Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Steve Malerbi gig last night/Blake opening for Jason Ricci

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Okay....just when is it you're opening for Jason Ricci & New Blood in  
Cincinnatti, Blake?  :)  4 days from now...February the 21st at the  Silverton Cafe?
 
 "good food, and the beer is cold and cheap. The show starts at  7:30p.m.  
with local duo, 46 Long, and Jason Ricci and New  Blood on at 8:30 or so.  
$8 at  the door. Jason is  also scheduled for a 2:00 appearance on 89.7 WNKU  
(on line  if you're out of range)."
 
(Just a little 'heads-up' for those on the list who may not know you're  
playing that night.)

Something I think is amazingly cool...especially since YOUR song 'East  13' - 
which you graciously allowed me to hijack and post on my own myspace page  
was my 'opening song' for quite some time until I somehow lost  it recently. I 
must reinstate it.  You should post a clip on  Harp-l.  I'm crazy about that 
song (among others), love your two-piece  band's playing and singing..and sure 
hope you guys make it to ...if not SPAH,  then at least Buckeye one of these 
days (given that you're already in Ohio).  You're much too modest about just how 
good you are...another trait you and  Jason have in common.
 
So yes...feel the 'love'.   It's out there. :)
 
I'm a big fan of Steve Malerbi's as well...his chrom/diatonic playing  is 
terrific (he has a myspace page where one can hear his music), as well  as is 
Michael Peloquin's chrom and sax playing, Slim Heilpern's  chrom and guitar 
playing (and Penny Hanna, his singing partner) -  he's wonderful alone, they're 
brilliant together; Robert Bonfiglio who  can play so much more than 'only' 
classical music (most of his CD's bear that  out)...so this is a very cool thread 
for me. 
 
Wish I could have been at the show Slim talks about...
 
.. and be there to support you and Jason on the 21st. I do know it'll  be a 
fun and fine evening.
 
And yes...it's infinitely more interesting to me to read positive  posts 
about harp players and playing people DO like, than negative  ones about those 
they don't. Great point.
 
 
Elizabeth
 
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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:24:13 -0500
From: "46long  Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Steve Malerbi gig last  night
To: "Slim Heilpern" <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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...feel the love, people.... Find the  (harp) good, and praise it......
]
That sounds like a great group of  players in one place.  Who else have
people seen lately that rocked  their socks?   Pros?  Weekend warriors?

We can suppliment  all the gear / technique / critique threads with these
love threads....it'd  feel good....

- Blake

On Feb 17, 2008 5:22 PM, Slim Heilpern  <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks -
>
> Just had  to mention this, it was so much fun...
>
> List member Steve  Malerbi, whom some of you know as a fine harmonica
> tech (that's how I  got to know him) played a gig last night with his
> group Harmonica Jazz  at a groovy little Italian restaurant called Cafe
> DiVino in Sausalito,  CA. Steve sounded great as usual on chormatic,
> diatonic, and drums --  and there was a fine line up of guest harmonica
> players:
>
>  Robert Bonfiglio
> Michael Peloquin
> Tall Paul Sabel
> Carlos  Zialcita
> and myself, Slide Man Slim
>
> hope I didn't forget  anyone...
>
> Robert was in town giving one of his terrific  chromatic seminars. He did
> killer versions of Theme from Black Orpheus  and Amazing Grace on
> chromatic and also got funky for several numbers on  diatonic. Michael
> sang and played some excellent blues and New Orleans  funk, but really
> knocked me out with his version of What a Wonderful  World on chromatic
> -- such tasty and beautiful playing. Everyone sounded  great and the
> packed house loved every minute of it.
>
>  Sorry, but I was having too much fun to take pictures....
>
> -  Slim.
>
> --
> www.SlideManSlim.com  <http://www.slidemanslim.com/";
>






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