Re: [Harp-L] Re: Short Review of King Kazoo

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I played kazoo and harp on San Francisco Bay Blues in a regularly
performing duo.  When I started out, I was really average on kazoo.
Years later, I was incredible!  Now I probably am back to average.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 10/6/09, Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I went one better and downloaded the album. I really like it - British
> Acoustic Blues at its finest, with naughty bits if you attend to the lyrics:
> Hair parted in the middle indeed. Like the mix of pre WWII well known and
> obscure blues (or maybe you penned the obscure ones in the idiom) that sound
> both 'authentic' and 'your own'. Makes a change from 10,000 recycles of the
> post WWII electric blues. Kazoo on at least 3 tracks, not just the title
> track. But Steve, EVERYONE knows that the banjo is the most hated
> instrument, closely followed by the violin in the hands of the tone deaf and
> the stylophone. Kazoo, nowhere near the top.
>
> The album also passed the Mrs  test - not being fascinated by the harmonica
> she judges music by the overall musicality rather than the instrumental
> virtuosity involved. King Kazoo is a pass.
>
> Our bass player is threatening to play kazoo on San Francisco Bay Blues, now
> maybe we'll let him, on condition he lets us add the odd bar/ 1/2 bar to the
> 12 bar whenever we feel like it.
> Richard
>
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> On 4 Oct 2009, at 21:18, Steve Baker wrote:
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> > Thanks Richard, glad you liked it. If anyone wants to hear some tracks,
> click here:
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> http://www.stevebaker.de/index.php/cds_books?type=3&site=details&id=83&language=en
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