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\"Lil\u2019
Lil\u2019 A and the Allnighters torch the Old Town Blues Club in Temecula, CA.<\/span> Photo: Yachiyo Mattox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alex Woodson comes from a family of musicians, so it only seemed natural for him to become\u2026an athlete? \u201cI grew up playing sports.\u201d <\/strong>Woodson says. \u201cBut I was surrounded by music.\u201d<\/strong> And that would make a lasting difference. Alex was initially drawn to the drums, but a \u2018live blues\u2019 experience in a small West Hollywood club altered his musical path. A performance from a local blues harp player had a momentous effect. An epiphany that would lead him down a rabbit hole of record collecting and that makes Alex grin when he remembers, \u201cI started buying everything that said blues on it.\u201d<\/strong> That step through the looking glass exposed Woodson to a world of harmonica blues and the masters that created them. After that, there was no turning back!<\/p>\n

When we sat down to talk on a beautiful sunny Southern California day, Woodson responded instantly when asked to describe the music he plays. \u201cBlues!\u201d <\/strong>He says\u2026then elaborates. \u201cA form of roots blues. West Coast Blues. To me, it\u2019s Chicago-based with an up tempo swing. It\u2019s got a lot of jazz chords from guitar players\u2026and a little different energy with a swing vibe and an uptown feel.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What pulled you toward blues? \u201cI come from a long family of musicians and I wanted to play drums. I was around twenty when I bought my first drum set and it was my introduction into playing an instrument. My uncle is a phenomenal drummer and I went to see him play at a couple of clubs. I had a fake I.D. to get in and his band had a lead singer and harmonica player who played some blues. And instead of me watching my uncle play drums, I got fixated on this guy playing harmonica. It was like, \u2018what the hell is that?\u2019 I didn\u2019t know really what a harmonica was and certainly not at that level. They were playing blues in this little club in West Hollywood and that\u2019s where I was introduced to the blues. It got me into buying albums and it was there that I stumbled upon Rod Piazza. And that\u2019s what got me into the West Coast Blues.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I heard blues the first time I just remember being
\noverwhelmed by this feeling of joy<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Alex Woodson<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0************************<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone else in the family musical? \u201cMom\u2019s an opera singer; my father was a trombone player and led his high school band and played in his college band but right out of college hooked up with Elvis. He toured with Elvis and then Don Ellis and then Percy Faith and then Henry Manicni. There was a lot of swing music in the house. My brother, rest-in-peace, was the prodigy in the family. He had the gift. He had perfect pitch and could pretty much pick up any instrument and play it. He was mainly a guitar player\/piano player. We always had instruments; drums, guitars, pianos, basses and trombones and stuff always around the house. So, I grew up playing sports but I was surrounded by music and loved music, all kinds of music. All through elementary, Jr. High and High School I had it all, from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson to all the Rock and Roll but I wasn\u2019t hip to Blues until I got into college. Then seeing my uncle play in that club and it really struck a chord in my heart.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you remember the first record you bought? \u201cThe first album I ever bought was Led Zeppelin II and I was probably eight at the time. And I didn\u2019t know it was blues or blues-based. You hear Zeppelin 1 and there\u2019s a ton of blues on there. I didn\u2019t realize it was blues until I heard blues. There wasn\u2019t a lot of blues played in my house. There was big band, swing, and rock and roll and opera. Nobody was playing B.B. King<\/a> or John Lee Hooker, so those were the first albums I got. But that night in the club when I heard blues the first time I just remember being overwhelmed by this feeling of joy. A lot of people confuse blues with being sad or suffering\u2026I don\u2019t feel that at all. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever felt that. I\u2019ve always said, \u2018If you can\u2019t feel the blues, you\u2019ve got a hole in your soul.\u2019 And I feel sorry for people who can\u2019t feel the blues.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

That early exposure to such diversity in music and style, and out of all the directions you could have chosen, you chose blues. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going anywhere else. I\u2019m sticking with the blues. It\u2019s a feeling. I\u2019ve recorded other music with friends, and it just doesn\u2019t reach me like the blues does.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lil
\u2018A\u2019 and the Allnighters leaning into it.<\/span> Photo: Yachiyo Mattox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Did you play in any garage bands during those early years? \u201cWhen I first caught on to the blues, I wasn\u2019t even a musician\u2026I had bought a drum set. About an $800 dollar drum kit and it was a nice set. I pounded away with my college roommates and whatnot. But when I saw this guy play harmonica, I went out and bought a $15 harmonica. And that was the guy that gave me the John Lee Hooker album and said, \u2018go listen to this.\u2019 Then I took a couple of (harp) lessons with him, you know, to learn some technique. But I found it\u2019s really up to you<\/u> to figure out how to play that thing. I started buying everything that said blues on it. I didn\u2019t know what I was buying. I had a stack of CD\u2019s; Muddy, Buddy<\/a>, B.B. and John Lee\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was the parental response to that? \u201cThey loved it, man!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

