Re: Subject: [Harp-L] And, In this corner (Jason Ricci)

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 16, 2006, at 2:22 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Just read an absolutely terrific "review" by one of MY favorite  
> people here, Smo-Joe (Joe Leone).

* Why thank you Elizabeth. I wasn't aware (wink wink) that I was on  
anyone's list of favorite people

>   And of course the review is of my friend and favorite Blues/rock/ 
> indie/innovative/exciting harmonica player par excellence.....Jason  
> Ricci.  :)

 * Jason Ricci? Whose he?..........just kidding lol
> What an outrageous experience you had, Smokey....and,  
> ahem....perhaps you'll listen next time Bobbie and I tell you to  
> just "get in the car!"   :)

* Well, I got scared. I had heard rumors about her driving. Luckily  
the rumors were incorrect. She drives like a person SHOULD drive.  
Control the car, don't let it control YOU.

>    (Smo-Joe thought perhaps we should save our space in Bobbie's  
> rental to take another of Jason's younger or more blues-oriented  
> fans to Herman's Hideaway for the Harp Blow-Off in Denver).

* Since space was at a premium, I felt unworthy to deprive a real  
'head' from a seat. Luckily I didn't take UP a seat, and riding on  
the tunnel of a PT cruiser convertible with only TWO rear spaces, is  
something that should only be attempted by someone with a real A$$. I  
hope I didn't crowd anyone. Mike Polesky did a fine job of helping  
navigate anyway.

>   "I" knew he'd fit right in, have a great time and had never  
> really heard the people who were going to play that night in a club  
> setting...

* I had, but that was 45 years ago, and the guys I heard were more  
Delta style and sort of 'embalmed' (by comparison)

> .but as a chromatic jazz player, he wasn't at all sure he  
> "belonged".  From this review...I'd say.."welcome to the  
> Club"...and if YOU don't now belong, then no one does.

* I play diatonic, but not like that. More like pop & country  
western. None of the pyrotechnics.
> But....I STILL wanted you to experience a true "JR&New Blood" show  
> as I've experienced them...raw, full of emotion, passion...close-up  
> and personal, rather than in the more sterile environment at SPAH  
> or Buckeye.  This has now been accomplished....FINALLY!

* I'm STILL licking my wounds. Jason really killed me. You can visit  
me at the Charlotte County morgue..  lol
> I knew you really liked Jason as a person and player ..had only  
> very good things to say about him ever since Denver..but your  
> writing shows you've now finally SEEN him ...the real JR...as those  
> of us have who love him and know he's the best there is.  What a  
> thrill!  I only have one quibble....as human as Jason is, I still  
> think he might be from another better Planet than ours   :

* Which one? Zagon, Metaluna, Bellus, Zodius 4 ?
> Be honest...you hadn't "quite" understood what it is folks like me  
> felt when we show up at show after show of Jason's...and feel such  
> disappointment when circumstances force us to miss even one.  You  
> thought of me as somewhat of a "groupie".

* Right you are. I didn't understand. I have never been a groupie.  
(well maybe Hendrik Meurkens... lol)
> Somehow I don't think you'll question "why" again.

* Nope, ain't gonna DO it. I don't want to upset the amalgum plasma  
that holds the planet in flux.

> Jason Ricci is the REAL deal...there is no one else out there like  
> him...and I'm just so excited to hear someone I respect as much as  
> I do you....hear it, see it, feel it...and express it so  
> beautifully on Harp-L.

* I wasn't able to express how I REALLY feel. I'm not that good with  
words. AND mere words can't express it. It's something you have to  
feel. You have to LIVE it.
> Thanks, Joe.

* Dinada & Prego.......... Smo-Joe
> Elizabeth
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