{"id":5177,"date":"2020-01-10T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:40:53","slug":"nelson-brill-takes-us-to-the-blues-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/nelson-brill-takes-us-to-the-blues-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Brill takes us to the blues club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Real music lovers can find the melody in everything. From the park to the concert hall, our friend Nelson Brill is always on the hunt for great sound. In this blog, Nelson takes us to three spectacular blues concerts around the Boston area, featuring artists Buddy Guy, Kingfish, and Peter Parcek.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAKE ME TO THE BLUES CLUB \u2013 PART 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Nelson Brill\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0December 22, 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5184\" style=\"width: 1296px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5184\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1296\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hot-list-bluesman-kingfish-3x2-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHICAGO &#8211; JUNE 10: Christone Kingfish Ingram performs on stage at The Chicago Blues Festival on June 10, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Photo by James Fraher\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blues continue to shake, rattle and roll in the hands of old masters and young seismic players. It is always a joy to get out to hear live blues and support a local blues club or theatre. I had the great fortune, on October 17th, to catch the electrifying master of Chicago blues, Buddy Guy (82 years young!), and his band perform at the beautiful Cabot Theatre in Beverly, MA., (the \u201cCabot\u201d; http:\/\/www.thecabot.org). The newly-restored Cabot is one of those music venue gems in our region that offers a beautiful historic space, an inviting community feel and a staff that clearly cares about Good Sound (as exemplified at this concert where the music, no matter how loud and blustery, was heard crisp and coherent).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5187\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5187\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">wegow.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buddy Guy, always the consummate showman, partnered with his tight- knit band to put on a memorable show at the Cabot. On his opening \u201cDamn Right, I\u2019ve Got The Blues!\u201d Guy bounded onto the stage with great flourish and excitement, his voice ageless and strong: full of baritone heat and his soulful treble yelps that flutter with expressive yearning or comic relief. His electric guitar strutted in common vehicle with his voice: a searing, dancing vehicle of groove.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5183\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5183\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/F2E91582-A3CD-28D7-20EE773D61F3824E.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/F2E91582-A3CD-28D7-20EE773D61F3824E.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/F2E91582-A3CD-28D7-20EE773D61F3824E-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/F2E91582-A3CD-28D7-20EE773D61F3824E-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/F2E91582-A3CD-28D7-20EE773D61F3824E-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">chicagosuntimes.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy strikes his guitar strings with stinging perfection, each note isolated and crisp, sent on its way by the dramatic flick of his wrist outwards (like sparks sent into a night sky). He can also create big resonant heat by playfully gyrating his hips or belly against his guitar body in his prance of shimmer and shake. At one point in this concert, during Guy\u2019s radiant extended version of his soulful ballad, \u201cIt Feels Like Rain,\u201d Guy swiped a towel against his hotly amplified guitar strings and danced to its whoosh of colors \u2013 all the while smiling broadly (with his mischievous, playful grin).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy\u2019s grooving band kept pace with him all night, barreling through such locomotive Chicago blues classics as Willie Dixon\u2019s \u201cHoochie Coochie Man\u201d and Muddy Water\u2019s \u201cShe\u2019s 19 Years Old\u201d. Guitarist Ric Hall ignited \u201cHoochie Coochie Man\u201d with a dynamic solo shimmering with quick trills contrasted with a sliding flurry of colors up and down his guitar. Keyboardist Marty Sammon complimented all of Guy\u2019s greasy, flowing action with his own keyboard prances, highlighted on a classic Bobby Rush song where he twinkled light bluesy chords contrasted with his rustling runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5180\" style=\"width: 1260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5180\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2018_09_28_BuddyGuy_PeaceCenter_SC_StokerPostier16-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">patchchordnews.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this drama was tethered down by punctual bass and drum, highlighted by drummer Tom Hambridge\u2019s delivery of precise thunder to stoke the band. Hambridge, (who has produced many a great blues album, including several of Guy\u2019s) opened the concert with his own set, accompanied by keyboardist Sammon. Singing next to a small drum kit, Hambridge delivered a garland of bluesy tunes, including his smart and comic tune, \u201cUpside of Lonely\u201d, with Sammon\u2019s barrelhouse runs rippling creatively under the current of Hambridge\u2019s tight cymbal and snare.