“Mamlish” — now there is a strange word for you. It comes up in several blues, especially in Ed Bell’s “Mamlish Blues.” He announces at the beginning that he will “tell you just what they mean,” but maybe he is referring to the mamlish blues, not to the word mamlish. It seems to just be [...]
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absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Mississippi meets Louisiana when I play tomorrow (Sat. Jan. 31) at EaT, a cool new oyster-and-absinthe bar at 3808 N. Williams Ave. Music runs about 7:30-10 p.m. The restaurant got reviewed favorably in today’s Oregonian. Although I think the review didn’t pay enough attention to the absinthe — you choose among varieties from California, Oregon, [...]
Fetch It! Release tonight
Last-minute reminder: Release party for Fetch It!, my new CD, is 7-9:30 p.m. TONIGHT (Fri., Jan. 23) at Holman’s Bar & Grill, 15 SE 28th Ave (at Burnside, on SW corner), Portland. This takes place in the Barenaked Lounge while Brad Lee Brenner broadcasts his River City Juke Joint on KMHD, 89.1 FM, live in [...]
chicken soup!
I’m laid out with a bad cold. I even lost my voice during a gig two days ago. First time that ever happened to me. I kept trying to sing but certain notes just wouldn’t come out and the croaky voice didn’t sound like me. Scary. A friend says it’ll come back in a few [...]
Fetch It! CD about to be released
The new Steve Cheseborough CD, Fetch It!, is now in production and should be available right around Dec. 30. A CD -release party is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 23 at Holman’s Bar and Grill (which as of January, like all bars and restaurants in Oregon, will be non-smoking), 15 SE 28th Ave (just south [...]
Was Blind Lemon Jefferson really blind?
Yes, he was really blind. (And his parents really named him “Lemon.”) Blind Boy Fuller was really blind too. And so were Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Mamie Forehand and all the other blues and gospel artists with “blind” in front of their names. It’s funny how often people ask me that question. I [...]
Habanero vodka
There’s a hot new drink on the menu at Casa Naranja (4205 N Mississippi Ave, Portland): Spicy Bloody Marys made with vodka that is house-infused with my homegrown hot peppers! Usually habaneros (of two different varieties, so the drink might taste different depending on what’s gone into the bottle that week) but also sometimes some [...]
Brrr!
What’s the best beer with which to toast the new administration? Widmer’s Brrrr! of course, for Brrrrack. Cheers and congrats to all, SC
New CD; new book!
It’s out! The new CD, Fetch It! See reviews of it here and here. You can order it through this site or through CD Baby, or pick it up at Music Millennium in Portland or at any of my public appearances (see calendar to find out when those are). And look for the third edition [...]
Bo Diddley’s daughter
Never mind what they call Elvis Presley — the real Kings of Rock ‘n’ Roll are Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard. And all three of them were still alive, until today, when Bo Diddley passed away at age 79.My Diddley story: About five years ago, I was playing at a little ice-cream/coffee shop [...]
