Taipei Times – archives
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- rnette Coleman – playing between the cracks (+video)
- Jesse Rios
- MACE PARKER AT HUSE F BLUES
- Sayles talks the Southern blues
- Dylan thrills confounds fans at House of Blues
Taipei Times – archives
Taipei Times – Feb 22, 2008
“The more I researched it and learned from it the more I got involved with it” he says. He’s stuck with the blues ever since he says because “it’s from the heart. Blues music is however you’re feeling that day. Joining him on his Asia tour is Shari Puorto a California-based blues-rock singer with a powerful delivery who critics says sounds like Janis Joplin Melissa Etheridge and Bonnie Raitt. “I get compared with Janis Joplin a lot but I really think it’s because of the execution of what I sing and not the sound or tone of my voice” Puorto says. “We all know and love Janice because of the way she bares her soul in her singing. I think a lot times I do that; not consciously it just happens.
rnette Coleman – playing between the cracks (+video)
Stuff.co.nz – Feb 22, 2008
It made me feel that I could take an instrument and think about things that I'd like to express and be connected to it for days or months until I found a way that rested my inner feelings about how sound makes me feel about caring for things and for people. "Coleman taught himself to play the sax as a 14 year old and began playing with Texan rhythm and blues bands as a teenager. His characteristic keening crying saxophone sound draws heavily on blues music. Later he also taught himself the violin and trumpet and began writing music even though he has never been taught composition. Early in his career he was inspired by the bebop sound performed by Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. "I found out how it was constructed to sound the way it sounded. Then I decided ‘oh I want to compose music not just play it.
Jesse Rios
Tahoe Daily Tribune – Feb 22, 2008
Jesse started as a baker then moved to the warehouse where he was employed for the rest of his life. Joyce his beloved wife would pass away in 1995. Jesse loved animals R & B jazz and blues music. He also enjoyed sports especially football and Nascar. Jesse had a great sense of humor great smile and wonderful laugh. He was loved and respected by all of his friends. He passed away Feb.
MACE PARKER AT HUSE F BLUES
WFAA – Feb 22, 2008
Parker spoke to us by phone from his North Carolina residence. When did you first develop an interest in music and when did you start playing the saxophone?When I was in school I started playing in the marching band. With the marching band I got a lot of my experience. Then I started listening to Ray Charles… at House of Blues 2200 N. Ticketmaster or 214-978-2583.
Sayles talks the Southern blues
Gainesville Sun – Feb 22, 2008
John Sayles director and writer of the new film “Honeydripper” has become known for producing such evocative films as “Matewan” “Eight Men ut” “Lone Star” and “Sunshine State. In “Honeydripper” which is set in Alabama in the early 1950s and stars Danny Glover musician Keb’ Mo’ and others a desperate juke-joint owner hires an unknown musician to perform as a well-known star. And the story is told using the change from acoustic blues to electric blues – and the beginning of rock ‘n’ roll – as a backdrop. The Sun talked to Sayles about his approach with “Honeydripper” and the significance of music from the area and era. Q: The plot in “Honeydripper” revolves around Danny Glover’s juke-joint owner hiring an unknown to perform as the fictional star Guitar Sam. Did any actual events inspire that?A: Some of it’s inspired by the rock ‘n’ roll legend of Guitar Slim in New rleans. A lot of the guys who became the icons of rhythm-and-blues guitar were told by some club owner “Learn this song tonight you are Guitar Slim… It’s gospel and old slide-guitar blues and rhythm and blues. Q: What do you want to accomplish with “Honeydripper”?A: First of all you want the audience to get involved in the story and root for the characters. But I definitely want people to rediscover that era of music rediscover what’s going on in that period and remember that music comes from somewhere. Bill Dean can be reached at (352-374-5039 or.
Dylan thrills confounds fans at House of Blues
Dallas Morning News – Feb 22, 2008
com "You think I’m over the hill?" Bob Dylan sang with sneer Thursday night at the House of Blues. "You think I’m past my prime?" The answer my friends isn’t blowing in the wind. It’s a very concrete "No. " Also nline… What next? No fans under 30 allowed? No one who doesn’t own Slow Train Coming? No eye-rolling during his harmonica solos? They needn’t have been so uptight. Dylan’s more exciting Dallas gigs in recent decades – much better than in ’95 at the Dallas Music Complex or ‘03 at the Granada though not as stunning as his ‘99 Starplex show with Paul Simon. Dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat blocking his face Mr. Dylan walked on to the dimly lit stage flanked by his usual band – longtime bassist Tony Garnier drummer George Recili pedal steel player Donnie Herron and guitarists Stu Kimball and Denny Freeman (who’s originally from Dallas). Despite the four-month break they started the show with a bang: A rocking version of "Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat" followed by a wicked jump blues overhaul of "Watching the River Flow. " Soon after Mr.
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