The Pattaya City Expats Club typically includes a Words & & Music discussion by those associated with the Pattaya music scene. At their conference on Might 24, it was an extremely musical early morning when the primary speaker Ken Minahan, aka Snowman, on guitar brought along 2 compatriots to join him, Greg Carroll on harmonica and Paul Rosenberg, a previous Words & & Music speaker, on saxophone. So, it was an early morning filled with Blues music along with a few of Ken and Greg’s history.
Without a preamble, the discussion began with a musical number sung by Ken accompanied by Greg. Later, Ken described how Blues music had its origins with Africans offered into slavery and dealing with plantations in the U.S.A.’s south. Given that their masters forbade using drums, they interacted utilizing a kind of yelled out calls and actions (field hollers). Blues has actually because progressed from unaccompanied singing music and oral customs of servants into a wide array of designs.
Following another tune, Ken presented Greg and asked him to supply a few of his background. Greg stated he was from California and began playing the harmonica at the age of 13, purchasing his very first one for one dollar. By the time he was 16, he was playing in clubs where he was slipped in and out through the back entrance, being too young to formally exist.
He played in a band while in high school and taught himself to sing. At 18, he used a number of albums and visited the U.S.A. and Canada, with a later journey to Malaysia amusing in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Indonesia. He then went to Bangkok and later on transferred to Pattaya amusing in regional outlets till he opened the Blues Factory, where he satisfied Ken who was on getaway and strolled in providing to play some Blues.
This was followed by more playing of Blues music with Paul participating on saxophone. In in between tunes, Ken discussed his starts and how he went from having fun with leading 40 music bands to ending up being a leading ranked Blues artist. He stated he started playing guitar when he was 13 and by the time, he was 15 he was playing in clubs.
He signed up with a band in Chicago and they went to carry out in New york city. Signing up with another band, he started carrying out in Los Angeles. The age of this kind of band music pertained to an end when the film “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) ended up being popular and clubs changed from bands to dj. He then transferred to Las Vegas where he formed a group and played in numerous smaller sized clubs which did not have dance floorings.
After returning to being a Blues entertainer, he started to get acknowledgment winning the IBC (International Blues Obstacle) and the prominent B.B. King “Lucille Award”. The doors of the Blues world opened and he played the leading blues clubs and celebrations in the U.S. and worldwide.
Ken stated he got his “Snowman” name after transferring to Miami Beach in 1986. He opened a snow cone organization along with dipping into close-by clubs, where a few of the audience who obviously acknowledged him from his shaved ice organization and yelled out “it’s the snowman.”
Ken chose to take a holiday to Thailand in 2001 and after being welcomed to dip into the Blues Factory, he continued to carry out there for the next 11 years. He presently has a 5 piece band dipping into the Turn-around Bar, on 3rd Roadway simply north of Pattaya Klang.
Following the discussions, MC Ren Lexander contacted George Wilson to perform the Open Online forum part of the conference, where concerns are asked or remarks made about Expat living in Pattaya and Thailand. To read more about the PCEC, visit their site at:https://www.pcec.club To take pleasure in the music and discover more about the speakers, see the video on the PCEC’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFnNJd9TKrY.
