Beermats From the Bison


Listening to blues in Cafe Bizon last night, two artists I'd not heard before impressed me enough to have one of the barmen consign their names to the back of a couple of Bockor beermats.

Anastasio Trey is an American guitarist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Reminiscent of Santana with elements of Zappa and Jazz thrown into the mix, I'd recommend checking him out. The double Live album Plasma looks like a good place to start listening to Trey and Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995 sounds like a good starter for ten for Phish.

Moving on to beermat number two, Susan Tedeschi reminded me of Bonnie Raitt but without the husky vocals. Susan's music ranges from out and out blues to an almost gospel sound. Again, highly recommended. Nominated for a Grammy, her new album Hope and Desire looks like it could be worth taking for a spin, I look forward to adding it to the collection.

Watch this space for more Beermats from the Bison in the future.


Speaking of beermats, the one under this cascade doesn't look like it's going to cope with the beery deluge, even with Keri's attempted rescue mission. Nice pouring Phil.

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Löst Jimmy said…
Sounds and looks like you're having a great time there across the North Sea George!
March 1, 2008 at 2:17 AM
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