House Concert - Joe Price
To sum up the evening in one word: Awesome!
This was the first Blues house concert at Jeanne and John's and it was superb. Joe Price is from Iowa. I know a guy from Iowa who's the epitome of corn fed, happy go lucky, farm boy and I thought that was pretty much how everyone was and who could get the blues surrounded by folks like that? Apparently, Joe can because he gets the blues.
Not only was he an awesome picker, he used his feet as percussion. He was either slapping, stomping or sliding as the song required and it was amazing watching him do it all. He was joined by his truly lovely wife, Vicki, for several songs and they were great together. They sounded good and they just looked so happy and adorably in love. They've been together for 25 years and told me it's not an act, they really are that happy.
After the show, some of us hung out and Joe asked Sam "The Ukulele Rocketman" Rainwater to play a couple of songs on his uke. You don't have to ask Sam twice, actually you don't even have to ask him once and a quarter. Joe and Vicki dug his original tunes and Jeanne sang along on some Buffett tunes.
It was a great evening.
This was the first Blues house concert at Jeanne and John's and it was superb. Joe Price is from Iowa. I know a guy from Iowa who's the epitome of corn fed, happy go lucky, farm boy and I thought that was pretty much how everyone was and who could get the blues surrounded by folks like that? Apparently, Joe can because he gets the blues.
Not only was he an awesome picker, he used his feet as percussion. He was either slapping, stomping or sliding as the song required and it was amazing watching him do it all. He was joined by his truly lovely wife, Vicki, for several songs and they were great together. They sounded good and they just looked so happy and adorably in love. They've been together for 25 years and told me it's not an act, they really are that happy.
After the show, some of us hung out and Joe asked Sam "The Ukulele Rocketman" Rainwater to play a couple of songs on his uke. You don't have to ask Sam twice, actually you don't even have to ask him once and a quarter. Joe and Vicki dug his original tunes and Jeanne sang along on some Buffett tunes.
It was a great evening.
