A review of the first time hearing Catfish Keith when he performed in The Georgian Hotel in Coatbridge for music promoting group 50rpm in a sold out gig. November 4th 2022.
Well how about that?
Wow.
Words fail me!
Only kidding... but if such a thing we're possible, this would have done it!
Headliner was foot stomping, award winning, Blues Hall of Fame inductee Catfish Keith!
Master of the Delta blues, bottleneck slide and fingerpicking, I felt as if I had been picked up in the TARDIS and dropped off at the start of the 1900's! Vintage blues at its best.
Confession time... It's not a genre I genuinely listen to or fully appreciate. At opposite ends of the blues scale, John Lee Hooker and Robert Cray being the exceptions. Catfish Keith has been added to that number.
My face was sore from smiling by half way through the gig!
Three incredible guitars with three very different sounds thanks to a master of his craft!
This review sums Catfish Keith up beautifully...
“For Catfish Keith, a resonator guitar is an organic extension of his body, an instrument he plays intuitively and with absolute authority. Manhandling Delta vamps, artfully finger picking rag-influenced Piedmont patterns and languidly chording ballads, Catfish is one of the premier pre-war style guitarists recording today.” - Living Blues
www.catfishkeith.com
www.50rpm.co.uk
14 окт 2024
