great things afoot
i deleted my last post cuz after reading it over and over
and spending too much valuable time pondering over whether the price of a ticket actually has any relevance to the quality of the concert seen,ive emerged out of my funk a better man.
i have been developing a keziah jones guitar with L.A.G guitars
one that is geared exactly to the blufunk technique
this will be available next year.
Amadou and Miriams album is out round about now
on which i played sang on a couple of songs
its a great record and they are beautiful people
same goes for femi kuti’s new album im on a couple of songs and also on an album of a good friend of mine from london
an afrosurrealist poet called anthony joseph.
for anything to happen in relation to creating a new perception of africa and africans and their culture it has to be done collectively and internationally.
new permutations are popping up everywhere.and very soon it will be just music rather than an artificially contrived category.
the semantic distance between the mathematical frequency of a musical note and what it actually symbolises for everyone psychologically is getting smaller and smaller with each passing day.
all praise is due
great music with relevant texts that we need especially in times like these.
this tour is almost finished
and it has been a long haul(for me)
but its mostly gone great
and i want to thank all those who came and gave something of themselves some of which i hope i returned creatively
next year more touring and starting work on a new cd
peace
December 16th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Hi Mr Jones ! Just a little message to thank you for coming to Montpellier doing an amazing show, it was a great pleasure to hear you ! I hope that you will find a lot of inspiration during your tour to make beautiful new song and the most important HAVING FUN !
You ‘r a very important inspiration’s spring for me, and i hope, one day, being capable to write beautiful song as yours !
Thanx Guillaume Montpellier
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 pm
You are a great spirit, inspiration and creature. I hope you keep completely committed and engage to your work. This commitent is an example..Peace and lots of good vibrations should guide you…You concert was sexy, musical and political a once…an inspiration
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 am
I don’t think you have any idea how much impact you have had on some people’s life… You are, to me, the original Black “avant-garde”; you’re the spokesperson of our generation, we, the 21st century young Africans living abroad and even living at home, tring our best to do something… different. You’ve showed us that it is OK to not fit in any box.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
To a Nigerian God ~
I just attented your concert in Bruges a few days ago, with my son of 13 who is a guitar player and a fan of yours, although I did not know your songs very well I must say that we both had a fantastic time and enjoyed every second of your show. It was great to see you in a small place, that’s the way to go… Thanks.
Since then I have been listening to Nigerian Woods over & over and am deeply impressed and moved by your voice and your texts (Pimpin, Unintented consequences, Blue mind….).
Please keep inspiring us and …. touring!
Eveline, Brussels