Browsing: Diddley Bow

When cigar box guitar crafting becomes a family-wide activity, the results are spectacular.

This week’s “Language of the Blues” word is “Bailing Wire”, which many a blusman hand-crafted their first guitar from!

Como to celebrate ‘Hill Country Blues’ Feb. 3 as the Alan Lomax Collection gives the small town a piece of it’s own musical heritage — recordings made by the famed musicologist decades ago.

Ben Prestage recently brought his one-man-band act to the back porch to talk about his musical heritage, his influences, and his rockin’ new CD, One Crow Murder!