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Re: The 'oo (a little blues content!)
Speaking of blues, PDX is awash in it. It gets a bit annoying, after hearing the 50e6th rendition of
a 12 bar swing blues in the local bar. One guy rises above it all: Terry Robb. Saw him Fri. night.
Most people were just watching him. It reminds me of the bit Townshend said on the 30th anniv. video:
There will be no chatting up the girls, no gettin' a beer, there's just us. Some people are background
music, others are foreground. He does a great version of the original Eyesight to the Blind.
Even though the blues thing here is way way overdone, I spent a Fri. and Sat. night in Beale St. a
few years ago and found our stuff a bit more exciting and listenable. But what the heck do I know.
Of course, the local dipshit for the only daily, the Oregonian, hates Terry Robb and sprays over Robert
Cray, who I feel is way overrated, but it's p.c. to love Robert Cray, so therefore he (Marty Hughley)
tows the corporate line....
Sorry for the sidetrip, folks.
JW