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Chuck Berry on Squidoo

Keith Douglas — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:10:00 GMT

I've built a Chuck Berry "lens" on Squidoo. Yes, sounds like a right old bunch of jargon cobblers. But trust me, Squidoo is pretty cool.

Crap Guitars Can Be Beautiful

Keith Douglas — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:00 GMT

I just got back from The Hill That Breathes in Italy. It's a truly beautiful place and I would recommend at least a week there every year. The chef, Ulysee, had a guitar there which I plinked and plonked on. A cheap nylon string Spanish guitar w

Who knows some great slide players?

Keith Douglas — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:32:00 GMT

I'm getting into some slide guitar at the moment, in particular Kelly Joe Phelps (who's taken down his videos from YouTube. Shame). Can anyone point me to more slide guitar that I should check out?

OJR tonight 17th April

Keith Douglas — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:01:00 GMT

I'll be doing a couple of tunes on Old Jock Radio tonight - as well as talking a bunch of old cobblers. If you've got any requests, click the "Comments" link below and write a post. To tune in from 9pm-11pm (Northern Edinburgh

Tango?

Keith Douglas — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:33:00 GMT

I just downloaded Victor Villadangos' - Tangos From Argentina . It's beautiful. Can you imagine Buenos Aires at midnight, Malbec in hand, guitar music in the air and a beautiful woman to tango with?

Gig tonight 14th Feb.

Keith Douglas — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Hi Gang, We have a gig tonight at Henry's along with Mystery Juice and Sara and the Snakes. Probably about 8.30ish. I know, I know, short notice - and you're probably out being romantic somewhere but we'll be there so . . . Rock On!

All my songs are FREE to download.

Keith Douglas — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Just for you friends, I've made all my songs available to download for free. You can still order a CD - it's a great souvenir and there's not many left. Click on the PayPal button to order. But if you'd just like the song

How to sing directly to your audience

Keith Douglas — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:20:00 GMT

Apart from playing in your audience's living room, the next best thing is to play in a record shop where they're selling your CD.And we will be. On Saturday 22nd of December at Dave's shop Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk.It's not just

Gig 20th Nov.

Keith Douglas — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:27:00 GMT

Looking forward to playing at Henry's on the 20th with Daniel Higgs & Chiara Giovando, Lavinia Blackwall and Rob .

Learning to write songs

Keith Douglas — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:34:00 GMT

I just heard them talking about a new book, Teach Yourself Songwriting on Radio 4's Front Row. The 2 commentators generally agreed that songwriting could not be taught and somewhat unfairly dismissed the book. I disagree. It's not an art, it

Storytelling

Keith Douglas — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:28:00 GMT

It's all about story telling. A song is a meaningful story. Whether that story invokes happiness, horror, wonderment or regret. Having blown the froth off my over-frothy latte I looked at Shoena with eyebrows scewed and said,"You just realis

New demo No.1 : The Ghost Of Your Guitar

Keith Douglas — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:15:00 GMT

Hello! If you're on the mailing list you'll get this in your inbox. There's only ten of you. You're an exclusive club you know. Anyway, I've uploaded a new demo to get feedback on. I would much appreciate hearing what y

Wickerman pictures

Keith Douglas — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:45:00 GMT

Here's a few pictures from the Wickerman festival courtesy of Emma. Check out Mike's new hat.

See you at the Wickerman

Keith Douglas — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:33:00 GMT

Hi chums, we're going down to the Wickerman festival tomorrow so we're donning our pointy hats and preparing songs to please the Earth Gods. If you're going to the festival it would be great to see you so come along to the acoustic villag

Friday 13th July gig

Keith Douglas — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:05:00 GMT

We're playing on Friday 13th July at Ride This Train (above Bongo Club). I think it's a late one!

Gretsch + Bassman = A classic racket

Keith Douglas — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:22:00 GMT

I think I'll be going on about ten tonight. AND i think I'll be using Mark's Fender Bassman! I've never actually tried out the classic combination of a Gretsch and a Fender Bassman so looking forward to hearing what it sounds like. I

Playing Live - Sat 16th June 2007

Keith Douglas — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:10:00 GMT

Sat 16th June 2007, supporting The Nukes @ The Tron, Edinburgh

Old Jock Radio - this Thursday

Keith Douglas — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:41:00 GMT

I'm singing a few tunes on Old Jock Radio this Thursday (7th June) 9pm - 11pm Edinburgh Standard Time. OJR is an internet radio show - mainly talk and nonsense broadcast every Thursday form deepest, darkest Edinburgh. If you've not tuned in

Video from last month's Beatsville

Keith Douglas — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:04:00 GMT

Alan took this video at Henry's last month - just me and Mike!

Work Song by Dan Reeder

Keith Douglas — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Check out the Work Song by Dan ReederI love it.

No. 4 is gone!

Keith Douglas — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:14:00 GMT

EP number 4 sold to a noble citizen of Edinburgh town.

new EP "Stop Working, Start Dancing" in the pipeline

Keith Douglas — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:05:00 GMT

Trying to cobble together some songs for the new EP "Stop Working, Start Dancing". It's easy to get over complicated and distracted by what others are doing. Sometimes I even find myself wondering if a song will be liked. This is always

Gig at Henry's Cellar for Edinburgh Uni. Indie Soc. Down the Tiny Steps + Keith Douglas + Rob St. John

Keith Douglas — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:35:00 GMT

event Gig at Henry's Cellar for Edinburgh Indie Soc.

New Demo

Keith Douglas — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:29:00 GMT

The Girls Of Edinburgh

Old Jock Radio Christmas Special

Keith Douglas — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:15:00 GMT

Well we had a blast last night at the OJR Christmas Special. Les's pantomime is absolutely hilarious and essential Christmas listening. Check it out!