kudzurunner
5096 posts
Nov 01, 2014
9:16 AM
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The singing isn't horrible once he gets going. Just....well:
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Nov 01, 2014 9:17 AM
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didjcripey
837 posts
Nov 01, 2014
2:05 PM
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His harp is better than it was.
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Lucky Lester
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John95683
194 posts
Nov 01, 2014
5:32 PM
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He's better than some well known harp players I could name.
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CarlA
627 posts
Nov 01, 2014
6:32 PM
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I thought the singing/playing was absolutely fine.
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walterharp
1551 posts
Nov 01, 2014
6:59 PM
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strong harp groove after about 5.5 munutes
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indigo
10 posts
Nov 01, 2014
9:10 PM
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This video is the same song but close up.
Whats not to like? Big star playing decent harp...lot better than most rock stars who play 'some' harp ,most are shite as we all know.I'd bet that that is the best Harp that 99% of the audience have ever heard live.
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KingoBad
1556 posts
Nov 01, 2014
11:06 PM
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Not really a compelling performance... I don't think he was even trying to connect with the crowd. Was he reading the lyrics off a phone?
Perhaps I am over sensitive, but I would have disappointed in myself if I delivered like that...
The harp was fine. Not mind blowing, but solid.
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Danny
Last Edited by KingoBad on Nov 01, 2014 11:07 PM
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jbone
1795 posts
Nov 02, 2014
6:48 AM
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Bruce has attitude, which I respect because it's what I started with. Not that I had much chops but a real desire to be there and reach an audience. Was he phoning this one in? I was not there so I couldn't guess.
The way this band does that particular song is way laider back than Lester and Red Devils, and it's sort of a lesser version than I would try for in the same situation. I did notice, the band is totally focused on Bruce. It's how he wants it, period I would surmise.
The vocals were pretty good, maybe better than I could do there, but for loose, sloppy, off-the-edge, and totally delivered, there was nobody better than Lester Butler.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbTwvU-EN1Q
Last Edited by jbone on Nov 02, 2014 6:01 PM
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Martin
716 posts
Nov 02, 2014
7:58 AM
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From 1988
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Martin
717 posts
Nov 02, 2014
8:00 AM
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Goldbrick
750 posts
Nov 02, 2014
9:07 AM
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Another " star " blues player. I thought he was more into it than Bruce and seemed more part of the band
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kudzurunner
5102 posts
Nov 02, 2014
10:10 AM
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The singing was very uneven. There were some perfectly fine moments (around 3:14, for example), but there was a lot of pitchy stuff that sounded to my ears like a bad attempt to do Jim Morrison. There was zero showmanship. He spent most of the song, it appears, with his attention directed at his harp mic--although it's possible that he was just wasted, and lost in space. I'm not one of those people who thinks that a blues singer has to make eye contact with his audience, but there's such a thing as going too far in the other direction--so that you appear unfocused in the extreme, not quite there, and quite a bit less than fully invested in your performance. That's what I saw, especially with the closer view that indigo's video offered us.
The harp playing was pretty good.
It's interesting to compare that peformance with a somewhat earlier performance of the same song. His singing is pretty much exactly the same, down to the notes he fudges. But he's got much more energy, much more attitude, and the whole thing works.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Nov 02, 2014 10:14 AM
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ridge
560 posts
Nov 03, 2014
12:32 PM
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I spy Susan Tedeschi.
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Ridge's YouTube
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