GRID-WIDE  - While the blues slide guitarist and harmonica player extraordinaire who drives the avatar Komuso Tokugawa is actually in Tokyo, Japan, his avatar is all over the grid. Komuso, as he is known by his fans, has been performing at a torrid pace this month as part of his “House Rent Walkabout Tour.” Having already played over twenty dates in February, Komuso is a busy fellow indeed. His “Walkabout Tour” will continue tonight with a party at SLNN editor Garret Bakalava’s house and then into next week with several other dates.

The genesis for this “Walkabout” comes from both American blues tradition and from Komuso’s Australian roots. “In the tradition of itinerant Bluesman everywhere, I decided to go on walkabout, to play for my supper, or, actually,  

bed, board, tips, and whiskey/machine oil and err...whatever else crosses my path.” With an incredibly loyal following in SL, Komuso was able to secure dozens of residences to play, night after night, to bring his music to, in his words “the best private residential locations on the grid.”

The most interesting thing about this tour is that Komuso is eschewing the traditional bread of butter of SL Live musicians, bars and night clubs, in favor of playing people’s homes. The “House Rent Boogie Tour” or “House Rent Walkabout Tour” as it has been called, aims at bringing the blues to people’s homes. “It’s awesome because I was able to come and see him here because it’s at my friend’s house and I wanted to be sure and be here for the party. If it was at a club I might not have made that effort,” said a newly minted fan after a recent house show. “I’m in his blues fans group now too, I’ll definitely come back and see him again.”

Komuso has his own music stream, which allows him to provide music to the land of any property owner with enough land to handle the kinds of crowds that Komuso brings with him. Having been building his following for in SL for almost two years, Komuso can summon quite a group of fans to almost every function.