Re: Another reason to go to SPAH

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 13, 2004, at 2:34 PM, Mikael Backman wrote:

>
> Hi List!
> Here is a post for all of you who have never been to SPAH before. If 
> you
> have never attended one of these conventions you may very well have 
> never
> heard Ben Nathanson play. Then you have truly missed something. He is 
> one of
> these guys that the very instant you hear him play, you know it is 
> Ben, on
> note is enough to tell its him. His tone is great and truly uniqe, I 
> have
> never heard anyone sound like that. His phrasing is as good as it 
> gets, and
> he never seems to run out of ideas. Whenever he plays at the nightly
> blues-jam, everyone sharpens their ears, pros and amateurs alike, 
> because he
> is always coming up with something new and inovative. In short, if 
> you´ve
> never heard Ben Nathanson play, do yourself a favour, come to St Louis 
> and
> check him out. By the way, there will be a few more good players there 
> as
> well...
> See you there!
> Mikael Backman, Sweden
>

   Interesting .............. the above also applies to 
YOU...................smo-joe