About This:
a 65-minute live concert, filmed at the now-defunct Joyous Lake in 2005, with special guests brilliant keyboardist Bruce Katz and Lovin’ Spoonful founder/harmonica legend John Sebastian. You hear gentle humor in Rishell’s heartfelt delivery of ballads like “It’ll Be Me” and the original “Blues On A Holiday,” but he takes a tough, no-holds-barred approach to both vocals and slide guitar on Johnny Winters' “Dallas.” Raines makes the notes dance out of her harmonica with rhythmic precision on Blind Boy Fuller’s “Custard Pie” and her original tour-de-force “Got To Fly.” She goes head-to-head with Sebastian on the originals “Can’t Use It No More” and “Orange Dude Blues,” an intimate instrumental duet that showcases the mutual respect shared by two harmonica masters. Throughout the show, Rishell's powerful voice is a beacon for Raines and the backing band of Chris Rival on guitar, Reed Butler on acoustic and electric bass, and Billy MacGillivray on drums. The DVD video comes replete with bonus features, including extra songs, an interview, guitar instruction, liner notes and band bios. For hardcore DVD buffs, there’s an audio commentary track with Rishell, Raines and Sebastian doing a play-by-play peppered with anecdotes about blues history, famous encounters, trade secrets and the chaos unfolding behind the cameras.