The Blues Foundation, Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists.
2011 Blues Music Award Nominees
Soul Blues Album
Arthur Adams - Stomp the Floor
Denise LaSalle - 24 Hour Woman
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges - Live In San Antonio
Solomon Burke - Nothing’s Impossible
Tad Robinson - Back in Style
The Holmes Brothers - Feed My Soul
Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges
Solomon Burke
Tad Robinson
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Eugene Hideaway Bridges Live In San Antonio (Special Edition)
- Baby Your Love (Live)
- Life Has No Meaning (Live)
- Always Remember You (Live)
- Love Got The Best Of Me (Live)
- In Your Arms Tonight (Live)
- I'm Going Back (Live)
- Pay The Rent (Live)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sydney, Australia
Well currently here I am in the wonderful city of Sydney.
I will keep you update from time to time throughout my Australian tour, so do check back.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
from my hotel room in Sydney Australia
I will keep you update from time to time throughout my Australian tour, so do check back.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
from my hotel room in Sydney Australia
Sunday, January 17, 2010
A warm welcome at The Brasenose Arms
Last night I played a solo show at The Brasenose Arms where I met up with owner and old friend Alan. It’s been about 10 years since we last had a chance to catch up as I used to play for him when he ran the Blues Room in Painswick. He never forgot my music or the songs from back then.
Alan put the word out around the area and it was a packed house with very little room to breathe.
The Brasenose is set in a beautiful village on the River Cherwell and dates back over 100 years. Back in The Blues Room days Alan used to create Pizza’s with names of famous blues singers, but this time I had a Steak & Ale stew with mash, Highly recommended.
It’s show time. Since last seeing Alan I’ve recorded several more CD’s with Armadillo, so I kicked off with a few from when he last saw me and then some of the songs they never heard. Well most of this village are seeing me for the very first time. As for me, it was so hard to decide what song to do next or when to stop for a break. It was getting so good up there. Cold and wet outside, inside was feeling about 30c.
All in all I had a wonderful time meeting everyone in between sets and after the show. If I have the chance to come back thru UK, I would love to drive back up there and see the area on my days off. I do want to say Thank You to all that came out to meet me and Thank You to Alan and Karen for making me feel at home.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Alan put the word out around the area and it was a packed house with very little room to breathe.
The Brasenose is set in a beautiful village on the River Cherwell and dates back over 100 years. Back in The Blues Room days Alan used to create Pizza’s with names of famous blues singers, but this time I had a Steak & Ale stew with mash, Highly recommended.
It’s show time. Since last seeing Alan I’ve recorded several more CD’s with Armadillo, so I kicked off with a few from when he last saw me and then some of the songs they never heard. Well most of this village are seeing me for the very first time. As for me, it was so hard to decide what song to do next or when to stop for a break. It was getting so good up there. Cold and wet outside, inside was feeling about 30c.
All in all I had a wonderful time meeting everyone in between sets and after the show. If I have the chance to come back thru UK, I would love to drive back up there and see the area on my days off. I do want to say Thank You to all that came out to meet me and Thank You to Alan and Karen for making me feel at home.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Friday, January 1, 2010
Hideaway Slim, my Daddy
Today I sit and hold my 1967 GIBSON S-330 guitar as I call my father HIDEAWAY SLIM on the phone in Louisiana. We have a long talk and think back to Jan 2nd 1967 when he walked in and saw me with a plastic shovel with rubber bands on it, I was trying to bring out the sound that was playing in my head.
Daddy had a 1964 Harmony Rocket H59 guitar that was given to him for Christmas in 1964 by a friend of his. He loves this guitar. Back then you could get them mail order. Daddies was sunburst black trimmed.
Back then, that day he sat me up in the middle of the bed where I could not fall and placed his beautiful guitar on my lap, it was too big to hold on to. I didn’t know what to think when he put the strap around my neck and placed my fingers in the frets. This was my first chord.
The first thing Hideaway Slim showed me was a HONKY TONK riff, like Jimmy Reed. As a nearly 4 year old it was hard to bring out the full sound at first. You ever heard of Black Diamond Strings? Well, they were the strings on that guitar and it felt like cable. He told me, it's going to hurt before it sound good but you gotta work it thru.
