Nori Bucci

I've always found the dearth of women in the top rank of guitar-shredding rock soloists mystifying. Women of course can play any instrument as well as or better than any man, but can you name a top-tier rock or jazz guitar soloist off the top of your head who happens to be a woman? Likely not. There are very fine female slide blues players, country and folk finger-pickers, and ryhthm players, not to mention excellent female classical guitarists. But rock soloists of note are puzzlingly rare. I recall seeing Natalie Merchant do "Carnival" off her Tigerlily LP on SNL years ago. She had a female guitar soloist who was exceptionally good named Jennifer Turner.

Check out the chops on this young lady. Look at that spider-like left hand. Musically this kind of jazzy rock fusion stuff isn't my bag anymore, but Nori Bucci's got mad skills.

Rob Thorworth

Sorry these vids are so dark but I was using a Kodak digital camera--not ideal for video capture. Rob and crew again blew the roof off the joint in Canton. They're playing the next two Thursdays at the Austin Grill, and if you like good song writing and/or quality guitar playing you should check them out.

Two covers by the Rob Thorworth Trio. John Lee Hooker and I believe Little Feat, respectively.





Nice to see a few butts in the seats last night. Ellen Cherry stopped by after the Move Like Seamus rehearsal and we talked The Wire. I think our table ate about six baskets of free chips and dip. Cha put one basket in her dinner doggie bag.