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Just a heads up here that AJ "Wunder Ghent", son of Aubrey, will be in San Francisco this Sunday, @ Brick & Mortar, with the one and only Col. Bruce Hampton (a very rare west coast appearance).

http://www.brickandmortarmusic.com/event/141560/

The full lineup is:
Col. Bruce on guitar and vocals
Chris Cawthray on drums
Jez Graham on keyboards (playing left-hand bass)
AJ Ghent on lap steel guitar

They will also be playing a daytime set on Saturday up in the Gold Country Foothills. Kimock will be there too; I'm hoping for maybe some sort of Kimock Ghent jam, but not counting on it.
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Below is a video of AJ & this band (w/different drummer).

http://youtu.be/7pBF0GGUHi0

That was cool. I saw AJ play when he was a kid back in 2003 or so.

Any idea of the tuning he's using?

Thank you so much John, that was truly inspiring, beyond cool, almost freezing !

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The whole broadcast, a very entertaining 19 minute interview with Colonel Bruce, followed by 21 minutes of live music. The youtube video was a clip from this:

http://vimeopro.com/user9879637/backsta ... o/41813866

I have no idea what tuning AJ uses, but I will ask him this weekend; and I'll try to get some nice detailed photographs of his guitar and rig. I'm also pretty sure all the sets will be recorded. I intend to record on Sunday night, although I'll just be using my little Edirol R9 with the external mic's; it's results can be hit or miss.

Cheers, Jon

P.S. Please note: I initially posted they would be in San Francisco on Friday, when in fact it is Sunday! Sorry about that.

Jon,
Did you ever find out J Wunders tuning?

I had read somewhere where he said he used variations on open D,but I would love to know the string by string tuning used in that clip,lucky boy growing up amongst players like Calvin Cooke and having Aubrey as his father.

Jay Fagerlie wrote:Jon,
Did you ever find out J Wunders tuning?

Yes, AJ uses D7 tuning, as he put it: "Old school Sacred Steel E7, tuned down 1 step..."



Later, Jon