You said one of those albums was Alphabet Blues from Rod Piazza<\/a>. \u201cI had no idea who Rod Piazza was; it just said blues on it. And that was one that I had a couple of keys in. I had a C harmonica and B flat and I could play along with a couple of tunes on there. Long story short, I went to see him play live at a Little Walter Tribute<\/a> show up on Sherman Way at \u2018The Country Club.\u2019 It was great; it was Johnny Dyer, James Cotton and Junior Wells. I was just about to leave before Rod came on, but I said, \u2018no, I\u2019ve got this guys CD, so maybe I\u2019ll just catch a song or two,\u2019 because he was headlining. That was a night that changed my life forever! About a week or two later they were playing at Jack\u2019s Sugar Shack on Pico. I thought the guy was from the South, I didn\u2019t know but I saw a flyer and found out the guy was from Riverside and he was playing four nights in a row the following week. So I was there every night sitting about three feet from the stage and after the second night we started talking.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What other harp players jumped out to you? \u201cWilliam Clarke was a big influence. Lester Butler from the Red Devils, an L.A. guy I used to go check out. He still blows my mind, great player. I try to take a little bit from all of them and blend it. Junior Wells, James Cotton, even Chester\u2026Chester Burnett. He was a simple player but it was cool stuff. Rick Estrin is another one, he\u2019s so much fun to watch. Kim Wilson and George \u2018Harmonica\u2019 Smith; he was a monster. \u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re an L.A. guy? \u201cI went to North Hollywood High.\u201d <\/strong>He smiles. \u201cAnd was born and raised in Studio City. Just the proximity of where we lived, I grew up with a ton of celebrities and musicians. My best friend is Shauna Morrison, Van Morrison\u2019s daughter. I grew up with Dweezil and Moon Zappa and Glen Campbell\u2019s kids. Not to mention all the cats that would drop by my dad\u2019s house. Billy May, Quincy Jones\u2026people would just come by.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

You really didn\u2019t have a choice, you had to play music. \u201cI had no choice, man!\u201d <\/strong>(laughing<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk a little about your latest project. \u201cSo the title track from the album is a blues song that I wrote called, \u2018Hip Ya.\u2019 We have three guitarist\u2019s sharing tracks: Mark Amparan, Billy Bates, and Geoff Gurrola. Johnny Minguez plays drums and Brion Munsey is on bass. Our former bass player, Art Kraatz just recently left the band and it didn\u2019t work out to get him on the session. We recorded at Kenny Huff\u2019s house in Brea, <\/strong>(CA). We did 10 tracks at Kenny\u2019s house, he\u2019s got a nice little studio and we like to record live. We didn\u2019t do that many takes. On our first CD, \u2018Special Project\u2019 we did almost all the tracks in one take. Kenny took over the master bedroom and turned it into a studio.\u2019 <\/strong>(laughing) It\u2019s a pretty unique setup but he\u2019s getting a darn good sound out of there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who\u2019s producing? \u201cKenny Huff is mixing it and Kenny, Art Martel and I are producing it together.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Hip
The new CD from Lil A & the Allnighters is called Hip ya!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This will be your 2nd<\/sup> CD, why now? \u201cIt was a long-time coming. It\u2019s been eight years since \u2018Special Project\u2019 and people that come to the show keep asking, \u2018when are you putting out another CD?\u2019 My downfall is I don\u2019t have the time and I\u2019m not a songwriter. Things pop into my head and yeah that\u2019s a good idea for a song but our band is so spread out, and I\u2019m juggling so much with work and<\/strong> kids\u2026livin\u2019 life.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

You say you\u2019re not a songwriter, but I\u2019ve heard you improvise and create on the fly. \u201cI think it\u2019s more of the how? How do you do it? The process\u2026I probably could take a few writing classes. There are definitely a few riffs I come up with and say \u2018that\u2019d be a great intro.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you feel about the new CD so far? \u201cI\u2019m actually pretty darn proud of it. Again, I wish I had more time. I wanted to do four originals, we were shooting for 10 or 12 songs and we ended up with 10.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

What does the road look like for the future? \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of things coming up and another part of the reason for the CD; we\u2019ve become real good friends with B.B. and the Blues Shacks out of Germany. They\u2019ve just released a new album and they\u2019re going to bring it to the States. They\u2019re playing at the festival in Doheny and Lil\u2019 A and the Allnighters are playing the Doheny pre-party. The Blues Shacks have hosted me on three or four different trips to Germany and we\u2019ve hosted them a few years back and did the Russian River Blues Festival and other things. So we wanted to have something new to hit the streets with and tag-team it together.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re doing a show in Temecula at the Old Town Blues Club with them as well. \u201cYep, we\u2019re opening for B.B. and the Blues Shacks and they\u2019re bringing some of their German friends, Till Seidel. Till backed me when I went there last time, so this time we\u2019re going to back him\u2026Till\u2019s a phenomenal guitar player, singer and songwriter.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Alex
Woodson lighting it up in Southern California.<\/span> Photo: Yachiyo Mattox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Playing \u2018live\u2019 seems to be your comfort zone. \u201cYeah! I don\u2019t really get nervous. The second that first note hits, you\u2019re home. It\u2019s give and take. You\u2019re giving it to the people and they\u2019re giving it back. You\u2019re making music, you\u2019re getting this good, soulful feeling out of your system, surprising yourself, humiliating yourself at times, but you can\u2019t take yourself too seriously.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is it about the blues that continues to motivate you? \u201cIt\u2019s a feeling, it\u2019s a release. It\u2019s great to make people feel good and in return the fans make you feel good. The blues is alive and well. It\u2019s never gonna\u2019 leave me and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever gonna\u2019 leave us. It\u2019s camaraderie; positive energy, good feelings, good vibes and the people you meet. It\u2019s a great community of people.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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