Michael Peloquin CD Review

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Hello harp-l! I just finished writing the CD review on the latest Michael
Peloquin cd "House of Cards" (review attached below). We should be honered
to have him on Harp-L, giving away his knowledge! I hardly ever say this but
if you can afford to, you all should buy the CD. Below is the review. If you
prefer to read it on the site, link is below.

Get ready - the Michael Peloquin Blues Chat is comin' soon!
http://thebluessite.com/reviews/michaelpeloquin1.php


Vince Cheney
~ http://thebluessite.com

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Michael Peloquin : House of Cards : CD Review
By: Vince Cheney 7-16-2003

Featured Artist:
Vocals - Michael Peloquin
Harmonica - Michael Peloquin
Sax - Michael Peloquin, Ian Willson and Jack Holmes
BG Vocals - Larry Batiste, Elena Keating, Ira Walker, Jeanie Tracy and
Conesha Monet
Guitar - Tommy Castro, Daniel Castro, Brian Wilkie, Ralph Woodson, Jeff
Tamelier, Anthony Paule, Danny Caron and Steve Freund
Bass - Willie Riser, Tyrone Wheeler and Steve Evans
Piano - Herman Eberitzsch and Mitch Woods
Hammond B3 - Herman Eberitzsch and Parris Bertolucci
Drums - T Morgan, Vince Littleton, Ray Rizzo and Jimmy Sanchez
Trumpet - Tom Poole
Trombone - Ed Earley and Danny Armstrong

An astatic blues CD that packs a lot of power. Only one recent release with
touchable rhythm power comes to mind.... the recent Roomful of Blues. If
your looking for that 1-4-5 straight forward CD that reinvents the wheel,
you best look somewhere else. This CD has some fantastic horn work, good
vocals and is an all around good CD! Michael is known in the scene as being
the "real deal" and my little experience and contact with him confirms,
though he has a lot of humor - he's as serious as a cat that just walked in
the middle of a dog fight. Michael and his rhythm section expresses cinnceir
conviction with a lineup of featured artists that would be an inspiration to
any band on the west-coast (or any cost for that matter). And he's as much
of a professional harmonica player as a sax-man, this guy blows! Michaels
been a sideman for many years, but here he lets it all go! With slight
comparison to Delbert McClinton, Roomful of Blues and the Texas Horns, this
CD is certainly on my small list of 5 STAR cd's. There is no doubt why this
CD has turned some heads and opened some eyes, it convinced me.