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<p class="review"><b>James Harman</b></p>
<p class="review"><b>&quot;Takin’
chances&quot;</b></p>
<p class="review">cannonball
cBD 29107</p>
<p class="review">Reading the liner
notes I noticed <b>James</b> said he
was going over some old material and noticed a theme…that life is a gamble,
that everything you do in life is a gamble. When gambling, you can do it
many ways. When playing the blues , you can play them many different
styles. That is exactly what <b>James</b> did on this cd. He’s
covered the complete blues spectrum. There are no new sounds, but then
again, all the great sounds are here.</p>
<p class="review">&nbsp;Some
of the people helping <b>James</b> get those tones are guitar slingers <b>Kid
Ramos, Bob Margolin, Junior Watson</b> and long time blues lovers will know the
name <b>Buddy Reed.</b> This would be a good cd to put on if you were
entertaining friends. After each song someone might come up and ask &quot;Who
was that?&quot; Have you ever been to a party and all of a sudden a song comes on
and everybody gets up dancing? Well, when<i><b> Frolictime</b></i> comes on, it
will probably happen. This is a piano led acoustic number. Sounds
like a New Orleans party song. Of course being a harmonica lover, when <i><b>crapshoot</b></i>
comes on everyone’s head and toes will be going up and down. This is a
harp-in-your-face song, the kind I truly love. Another good harp song is <i><b>Five’ll
Getcha Ten</b></i>. The big old reverb sounds on <i><b>Old-Man Eyes</b></i> is
really hot, too.</p>
<p class="review">To me the lyrics of
blues songs are part of the draw. I love a tune that tells it like it is.&nbsp;
<i><b>Let It Ride</b></i> does that with an awesome groove. <b>James</b>
sings about just going for it. <b><i>Lucky Dog</i></b> was inspired after
being on Dave Letterman’s show. He was performing with <b>ZZ Top </b>and
someone said to him, &quot;Billy Gibbons is making you famous,putting you on TV.&nbsp;
You’re a lucky dog!&quot; <b>Modern Numbers Game</b> is so catchy, after
listening to it, every time you see a lottery sign, you’ll be singing
L-O-T-T…E-R-Y.</p>
<p class="review"><b>James</b> dedicates
this cd to 2 of his inspirations that passed away. His dog, Miss Bessie
Mae, and to his mother, who James says &quot;put me on a piano bench at 4 and made
me love reading, writing, drawing and painting. She let me have Dad’s
Marine Band harp to mess with, IF I did my piano lesson&quot;.</p>
<p class="review">I really like this cd.&nbsp;
If you like the blues, you will too.</p>
<p class="review"><b>Max Dolder</b></p>
      <p class="review"><b>&copy;copyright 1999, <a href="http://www.suncoastblues.org">Suncoast Blues Society</a></b></p>

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