Harmonica Buzz loves to explore the multiple boundary-crossings among folk, blues, bluegrass and country music. His performance ... promises to drop listeners right into this thicket. Lawrence Constenino ~ Lansing City Pulse ~ 9/15/04
THE JOURNE [+]Harmonica Buzz loves to explore the multiple boundary-crossings among folk, blues, bluegrass and country music. His performance ... promises to drop listeners right into this thicket. Lawrence Constenino ~ Lansing City Pulse ~ 9/15/04
THE JOURNEY: over 60 minutes of music
Tracks 1-5: Acoustic Jump Blues.
Tracks 6-8: Country Blues from the Back Porch.
Tracks 9-10: Rockin' in the Garage w/ Guitars.
Tracks 11-14: Songwriting w/ Soul.
Track 15-20: Big Train Songs and Rockabilly Jams.
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THE MUSICIANS:
Buzz (Vocals & Harp)
Sara Q (Guitar, Bass & Vocals)
Michigan Mark Depree (Guitars, Bass, Vocals & Recording)
Stan Budzynski (Guitar & Recording)
Alonzo Pennington (Guitar & Bass)
Eddie Pennington (Recording)
Dean Hughes (Drums)
Dave Boutette (Guitar)
Andy Springsteen (Guitar & Vocals)
Jacob Clyde (Guitar & Mystery Red Guitar)
Margie Donovan (Sings Like an Angel)
Hailey Wojcik (backing vocals)
And Amazingly Appearing from out of the Past:
"The Harmonica Wizard" ... DeFord Bailey
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CD REVIEW : The Blues Ambassador, August 2003
Harmonica Buzz is a blues hipster hailing from our very own Okemos, Michigan and he is a favorite son we can be proud of. His philosophy of "less is more" infuses this record with a relaxed and jammy feel. Loose, unorganized jams can often be dullness that passeth all understanding but HB's are short and sweet. He makes his point and then he's outta there. But Buzz is not miserly with his music. Even though the songs are brief and to the point, he packs 20 of them. The first song is fairly typical of most of the record. "But It Helps" has Buzz on harp and vocals with acoustic guitar rhythm supplied by a cat monikered Michigan Mark and subtle bass by Sara Q. It reminds me of the kind of sassy, bluesy vocal Rickie Lee Jones might do.
Another nice thing about the CD is Buzz calls in new friends for assistance after every 3 or 4 songs. "If I Find a Bell" does a Doobie Brothers kind of rhythm with better-than-Doobie results. Alonzo Pennington is on guitar and Dean Hughes does drums. Informality continues to rule. "The Colin Shuffle" is a nice jazzy shuffle instrumental with bass, brushes, harp and guitar. "Makin' Whoopee" is the standard done as a duet instrumental w
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