| Hot guitar solo by Shawn Starski, followed by an extended solo by harmonica virtuoso Jason Ricci. Jason and his band New Blood played Crossroads Cafe, Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday May 30st, 2010. Clip length limited by YouTube time boundaries. Featuring: Jason Ricci: Harmonicas, Vocals Shawn Starski: Vocals, Guitars Todd Edmunds: Bass Byron Cage: drums Websites: www.myspace.com en.wikipedia.org From Wikipedia: Raised in Portland, Maine, Jason Ricci is the son of the controversial businessman/politician/activist Joe Ricci. Ricci started playing music in punk bands at the age of 14. After discovering a love of the harmonica and Blues music, he turned his attention in that direction. In 1995, Ricci moved from Portland to Memphis, TN, where shortly there after he placed first in the Sonny Boy Blues Society contest at 21 years of age. Later that same year Ricci recorded his first album, Jason Ricci. In Memphis, Ricci began playing with David Malone Kimbrough, son of blues great Junior Kimbrough, and soon was a part of the bands of both Kimbroughs and was sitting in with RL Burnside. This also marked a dark period for Ricci, as drug addiction led to a one-year stint in jail. Ricci claims to have been sober ever since. In 1999, Ricci won the Mars National Harmonica Contest, and began playing with Keith Brown, later recording with him as well. In 2000, he received a two page write up in Blues Access magazine by Adam Gussow (harmonica player for Satan and Adam) saying: "I am ... |
