Blues News
Much has been happening lately, and friends have been asking and emailing “What’s up with this Hiatus G-man?” No I haven’t beached myself on the couch with my Guinness and Tivo control (as much as I would like too...). I know me and how much I love playing, and I also know that if I start going on stage every weekend the Record will never get finished. So I’ve turned my time and attention to work in the studio, experimenting with sounds, and laying down tracks.

So far I am very pleased with songs and the flow from one piece to another. For those of you who have asked, I have nine songs on tape, 3 of which are complete and two in the “sandbox” - - this is the experimental stage of the song where I try different tempos, tones, and instruments to get the song that I want. I’ve got one in my head that I can’t seem to find time to purge - - it is a blues boogie. Also a number of people have inquired about advanced sales, and this is very encouraging to me. I had planned on initially selling a certain amount units and now it is apparent that I am going to go way beyond my plan. The album is going to be distributed on the Internet, downloadable via iTunes, MSN, and Yahoo, and of course will be available at my shows. Exciting times indeed. I’m already starting to plan a LIVE follow-up album this fall --and I want YOU to be part of it. Plan on it.

Speaking of records, I’ve been working a lot with Dennis Kelly from the Chicago Music Guide (www.chicagomusicguide.com) and Dennis, myself, and his staff are going to release a compilation of local (Chicago) blues songs by upcoming area artists. We are in the planning stages of a promotional blues concert, and an incredible CD release party at landmark blues club (I can’t divulge any details yet—but soon!). Dennis has asked me to submit some “G-force” songs for the Chicago Music Guide web site for people to download, and has asked for a Theme song for the site. I think I’ve got one that will be good.

I am starting to fill in performance dates (but not too soon) I’ve got one up in June, and Ballydoyle has asked me to showcase the “Gman Upbeat Acoustic Rock and Blues Show” next month. I am thinking about bringing my son Andrew to play drums with me.In case you haven't heard, I placed third in the Suburban Nitelife’s Readers Poll “Best of the Burbs” and although one of my goals this year was to win, I still did very, very good (thanks to y’all). One goal complete and three more to go.In addition to that I’ve been authoring articles on my experiences on stage, and in the studio and so far 80 that is E-I-G-H-T-Y (WOW!) e-zines have reprinted my articles including:

chicagomusicguide.com
ituneslinks.com/articles
ezinearticles.com
humour.daily-blah.com
dubelu.com
globalarticle.com
absolutely-free-ebooks.com
anyarticles.com
rich-pickings.com
ezinecrow.com ( and lets not forget)
thecableking.com.

You'll find them in Google Canada, England, and Denmark too.

I didn’t expect my articles to be so popular, but people will "data mine" anything that you put on the Internet and I’m certainly glad they did. If you want the inside story, look me up on Google (http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Gman+Blues%22&lr=active) .

Lastly, my beautiful girls have roles in the Children’s Theater production of Hansel and Gretel. They have recruited me to help build the set, so I happy doing that and bustin’ out with pride when I see my girls singing and dancing in rehearsal.-- Keep music alive and LIVE! gman www.gmanblues.com