Time: 58:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Full
01. This Is The Last Time (5:00)
02. Feelin' Kind Of Bluesy (4:51)
03. So Hard (8:13)
04. Your Blues Ain't Like My Blues (6:10)
05. Have My Love Today (6:21)
06. Blue & Easy (5:01)
07. From The Corner Of The Room (5:52)
08. Never Let You Go (3:40)
09. 850 Bryant Street (6:32)
10. No News Is Good News (6:58)
A voice like sandpaper and cedar wood and plenty of passion for a dialogue with the guitar – Doni Harvey, singer and musician from San Francisco, delivered riveting blues music on Wednesday at the totally packed Ottersberg Art and Culture Cafe KuKuC.
He calls his touring program “Your Blues Ain’t Like my Blues”, and with that he means the variety of musical messages and styles which he ties together masterfully in his bluesy contexts.
Harvey did not present himself as the emotional whip who degrades the typical repetitious blues patterns into pure audience animations, and who exclusively emphasizes the social critical elements. On the contrary, he is a very relaxed entertainer, who lets a lot of personal experiences flow into his songs and who‘s black soulful voice deeply touches his listeners.
Harvey, who already worked as studio musician with greats like Steve Winwood and Phil Collins, departs often from well-walked blues paths, mixes soulfulness with Reggae accents, and now and then reaches for a pop-orientated four-four rhythm. Such as his piece “Feeling Kind of Blue”, which he relates critically to the abandonment of the black population during the flood catastrophe in New Orleans. And here, also the audience loses its reserve and follows enthusiastically.
Harvey’s velvety, but still strong voice is made for the interpretation of love songs. He is making ample use of it and revels himself as passionate (emotional) romantic. He does not shy away from an affectionate verbal declaration of love for his wife, who sits in the first row of the audience. Through her, a German, close contact to Northern Germany developed , which also find expression in his songs: The opener of the evening called “Lesum Blues”, was dedicated to friends in Bremen-North.
Harvey, the man from the American Southwest coast, also declared his fondness for local culinary delicacies when he moved from the hot ”Barbeque Blues” to the merits of “Knipp” and “Kohl mit Pinkel”. Altogether, Harvey presented himself as a sensual lover of life and a performer, who has no place for despair even in his darkest and saddest songs.
The audience was enraptured by this remarkably expressive singer and his message of the blues.
He calls his touring program “Your Blues Ain’t Like my Blues”, and with that he means the variety of musical messages and styles which he ties together masterfully in his bluesy contexts.
Harvey did not present himself as the emotional whip who degrades the typical repetitious blues patterns into pure audience animations, and who exclusively emphasizes the social critical elements. On the contrary, he is a very relaxed entertainer, who lets a lot of personal experiences flow into his songs and who‘s black soulful voice deeply touches his listeners.
Harvey, who already worked as studio musician with greats like Steve Winwood and Phil Collins, departs often from well-walked blues paths, mixes soulfulness with Reggae accents, and now and then reaches for a pop-orientated four-four rhythm. Such as his piece “Feeling Kind of Blue”, which he relates critically to the abandonment of the black population during the flood catastrophe in New Orleans. And here, also the audience loses its reserve and follows enthusiastically.
Harvey’s velvety, but still strong voice is made for the interpretation of love songs. He is making ample use of it and revels himself as passionate (emotional) romantic. He does not shy away from an affectionate verbal declaration of love for his wife, who sits in the first row of the audience. Through her, a German, close contact to Northern Germany developed , which also find expression in his songs: The opener of the evening called “Lesum Blues”, was dedicated to friends in Bremen-North.
Harvey, the man from the American Southwest coast, also declared his fondness for local culinary delicacies when he moved from the hot ”Barbeque Blues” to the merits of “Knipp” and “Kohl mit Pinkel”. Altogether, Harvey presented himself as a sensual lover of life and a performer, who has no place for despair even in his darkest and saddest songs.
The audience was enraptured by this remarkably expressive singer and his message of the blues.
Your Blues Ain't Like My Blues