8/28/2022 – Here’s my second interview with Rick Smith for his show “CHILLIN WITH RICK (Formerly Chillin With The Rick). This is his fourth season and is, in my opinion, a better and much longer interview than my first one in season one. Topics including my band CAROLINE BLUE (melodic hard rock / metal) , the classic horror film “TALES OF DRACULA: Dracula Meets The Wolfman, the business of music and acting as well as some personal stuff I don’t recall ever talking about publicly. -The original video is on the Chillin With Rick Facebook Group and that has auto – captions, which is almost (at times) as entertaining as the actual interview. For example, it was the first time CAROLINE BLUE was referred to as “Caroline Glue.” 😀 If there are no captions for this, then check out the original version via the link to the Chillin With Rick FB Group Page below – it’s can turn into quite an intense drinking game if you wish 🙂 -Thanks Rick for the opportunity and hopefully it won’t take as long to do the next one (first one was in 2019 – link to that below as well).
CAROLINE BLUE has now arrived on the Bandcamp Network! You can now listen and / or buy high quality versions of the music from CAROLINE BLUE. Keep an eye out for the arrival of our new song “My Fingers” to hit this platform. The band will will be playing this song for the first time at our show at The Oneida American Legion on Saturday September 24, 2022. \m/
–CAROLINE BLUE will be performing at THE ONEIDA AMERICAN LEGION in Oneida, NY on Saturday September 24, 2022. Show starts at 7:00 PM with Special Guests AZ IF and Admission is FREE. CAROLINE BLUE will start around 9 PM. The Oneida American Legion is at 398 North Main Street, Oneida, NY 13421
-CAROLINE BLUE will be performing their new song “My Fingers” at this show \m/
-Hi there – it’s been quite awhile since I did one of these! Lots of new things in 2022 for CAROLINE BLUE.
-First, as you can see (per se), this website is back up online. Now, let me tell you a few things about / around it…
– One – at this time, the domain redirect / mapping is a tad messed up so it might be hard to see this site, at times, till I get things straightened out. It’s fine at the moment, but just a heads up. It should be all stable within a few days.
-Two – carolineblue.net is very close / similar to the old carolineblue.com site that was up for many years. The old site came down for several reasons and I’m been working (as time permits) on porting that site over to this format. After a few moments of browsing the site, you can tell that there’s some big holes in it. I’d say that maybe 75% of the old site has been ported over at this time. The holes will eventually be filled, but porting over a site this size, on my schedule, has been like moving at a snails pace more often than not and I do apologize for that. During that time, some things might have vanished (like some of the original sites for interviews / reviews) so I’ll have to go thru this site with a fine-tooth comb dozens of times to check. For example, the old CAROLINE BLUE Pics pages were all hosted on a site in France and when they when down, everything had to be re-built from scratch. I’ll be working on it though and doing updates (as time permits)…
-Three – You may have noticed the URL for this is “carolineblue.net.” I own both .net and .com for the band and I made a decision awhile back for CAROLINE BLUE to have two sites (one for my ego? – HA!) 🙂 “carolineblue.com” will be focused on the band’s current line up. It will also be more streamlined and modern. “carolineblue.net” will, basically, be the old site – which is this gigunta “baby” with a lot of text, media, info and history (going back to 2000 – 2001 (!) ) of the band. Basically, if people only want to check out the current doings of the band, go to .com (the site being in a work in progress currently). If you want to check out the history and / or get info on the band and it’s various lineups and such, go to .net.
-Four – in case you didn’t know, 2022 has a brand new lineup for CAROLINE BLUE! The band is myself (Wayne W. Johnson), on Vocals / Guitar, Ned Greenough on Keyboards / Vocals, Juliana T. Jacobsen on Bass and Jay Woodard on Drums. You can check out more about them on the BIOS and FACTS N STATS pages. We’ll let you know when the .com page is online and will be doing a hard launch of that, which will also include .net as well.
-Five – Yes, you read the above right; CAROLINE BLUE now has a keyboardist in its lineup! We’ve all been working on the songs from “Slave to the Hourglass” and Not For The Innocent” and, while they’re still the same songs in many ways, in other ways they’re not. The songs now reflect the current lineup and what each member brings to the table. We’re also looking to get some shows booked as well as making / releasing new recorded music / music videos before 2022 ends and beyond.
-Huge thanks to all who still support and continue to hold up the flag of CAROLINE BLUE. There’s A LOT of things in the works and we’re looking forward to making them all a reality. We can’t wait till you see what we have in store. Wishing you all the best and keep rockin’!
Not long after joining CAROLINE BLUE, new Keyboardist Ned Greenough is celebrating his birthday today. (Unfortunately, new drummer Jay Woodard’s birthday was before he joined and new bassist Juliana T. Jacobsen’s birthday is in September so…). Happy Birthday Ned and hope you had a great one!
-Just one week later and CAROLINE BLUE has a new drummer – which completes the line-up for the band! His name is Jay Woodard and you can find out about him in the BIOS and FACTS N STATS sections. Welcome the wild ride that is CAROLINE BLUE Jay!
-Last month we introduced a new keyboardist into the CAROLINE BLUE line-up and this month, we’re happy to announce a new bassist for the band! Her name is Juliana T. Jacobsen and you can find out more about her in the BIO and FACTS N STATS sections. Welcome to the world of CAROLINE BLUE Juliana!
-It’s been awhile since the CAROLINE BLUE “hot plate” has been in “simmer” mode, but things are now starting to heat up. CAROLINE BLUE has a new member in the band and this is the first time the band has had a keyboard player in its line-up. His name is Ned Greenough and you can find out more about him via the BIO and FACTS N STATS pages. Welcome to the band Ned!
Here’s a quick promo clip from the film “Transformation” (HEWITT FILMS). Directed by Brian Hewitt. The CAROLINE BLUE song “Prey” is played over the end credits. In addition, CAROLINE BLUE singer / guitarist Wayne W. Johnson played the role of the demon Malachi in this horror film. This promo film was created by FIENDISH FILMS.
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