MikeP
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The Admiral and I went to the MD seafood festival yesterday, both to have some seafood and to listen to some good music. A grammy-award winning group, the Afro Bop Alliance, was there doing afro-cuban jazz. Frankly, and unlike the Admiral, I am totally mystified when it comes to jazz. I usually spend the entire listening experience muttering, "Is there a melody here somewhere?" So I wasn't all that impressed...NOT because they weren't good but because I just "don't get it."
But following them came "Old Man Mojo," a blues group which includes this forum's Jim Rosenthal on lead guitar. These guys were GREAT! IMHO it's a classic example of a group that although essentially unknown outside the local area, can rival/equal internationally known groups. They sounded as good as ANY professional blues folks I have ever heard and better than some. Their keyboardist was incredible as was the singer who had more "soul" and enthusiasm than anybody except maybe James Brown. And the singer's a white guy! Yeah, I know, some of you are probably saying, "Sure, you're a white guy too so how would you know anything about it?" Well, I believe I can appreciate it (though I am a perfect example of "White folks can't dance.") but, more to the point, I watched quite a few black folks there in the audience spontaneously applauding the singer and Jim's lead licks just like we were. Great fun!
Despite the way this sounds, I don't mean it as a music review, but more of an interesting revelation of how we discover talents that some folks have that are well outside what we think we know about them.
But if you're in the Annapolis area, like blues, and see that Old Man Mojo is playing somewhere, don't miss the chance to see them; you won't be disappointed!
But following them came "Old Man Mojo," a blues group which includes this forum's Jim Rosenthal on lead guitar. These guys were GREAT! IMHO it's a classic example of a group that although essentially unknown outside the local area, can rival/equal internationally known groups. They sounded as good as ANY professional blues folks I have ever heard and better than some. Their keyboardist was incredible as was the singer who had more "soul" and enthusiasm than anybody except maybe James Brown. And the singer's a white guy! Yeah, I know, some of you are probably saying, "Sure, you're a white guy too so how would you know anything about it?" Well, I believe I can appreciate it (though I am a perfect example of "White folks can't dance.") but, more to the point, I watched quite a few black folks there in the audience spontaneously applauding the singer and Jim's lead licks just like we were. Great fun!
Despite the way this sounds, I don't mean it as a music review, but more of an interesting revelation of how we discover talents that some folks have that are well outside what we think we know about them.
But if you're in the Annapolis area, like blues, and see that Old Man Mojo is playing somewhere, don't miss the chance to see them; you won't be disappointed!
