[Harp-L] Mitch Kashmar

[Tall Paul <tallpaul14@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm still not quite in the cut and paste mode with the digest, but I would recommend you see War with Mitch in Chicago even if you're not into funk.  I live in chicago and am going to try to get to the show even though I've got a date and a chance to sit in with a friend's band that's nowhere near that show.  Bottom line is that they put on a great show and Mitch does more than funk in this setting.  He's an amazing musician, and if I didn't convey that in my last post, even though I wasn't blown away by 'Live at Labattt' I still love his playing and wouldn't even want to compare him to Kim Wilson.  Mick, even though I don't know you yet, go see War and Mitch and you will not be disappointed.

Paul



 Was watching Larry King the other night and was surprised to see he had
taken Marcia Clark, the O.J. Simpson prosecutor, out of mothballs in order
to get her opinion on the Michael Jackson mess.  Hadn't seen her in years.
Went on the computer later to check harp-l and found there was a storm
brewing over harpist Mitch Kashmar's level of musical competence.  I don't
know enough about Mitch's playing to render an opinion so I took a quick
look at YouTube.  Played a cut about a "whiskey-drinking woman" (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cd68-F-auc&feature=related) and, while
scanning the comments, was surprised to find that Mitch had been married to
Marcia Clark.  The same Marcia Clark.
   And I just found out Mitch is working about one minute from my house with
War this very Saturday night.  Talk about some coincidences!  But probably
not enough to get me to drag my lazy ass out to the Country Club Hills
Theatre to see Mitch, War, and the Average White Band.  I'm not a big funk
fan.  Even though these coincidences seem to suggest that a trip over there
would be a logical finish to this sequence of events.

Mick Z