LARDO'S Blues by George John "LARDO" Larson

It took a long time, and hard work, to reach the level of artistry, and musicianship that George displays on this collection of songs.

He never knew he would reach this level when he got his first guitar in 1972. A used solid body electric that he paid $35.00 for.

A friend of his that started with guitar about the same time was picking up on rock and pop songs, and making it look easy. He was playing circles around George. But , George noticed the friend did not have the feel for Blues like he did. So George decided to stick with Blues.

The Blues is what motivated George to pick up the guitar in the first place. George was mostly interested in making the sounds that the old Blues masters could make than learning the songs.
Those sounds that went right through him and were a catharsis for things he had no control over, and did not understand. He learned to do this by playing along with records with his guitar.

One day he picked up the guitar and noticed that he was playing his music. That after all these years the guitar was cooperating, and giving up some of its secrets to him. His fingers now knew where to go. He did not know where this was coming from, but he attributes it to the Muse Euterpe. The Greek goddess of music.

It took the pandemic for George to summon up the time and energy needed to put this all together. These songs were all recorded with a Zoom Q3 HD HandyShare recorder at home.
So, there is no multi tracking, no punching in to fix things. What you hear is what you get. No added reverb, no processing the vocals or guitar. Just a vocal microphone through a two channel P.A., and a small amplifier for the guitar.

Tracklist

1.	Unrequited	4:18

2.	The Dance	5:13

3.	Prejudice	5:38

4.	Love at First Sight	4:20

5.	Insomnia	4:22

6.	Monkey Hair	4:32

7.	History Revisionist	5:04

8.	Chagg	1:50

9.	Would You II	2:20

10.	Indeterminate	4:24

11.	The Lake	3:44

12.	Phone Sex	4:26

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released July 3, 2021

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