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the festival this weekend

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if anyone going to the festival in york has an interest in one of my pickups or guitars, message me and we'll work something out...Continue

there is a lot of truth in this article... especially the part about shorts...

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At 3:38pm on October 23, 2010, Wild Rover said…: I dig the raw raunchy sound of your recordings. Keep rolling out the great tunes.

At 3:08pm on September 4, 2010, darren brown said…

At 6:36am on September 3, 2010, darren brown said…: dude hard line would be a cool vid .diggen this album of yours .

At 2:44pm on August 16, 2010, darren brown said…: great roots blues man ,top shelf .

At 12:42pm on July 11, 2010, Julz aka Varnum Slim said…: Diggin' the music!

At 9:54am on July 5, 2010, Rev. Nix said…: How Dare you take down that video i was going to steal it and mix it with this snuff film i been saving damn it!

At 6:55pm on June 21, 2010, rodney fruits said…: didnt know this was you, and never heard bad luck, i likes it. I guess all your stuff is good though.. and thanks for the comments.

At 4:02am on June 21, 2010, bemuzic said…: lol, no worries I won't hurt myself, I'm already damaged beyond repair!!

At 3:20am on June 21, 2010, bemuzic said…: thanks, found it now : -)

At 9:39pm on June 20, 2010, bemuzic said…: thanks for the message..I came looking for the blog but can't see it??? Anyway the reverse psychology worked, I'm listening to clips of one of your albums on cd Baby wondereing if I can afford $9.99...sounding great!!

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