Playing my Gibson over the phone as I talk to Daddy I get him to remember that day and how he called out the names of the chords. You see, most of the older players did not have guitar lessons, or knew the chords by name or even knew they had a name! They played from the heart the truth of life came out in your guitar picking. As a black person in America, this was your voice, how you got heard, before Dr Phil, Oprah and all the talk shows, before the equal rights movement, this was how we told our story.
So lessons were not to be. Daddy would call 1st change, 2nd change, 3rd change. As we know it today the 1, the 4 and the 5 of a 12 bar blues. You make do with what you got. I was so eager to learn that he would show me something to practise and then off he went to shoot basket ball. On his returned I would be playing what he showed me, as well as what was in my head all those sounds were taking over. There was so much I wanted to say. I also reminded him of something he told me.
TO BE A GOOD LEADER, YOU MUST LEARN TO BE A GOOD FOLLOWER
He would tell me to keep the timing with my feet, pat your feet to the song. If you miss it, catch it the next time it comes around.
Talking to daddy makes this day special and made who I am today. He helped me bring out the music, the sounds that were playing in my soul. The sound today is as strong as it was in 1967. I named this Guitar after you Daddy, as it is Hideaway Slim that is with me around the world, in every song, in every riff, in my teaching and in my living.
Daddy still has the H59 Harmony Rocket, but it's laid back these days. I will always remember that guitar, the sound of the blues.
One day Daddy came home with an unbranded guitar with only 4 strings on it, we made the best of it. I would earn the other 2 strings, by working hard. If Daddy broke a string, he would teach me how to repair it and re-use it as my 5th string, and eventually I had all 6.
My 1967 Gibson S-330 was made the same year, but a far cry from the price back then. Whatever guitar I happen to have over the years along this road, I will always remember where I came from and the roots of the music that I have taken all over the world.
I look forward to bringing new and wonderful sounds thru 2010. I thank God, my Daddy and all the friends and fans for being there with me. No way will I slow down...
Thank you all.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Daddy had a 1964 Harmony Rocket H59 guitar that was given to him for Christmas in 1964 by a friend of his. He loves this guitar. Back then you could get them mail order. Daddies was sunburst black trimmed.
Back then, that day he sat me up in the middle of the bed where I could not fall and placed his beautiful guitar on my lap, it was too big to hold on to. I didn’t know what to think when he put the strap around my neck and placed my fingers in the frets. This was my first chord.
The first thing Hideaway Slim showed me was a HONKY TONK riff, like Jimmy Reed. As a nearly 4 year old it was hard to bring out the full sound at first. You ever heard of Black Diamond Strings? Well, they were the strings on that guitar and it felt like cable. He told me, it's going to hurt before it sound good but you gotta work it thru.
Playing my Gibson over the phone as I talk to Daddy I get him to remember that day and how he called out the names of the chords. You see, most of the older players did not have guitar lessons, or knew the chords by name or even knew they had a name! They played from the heart the truth of life came out in your guitar picking. As a black person in America, this was your voice, how you got heard, before Dr Phil, Oprah and all the talk shows, before the equal rights movement, this was how we told our story.
So lessons were not to be. Daddy would call 1st change, 2nd change, 3rd change. As we know it today the 1, the 4 and the 5 of a 12 bar blues. You make do with what you got. I was so eager to learn that he would show me something to practise and then off he went to shoot basket ball. On his returned I would be playing what he showed me, as well as what was in my head all those sounds were taking over. There was so much I wanted to say. I also reminded him of something he told me.
TO BE A GOOD LEADER, YOU MUST LEARN TO BE A GOOD FOLLOWER
He would tell me to keep the timing with my feet, pat your feet to the song. If you miss it, catch it the next time it comes around.
Talking to daddy makes this day special and made who I am today. He helped me bring out the music, the sounds that were playing in my soul. The sound today is as strong as it was in 1967. I named this Guitar after you Daddy, as it is Hideaway Slim that is with me around the world, in every song, in every riff, in my teaching and in my living.
Daddy still has the H59 Harmony Rocket, but it's laid back these days. I will always remember that guitar, the sound of the blues.
One day Daddy came home with an unbranded guitar with only 4 strings on it, we made the best of it. I would earn the other 2 strings, by working hard. If Daddy broke a string, he would teach me how to repair it and re-use it as my 5th string, and eventually I had all 6.
