Mirco
111 posts
Feb 24, 2014
4:41 PM
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This past Friday, I attended Aki Kumar's CD release party. Aki is always good, but he really brought the house down on this night.
I encourage any of you to buy a copy of Aki's CD. It's really fantastic. Let's support the modern blues scene. There's a sample of the CD at his store's page:
Aki's Store
Here's a video of the night's final song, "Low Down Dog." This song is becoming one of Aki's signature tunes, I think, and they really do a great job with it here:
Last Edited by Mirco on Feb 24, 2014 4:44 PM
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tmf714
2431 posts
Feb 24, 2014
6:07 PM
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Klllin it with a Sonny Jr 4-10-damn that sounds nice!!
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Mirco
113 posts
Feb 24, 2014
6:17 PM
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What does "Sonny Jr. 4-10" refer to? Man, you all are too good at harmonica. I will get there eventually.
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SuperBee
1705 posts
Feb 24, 2014
6:46 PM
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The amp...a sonny jr with 4 ten inch speakers
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Mirco
114 posts
Feb 24, 2014
9:10 PM
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Thanks. I thought the 4-10 referred to holes on the harp, or bowling pins.
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Oxharp
578 posts
Feb 24, 2014
10:09 PM
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Good post, just waiting for Aki to approve this vids from his Harpin by the Sea set and will have them up real soon.
The CD is amazing.
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Last Edited by Oxharp on Feb 24, 2014 10:10 PM
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Kingley
3479 posts
Feb 24, 2014
10:18 PM
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Aki is a bad ass player. He gets better and better every time I hear him. I'm looking forward to hearing g the CD and seeing the videos that Russ took.
On a side note, the Rod Piazza version of "Low Down Dog" on the California Blues album has some great chromatic playing on it.
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ridge
487 posts
Feb 25, 2014
5:30 AM
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Cool clip, but definitely not the best example of Aki's abilities. I was disappointed that the band didn't really seem to be picking up on the hits he was trying to lay down at the outro... they just kind of played right through them. Really dug the drummer though.
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Greg Heumann
2613 posts
Feb 25, 2014
7:41 AM
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Aki has worked his ass off and continue to improve. He recently left his job (he had a good one in the software industry for a well known major firm) to focus on music full time.
The drummer is none other than June Core- one of the best blues drummers on the planet, he is Charlie Musselwhite's regular drummer. The guitar player on the right is Johnny Cat Soubrand - he plays with Terry Hanck band (http://www.terryhanck.net/band.html) and the one on the left is Jon Lawton of Little Jonny and the Giants (http://www.littlejonny.net/#!info/c161y)
Sorry I don't know who the bass player is - but the lesson is - surround yourself with great musicians whenever and wherever possible!
And Aki plays a BlowsMeAway wood mic with a black CR element:
There is another video of Aki playing at his CD release party with famed guitar player Rusty Zinn sitting in - but its on Facebook so I don't know how to display it here. You can find it on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BlowsMeAwayProductions
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Last Edited by Greg Heumann on Feb 25, 2014 7:45 AM
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snowman
22 posts
Feb 25, 2014
8:33 AM
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met aki at gussow shellist class, at grand dell==u know being a great guy as well as a great player --goes A LONG WAY IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS--OR ANY THING--like to see him on the Blues Cruise-- he deserves kudos
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Joe_L
2432 posts
Feb 25, 2014
8:57 AM
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The bass player is former Nightcat, Vance Ehlers.
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blueswannabe
414 posts
Feb 25, 2014
5:31 PM
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Aki is an outstanding player. I will definitely buy his cd and I hope he travels to new England. He's got a classic musical style and persona. I enjoy his music.
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Frank
3913 posts
Feb 26, 2014
6:40 AM
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Wow... what a commitment he's made to pay the bills playing the blues, his Wife must be an extremely supportive Spouse! Looking forward to his touring show - I love the music he's playing and love the players he is attracting to help him spread the blues news...Go Aki, carry the torch to Pittsburgh :)
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