2010 Nearing Year End

It's been a busy year with the great opportunity of writing, producing, and shooting online guitar instruction videos for Freeguitarvideos.com. I've enjoyed the experience immensley, especially with the release of my new guitar instruction book & DVD combo specializing in Piedmont Blues. We do have a special holiday price on that, so send an email to roger@hurricanewilson.com if you would be interested in checking it out.

The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday will have me performing my annual coffeehouse concert at Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse in Chattanooga, TN. Of course, as in all of the other shows for the last year and a half, we will be recording that night and will have CD's available on the spot. The next night will take me to the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville for the Sunday Night Writer's Night. It is an honor to have been accepted into this lineup. The Bluebird is the top songwriter showcase in Nashville, and to be there is very important step in anybody's career. The night consists of 8 to 10 songwriters performing 3 songs, and then the evening is highlighted by an established hit songwriter. I always stay the whole night. While in Nashville, I will be going into the studio at Pitch Perfect Recording to start work on the video for my song, Shame On You Delta. It will further continue my ongoing displeasure with Delta Airlines. Of course, I will be recording a new song about the legendary Andy Rooney, and one on my good friend and award winning BBQ man, Sam Huff, called Sam The Bar B Que Man.

On December 3, I will begin my duo tour with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith for some dates in Chillicothe, IL., Coshocton, OH, Chambersburg, PA., and Hanover, PA. This is our third tour together, and it is the real Blues simplified. Check the schedule at www.hurricanewilson.com for more information.

The coolest thing happening now is the estalishing of my own online radio station, Hurricane Wilson Radio. It is set up under the auspices of Indie Mad MP3 Radio. To listen, go to http://tinyurl.com/2aobmss. You can be come a member, and become a member you should at http://www.indiemadmp3.com. It is truly digital music for a digital world.

I wish you the best for a Happy Thanksgiving holiday. As 2010 comes to a close, there is truly much to be thankful for.

Until next time,

Roger

Another Victory For Musicians

I just appeared in court today in Macon, Georgia in a suit against the club, Rivalry's, for not honoring their booking commitment back in June. We won the judgement! This is truly another victory for musicians everywhere, and my second legal victory. There are many clubowners that I have worked for many years and who are good long time friends. This in no way reflects on them, but only on the ones that fall in the scumbag category!

October, 2010 As Fall Sets In

Well, September went out in style after a great tour to the Sacramento area and some gigs with Dave Channell's Fire & Wheels Band. Then back to Atlanta for some home time. I've been doing quite a bit of renovations to my house that I've been in for 25 years. It's great to travel and play music, but home is like vacation. At this writing, I just landed in Key West, FL. for 5 gigs, 4 at Sloppy Joe's, and 1 at The Green Parrot. I always seem to fell like I'm coming home when I'm here, so that must mean I'm at home everywhere. October looks to be a good month as fall sets in, with some other gigs at home as well, and usually proves to be good inspirationally for writing and such. There are new songs on the horizon, and some recently written that are currently being uploaded to be available for download. Be sure to check out http://www.hurricanewilson.com/music.htm
I'm quite excited about the new material going up, which is kind of a blend of Blues & Americana. One new song that I am excited about is one I just wrote for BBQ1 owner Sam Huff. I play for him at his Marietta, Georgia restaurant, and always have a great time. He has been cooking award winning bar-b que for quite some time. The new song is cazlled, Sam The Bar B Que Man. Already, singles are available from the live performances there. If you are interested in a copy, send an email to roger@hurricanewilson.com. Also, more guitar lessons are going up regularly. You can check those out at http://tinyurl.com/hurricanewilsonguitar Presented by Watch & Learn.
Until next time! Roger

Roger "Hurricane" Wilson Live 2010 CD's Available - Check Out The List Here

Now for some exciting news. Our label, Bluestorm Records has a great new concept we have been working on. It is the ability to record our shows and sell CD's of all of our shows at all of our shows. Those same shows are also available later on CD. The response and success of this has been overwhelming and positive, since folks seem to enjoy taking a CD home with them from a show they were a part of. Our list of 2010 shows is listed below. We are compiling the last half of 2009, when we started this undertaking of recording and logging all of our shows, band electric cand solo acoustic. That list will be available soon. The price is also less than regular CD's, and Bluestorm records pays the postage. Please check out the list below, and Thank You for being with us.

