Excuse me for repeating myself but I extol the virtues of this documentary at every opportunity. Genghis Blues, a moving story with some fantastic music, mixing blues with traditional Tuvan throat-singing.
The whole film is viewable on YouTube:
Me too. I‘ve been playing for a living since I was a teenager. I’m now in my early 50s and have only managed to force myself to crack a smile when a camera is pointing at me in the last couple of years. I still can’t do it while playing.
Prince‘s quote about Sonny T. (I think it was on the cover of the Diamonds and Pearls album)
prince on sonny t........cool quote !
"my childhood idol on the bass-sonny t.he can play a french girl's measurements on the bass and make u see' em"
That surprises me. Johnny W. and I seem to generally know a lot of the same stuff.
Here it is, if you’re interested. One of my top 5 songs. One of those ones that makes me tearful and I’ve no idea why.