[Harp-L] Hazmet Modine at Joe's Pub in NYC

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the opportunity to see Wade and his gang of harmonica and other  
eclectic instrumentalists on Saturday night. One song into the  
musically adventurous show and you knew why it was sold out. Wade  
Schuman (one of the most amazing diatonic players in the world)  
shared the stage with the always great (haunting at times) Randy  
Weinstein on chromatic (as well as background diatonic and the  
occasional Chinese sheng) and guest stars Dennis Gruenling (the  
blusiest of the bunch on his low tunings and always amazing tone) and  
Trip Henderson (who lives in the world of bluegrass diatonic these  
days) on background diatonic for a total of 4 harp players. The woman  
who accompanied me (they call themselves blues molls) couldn't decide  
on which was more engaging: Wade's charisma or his musical talent.  
All kidding aside this guy knows how to entertain an audience.  
Interesting and generous solos within a Cajuny-Slavic-Bluesey  
pluralism of song structures. And something I noticed which as a  
musician is becoming more and more important to me: Brevity, i.e.,  
none of the songs were too long. Anyway I'm out to play some of my  
own music now. Just wanted to acknowledge the magic this band is  
expressing.  dennis (nyc)