JAG

Acoustic Blues Bio

 

 

 

JAG Biography

Cigar Box Guitar Delta Blues

 

CONTACT INFO

 

Bill Jagitsch
PO Box 2327
North Little Rock, Ar 72115
501-837-3878

http://www.jagshouse.com/music/music.html  

 

Description of JAG's Sound:

Acoustic delta blues with foot drums, harmonica, guitar, banjo, ukulele and my own hand made cigar box guitars.

I also record electronic music as well as sountrack and experimental music in my home studio.

 

Comparisons and Influences:

RL Burnside, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Son House,

 

Press Photo

Stage requirements

It's been a long road to the blues. I've been a short order cook, film developer, ad salesman, phone surveyor, retail manager, purchasing agent, shipping and recieving manager, tech support specialist, computer repairman and guitar maker.

I started out playing on a beat up Montomery Wards Global guitar with strings to high off the fingerboard to properly play. The copper frets wore down to the point where they were non existent. I moved up to better instruments and played in the usual rock bands before rediscovering the hill country blues about ten years ago.

This is the old stuff: Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, John Lee Hooker (early) and RL Burnside. I play a lot of my own songs as well, all on my cigar box guitars and cigar box amps. I usually play three stringed guitars that are made from real cigar boxes and cookie tins, just like the early 20's and 30's. The tone is raw and true to the early blues era. I also play foot drums with a suitcase bass drum and a snare that's attached to an upright stand for foot playing while I'm playing guitar and harmonica for a true one man blues band.

 

JAG's Recordings:

 Blues

 

 

Rock/Experimental

 

 Festivals:

 

Venues:

Little Rock/North Little Rock

Austin Texas

 Set List (Partial)

 

 

 Past bands:

 

Plans:

To tour and survive off of my music. (yeah riiight!)