Re: [Harp-L] Charlie Musselwhite at the Greeley Blues Jam

[Tom Albanese <reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx>]

He had the same setup and closed with the same tune at the Chicago Blues
Festival on Friday evening. Charlie and his tough, tight four piece band put
on a smokin' 90 minute set and he sounded as good as I've ever heard him,
and that's going back more than 30 years. Charlie is still an
ageless monster and very much an original voice in blues harmonica. The
crowd loved every minute of it and let him know it with raucous applause
after every solo. It was a great scene on a beautiful day in downtown
Chicago.

tom albanese

www.myspace.bigrealdeal.com




On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I headed up North this afternoon to catch Charlie Musselwhite's set at the
> Blues Jam, Greeley's summer blues festival. Charlie's tone was superb; huge
> and rich.
>
> He was playing through an unmodified Fender Red Knob Twin amp, known as the
> Evil Twin. Musselwhite used the same model amp to record his recent album
> "Delta Hardware." The amp is a high gain beast; a super loud guitar amp
> that
> just does not seem like a good choice for harp. But Charlie is, well...
> Charlie. He gets good tone with anything.
>
> He opened his set with the song River Hip Mama, which happens to be the
> same
> song my band Roadhouse Joe opens every show with. Standing 20 feet in front
> of Charlie Musselwhite and listening to him play that song was thrilling
> and
> inspiring. His encore was Christo Redentor. Everything in between was a
> clinic in third and fourth position mastery.
> There is a picture of Charlie playing the Fender Evil Twin amp at the Blues
> Harp Amps Blog.
> -Rick Davis
> The Blues Harp Amps Blog
> http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
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