Comments on: Jason Ricci – Biscuits and Blues, San Francisco 5th Dec 2007

By: Wilf

Wilf — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:02:36 +0000

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for calling into the Harp Surgery! You are welcome back anythime. Glad you enyoyed the Jason Ricci review. Good luck with hunting down guitar lessons and let any of your harp playing friends know about the site!!

Yours in blues,

Wandering Wilf

By: Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:09:40 +0000

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By: Wilf

Wilf — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:39:39 +0000

Wie geht’s mein Kapitaen!

No FX involved really – no gadgetry on his mic, no board of foot peddles… Haircut and threads are definitely another aspect of Jason’s self-expression. I like it cos it’s a growl through the letter box at the status quo delivery men.

You and I like the same brand of blues. We know that. And yes for a while I sat on my bar stool thinking…’Ooooh dear, is this gonna be a cross between chewing aluminium foil, drinking OJ right after brushing your teeth and scraping your dinner plate with the end of a fork?…’

Initially it was..er.. uncomfortable. That was my fault not Jason’s. But it was certainly palatable. We’re not talking anything like modern jazz a la The Yellowjackets. I would have been screaming down the streets of San Fran, hands aloft, and through San Diego en route for the border like a Brit possessed had that been the case..

Largely because there was healthy reference to what, I suppose, everyone likes best, I hung on and was very pleasantly surprised as a result. The man showed he can do what everyone likes best, but he chooses not to. Good for him. This I admire. The bill said Jason Ricci, not Mo’ Napkins Harman. And that’s what we experienced.

Thanks for dropping by mein freund.

PS. I hope Neil Young was angling at stage charisma and not harp playing credentials….

By: The Riverboat Captain

The Riverboat Captain — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:39:56 +0000

Hey, buddy.. now you know I respect your skills and all but .. aw, I’m embarrassed even asking.. does he have what Neil Young calls ‘the spook’? Not just the tone, but the whole big aura that goes with it? And how many effects on the bit of wire between the mic and the speaker? My hero, Icepick James, don’t need nothin’ but hands like baseball mitts, forearms like ham hocks, lungs like trashcans (and maybe a goatee or Billy Gibbons styled beard) and out comes this ‘Queen Mary coming in to port’ BOOM.. you know.. instant TONE. Which is what I’m after always, when I get the time. The boy doesn’t need that haircut and those clothes, does he now? And if his bass player had more than four strings.. I’m outta here.