RE: [Harp-L] Jason Ricci at Moondogs in Pittsburgh



From: "samblancato" <samblancato@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
It's been a year and a half
since I caught JR and New Blood at Johnny's in Youngstown, OH and he sounds
even better than he did then and he was awesome then.
YUP, sad but true, he is getting EVEN better,300 nights a year can do that. No resting on his laurels for JR.

Jason gave one guy, Perry, a lesson on over-blows during their
one break.
that's just the kind of guy he is. if you want free knowledge of our instrument, just talk to JR. He loves the harp.

Even some of the most famous blues
harp players often end up being their own sidemen in some parts of their
shows and CDs, leaving more of the aggressive lead instrument work to guitar
and keyboards. Very few harp players, really put the harp out in front and
in your face like Jason Ricci does.
Great observation Sam, that is the best part of the whole thing. JR & NB is also a strong, cohesive unit that just happens to include an equallly strong (as any member in the group) harmonica player.

So if you love good blues harmonica you
get your fill; lots of long stretches of brilliant, virtuoso harp playing.
A lot of people throw the virtuoso and genius tags around way too freely IMO, but JR lives up to that in spades. He must be cringing as he reads this, thinking that he needs to learn and practice more. That is one of the components of a great artist though.

Happy New Year harp-l!

Michael Peloquin
http://tinyurl.com/5tpjg
http://www.harpsax.com






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