Project B. Goode

The Guitars Between the Rivers cd is making good progress, Bloggy. . . . Only two more songs to get: one from Cajun Stomp's Robert Russell, who sprained his finger the day before he was scheduled to record, and one from the Majnun tandem of Bill Carter and Din Dayemi, just back from a two-month European concert tour with some hot live recordings to prove it. Meanwhile, more biographies are needed for the site, plus some sample tracks.

Man, the music biz is cool! You get to tap your feet while you work.

What makes this project even more special is the guitarists are contributing royalties to a Music Scholarship Fund in honor of The Hurd Brothers who were killed in a traffic accident a year ago. Forrest and Doug will also be represented on the album, thanks to their sister, Marcia, who provided a tasty track from her brothers' album Deep South Blues.

Another fun aspect to this project is meeting talented musicians like Rita Warford, whose bluesy jazz -- blazz -- blows her audience away -- like a bubble -- whenever she opens her mouth ... to sing, which she'll be doing at Newell House Coffee Cafe (formerly Bisanis in Bening Square) on September 24th and 25th, accompanied by Mel Goot on piano. I'd like to get Rita hooked up with one of the guitarists on Between the Rivers . . . to form a really tight combo: "The Rita Warford Blazz Band" -- Jon Austin maybe, or Grant Morgan. Keep your ears on, Bloggy.