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Countrybilly Music

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:19:22 +0000

The band "Two Tons of Steel" performed at the San Antonio Stock Show grounds on Feb 6th, 2010. They really got the crowd moving!

Front man Kevin Geil, shown here, describes their sound as “countrybilly”. For eight years, the band has been voted "Best Country Band" by the San Antonio Current. IMHO, calling them a "country band" falls far short of describing their musical versatility. These guys really rocked!

Fender Stratocaster

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:20:24 +0000

Notice this guitar’s similarity to the Stevie Ray Vaughn signature model. I actually prefer the appearance of this model.

Strobist:
Nikon D300 w/ Sigma 28-75 2.8. Nikon SB-800 at camera right, a little above camera level. Fired through umbrella. White card camera left.

Image was shot vertically, then rotated and placed on gradient background.

Jessy J

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:28:45 +0000

Jessy J and Jeff Golub perform as part of the Jazz group “Guitars & Saxes 2009″. The band performed at the Jazz’SAlive 2009 event in San Antonio.

I took a bunch of photos at the show yesterday, and I’m just starting to go through them. More to come…

Shot with my Nikon D300 and Sigma 70-200 2.8 lens. I used a monopod to help steady the camera. Even so, I wound up shooting at ISO 1600. Not bad, but a bit more noise than I would have liked.

Worn Guitar

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:38:18 +0000

My son just bought this guitar with plans to restore it. Here is one of the “before” shots.

Nikon D300 w/ Tamron 28-75 2.8 SB-800 at aprox. 1/4 power through umbrella on camera left.

My son’s Paul Reed Smith guitar

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:06:44 +0000

This is a beautiful instrument. My son never left the room while we had it in my studio…