Contact me for special Holiday pricing!!!!  ....and be watching for another article on my builds in the Venice Gondolier on Dec. 15th.

Hi All....Hope your holiday season is going well so far.

   Just wanted to take a few moments to remind you that the holiday season is upon us and an electric/accoustic cigar box guitar might be just the perfect gift for a friend or family member.

Also, if you know of anyone that might be interested in purchasing one of my builds, please have them contact me.

Have a continued wonderful holiday.

Respectfully,

Steve…

Many new designs being work on as of this post.  YA GOTTA THINK OUT OF THE BOX!!!  Gearing up for the holidays and getting many calls from out of state.  Stay tuned!!!   www.cottinpickinblues.com 

Hiya.......

Been working with the Cigar Box Nation for some time now and finally have become a member.   I am humbled by the attention that I have received from south west Florida.   Cottin Pickin Blues has been interviewed on TV 4 times and has built over 160 CBG's in it's short 1 1/2 year life.  All are acoustic/electric and no two are the same. …