Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Blues on the chromatic /Paul Routledge

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Smo-Joe writes:
 
"If Elizabeth had caught my act at Buckeye 2005, it would have  changed 
her mind.
smokey-joe & the Cafes"
 
.....most likely...but you just can't be the first Act!   Takes a girl a 
while to get her stuff together....so I was  running late that night.  We're on 
for this year, though, right?(I  can't believe I'm going to let you drag me to 
an open mic...though the  jury's still out on that one - stage fright might 
still win out   :)
 
Still waiting to hear some cool, hot, Bluesy, R&B Jazz.   Well at least 
that's my definition of what's in my head....this time I've  got to hit the Jazz 
Jams as well as the Blues Jams...hard to fit them both  in when they always ran 
concurrently.
 
I should have added that Randy Singer's come awfully close to  satisfying my 
whole Smooth Jazz appetite. His CD's still rotating in  my CD player.   Now I 
just need some more rawer saxophone  sounds. 
 
I've been unable to hear the clips I want of Damien's music....while  I 
thoroughly enjoyed some of the Brazilian music..a steady diet of it  isn't 
completely to my taste...I'm waiting to hear more of his other  stuff...and I actually 
liked some of the different cuts off Clint Hoover's  other CD's than Serpent 
Dog (which I couldn't download).  The  Mississippi River one he played on was 
beautiful....
 
But I'm still trying to listen to Paul Routledge (of this list)'s  diatonic 
blues CD's.  I need to hear them several more times before  absorbing 
completely....so far his one CD is pretty terrific...Paul's from  England  and the CD 
is Mellow Down Easy.  His chops and tone are  fabulous.  I'm getting kind of 
hung up on his voice too ...being  British...there's nothing like hearing 
someone pronouncing the Tuesday  properly in Stormy Monday and still have it sound 
perfectly Bluesy....be  still my heart! :)
 
Elizabeth