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Hands Full Of Blues
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #267
Peak in subgenre #112
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
September 11, 2012
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MP3
MP3 5.1 MB 128 kbps 5:36
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Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
The story behind this song is written in fabric of millions of lives. It talks about those who have succumbed to addiction and violence and the consequences they endure.
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Hands Full Of Blues by Reggie Miles NOBRO RECORDS NR-021 © 2012 All rights reserved Got a heart full of heartache, since you said goodbye Got a life full of troubles, and a worriful mind Got a pocket full of dreams, my eyes full of tears I've had my hands full of blues for years Got ears full of lies, mirrors full of looks Got a voice full of song, got a song full of hooks Got stories full of rumors, thoughts full of rhymes ‘Bout scratchin’ for a hat full of nickels and dimes I got nights full of tossin’ and turnin’ in bed Dreams full of nightmares, days full of dread Got a mind full of mis’ry, my head full of fears I've had my hands full of blues for years I got a past full of memries I’d like to forget I got a future full of mistakes I ain’t made yet I got a road full of hazard, got a path full of turns Got a foot full of lead, and a tank full to burn Got a motor full of muscle, my tranny's full of gears I've had my hands full of blues for years Got a pipe full of crack, got a bowl full of weed Got a vein full of smack, got a spoon full of speed Got a bag full of pills, a needle full of meth I got a clip full of bullets, and a barrel full of death I got a belly full of whiskey, to ease the pain Got a nose full of cocaine that's drivin’ me insane Got a bottle full of courage, my fridge full of beers I've had my hands full of blues for years I got a court full of judges, a jury full of peers I've had my hands full of blues for... I got lips full of guilt, questions full of whys I got a sigh full of sorrow and a tongue full of sighs Got a soul full of thirst, as last call draws near I had my hands full of blues for years I've had my hands full of blues for years Hands full of blues, hands full of blues
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