Cool email - review of both "Revolution Rhapsody" & "Live & Blue"
Posted by Trudi Brown on May 28, 2012. 0 Comments
Thanks to Wes Mallory for this cool email/review of my live performance and two of my CDs :-)
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 2:17 PM
Subject: greetings & response to Live & Blue and Revolution Rhapsody CD's
Subject: greetings & response to Live & Blue and Revolution Rhapsody CD's
Dear Gary,
I first caught you live in Carlisle with your trio the last weekend in April. I really dug your live performance! In the trio format there was lots of improvisation and it seemed free and open with opportunities for solos and a lot of collaborative interaction. Very high energy and very cool!! Your blues voice is startling good, unexpected these days, and your guitar virtuosity is clear.
That evening I purchased "Revolution Rhapsody" and listened to it carefully. I particularly like "Nothing Up Your Sleeve". "40 Acres and a Mule" was clipped short leaving me wanting more as I had heard you do a version of that live that was a knockout.
I then sent for "Live and Blue". I like that CD very much. With live music there seems to be a communicated level of energy that is not found in studio work and remixes. I am reminded that Jerry Garcia once said 'studio work is like building a ship in a bottle, while playing live is like riding a turbulent sea in a row boat.'
Is blues with a jazz tinge enough today, or does one have to get into the funk and hiphop areas? I always wished I could resurrect Miles and Hendrix, and witness a collaboration. I can see you sitting in on that gig. If you're ever around Cincinnati, Lexington or Louisville, give me a call. Have you ever heard of Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi? You might look into it as a venue. Sticking to blues, I think you'd knock 'em out!
Keep in touch.
Wes
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Hi Wes,
Thanks for the note, the kind words and critique. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know your thoughts. :-)
Would you mind if I post your email on my blog? I think some of my friends would like to hear your honesty and cool opinion...
Thanks again, your friend in music,
Gary Brown
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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:35 PM
Gary,
You may certainly use any comments I make. I shared your live CD with a guitar-playing buddy of mine and he was truly knocked out by some of your riffs! We both started to discuss our convictions that listening to the blues shouldn't be just a trip down memory lane and a preservation of the past, but should be a continuing art form with a freshness that we both recognize in your work.
Keep slicin' and dicin'! I am anxiously waiting for your next blues improvs.
Keep in touch,
Wes
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