Re: [Harp-L] SF Bay Harpers 7th Jam Rocks!

[Beth Kohnen <bbbkohnen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the kind words Bob!  Again, I had a wonderful time playing last
night.  The house band was superb-- like driving a Cadillac.  I'll most
definitely come to the jam when you have it again.

My gig at Armando's is on Feb 27th at 8:00pm.  I'll coming as a duo with
Levi Lloyd, a fantastic blues guitarist from Sonoma County.

I'll post this on the SF BAY Harper's site as well.
Beth



On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Bob Loomis <miltloomis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's the review/report I posted on the SF Bay Harpers forum on our 7th
> quarterly jam session held last night at Armando's ... I should add here my
> thanks to Danny White of Good Stuff Guitar Shop in Martinez, CA, and Roy
> Jeans of Armando's, also in Martinez, for sponsoring these ... without them,
> we'd be having a much harder time. The report:
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> 7th Quarterly Jam Report
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> If you weren’t there last night – and a lot of you weren’t,
> maybe because of the weather? – you missed the best session yet for blues
> lovers. It may even have been a blessing that not many signers-up were
> there,
> as that expanded somewhat the time slots for the great featured players who
> attended.
>
>
>
> Beth Kohnen made SF Bay Harpers history when she became the
> first lady harper to play at one of our jams. What a player she is! And she
> sings, too. She, in fact, has a gig at Armando’s the details of which I
> don’t
> have at hand, but surely she will post here and let us know. It was a
> pleasure
> to meet and hear her. I apologize for not getting the gig details.
>
>
>
> There was only one jam signup player, Rick Baskin, and he
> was the night’s big happy surprise, blowing some incredible fast licks
> along
> with his other blues chops with the house band, Brett Cosby on drums, Kelly
> Back on guitar, and Kennan Shaw on bass. We were also joined by keyboard
> players Byron Allred  (a veteran of the
> Steve Miller Band and Norton Buffalo) and Regi Rockinelli, two incredible
> players who helped lift things to another level.
>
>
>
> Anyway, here was the playing order:
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>
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> Awed Ducks with Peter Sproul on harp and vocals, Jim
> Brunelle on bass, John Gallagher on Dobro and myself on guitar, autoharp
> and
> vocals. Certainly the first time autoharp has been heard at one of our
> jams.
> House drummer Cosby joined us and it was great fun!
>
>
>
> Mark “Fenny” Fenichel, with Regi Rockinelli on keys, Doug
> Burns on harp, and the house band. Beth Kohnen joined them for one tune.
> They
> rocked!
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>
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> Rick Baskin with the house band joined by Allred. Rick was
> this jam’s surprise of the night, playing some hot harp. He has a CD out,
> and
> you can e-mail him at rjb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> for information.
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> Charley Wade Saavedra and the house band, another rockin’
> set with IIRC the house and plus Allred.
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>
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> Beth Kohnen and the house band. Already said what happened
> there. A great first time for me seeing her perform live.
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> Joe Lempskowski with his guitar buddy Don Yonder, joined by
> Shaw, Cosby and Rockinelli.
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> Paul Palizzolo, Martinez’s own favorite harpin’ guy, with
> the house band plus Allred, who was his guest at the jam. A great set to
> close
> things out.
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>
> Hopefully some videos of these performers will be posted
> here (or elsewhere). And we’ll be announcing future jams ASAP. Many, many
> thanks to everyone who came out and made this the best SF Bay Harpers jam
> yet,
> at least blues-wise.
>
> Cheers,Bob LoomisSF Bay Harpershttp://bayharpers.ning.com/
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