Augie and Al's blog

Song List

almulou — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:46:41 +0000

There you go…this is pur song list…71 songs!!!!

9 to 5*
At last
Bésame mucho
Blue Kentucky girl
Born to lose
Break it to me gently
Cold, cold heart
Cold, cold heart/ Born to lose
Come rain or come shine
Cow cow boogie
Crazy
Crazy arms *
Cry me a river
Desperado
Do I ever cross your mind
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue
Don’t know why
Dream a little dream of me
Dreaming my dreams with you
Easy living
Faded love *
For only you *
Good morning heartache
How’s the world treating you
I fall to pieces
I really don’t want to know
I wish you love
I’ve got a crush on you
I’ve heard that song before
It doesn’t matter anymore
It’s imposible (Somos novios)
La chica de Ipanema
La vie en rosa
Love me tender
Love with all your heart
Lucky old sun
María Elena
Mean to me
Midnight at the oasis
Moondance
My romance
Nobody knows you
On a slow boat to China
Once in a very blue moon
Only a papermoon
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Polkadots & moonbeams
Ribbon in the sky *
Scotch & soda
Sentimental journey
Since I fell for you
Song for you
Summer samba
Sway (Quién será)
Tennesse Waltz
That’s all
That’s what I like about you *
The grass is blue
The nearness of you
This masquerade
Walking after midnight
Wayfaring stranger
What’ll I do
When you wish upon a star
Yellow days (la mentira)
You belong to me
You belong to my heart
You don’t know me
You took advantage of me
You win again
You’ll never know

New songs

almulou — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:42:26 +0000

We We have practiced a new song today…always nice. There is something magic to me in that. You don’t know if it’s going to work out fine…let’s find the key…hmmm…too low…and there you go! Augie always finds out the best key for me. And everything with the best smile.

About Al

almulou — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:38:43 +0000

I have to write about my influences. Uff…difficult thing. Ok, I’ll try.

At home, in Spain, I grew up listening all kinds of music…Country (Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson…) SouthAmerican and Latino stuff, Jazz Standards…then, my choice…John Denver, Carole King, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt… and James Taylor…always James Taylor…then and now…always.

I started to play the guitar when I was 13, so I used to play folk stuff…John Denver, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and so. Then, much later, I started to sing for people and was pretty eclectic. I chose mainly the songs I wanted to sing…Jazz Standards, folk, pop…later I sang with a blues and soul group. Two electric guitars, bass, keyboard and drums. That was a lot of noise and a lot of fun. Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Robben Ford stuff. Then I learned to sing.

After that, I had a Jazz trio, with a guitar and a bass. Standards and Boleros.

And then I came to America and I found Augie, a finger style guitar player….a really talented one. And here we are, doing pretty much what we want to…Jazz, Latino stuff, Country…everything with our personal touch. We really love what we do.

About Augie

almulou — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:33:29 +0000

Ok,its my turn………Influences,When I was twelve (about 100 yrs.ago)My Brother Bill joined the Air Force and left his guitar leaning against the wall behind the couch.Big Mistake!I took it over.I think he forgives me……….LOL.I remember hearing Chet Atkins,Merle Travis and Les Paul play guitar and deciding that that’s what I want to do.Everything else in life was just filler until I could play my guitar again.I wasn’t into country music but I loved this style of playing.I learned the basics and met Johnny G.who was soon to be my life’s best friend .We made our first recording when we were 15 yrs.old with Johnny’s brother inlaw singing like Ricky Nelson. Soon after I was playing Rock & Roll with a five piece band,guitar,bass,sax,organ and drums.We did the wedding band thing and then hit the bars.With fake ID of course.A far cry from Fingerstyle guitar but at least I was playing music.I learned to appreciate all guitar styles.Duane Eddy’s single note style,Lonnie Mack,Freddie King and BB King’s blues style and I can’t forget My brother Jim’s influence.He didn’t play guitar but he he kept the blues music going with Jimmy Reed,the most under rated bluesman,playing whenever possible.

This is the part where the music took a backseat for several years.Marriage,my son and my working carreer(Police officer)Who knew!

I didn’t play a lot but the fire was still burning.The Doobie brothers,Eagles and yes Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.yup,That funky fingerstyle.

Well……..I retired and still love anything guitar.I’m making up for the years I didn’t play.I started playing the old standards, fingerstyle.It just seemed natural to me and everyone seems to like it.When I met Al it all fell into place.We are both on the same page,if you’ll pardon the pun.Al has the perfect voice to interpet all the great old standards and suprises you with great country vocals.To top it all off her Spanish heritage provides for the best latin music in the upper penninsula of Michigan.

Have fun and listen to more music,

Augie

Hello world

almulou — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:42:33 +0000

These are us. Augie and Al. Augie Peters and Almudena Aguirre. We do music…all kinds of music that can be done with a guitar and a voice (well, more or less). I will be posting and updating our performances, videos…if you enjoy listening to us half as much as we enjoy doing it….great.