I was fortunate enough to be filling in as the vocalist for Blues Hangover (featuring Deborah Coleman -- she's hot!) at the Carolina Blues Festival in Greensboro last summer, and we followed Corey Harris and his band -- they were awesome! Still, I gotta say that I like hime solo best ... definitely different from the run-of-the-mill blooze! Caribbean rhythms, a unique feel, great playing, great voice ... they are based out of Charlottesville, VA, I believe! Rob > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Don Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Corey Harris (was Re: Music Makers Relief Blues Artists > To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, William T. Cocke wrote: > > > Now I'm fired up for the Corey Harris CD release show here > > this Friday. They've been playing cuts off his new album > > all week on the radio and it sounds like a winner. > > It sure is. He really branches out on this one, but still remain deeply > rooted in the delta blues. Some songs incorporate reggae and mambo > rhythms, bits of jazz and funk and gospel, and there's also some primal, > hardcore delta stuff like "Sweet Black Angel." If you're lucky he'll be > playin' with his band. I saw 'em in New Orleans last month, and I was > entranced.--don > > _______________________________________________ Robert A. Russell Director, Writing and Communication Center East Tennessee State University Box 70602 Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: (423) 439-8438 Fax: (423) 439-8666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.etsu.edu/wcc *********************************************** "Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?" -- William James, 1842-1910, "The Will to Believe"
