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MITCH
KASHMAR "NICKELS & DIMES"
Source: Studio City Sun
Newspaper
Date: 05/2005
Writer: Bill Bently |
Mitch
Kashmar, Nickels & Dimes (Delta Groove). This West
Coast-based harp player and singer has all the musical
moves covered, and as an added cherry on top he’s
also got Jr. Watson on guitar. Bluesmen just don’t
get much more creative than Watson, and every band he’s
been in has upped their smoke quotient when he’s
on strings. Which isn’t to say that Kashmar is
a slouch, because he’s anything but. He has the
tone you only come by after years of playing the instrument,
and never over blows just to show off his chops. World-class
harp players – like Little Walter, Paul Butterfield,
George “Harmonica” Smith, Kim Wilson and
a few others – realized the key to greatness lies
in the way the instrument steps out front at exactly
the right time and know just when to go for the gutter.
Kashmar might be a new name on the Mississippi saxophone
to all but the most devoted, but hopefully Nickels &
Dimes will correct that mistake posthaste, because he
can definitely put it in the alley with the best of
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