born under a bad sign

here's josh alan friedman at the jefferson freedom cafe in the fort last weekend, playing the albert king chestnut popularized by cream. discerning listeners will recognize the snippet of "blood of the sun" from leslie west's mountain alb that he uses to introduce the piece. as a snotnose, josh sez he saw mountain everytime they played the fillmore east in nyc. his approach to blues is informed by that era; dig, f'rinstance, the versions of the johnny winter-identified "highway 61 revisited" and "mean town blues" on his josh alan band ceedee from 2002. i also thought he handled it with good grace when a lady at the show asked if he was related to, um, dean friedman of "ariel" fame.



ADDENDUM: for comparison purposes, this dude, who looks to have as many rings around his trunk as i do, has a bunch of mountain vids on youtube. embedding's disabled, but scroll down a bit to find one for "blood of the sun."