The Band

BLUES ALIVE is

Cheneen Austin ; vocals

Stan Traas ; bass

Seth Johnson ; drums

"Cape May: Maybe the Boiler Room wouldn't be so steamy if Geno White wasn't in there heating up the crowds. Catch his smoking act tonight at 9 p.m., or dial (609) 884-8421 for more info. Bring a fire extinguisher if you know what's good for you." Atlantic City Press,At The Shore 8/19/05

~ Blues Alive !!!!!
...and ladies and gentlemen a BLues Alive photo movie by lensmiester Len Carsillo ~ `BLUES ALIVE

Photos
"...I was surprised that EVERYONE doesn't know who this fellow is -White is an A-list guitarist with a sound very reminiscent of Lifeson and Hendrix, and at the same time manages to avoid the all to popular pitfall of noodling for noodling's sake." Michael Askounes,All About Jazz Magazine

a Blues Alive Show

...KoKo Taylor gets invited to a bar-b-Q,Guitar Shorty reminisces when a youngster named Jimi Hendrix would come out to watch him play,he remembers having sex and dating Jimis older cousin,she was hot,

Buddy Guy stops by with 3 bottles of hot sauce,maybe hotter?, Albert Collins the "Iceman" is at the party,this keeps the cool factor,

while Bill Graham brings partyers from both the Filmore East and West,so along with a sea of booze,mostly beer, there are sensual smoke signals rising, and Jimi's fav bassist Jack Casady and his acid cohorts add a psychedelic-paisley balance to the ALL ARE INVITED situation.

The feedback brothers, Mike Bloomfield-Harvey Mandel-Roy Buchanan- Leslie West-Rory Gallagher are huddled together discusing TONE,STRATOCASTERS, 9th chords and how luscious Grace Slick is to behold not to mention the BI-standing Janis Joplin.

All part aside in respect when the hoodoo master arives to shed vibe over everyone,he anoints and joins all because he's no-ruled and just IS John Lee Hooker.

And no party is complete without an angel watching, Jimi Hendrix has been here the whole time paying no mind to Guitar Shorty, but attending to his brothers Jeff and Eric. People dance, stare,glare,hold hands, kiss, arrange themselves for a heavier later, and forget all that worried them the day before,

they are all in LOVE.
1. Fresnel / Reflections

Augustin Fresnel (1788 - 1827) applied his theorems of light waves to the light house lens he perfected in 1822, which is unsurpassed to this day

2. 1859 - Summertime

The year the Cape May Lighthouse was completed. Texture of the first summer season.

3. Ezekiel Stevens - Clockwinding

Ezekiel Stevens was the first keeper of the light which in
1859, lit by wale oil, had to be “Wound”
The lens rode on a
chariot, with ten wheels, and twenty guide wheels, driven by a clock work weight system.

4. Funck-First Order. Five Wick

Funks' lamp was the most widely used lamps in the first order lighthouses.

 5. Daymarker

When not flashing at night, a lighthouse's paint scheme was its mark in daylight. The military inflections of this drum solo
are so, because this site was also a Coast Guard Lifesaving Station.

6. Storm Watch

June 12, 1891, lighting struck the ball on the dome of the tower, stretched down the metal framework of the lantern, leaped to the iron of the watch ro
om and followed through to the electric call bell wires into the keeper dwellings causing "much damage to the interiors."

7. Bend to the Horizon
Fresnels lens would bend light 24 miles to the edge of the horizon.

8. Rotation of the Beacon

A spectacular stereo recording of the one-of-a-kind experimental system that has been running perfectly since
1946. This is the second oldest Active Lighthouse in the USA.

9. Neptune's Children
What we all are, where we all come from, and where some of us return.