My 1967 Gibson S-330 was made the same year, but a far cry from the price back then. Whatever guitar I happen to have over the years along this road, I will always remember where I came from and the roots of the music that I have taken all over the world.
I look forward to bringing new and wonderful sounds thru 2010. I thank God, my Daddy and all the friends and fans for being there with me. No way will I slow down...
Thank you all.
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year, as I prepare for my show on Christmas Day in Singapore. I want to let everyone of you know that I enjoyed bringing you the Blues from all over the world.
Thinking back on all the years of travelling and the friends I've made along the way. I am looking forward to meeting up with some of you at the shows in 2010 Australia, America, Europe, UK as well as other countries.
Christmas time is a time we share with our family and loved ones. I feel as each of you are my family. And no matter where in the world I am for Christmas, my family will be there with me.
Happy Holidays to one and all
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Thinking back on all the years of travelling and the friends I've made along the way. I am looking forward to meeting up with some of you at the shows in 2010 Australia, America, Europe, UK as well as other countries.
Christmas time is a time we share with our family and loved ones. I feel as each of you are my family. And no matter where in the world I am for Christmas, my family will be there with me.
Happy Holidays to one and all
EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Music Lesson, Farnborough School
Today I was up at 7am to teach year 8’s and 10’s at Farnborough School.
We started out with a song and talked about where blues originates from and how the location tells a lot about the sound. We walked thru the different styles o f blues and I asked them to join me on the instruments set up piano, bass and drums. At least one of them played horn in each of the year classes and they all had a go at the Twelve-bar blues and we ended with a Sam Cooke version of Little Red Rooster.
In the afternoon we started with songs of blues, I showed them about the gospel sound and we played the instruments and experienced hands-on how to build a song. I ended the class with them forming groups and writing their own.
I enjoy giving back to the young who have an interest and want to be a part of the music world. I started at age 3 and never had anyone who took time to show me about music. I started out by myself but now have a lot of great people helping me bring my music to a wider audience.
I do hope some of the class got something out of today.
We started out with a song and talked about where blues originates from and how the location tells a lot about the sound. We walked thru the different styles o f blues and I asked them to join me on the instruments set up piano, bass and drums. At least one of them played horn in each of the year classes and they all had a go at the Twelve-bar blues and we ended with a Sam Cooke version of Little Red Rooster.
In the afternoon we started with songs of blues, I showed them about the gospel sound and we played the instruments and experienced hands-on how to build a song. I ended the class with them forming groups and writing their own.
I enjoy giving back to the young who have an interest and want to be a part of the music world. I started at age 3 and never had anyone who took time to show me about music. I started out by myself but now have a lot of great people helping me bring my music to a wider audience.
I do hope some of the class got something out of today.
Bison Event, Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne
I just received the photos from that day which I share with you. Above Photo © Achim
Thank you to Bison for hosting this event.
Lucerne Blues Festival 2009
The new tour to promote my Live in San Antonio CD got off to a good start over in Switzerland at the Lucerne Blues Festival. The final show we performed in the Casino left us on cloud 9 from the love we received and also CD less!
It was so wonderful to see the city of Lucerne taking part in bringing the blues to a wider audience by creating days packed full of music, volunteering time, food and whatever they can to make the festival memorable for the city and to all who visited.
Over 80 artists performed, from newcomers to old friends like Dorothy Moore, Mud Morganfield, Bob Corritore and Eddie Shaw, I was so happy to see them all again.
Eugene Hideaway Bridges Live In San Antonio CD
Home is wherever the next performance takes him, the USA through Europe to Australia, with many stops in between such as China and Singapore.Since 1998 Eugene has recorded four studio CDs with a full band. His last release Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges featured solos and duos with friends and fellow musicians met on the road. This CD was nominated for two prestigious US Blues Foundation Blues Music Awards in 2008.
With numerous requests for a CD that captures the Eugene live sound, March 2009 saw Eugene and his band record a live performance at Chango’s Havana Club, San Antonio, Texas.
Joining me on this record were:
Bass Eric King | Drums Bobby Baranowski | Keyboards & Organ David Webb | Tenor Sax Seth Kibel | Trumpet Justine Miller
Album Cover Art © Nick Manske
Album Cover Art © Nick Manske
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