From: oakland@ee.tamu.edu (Mark Oakland)
Subject: Midori / Shocked / Carlton / Worn Out Souls
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:40:21 GMT

>Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:37:11 EDT
>From:         Michelle May <MAMAY@WAYNEST1.BITNET>
>Subject:      Re: violins'n'stuff

[account of Midori devilishly playing a solo on at least 3 instruments deleted]

This story was either printed in the program or the newspaper 
when I saw Midori with the St. Louis Symphony in '86.  The setting
for the story was New York, probably the NY Phil.

>Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:03:56 EDT
>From:         Lisa Bachelder <BACHELLJ@PUCC.BITNET>
>Subject:      Re: Blue reviews/female vocalists
>
>Walt - Michelle Shocked's "God is a Real Estate Developer" is on
>Best of Mountain Stage vol.2 (or something like that).
>

The studio version is on _Captain Swing_.  

>Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:01:52 CDT
>From:         Lee=Jenkins%PCB=Sys=Int%Mfg=Hou@BANGATE.COMPAQ.COM
>Subject:      jazz festival / trouble / capitals
>
>compaq is offering us free tickets to a jazz festival here in houston on
>the 20th.  the performers lined up are the rippingtons, george howard, the
>holly cole trio and larry carlton.  i've never heard of any of them, so
>i'm raising this up the allmusic flagpole to see who salutes and who pulls
>out their flame-throwers.  so whadda ya say?  would you go see this show?

It's hard to pass up free tix, Lee.  I've heard of Larry Carlton, although
I have not yet checked him out.  My neighbor has a Carlton Lp
with several Miles Davis covers like So What.   And a rock guitarist
friend keeps telling me what a great guitar wiz Carlton is.


Everyone seems to be mentioning the tunes their bands are covering
or have covered.  Now that fall has brought the Worn Out Souls
back together we're adding a few more covers.  One that will take some
work is Tower of Power's "What Is Hip".  Easier ones to add are
Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4", JB's "I Feel Good", and Robert Cray's
"Strong Persuader."  

I'm in school at A&M, and in April I was looking for a new
housing arrangement, as my current house was getting too full.
So I responded to an ad for a roommate in the newspaper, and one
of the people I moved in with happened to be a guitarist and singer
for a local band.  When he found out I played trumpet he really 
encouraged me to join the Worn Out Souls.  It was easy fitting in since 
they already had a sax player.  I generally take a break on the Stevie
and Jimi, then come back in for stuff like Robert Cray's "I Guess
I Showed Her", Gary Moore's "Cold Day in Hell," or the Buddy Guy
version of "Mustang Sally."

Some of us went down to the Houston Blues Fest a couple weeks ago.
I was personally disappointed that Buddy Guy did "Mustang Sally"
without horns, but he sounded great.  Then Robert Cray opened his
set with "I Guess I Showed Her".  The Memphis Horns were tight.
Finally B.B. King took the stage.  The trumpeter in the 9-piece
backing band marched, danced, swayed, and boogied while the King
of the Blues mesmerized us.  I didn't catch that trumpeter's full
name, but I believe his first name was Noel, and that B.B. said
he was from Houston and had an active band there.  
Does anyone know this man?


-- 
Mark Oakland             Turn off that reverb.  Yeah, turn it off.  This
oakland@ee.tamu.edu      ain't no rockabilly.  This is the blues, daddy.
Bitnet: mdo4408@tamvenus                          --Sam Myers
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