Bob Log III is a one man band slide guitar blues punk party, and he's playing in the Comox Valley on March 15. 

 

A perverse product of the Arizona desert, Bob Log III has been diligently travelling the globe since 1996, showcasing his incomparable talents and developing a devoted following along the way. A whirlwind of dexterous limbs and digits, this super star sonic showman has to be seen to be believed.

 

Clad in his cannonball man, extra tight jumpsuit and signature motorcycle helmet with telephone/microphone attached, Bob Log III unfailingly sweats up a river while kicking on a kick drum, stomping his homemade foot cymbal and playing slide on an old arch top guitar. 

 

On being a one-man band, he says 鈥測eah, who needs a rhythm section? They say drummers are crazy, guitar players are idiots and singers are assholes. And I gotta be all of 鈥榚m.鈥� 

 

His endless pursuit for musical mayhem and a downright party has seen his unique talents utilized for children鈥檚 birthday parties, obscure beer barns, mammoth music festivals and everything in between.

 

鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty simple: I take a guitar and turn it into a party," Log says. "There鈥檚 a lot of ways to do that, and I鈥檝e figured out most of 鈥榚m! Having fun with my guitar is the ultimate goal in every song. Then I add some drums to it. With my drumming it鈥檚 electronic beats, but not a whole song programmed, so it can change at any time. Then I also play real drums on top of that. I鈥檓 trying to sound like two drummers, and one of my drummers is good and the one of my drummers is terrible and they absolutely hate each other! And I finger-pick on top of that and sing into a telephone in my helmet attached to my head. The basic idea is I鈥檓 doing this fun thing with my guitar and making it as fun as possible until people spill their drinks and someone loses a shoe. If there鈥檚 one shoe on the ground, and it鈥檚 totally wet because of the puddles of spilled drinks, then I鈥榲e done my job right.鈥