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J.T. Draper teaches high school in Salt Lake City, UT. He also plays in The Clarksdale Ghosts, a three-piece blues/roots band.
Tag Archives: Music
Front Porch Blues
I don’t know where the blues were born, but they grew up on the front porch. People hanging out in the afternoon sun, clapping and stomping having a good time. I live where I do because there is a front … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, DIY, Music, Salt Lake City, Weather
Tagged blues, community, Music, the clarksdale ghosts
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The Clarksdale Ghosts/ Open Mic
I’ve never been a big fan of “open mics.” My biggest problem is that you usually only get to play three songs, and don’t start to get warmed up until then. My friend, Z and I, however, decided to head … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music
Tagged mestizo coffee, Music, robert johnson, Salt Lake City
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Junkie Telephone Pt. 3
A performance of the song that I wrote about in previous posts: Come see my gig at Alchemy Coffee if you can. Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7:00.
Junkie Telephone, Pt. 2
I’ve been reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. It’s a Swedish mystery novel about financial corruption, sex abuse and violence against women, dysfunctional family, social alienation, computer hacking, etc. That’s got nothing to do with this … Continue reading
How to be Your Own Drummer (Make a Stomp Board)
Musicians have been using stomp boards since the 1940′s, as far as I know. The first well-known stomper was bluesman John Lee Hooker. Before that, front porch musicians have been stomping for as long as music has been played on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemy Coffee, Home Depot, John Butler, John Lee Hooker, Michael Franti, Music, percussion, Radio Shack, stomp board, stomp box
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Pots and Pans
Whenever I hack through the undergrowth of my memory, I usually end up with an image of me sitting on my parents’ kitchen floor beating on pots and pans with a wooden spoon. I must have been one or two. … Continue reading
