Beth Hart live (Page 1 of 2)

I was just talking to Cathy about who was on after Michael Burks in Schoeppingen on Sunday and yes, it's Beth Hart and then somebody else. We couldn't understand why Michael wasn't higher up the pecking order.

In view of your recommendation Günther, I'll certainly listen to her with attentive ears and an open mind!

Your a lucky man Gunter....I caught her doing a live radio show about 4years ago, I thought she sounded a bit between Janis Joplin and Susan Tedeschi.....I have a cd of hers around here some where, very good stuff

Shred

Very nice Günter! You know, I'm starting to consider Germany as a place for me to move to for retirement. I mean, it seems you have so many wonderful shows to attend. Plus, it also seems that Germany gets to see Mr. JB a bit more than Wisconsin does. Hmmmm, let me see.......

This year:

Germany Joe shows:  12 (I think?)

Wisconsin Joe shows:  1

Yep, I'm considering Germany alright!

Roy

I remember hearing about the Beth Hart Band and her great vocals many many years ago, like in my high school or college years, which would've been the mid to late 80s.  I just looked her up and she was born in 1972, but her first album didn't come out til 1996.  So this must have been during her early years and I'm thinking she must have been touring and playing local bars.  I never saw or heard her myself, but I remember my brother and I believe one of our local radio DJs raving about her.  These are only vague memories, but when I saw the name Beth Hart on this thread, I immediately knew the name.  I just sampled some stuff online... I guess I like her style pretty well, although I'm not a big fan of the shaky voice thing (if you know what I mean?)... but she does cover Soul Shine, so that's a big plus on her side, haha...

--Vik

Yes, she does it very nicely on her new album. I hoped to hear it as encore, but she didn´t.
On stage she said something about having toured some time  with a band in Alabama after leaving LA.
Günter

Well - where to begin?

I don't know if the acoustic show I saw her do yesterday at Schoeppingen is her standard show or not. She filled me with contradictory reactions. She's fun, she's clever, she's certainly talented, she has one hell of a voice (though I can do without the Mariah Carey throat vibrato warble), but she's also very 'foul-mouthed', sometimes maybe even too much so...which is something that will limit her opportunities. Unless she also does a 'clean' act.

I liked her - a lot - but she didn't knock my socks off, know what I mean?

Thanks to my well-working unconscious I didn´t understand all her lyrics and stayed morally intact. Seriously: I also thought that she was overdoing a bit the use of the f-word, she might get caught in a kind of cliche by this. Otherwise I found it refreshing that it´s not only male singers using explicite lyrics , sounds and body language.
Günter

Anyone who has met me will know that I"m no prude and that I have no problems with 'potty mouths'. I just thought that she went a little too far at times, especially in conjunction with her hyper behavior on stage. In her own words, "I'm just *&%#ing crazy, but I'm on medication".