ROGER “HURRICANE” WILSON
Available Live CD’s Recorded in 2010
Check it out! Maybe you were there!

ELECTRIC SET (with band)

1/9/10 – Scooter’s - Kennesaw, GA
1/28/10 – Chief’s – Greenville, SC
1/29/10 – Chief’s – Greenville, SC
1/30/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
2/13/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
2/25/10 – Chris’s Club – Vallejo, CA
2/26/10 – Tradewinds – Cotati, CA
2/27/10 – Tattoos & Blues - Santa Rosa, CA
3/1/10 – Tradewinds – Cotati, CA
3/13/10 – Frog’s Blues – Hawthorne, FL
3/20/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
4/17/10 – Rivalry’s – Macon, GA
4/24/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
4/25/10 – Taste of Marietta – Marietta, GA
5/1/10 – Darwin’s – Marietta, GA
5/8/10 – Smoke On The Lake – Acw2orth, GA
5/15/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
5/21/10 – Sport Zone – Coshocton, OH
5/22/10 – Brews Too – Granville, OH
5/27/10 –Chief’s – Greenville, SC
5/28/10 – Chief’s – Greenville, SC
6/11/10 – Scooter’s Kennesaw, GA
6/12/10 - Big City Deli – Kennesaw, GA
7/9/10 – Blues in The District - Quincy, IL *
7/10/10 – River Beach Pub – Chillicothe, IL
7/13/10 – Blind Willie’s, Atlanta, GA
7/16/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
7/17/10 – Harbor Club – Greensboro, GA *
7/21/10 – Smoken Joe’s – Boston, MA
7/23/10 – Inn On The Blues – York Beach, ME
7/25/10 – McSeagull’s – Boothbay Harbor, ME
7/26/10 – Time Out Pub – Rockland, ME *
8/6/10 – River Beach Pub – Chillicothe, IL *
8/7/10 – Jellystone Park Preserve – Amboy, IL *
8/9/10 – The Alamo – Springfield, IL
8/10/10 – Slippery Noodle Inn - Indianapolis, IN *
8/11/10 – Brackins Blues Bar – Maryville, TN
8/13/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
8/14/10 – Carolina Landing – Fair Play, SC
8/17/10 – Blind Willie’s – Atlanta, GA
8/20/10 – Pigs & Peaches – Kennesaw, GA *
8/21/10 – Pigs & Peaches – Kennesaw, GA *
9/4/10 – Timothy Lake Presreve – E. Stroudsburg, PA
9/8/10 – Kclinger’s Tavern – Hanover, PA
9/17/10 – Scooter’s – Kennesaw, GA
9/22/10 – Folsom Hotel – Folsom, CA (with Fire & Wheels)
9/23/10 – San Juan Club – Sacramento, CA (with Fire & Wheels)

ACOUSTIC SET (solo)

2/3/10 – Sloppy Joe’s – Key West, FL
2/4/10 – Sloppy Joe’s – Key West, FL
2/5/10 – Sloppy Joe’s – Key West, FL
2/6/10 – Sloppy Joe’s – Key West, FL
2/16/10 – Gaines Park – Kennesaw, GA
2/19/10 – Daily Grind – Kennesaw, GA
2/20/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
3/6/10 – Peace River – Wauchula, FL
3/7/10 – Aces Lounge – Bradenton, FL
3/9/10 – Tarpon Lodge – Pine Island, FL
3/10/10 – Rainbow RV Park – Frostproof, FL
3/11/10 – Kojak’s – Palmetto, FL
3/19/10 – Daily Grind – Kennesaw, GA
3/26/10 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ
3/27/10 – Verde Valley Preserve – Cottonwood, AZ
4/3/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
4/10/10 – Orlando Preserve – Clermont, FL
4/13/10 – Aces Lounge – Bradenton, FL
4/15/10 – Kojak’s – Palmetto, GA
4/16/10 – Murphy’s – Clearwater, FL
5/12/10 – Wednesdays in Woodruff – Atlanta, GA
5/13/10 – Gaines Park – Kennesaw, GA
5/14/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
5/19/10 – The Lounge – Cincinnati, OH
5/29/10 – Carolina Landing – Fair Play, SC
5/30/10 – Forest Lake Preserve – Advance, NC
6/5/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
6/9/10 – Natchez Trace – Nashville, TN
7/3/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
7/19/10 – Relax Inn – Chambersburg, PA
7/22/10 – Moody Beach Preserve, Wells, ME
7/24/10 – Strurbridge Preserve – Sturbridge, MA
7/29/10 – Relax Inn – Chambersburg, PA
7/31/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA
8/12/10 – Harbor Club – Greensboro, GA
8/30/10 – Relax Inn – Chambersburg, PA
9/2/10 – Kclinger’s Tavern – Hanover, PA
9/5/10 – Timothy Lake South – E Stroudsburg, PA
9/9/10 – Blue Note Grill – Durham, NC
9/10/10 – House On Main – Abingdon, VA
9/11/10 – Sam Huff’s BBQ1 – Marietta, GA;


