RE: [Harp-L] Junior Wells : Live at Theresa's

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw him in '72 with Buddy Guy, and I hardly remember any harp playing,
just the jive. Buddy was terrific, so good I went back the second night
only to find the two of them just as bad as each other. Sadly, I'm told,
this has become standard form for Buddy as well. You can't blame these
guys though; the audience laps it up. Perhaps this belongs with the
'entertainment' thread!
RD

>>> "Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx> 31/08/2006 4:43 >>>
I love Junior Wells, but many of his later recordings (particularly
live
shows) I can't enjoy because by then he was so dramatic about things
he
wasn't really playing/singing rather than carrying on with all this
fake
show-business drama stuff to drag the songs out, know what I mean?
Listen to them. He just wouldn't sing the damn song, he was dragging
things way out, long "dramatic" pauses and dialogs and extra stuff
that
just wasn't working for me. Just way too overdramatic. "Live Around
the
World" is like this I think. Not that everything has to be an exact
cover of the record, but this was way outta control. Just my opinion.
The older stuff is excellent, and far better harp playing.

Maybe since this is at Theresa's it'll be better, or maybe he wasn't
in
that stage by then. I'll probably get it anyway, ha. Look forward to
your review though Ben!

Bill

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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Junior Wells : Live at Theresa's

Hi all !

Just wanted to let you know that I emailed Delmark and they replied
promptly. Release is aimed for mid-october !

Ben FELTEN
http://harmonica.typepad.com 

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