ErnieLambert
Blues Newbie
My name in Ernie, and I'm a retired teacher living in Granbury Texas. I started playing when I was about 19 in Boulder Colorado. I learned from a friend and my brother, who had already played in bands. My friend was gifted, having played trombone in his HS jazz band, plus his mother taught piano.
My brother was more a feel player, but also taught me a lot. He played semi professionally for years around Colorado, which had a big music scene due to the club scend for 18 year olds that could drink 3.2 beer legally. He recored an album (on cassette, which he later digitilized on a CD) called The BLT Boys. It was all original songs, he sang on most of them and played some really nice guitar. He fell into bad health in his later years, but managed to record some things on his own computer setup.
Funny story about my son Dean. I was living in Killeen Texas and at 16, he came to spend the summer with me. I taught him to play bass. He later played live on the radio, because I knew Jack, the DJ.
Later, Dean spent a summer in Clarksdale, Mississippi on a canoe/rafting outfit, but got into Delta Blues. Clarksdale is famous for it's blues history. He now lives in New Orleans where he is active in the music scene there.
We have two great live music venues in Granbury. Granbury Live and the historic Granbury Opera House. I've seen some great tribute bands there. Chicago, Creedence, ZZ Top to name a few. I've been trying to get Griff to come down and play a gig, since he's living in Texas now and not that far away.
My brother was more a feel player, but also taught me a lot. He played semi professionally for years around Colorado, which had a big music scene due to the club scend for 18 year olds that could drink 3.2 beer legally. He recored an album (on cassette, which he later digitilized on a CD) called The BLT Boys. It was all original songs, he sang on most of them and played some really nice guitar. He fell into bad health in his later years, but managed to record some things on his own computer setup.
Funny story about my son Dean. I was living in Killeen Texas and at 16, he came to spend the summer with me. I taught him to play bass. He later played live on the radio, because I knew Jack, the DJ.
Later, Dean spent a summer in Clarksdale, Mississippi on a canoe/rafting outfit, but got into Delta Blues. Clarksdale is famous for it's blues history. He now lives in New Orleans where he is active in the music scene there.
We have two great live music venues in Granbury. Granbury Live and the historic Granbury Opera House. I've seen some great tribute bands there. Chicago, Creedence, ZZ Top to name a few. I've been trying to get Griff to come down and play a gig, since he's living in Texas now and not that far away.
