Re: Paul DeLay, Norton Buffalo

[crawford@xxxxxxx]

        I heard Norton Buffalo last week at the Firwood Tavern in Fife, 
        Wa. It was a fantatic show.  This was a tavern that mostly has 
        country bands, and while the audience had a fair number of blues 
        hounds attracted by the bill, the majority of the audience 
        seemed more local, and they loved it.  I don't know if you've 
        ever seen line dancing to the blues, but it was a trip.  I 
        thought Norton gave a great show and ate up the crowd 
        appreciation. Just my two cents.   - C. Crawford

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Subject: Paul DeLay, Norton Buffalo
Author:  Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx at aix
Date:    3/5/95 2:50 PM


I went to the Paul Delay/Norton Buffalo show last night.  It was pretty 
impressive.  Delay was unbelievable.  He did a lot of amazing stuff on his 
chromatic that is making me consider buying one (as if I could ever play 
like that ;-)  Anyways, I was also impressed by his vocals, he sung better 
than I would have thought.  It was a very lively concert, he seemed 
pumped.  
Norton Buffalo seems to me to be a waste of a great talent.  His harp was 
pretty awesome and he did a lot of stuff that I'd never heard done with 
harps before, so that was cool.  But I hate his voice (he tries too hard 
to sound soulful and ends up sounding like he should be on one of those, 
"warm rock to listen to while you work" stations.).  Also, he uses a 
keyboard to get all these effects that just annoy me.  Anyways, so I hated 
the majority of his songs except for his solos and there were some sweet 
slide guitar solos.  He wasn't nearly as amiable as Delay was either.  He 
came across as a conceited, annoying guy with a horrible voice whereas 
Delay was humble and funny and played spectacularly.  
     
     
   -Tom Hinkle-