BLUTO
United States, Oklahoma, Norman
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About BLUTO
Don on Bass
George on Drums
Jeff on LEAD Guitar & SLIDE guitar
John on Guitar & vocals + (solo 4 track work)
2002 - 2015 as BLUTO
Don ,George, Jeff, John
John (me) did a lot of solo work on 3 CD'S on the original mp3 music site getting paid per 1000 plays & publishing discs etc. I licensed some fun old standards that I will rotate through N1M .
I jammed with Freddie King , Johnny Winters ,
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Members
John Harkey
Started playing in the 7th grade from brother Roy showing me Jimmy Reed. Been in the accidental right place & time to get to pick some with some of my heros. It's all fun.
John Harkey
Guitarist VocalistStarted playing in the 7th grade from brother Roy showing me Jimmy Reed. Been in the accidental right place & time to get to pick some with some of my heros. It's all fun.
Jeff Hughs
Jeff was the alter ego of BLUTO and always challenged me to come up with hot new licks. He taught lessons and would come to practice with great new cord inversions and riffs to get us working on new songs. He's building guitars and studio tracking now days ...
Jeff Hughs
GuitaristJeff was the alter ego of BLUTO and always challenged me to come up with hot new licks. He taught lessons and would come to practice with great new cord inversions and riffs to get us working on new s...
Don Issac
Don started out as my drummer in an early band but got tired of packing drum cases long after everyone else was finished. So he had me teach him bass fundamentals and went on to be rock solid bassman.
Don Issac
BassistDon started out as my drummer in an early band but got tired of packing drum cases long after everyone else was finished. So he had me teach him bass fundamentals and went on to be rock solid bassman.
I'm slow to get out newsletters. SORRY. Life is busy if you're involved in it. THANK YOU for being interested in our OLD tunes and Blues standards. The band started jamming on a Friday night with refreshments for us to have something to do and quickly turned into Party waiting to happen. Our 3rd gig after being "a band" was a brunch Christmas party for a school of the OU faculty. Strange playing House of the Rising Sun & other tunes at 11am in a brightly lighted bldg ! Drummer was set up in 1/3 of the revolving door too. History.....
I went to an outdoor stadium tour of Alice Cooper (Nita Strouse on guitar, Motley Crue , & Def Leppard in Tulsa OK. Great show with some HUGE PA speakers aimed at me. Lots of fun and gets me inspired to work on some new music.
With the band out of commission I am left with a big archived library of videos to pull audios out of to post for your listening . It's hard to find time to watch ourselves back looking for Gems to post, but there are some great tunes I haven't found yet !!! Yell at me if you want anything and I'll start on getting out something new or a Sitar style piece. THANKS FOR LISTENING John
Spring 2023 and I hope this note finds you doing well .In Oklahoma we're in the middle of Tornado Season big time. We've lucked out 3 times so far with bad damage within 2.5 miles .Probably run to the shelter with no guitar either.
My trip to Colorado last month was a lot of fun to meet so many superb musicians , troubadours , bluegrass pickers , harpists , horn section drummers producers , session men etc. WOW There were so many amazing players that have done this yearly for 17 years , that it was easy to sit back and be the audience for a while. I did jam about 15 electric BLUES tunes on the electric stage but was not going to embarrass myself with the acoustic pickers. They covered around 500 songs in 6 day with arrangements for most and memory for the rest. Bluegrass pickers are like country Metal with the speed picking blazing ! Gourmet meals and snow skiing for those that wanted. Lots of Tequila etc to sooth the situation. It's scheduled for the same place next year and I'm invited. Let's see it I can get productive and get some new Blues tunes out of my experience .
We have over 2,500 subscribers and 275 insiders that share tunes & write me notes about tunes they like etc.
STAY SAFE and check out lots of the fun bands on N1M.
This is JOHN from BLUTO finally sending out a newsletter. The last month was an excercise is futility trying to get somewhere for Christmas for me. The best plans are always at the mercy of Murphy's Law and the Weather. When the weather stopper our plans we stayed home and had delayed plans later.
To YOU the people that put up with our Oldies , Jams & attempts at the BLUES we thank you sincerely for the continued support . A lot of people have signed up for newsletters and a lot of people have gone all in and SHARED use to their friends. I may meet a bunch of real pro pickers at an event in the Colorado mountains and I hope my hands are up to it and I remember half of what I knew..
