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Posted by Andrew Christopher Deighton on March 10, 2011 at 1:46pm in Fests and Concerts: Organizing and Promoting

Hi Folks!

 

I am builder of CBGs and Diddley Bows based in Colne, Lancashire in the UK and I have been given the chance to display my builds in a Shop in the Town centre of Colne on Saint Georges Day. i was wondering if anyone out there would be kind enough to give me any information on the history of the Cigar box Guitar and/or Delta Blues as I was thinking of making a 'cork board' display to have as a backdrop to the builds and the short performance that I will be doing on that day.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated 

Thanks in advance

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  • Tony Davies July 11, 2012 at 12:30pm

    Hope this is useful, I too build cbg's however I also make padded bags as used by chillicool , chickenbone john etc .I am based in yorkshire so if you are interested in purchasing some get in touch , 

    Tony

    Drakkn Custom Shop

  • Andrew Christopher Deighton March 11, 2011 at 9:07am

    Cheers for the advice david ! i shall print off the info regarding CBNation & The UK Homegrown Music collective etc later in the day. 

    :)

    Cheers

    Drew

  • David L. March 11, 2011 at 8:50am

    Good luck Andrew.

     

    One idea might be to also have a simple tune Tabbed out for the CBG (for 1, 2, 3 etc strings) so when a potential buyer picks one up they can have a play even if they haven't tried one before.

     

    Also if you stick on the corkboard info for Cigar Box Nation and the UK Home Grown Music Collective/advert for the Boxstock festival - for those interested it will highlight it is a large growing area of music with lots of resources to look at and learn from rather than a musical curiosity.

     

    Regards,

    David

  • Andrew Christopher Deighton March 10, 2011 at 4:30pm
    Thanks for the help BluesDog!
    I shall have a look at those pages and see what information I can put on the display.
  • Bluesdog March 10, 2011 at 3:57pm

    Well they say the story of the cigarbox guitar goes....

     

    There once was a Man from Nantucket

    Who put a string on a stick trough a box and plucked it

    He played some Blues that he wanted to choose

    And anyone that didn't like it could suck it!

     

    Sorry dude, just joking.

    The history of Cb instruments

    http://cigarboxguitars.com/about/history

     

    And well, its not exactly a history but a nice summerizing of the toppic of Delta Blues

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_blues

     

    Hope this helps and congradulations on the chance to show your stuff.

    Cheers, Frans.

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