[Harp-L] An Amazing Performance
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- Subject: [Harp-L] An Amazing Performance
- From: Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:49:28 -0600
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It was an amazing performance. At one of the Denver prelims of the
International
Blues Challenge, Clay Kirkland blew everyone away with a harp performance
that rivetted the audience. His band was only three pieces (harp, guitar,
bass) amid a roster of big blues power bands, some of which were among the
cream of the crop of Denver blues acts. The room was filled with the Denver
blues heavyweights, yet they gave Clay Kirkland two standing ovations during
his 25-minute set, and he walked away the winner.
All that is pretty amazing, but here is the really amazing part. His harp
amp was a Fender Frontman 15R. That's right... He won the day with a cheap
little solid state amp that is bundled with a Squire Strat in a $200 "Guitar
Starter Kit" at Wal-Mart. It isn't even the new model of the Frontman 15
that sells for $79.99. It's a late-90s version that sold for even less.
Photo and details are on the Blues Harp Amps blog:
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
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