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Shame On You Delta Soars To New Heights

The Single by Roger “Hurricane” Wilson That Says It All

The title, "Shame On You Delta!" says it all. This airline has taken passenger abuse and mistreatment to a whole new level. They charge ninety bucks if your bag is one pound over the limit, in addition to charging to check any luggage.They have taken away all amenities except for slinging a few stale peanuts at you. Last fall, one ticket counter hag in Ontario, California actually made me take my computer out of the case, then sent the empty case to Atlanta for no reason. I had to then carry my computer on the plane unprotected. She also did this in front of other passengers. I was livid, and reported it online while on the plane. Funny thing was, I was carrying a shoulder guitar case containing two guitars, but that she said nothing of that. Delta called me in Key West from Atlanta the next morning to find out why they had received this empty computer case. When I told her about the Ontario Crazy Lady, who apparently is named Terry, they said they didn’t understand her actions. They promptly sent the bag to me the next day. When the nice girls on the ramp were shocked at what happened, they just rolled their eyes and said there was no reason for that to have happened. The company did try to make an amend with a voucher, but it doesn’t end there. In Memphis, another little, short, fat man on a power trip saw that the pouch on my roller bag wouldn’t clear the breadbox test contraption that no carry-ons ever fit in. He made me check it (for a charge of course). When I got to the gate, I told the gate guy that the bag I had wasn’t any bigger than all of the ones I was seeing there. Again, he rolled his eyes and said, just get online and complain. I did, and had to fight to get a $25.00 voucher. Big deal! But there is a pattern here… many of the employees realize what is going on! They roll their eyes regularly. If Delta was to total up all of the vouchers they give out for screwing up, maybe they wouldn’t be in position to be filing bankruptcy. So, this song says it all. SHAME ON YOU DELTA!

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Roger “Hurricane” Wilson

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In Memory of My Friend, Bill "Troll" Tullis

Bill Tullis: In Memory of “Troll”

By Roger Wilson

Part 1

Let’s begin with some brief background. I entered Woodward Academy in College Park, GA on August 28, 1967 at age 14. Although my mother had been an Atlanta native, and I had many close relatives in the Atlanta area, I had been born in New Jersey. My Mom had moved there for her job, met my Dad, and there I was. I had grown up in an environment in which everyone talked like The Sopranos, and if you ever made eye contact with a stranger, their response was usually, “what the f*k are you looking at!” I wanted to go to school in Georgia since I did have close relatives there, and I had found that when eye contact with a stranger was made, he or she would actually say “Hi”. This was pleasantly shocking to me. Anyway, after I entered W.A., somebody informed the band director that I played trumpet. At that moment, I was immediately recruited to close to the last chair, if not the last chair. I really sucked at trumpet, which is the reason I now make my living playing guitar. During the first few days of band rehearsals, I remember this funny looking guy sitting behind me in the last chair section of the trombone section. He was about as bad at trombone as I was at trumpet. His name was Bill Tullis, and seemed like a jolly fun-loving chap. I then remember that Major Hays, the band director, would either direct a comment to Tullis or me to straighten up and get with the program. He and I would look at each other, and he would laugh and make a hilarious face. The expressions were so funny, that after the band finished a song, I would turn around to see what kind of funny face he would come up with next. This guy was a riot! Later, we would talk and he told me that he was working at, WATV, the closed circuit school TV station. I was immediately interested, since TV and radio to me, as a kid, were just voices and pictures coming from somewhere in the great beyond. It had held a great fascination for me since I had spent my childhood in a small town, and was infatuated with the two forms of electronic media.

