[Harp-L] Original Voices on Harp Today

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Carlos Del Junco, Sandy Weltman and Paul deLay are my picks. Howard Levy is 
an original voice, but I am convinced that he is "not of this earth".

Paul seems to have the most original approaches, as he seldom mixes in 
"traditional" licks/ideas into his shows. Carlos does a nice blend of original 
concepts along with tributes to blues greats. Sandy is moving towards klezmer, but 
his earlier CD "The Sandroids" has a lot of humor and quirkiness moving 
through it - original, to be sure.

"Big Boy", by far, is Carlos' strongest release. His live CD is a lot of fun. 
Catching one of his live performances is the most fun. I understand that 
there are clips/interviews of him on his website as well as a portion of "Nine 
Below Zero" from his performance at Augusta Heritage Blues Week 2003 (on the 
www.augustaheritage.com website somewhere).

Even guys like Jason Ricci are learning ideas off of Carlos' recordings. Of 
couse, Jason plays them at warp speed.

The Iceman