I am a long time blogger, having started out writing in 2006 about Parkinson's Plus syndrome. Over the years, I became interested in expanding my topics and have found writing about my love of music quite enjoyable. I certainly got more hits as a blogger on the topic of "Movement Disorders.' My old blog received an average of 1,000 hits each month. I am now averaging 100 per week, up from 50 each week when I began this blog in the summer of 2011. I am looking forward to getting more visitors and readers in the coming year.
The blues are a relatively new area of music for me. I began to play the guitar at the age of 7 years with the instruction of my father, a great musician to this day at 82. Over the years I played country, folk, rock, Contemporary Christian, pop and now BLUES. The blues have taken hold on me due to the heartfelt lyrics, and particularly because of the soulfully played guitar style. I work hard trying to master new techniques in the blues arena, while practicing both licks as well as learning to sing and play historic blues songs, such as "Texas Flood," "The Sky is Crying" and "Three O'clock Blues." Most recently, I have been writing my own blues songs, including "Parkinson's Blues" (You Tube) and "How Time Does Slip Away," also available on You Tube.
I hope that you find my blog both informative and inspiring. I plan to put even more energy into these pages in 2012. Again, thanks for all of your visiting and reading-- December was my biggest month since I began, "My Blue Strat." By the way, when you search for My Blue Strat, be sure you are using my address: http://mybluestrat.blogspot.com/ . There were other sites with a similar name that were already out there and I wasn't aware of that fact when I started. I want to see the day my blog comes up first on a search.
Just think of this as the Blues Blog written by the Guitar Man with a form of Parkinson's Disease. I plan to "bring it" in the coming year! -- Guitar Man
