![]() Everyone in the audience who had a lighter or pocket torch came up to the stage and lit it up. There is one great memory when I was playing a show and all the lights went out. ![]() There are so many great moments like when children just start dancing with joy and everyone lights up and smiles. Great advice as I love people and want to let people know life is a gift.Īre there any memories from gigs, jams, busking, open acts and studio sessions which you’d like to share with us? To look after yourself is also looking after all who listen. I met a man who told me that music is energy and how you feel is what you share. Which acquaintances have been the most important experiences? What was the best advice anyone ever gave you? Harmonica secret is to just relax and breath the rhythms." (Photo: Aussie One-Man Band, Juzzie Smith on stage) "Slide guitar is like your voice, Cigar box guitar is just really play-full, stompbox is the heartbeat of the music and the harmonica is all your feelings just flowing from your lips. Meeting people is what I love and by connecting with music I have learnt we are one big family on this world. I've noticed this music is a language that brings all walks of different lives together. How has the Blues and Folk Roots music influenced your views of the world and the journeys you’ve taken?īlues and folk music have taken me all around the world. The sound has grown over the years by playing lots and loving to try new things. I enjoyed listening to blues music with a dance beat with simple repetitions then I would experiment with this sound and style live. Then when I became a father at 26yrs I decided to go out busking at local markets. I use to play guitar and teach harmonica in a neck holder and tap my foot to give my students rhythm to play with. The one man band came from teaching music from the age of 16. What were the reasons that you started the One Man Band researches? What characterize your sound/songbook? The sound really touched me in a way like I had heard it before and it bought me back. What do you learn about yourself from the blues music and culture? What does the blues mean to you?įor me blues is a feeling. The real point is that Juzzie is one of those truly creative souls who makes a living out of doing something he absolutely loves. Not that money is the point here – far from it. Juzzie is a walking, talking, singing example of how it pays to follow your heart. Juzzies shows are always a performance not to be missed and always a festival favorite, so jump at your chance to be part of his musical passion and to witness first hand such a truely talented Australian musical journeyman. This music is ‘play-full’, fun and infectious it makes your feet start tapping, your hips start moving and leaves you feeling inspired! 2015 has seen Juzzie have songs in the Blues charts all over the world and with the launch of his 12 song album ‘Rise & Shine” saw him undertake his largest national and international tour in his musical history. He has refined his art to allow his body to become the conductor of his own orchestra playing up to five instruments at once. It’s bluesy, folky, country music with a distinct passionate world flavour. With a combination of slide, cigar box and acoustic guitars, harmonica, voice and stompbox, this unique music is hard to place in just one category. As you listen you feel the joy and playfulness loved by all ages and from all walks of life. An incredibly talented One Man Band who plays music all over the world with a distinct feeling of freedom pulsing from within it. He started playing the harmonica at the age of thirteen, and by the age of 23 had won the coveted Golden Harmonica at the Tamworth Country Music Fest and the Byron Bay Blues Blowout. Anger in music just creates more anger so people the powerful songs are the ones that say we are all the same."Īustralian Juzzie Smith is a pure musician with a great feel for the blues and nature. "Everyone seems to connect to Blues folk and Roots so with this music we can share positive words that connect to all walks of life.
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