http://www.jonshain.comIF YOU GO* What: Piedmont blues signer Jon Shain in concert.* When: 8 p.m. Saturday.* Where: Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.* Admission: $10.* Phone: 624-5347.* Venue Web site: www.barkinglegs.org.* Related links at fyi.timesfreepress.com.DISCOGRAPHY1998: “Brand New Lifetime”2001: “Fools and Fine Ladies”2003: “No Tag, No Tail Light”2005: “Home Before Long”2007: “Army Jacket Winter”2009: “Times Right Now”WHAT’S NEXTAfter officially releasing his latest album, “Times Right Now,” North Carolina-based Piedmont blues musician Jon Shain said he’s on the fence about his next project. He said it might be his first solo album to focus on his guitarwork in lieu of using a full band.
It takes a forgiving parent to give a child a second chance to study guitar after breaking his first instrument in half during an ill-advised round of roughhousing.
The trick is to wait a few years before asking again, said Jon Shain.
“(The instrument) was a rental, too, so they were pretty mad about that as well,” the Durham, N.C.-based Piedmont blues singer/songwriter said. “I guess they thought, ‘What are the chances he would do that twice?’
“I haven’t broken a guitar in half since then,” he added, laughing.