Interesting night, Saturday night at the Narrows. An unknown opener scratching and pawing on acoustic instruments, in homage to Son House, Bukka White et.al. And then the featured act taking blues into the electronic stratosphere--while scratching and pawing too!The young performer Samuel James (in the photo above) set the roots tone, mixing off-beat originals and hard-to-find folk blues with a youthful, very new century perspective.
The sold-out night's star, Sonny Landreth, plugged in the roots, added drums and bass and blasted off toward another planet, breaking the sound barrier with his fingers.
Clearly, one of the best concerts of 2008 at the Narrows and probably around the world.
1 comment:
Talent like Sonny's must come from some other planet, so I'm glad to hear that he took y'all home with him! Seriously, he's phenomenal, and the fact that his concert at the Narrows sold out suggests that he's finally getting the fan attention he deserves. Congratulations on an outstanding concert.
G.
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