I've seen and talked with RJ. Yeah, sweet tone and a really nice guy, like Joe said. But, and Kudzurunner can vouch with this if he agrees with me(he has heard him play in person), we have a local guy here in New Orleans by the name of Thomas Walker, a protege' of Johnny Sansone. I have NEVER heard anyone with deeper tone. He was onstage when Hummel did his show here. ---------- Todd L. Greene
Bar Refaeli on the cover of SI's 2009 Swimsuit Issue. Hands down... ---------- Kyzer's Travels Kyzer's Artwork "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." - Lao Tzu
If we can expand the candidate list outside of the straight-ahead blues crowd, you want to hear sweet tone, check out PT Gazell too. He gets a very chromatic-like sound out of a diatonic. He plays (and is a big proponent of) the half-valved diatonic
There is a guy named "Shakin Smith" that I presume most will not have not heard of that has a very round, bell-like tone that really arrests me. Lee Oscar has great tone. And Dennis Gruenling has my favorite blues tone these days but he has "edge" as well. I always thought that one of Jason's mentors: Pat Ramsey has beautiful tone as does Mark Ford.... ---------- myspacefacebook
Cool thing is many of these cats can change their tone to go with the song...either by embrochure and/or equipment. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....best tone is in the ear of the listener.