AND thanks for notes asking about old songs . I will start to do a more regular attempt to record more.
Albums
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About BLUTO
Don on Bass
George on Drums
Jeff on LEAD Guitar & SLIDE guitar
John on Guitar & vocals + (solo 4 track work)
2002 - 2015 as BLUTO
Don ,George, Jeff, John
John (me) did a lot of solo work on 3 CD'S on the original mp3 music site getting paid per 1000 plays & publishing discs etc. I licensed some fun old standards that I will rotate through N1M .
I jammed with Freddie King , Johnny Winters , Jimmy Vaughn , Bugs Henderson ,Edgar Cruz , I was the head usher in Dallas at the Memorial Auditorium. Ushered up close Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin , Iron Butterfly , James Brown , The Chambers Brothers , Vanilla Fudge +
Cooked for Styx , Willie Nelson , Cheap Trick , Heart , Pat Benatar , Mel Gibson , Joe Nickels , Al Green , The Wreckers , Earth Wind & Fire , Jewel ,The Temptations, The Commodors , etc.......The days of the original mp3 site hosted my first online music presence . I did 3 CDs of solo fun tunes that went from the mp3 site out to a few blues radio format jockeys etc. The solo work was on an old 4 track tape deck. Using LOTS of GUITARS , a K1000 synth ,2 congas , E-bow , and done as quick as 1 offs , no do overs . Tired Possum Blues , Hard Roads Blues ,Blues B4 Guitarski , Amped Out , El Gato ( a cat in Puerta Vallarta MX) , Raga To Ravi , Guitar Raga for Dr. Shandrakant (Ravi's prodigy student)
This band started in 2002 from 3/4 of my old band when I met Jeff the other guitar player. We hit it off 1 afternoon and I called up my old band mates & set up a 4 piece jam. We all enjoyed Hendrix , Pink Floyd , Cream , Freddie King , old blues etc. We quickly turned into 20 Minute Nap as a band and kept the name for 5 years untill BLUTO popped up during a party & we changed our name . Did some Tequila shots & lots of jamming. Nobody but me would sing , so I was stuck as a solo vocal with NO harmony etc ! Really had lots of fun playing around central Oklahoma. Our biggest gig was the yearly festival from Beta Theta Pi's Woodstock Party in a big field with bus loads of frat & sorority girls from OU & OSU attending. They worked on tiedye clothes for a week prior & looked like a field of Hippies. Long , fun sets and the 2nd band wasn't ready so we got to play for almost 2 hrs. This was a fun group of guys wanting to kill 2-3 Friday nights a month jamming & sipping Tequila etc. project. After 9 months or so we ventured out to play for a company party ., did the Hall Park Summer Festival Stage , played at BROTHER's patio , played a Christmas party for OU faculty at 11am that felt really strange to sing Blues & drinking party songs that early , house warming party on the new slab of concrete , . Mostly enjoying playing for each other to get an approving nod from Jeff on guitar if I ever came up with a fun lick etc. Never expected to post anymore of my music after the original MP3 site shut down. I donated my checks $ to the high school's music class for good KARMA just in case. This site drafted me over 9+ months of emails to get on here. The stuff I listen to [ Gary Moore , Buddy Whittington , Robbie King , SRV , JIMI ,etc. ] make me feel like a beginner for sure. We're at best a mediocre bar band and try to make up for lack of talent with blind enthusiasm ! Thanks for listening & spreading the word for us..John , Jeff , George ..
.Check Facebook for @naddabozoss Guitars by Jeff Hughs
It is a custom guitar shop making hot rodded custom tools for serious players. Tone guru Jeff is doing split-coil taps , Lollar & Bare nuckles pick ups, Graphtec & roller bridges etc. Beautiful finishes & many neck profiles. Check him out .
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Past Events
Mon
Dec 31
10:00 PM
All Ages
private party @ The Overture
United States, Texas, Plano, na, na
Fri
Apr 12
6:00 PM
All Ages
Friday Night Art Walk
United States, Oklahoma, Norman, N. Porter Ave & Gray St., 73069
Fri
May 10
6:30 PM
All Ages
2nd Friday Art Walk (Jam for Progressive Independance)
United States, Oklahoma, NORMAN, Corner of Porter & Gray St. Downtown, 73069
Fri
Jun 14
6:00 PM
All Ages
Friday Night Art Walk
United States, Oklahoma, Norman, N. Porter Ave & Gray St.