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5185\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5185\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-placeholder-title-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">guitar player.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy was also joined on stage by one of his young prot\u00e9g\u00e9s: guitarist and singer Quinn Sullivan of New Bedford, MA., who joined Guy in a closing rollicking jam. The two guitarists leapt in glowing rapport to B.B. King\u2019s \u201cFive Long Years\u201d with Sullivan delivering a gust of blistering runs and searing high holds while Guy focused on a bright parade of stinging notes, prickly and animated. Smiling and joking as they played, the two guitarists stood shoulder to shoulder to nestle in their colorful rumbles while the capacity audience hollered and swayed along to the blistering grooves.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5188\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5188\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kingfish-playing-with-buddy-guy-1@1400x871-482x300.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">guitar.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy has mentored and inspired countless young guitar slingers, like Boston-based Sullivan (http:\/\/www.quinnsullivanmusic.com) and another young standout blues guitarist from Boston, Tyler Morris (http:\/\/www.tylerdmorris.com). Another of Guy\u2019s notable young prot\u00e9g\u00e9s is Christone \u201cKingfish\u201d Ingram, hailing from Clarksdale, Mississippi.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5190\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5190\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/the-Mississippi-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/the-Mississippi-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/the-Mississippi-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/the-Mississippi-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/the-Mississippi-1024x768-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">thisismysouth.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few years ago, I took a trip with a buddy to the Delta to travel the historic Blues Trail (a highly recommended trip for any blues fan \u2013 see http:\/\/www.msbluestrail.org), and one of the stops along the Blues Trail is the historic town of Clarksdale. There we met a local blues harp legend, Deak Harp (http:\/\/www.deakharp.com; who owns a small music store in town) and Deak told us to stay around to attend a concert by Kingfish at the legendary Red\u2019s Lounge in Clarksdale, one of the few remaining juke joints in the Delta. We returned that night to hear Kingfish in the intimate and welcoming Red\u2019s, surrounded by members of his family, friends and other blues fans (who had traveled around the globe to experience the Red\u2019s Lounge magic). I still recall how Kingfish took over the small stage at Red\u2019s, leading a tight band in blistering How\u2019lin Wolf and Willie Dixon tunes, spiced with his own fresh funk and soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buddy Guy has now taken the young Kingfish out on national tour and set him up with Tom Hambridge to produce Kingfish\u2019s new self-titled debut record on Alligator Records (http:\/\/www.christonekingfishingram.com).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5179\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81MuW01PxqL._SY355_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81MuW01PxqL._SY355_.jpg 355w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81MuW01PxqL._SY355_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81MuW01PxqL._SY355_-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 85vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CD is an excellent introduction to this young Delta blues artist and highlights include Kingfish\u2019s funky duet with Guy on their rocking \u201cFresh Out\u201d; his knotted chords and leaps on the steamy \u201cBefore I\u2019am Old\u201d and his flowing acoustic guitar rambles and vocals on the dreamy, \u201cBeen There Before.\u201d Some other cuts on the recording show less originality, but Kingfish imbues even these more predictable outings with his soulful vocals and dynamic guitar. The recording\u2019s sonic quality is not audiophile quality, unfortunately, as it suffers (like many a modern blues recording) from a hyped-up \u201cpop\u201d treble energy that lends excess sibilance to Kingfish\u2019s normally buff baritone and adds thinness and glare to his naturally fluid guitar churn.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5186\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5186\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">thesesubtlesounds.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touring in support of his debut record, Kingfish recently performed in Boston on the intimate stage of The Porch Southern Fare &amp; Juke Joint in Malden, MA. (http:\/\/www.theporchsouthern.com). Accompanied by his tight band, Kingfish took the stage with all the confidence of a veteran bluesman churning power chords and adroit runs with effortless precision. He shifted seamlessly from the boogie commotion of \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Right\u201d (creating breakneck runs to the pulsing groove laid down by drummer Chris Black and bassist Paul Rodgers) to a beautiful quiet acoustic version of \u201cListen,\u201d a soft-spinning ballad that utilized Kingfish\u2019s crisp guitar strums along with earthy deep vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5189\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5189\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/maxresdefault-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kingfish also graciously invited local blues guitarist and songwriter Tyler Morris to the stage to join him in a blistering youthful exchange. The two guitar slingers joyfully conversed on BB King\u2019s \u201cThe Thrill Is Gone\u201d with Kingfish rendering spinning, stinging notes in colorful boogie while Morris contributing beefy amplified holds and frisky, sparkling flourishes on his scorching guitar. Here were two young prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of Buddy Guy dipping their buckets into the rich well of the blues tradition to inspire their own fresh takes: deep toe-tapping blues, heart-felt and soulful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And speaking of heart-felt and soulful, there was another recent Boston blues-love fest that must be mentioned, as it too shook the rafters of a local club and made for another memorable evening of rollicking blues. This was the concert held on December 19th presented by Boston radio station WUMB (http:\/\/www.wumb.org) on the intimate stage of the inviting Burren, located in Somerville, MA. (http:\/\/www.burren.com). The concert was a special gathering of local blues musicians led by virtuoso guitarist, singer and songwriter, Peter Parcek (http:\/\/www.peterparcekband.com), who brings a gale-force presence and creativity to everything his blistering electric blues (and roving curiosity) seeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5181\" style=\"width: 1365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5181\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AR-170306257-1365x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AR-170306257-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AR-170306257-1365x2048-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AR-170306257-1365x2048-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AR-170306257-1365x2048-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">metrowestdaily.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parcek was joined by a host of sterling local musicians, including Marco Gilvino on drums (a creative presence on his drumkit and a great producer in his own right \u2013 see Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James [Sylvan Songs Records] \u2013 my pick for best Blues record of 2018); Joe Klompus on bass; Tom West on keyboards; Jonathan LaMaster on violin and Danielle Miraglia on guitar and vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From classics to Parcek originals, the band strode forth on the locomotive thunder of Parcek\u2019s electric guitar. Parcek covers all styles of the blues with aplomb. He loves to grease his guitar neck with quick runs and splintered ends of notes, (like little barbs of sharp glow), and also loves to let his tumultuous slides wring out all their amplified heat and fuzz into the surrounding air. Parcek\u2019s earthy vocals, with their touch of light grit and grain, make for an expressive vehicle with his guitar: surging and soulful or fire-alarm audacious. At the Burren, Parcek attacked the classic boogie of \u201cKokomo Blues\u201d with an inventive slip and slides of notes, sputtering in short trills or letting his unspooled long slides luxuriate in their falling heat. He took up his slide guitar to ignite the fuzz-ladened storm of his new original, \u201cWorld Upside Down,\u201d erupting in a swath of harmonics and big holds that billowed outwards in resonant, vibrating thunder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parcek\u2019s All-Star band followed Parcek\u2019s every creative flight, reveling in their collective synergy and zest. Gilvino employed a number of creative additions to his drum kit (a tambourine attached to the top of his hi-hat; shakers attached to his drum sticks) to spice his deep, steady pulse and his propulsive low thrums. Klompus teased with isolated bass notes and fleshy pulls, especially loving his interplay with West, whose gliding keyboard notes always hit the grooving target with their melodic flow and velvety pulse. The combination of the band\u2019s electric blues with LaMaster\u2019s fiddle was another cool twist, animated with new colors and LaMaster\u2019s swooping phrasing and deft plucks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5182\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5182\" src=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/daniellem-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">localrhythms.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the silken-voiced Miraglia took to the stage, the band fell in with her dulcet spirit on a smartly grooving Dylan tune, rolling along on Miraglia\u2019s silvery lithe phrasing, (adding earthy husk to her most fervent high reaches). The band played a final holiday salute, Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cRun, Rudolph, Run\u201d, busting out of the gate with Parcek and Miraglia exchanging frenetic guitar quips joined by West\u2019s barrage of barrelhouse runs. Parcek, (always the intrepid, open-hearted bluesman), was all smiles in hurling forth his final, tumultuous guitar hold to cap this merry night of blues at the Burren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can read more of Nelson\u2019s concert reviews at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonconcertreviews.com\/\">www.bostonconcertreviews.com<\/a><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real music lovers can find the melody in everything. From the park to the concert hall, our friend Nelson Brill is always on the hunt for great sound. 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