Re: [Harp-L] Mitch Kashmar Live CD..................

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder, though I respect your opinion :

Have you seen this guy live...Mitch is pretty tough.
I found his acoustic ability very much a revelation at one of the  
Battle of the Harmonica shows in San Francisco...
He walked around the whole place with no mic...stole the show.
Really thought he had something...as does Kim Wilson.
Now, I have seen Kim at least 10 times and want to see him again.

Hope I will feel that way when I see Mitch again.
Most of my favorites have never cut a CD that  did them justice.

Does anyone have a recommendation of which Mitch Kashmar CD I should  
buy to get the best impression.

I know I felt his diaphram pushing it out like a real pro.  Felt the  
same way when I heard Gary Primich (bless his soul)  live.
Gary parted my hair with his acoustic power.

I went outside and tried to get that volume...suddenly I felt lost  
without my amp to lean on.

These guys can blow....and I'm ready for mo....

Not liking his CD does not make you a curmudgeon, we all have out  
favorites.

I think I'm ready to give this guy another listen...very interested in  
his "funk"...stage.
Anybody that can enlighten me?

Thank you for your info in advance

Grant



Pity, but
On Jul 15, 2009, at 11:31 AM, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> On the recommendations of this list, I got a hold of a copy of this   
> CD.
>
> It's a good live recording. Mitch sings well and plays diatonic/ 
> chromatic
> pretty competently.
>
> However, after one listening, I may not reach for it again -
>
> So many competent players out there that sound just as good.
>
> Being an old curmudgeon, I put my listening time into a perspective  
> of,"I
> don't have much time left on the earth, so was the time I spent  
> listening to
> this recording time well spent?"
>
> Mitch sings well, has a real sweet high end first position sound,  
> plays
> chromatic well and does all the right things on the diatonic.  
> However, if I
> want  to use my limited listening time more fruitfully, I'll listen  
> to Kim
> Wilson for  this style of music. Kim has that extra "something" that  
> just
> brings it all  together and sounds like it is right from the source.  
> So many
> other players  sound "almost as good as Kim".
>
> The feel I get after listening to these type of almost artists is  
> like BONK
> "I coulda had a V-8".
>
> Remember, I'm a picky old curmudgeon without a lot of time left for
> listening.....
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