Jason Ricci & New Blood...

Carl.....I owe you one, buddy.....this cat COOKS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcXJV5v … re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4LJKA2O … re=related

4 freakin' hours of blues, jazz, rock, funk, and punk rock.....

There were 27 people in the joint when he took the stage, and Jason sez..."We're here to party too...thanks for coming out, now let's have some fun..."

Blew the f**kin' roof off.....for 4 hours.....I'm havin' trouble describin' it.....you had to be there.....

Nicest guy you'd ever wanna meet, too.....as well as the rest of the band, and Mary, the CD lady.....talked with them all, extensively.....before, during breaks, and afterwards.  Just another blues thang.....it's like we're all family.....

Then, to top it off, I was sittin' in Denny's gettin' breakfast after the show when Jason and Mary walked in.  They recognized me, and came over to sit down.....we talked for over an hour.....but, I was sworn to secrecy.....sorry.....

More stories.....as the Summer of Love Tour rolls on.....

(Fletch, no disrespect to Kim Wilson, but you really gotta catch this guy.....)

(Carl, I asked Jason if he knew Crazy Carl from Maryland.....he goes "Big guy, plays guitar?  Yeah, we know Carl...")

Just a head's up if one is interested, there are a lot of(over 40) complete Jason Ricci & New Blood shows at archive.org

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query … on%3Aetree

They're there with Jason's blessing, as are all the shows by other artists there.

SRV:  Glad you enjoyed it....it's sort of an acquired taste....he just plays SO much stuff and 4 HOURS???  That's longer than I've seen him play in a while...2 1/2-3 isn't unusual though.  Sean Starski is a great player....doesn't quite have Joe's chops but the more I listen to him the more impressed I am with him...he's sort of a stealth genius....doesn't smash you over the head but it sorta grows on ya.

Me & the GF are probably going to head up to the Johnstown Folk Festival to catch his 2-hour Sunday night set there (for FREE...gas'll be a bit though) because that's the only thing on the schedule that we wouldn't have to basically fly to at this moment.

Definitely check out archive.org and you can stream many of the shows there to listen to before you download.  I'd recommend 5/5/06 at Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ, one of my favorites.  You can search by artist and then sort by date or date added.  If you need some help figuring out how to work the downloads there, drop me a note.  If you don't mind waiting a bit, I can probably mail you a few shows on CD if the downloading stuff is too daunting for ya.

They are really cool guys....always a blast to see 'em, chat with 'em, etc.  They really enjoy what they're doing and it shows, and they appreciate their fans big-time. 

CarljMD