Re: REVIEW : Greg Szlapczynski - La Part du Diable

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it was La Part Du Diable.

Yeah, he can sure play and what he plays is really interesting, very musical
and very different. Lots of colours and sounds. I'd say he is taking the
harp to new places, lots of different places.

I guess I would call his music artsy rather than kick ass.


Pierre.



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>
> > I saw Greg in Montreal last year at a local Blues fest and picked up
this
> CD
> > at the festival site boutique for $20 CDN (About $15 US). Anyway's I
> lucked
> > out as the CD is one of my favourites. I wish I had bought a few more of
> his
> > CDs at the time.
>
> Is that La Part du Diable ?
>
> > Although the show was good, it wasn't as good as the CD. I thing the
> > keyboard player might have been his girlfriend or something. She was OK
> but
> > not great. Definitely not a pro.
>
> She's not his girlfriend. But she's definitely the weak link in the band.
I
> wish he'd stick with his drummer and guitarist, and hire a double bassist
> and a jazz pianist. That would be kick-ass...
>
> > Also the show was at 7:00 PM and the crowd
> > was kind of dead or at least not in to it. Perhaps Greg was missing some
> > tunes to get the crowd going.
>
> He's not the greatest of showmen by any stretch of the imagination. But
his
> playing... Man, can he play...
>
> Ben
>
>
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