Jason Ricci - 8/29/2008

2008-08-31 09:04:00

I finally got to see Ricci play. The guy is technically amazing. He is able to play all of theos overblows and high end Popper stuff without ever leaving the world of deep dark blues based harp Playing. I am a blues bigot, but I still enjoyed his rock/jazz fusion of genres. I must say that his opening song called "Get Funky" or something lasted about 10 minutes too long, but the show is more of personal journey for Ricci rather than standard entertainment.

You've got to go see this guy before he burns himself out.

I was surprised that there were not many people at the show. There were only about 40 or so people. Many of these had video cameras going or recording devices so you might search around to find more stuff for the night.

He had the singer Gina Fox who is married to Dennis Gruenling touring with him, but she doesn't seem like a good fit for Jason's style.

Here's a video from a song "Keep the Wolf From the Door". It sounds like it is a Tom Waits song, but I don't know.

I have some pictures that I will upload when I have a minute. I have more video, but I blew my limit at Vimeo for the week.