Re: my new favorite harp player

["Scorcher" <scorcher@xxxxxxx>]

Chris Michalek said:
> I don't listen to much harmonica music anymore because the sound
> irritates me.  But I have a new favorite harmonica player...Bill
> Barrett.  This man's music is fresh and highly engaging.  I have
> three of Bill's disks and haven't even opened the other two... It's
> been quite sometime since I've been unable to stop repeated
> listenings of a single CD.
>
> I can't top Rosco's comment so I'll cut and past it for all to see.
>
> "Bill Barrett plays the chromatic harmonica as if it were a French
> whore with too many miles on her & he was a 17 yr. old virgin. The
> combination of elemental lust, romantic yearning, stamina & disgust
> elevates his playing past pornography & into the rarified air of
> classic erotica. If Mozart had a daughter with Madonna, she would
> play like Bill. If Zappa had a love child with Pat Boone who then
> studied music with Ravi Shankar, he would want to play like Bill. I
> believe that Bill Barret is the best musician in the history of the
> world...really"
>
> I'd write more but I'm back to my head phone.  If you haven't tried
> anything different lately give Bill Barrett a try.

Hey, Chris - I think he can overblow a Chromatic!
Seriously though, Bill has a new disc out with Steuart Leibig (MONSTER
Bassist) & the Mentones, called Locustland.
It's a groove-drenched masterpiece, IMO.

(& Bill's a helluva nice guy!)

You can learn more about Bill Barrett at www.billbarrett.net
- -Scorcher