Duane in Action

This is from the Evan King Group gig at the Liberal Cup on April 26th. A couple months in the making from Christina's brother's camera, but better late than never.

Stuff in May

I've put up a new song, "Chowdah a la Mode," from the album. This is the first tune we recorded, I liked the way it came out. It shall humbly live on my blog until we find a better avenue for said recording.

Here is the poster for our next big gig at Blue in Portland on Saturday. Clicking on the image gets you a bigger and higher fidelity picture, which I recommend.

Oh boy!

I have had a great week. I know the greatness of the week officially ended Friday night once I started my taxes. And today it definitively hit a brick wall with my Self-Employment payout to the government. I can see why some get up in arms about where the money goes and what our legislation funds. Still I diligently wait for my bailout check....

The week was so great because I attended a concert with Man Size Safe, the current ensemble of the bassist Ben Allison. The following morning I took a private lesson with him and captured it on my girlfriend's digital recorder. Parts of that lesson may be posted on this here blog down the road as a resource. Now considering all of this I must update my resume. For not only am I "internationally performing bassist" Duane Edwards (one festival in Canada), but I have also studied with Ben Allison.

Its those little things in life that really add up (like my write-offs).

New Music!

Today I am posting the title track from a new album with a new trio. According to the sleeve it is recording "AC-014" put out by the Avant Coast. As impressive as that sounds it is quite grassroots. This was originally conceived by Thom Keith for entry in the RPM challenge. And now we have another gem/diamond-in-the-rough for the greater independent music scene in the tri-state area. Oh boy. Follow down the blog to my music box courtesy of Box.net and click on "Under the Moose" by Keith, Edwards, Barnette.