Bill Tullis and I became good friends. We hung out regularly, tolerated band practice, and actually made it through the Friday night football halftime shows marching on the field, hoping and praying that we would walk to the proper place in our formations. Bill was obsessed with radio, TV, and electronics. He already had an extensive collection of current 45 RPM singles, along with his department store turntable that his Mom bought him to bring to school. On the weekends, I would tag along with Bill to downtown Atlanta on the bus to visit TV and radio stations. He had a knowledge and interest in something like I had never seen exhibited by anyone. There is one Saturday afternoon I can remember well. We rode the bus from College Park to the downtown Atlanta Rich’s store, and would walk up Forsythe Street to Peachtree Street. Our first stop for these two fourteen year-old kids in prep school blazers and uniforms would be the World Electronics store at the Peachtree and West Peachtree split. It was there that Bill would pi ck up toggle switches, capacitors, transistors, switch boxes, and who knows what else. After grabbing some lunch at the Regency (for around 5 bucks then which seemed like a fortune), we headed into the Peachtree Center building to radio station WGKA. Bill, who resembled a gentle troll-like character then, knew exactly where he was going, and he his contact was.

Bill and the man operating the station that day engaged in radio talk that I could barely understand, but was wanting to so badly. They spoke of wattage, warm transmitters, and other terminology that I would later hear more of in my career. It may be that I saw all of this stuff again in the next two Third Class Radio license tests that I would fail, finally to pass it on the third try in 1973. It seemed that not too long after that, tests were no longer required by the FCC, and anybody could obtain a radio broadcast license if they could sign their name. On this beautiful Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, the gentleman at the radio station decided he wouldn’t mind showing us the actual WGKA transmitter… a top the 30 story Peachtree Center skyscraper! He escorted us to an open floor just beneath the roof, and we walked over to this huge piece of equipment. Tullis and this guy were still talking technical talk about this transmitter, while all the time I was trying to figure out what the hell I was looking at. I might add that it took me longer to reach the equipment since I am deathly afraid of heights. Although we were in the middle of this unfinished skyscraper floor, there were no windows. The wind was blowing so fiercely through the 30^th or so story, that I was hugging each column as I slowly made my way across. Once I had my bearings, it was a beautiful clear view of the city, along with Stone Mountain in the distance. I still carry that view in my mind to this day. That Saturday evening back at school, I told my folks about the experience during my weekly long distance collect call. Whether I knew it or not, Troll was setting me up for what I would later do in life. There were more cool experiences and excursions like this that I will touch on later. TO BE CONTINUED...

Roger “Hurricane” Wilson

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July, 2010 New England Tour Wrapup

Picking up from last time, the gig at The Time Out Pub in Rockland, ME was a great time. A packed house aof folks dancing and having a wonderful time, especially on a Monday night. Paul Benjamin has built this wonderful event up to where the fol,ks coming in always know they are going top have great time and hear some great music. Tuesday, July 27 was my 57th birthday, and it was a well needed day off. I hung out with my friends in Boothbay, ME and had a nice lobster dinner. Wednesday 28 had me traveling again back down to Sturbridge, MA to pick up the trailer. Then on to NJ to meet the new owners of the Stanhope House, which will thankfully reopen in September. After visitng for a day with my chidhood buddy, Rick Mombert, I headed back to Chambersburg, PA for the last gig at the Relax Inn before heading home. I got homwe on Friday night, in time for my solo gig at Sam Huff''s BBQ1. I always enjoy this place. Now I am rccording each show and have CD's available for each one. Technology has really stepped in to make many past impossible feats now possible fast. That rounds out July, and now we look to August as we head out for dates in Illinois, Indiana, and Ttennessee. Be sure to check the schedule at www.hurricanewilson.com