Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 19:30:17 -0700 From: Mark Seibel Reply-To: seib~cf.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benoit Felten Subject: Re: Harp Discovery References:
Benoit Felten wrote: > > This week-end I went to the Ecaussines Spring Blues Festival, and had a > real treat. There were 6 bands/artists there, three of which I enjoyed, > one of which I was disappointed with and two of which I missed. > > > > The next band was 'Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots', a Blues/Zydeco > band from New Orleans. I was really not expecting to like this, since > I'm not a big Zydeco fan, but it was awesome. First of all Sunpie is a > hell of harp player, with a tone at least as large as his chest (and > that's saying something !) He's also got great stage presence (he was > dressed up as Baron Samedi). Later in the show he played some tasteful > accordion (coming from me that's probably the best compliment any > accordion player can get ; I hate the damn thing. Probably heard the > same old crap in the Paris metro once too often !) and the whole band > went to percussions for an African chant. I've checked up a bit on > Sunpie and found out he was apparently called Bruce Barnes. Anybody > heard of him ? I've never seen him mentioned on this list. > >There is a sydicated crime drama Sunday nights on USA Network called "The Big Easy". The show takes place in New Orleans, and although has lame plot lines, features lots of decent blues and Zydeco music. Sunpie has appeared a couple of times on the show and was featured on last weeks episode. I'm not sure, but he may perform the show's theme music as well. As for his music, I fully agree with Ben.
