ROMAN POKORNY at CHICAGO'S!

OK...Problems solved and I'm pleased to bring this review to you from Sunday Nov.25,when Chicago's and the Durham Region Music Society presented the great Czechoslovakian guitarist,Roman Pokorny.What a treat THIS was! Playing with a natural fluency that incorporated his classical learning but driven by a highly imaginative freewheeling style,Roman threw all language barriers and any other differences out the window.A virtuoso jazzman,but also a solid blues-rocker and even an adept country-rock picker at times,Mr.Pokorny had many of us wondering if we should have maybe taken a few dozen more guitar lessons.Capably backed by Society members,Terry Blankley on keys,Bobby Watson on guitar,Howard Ross(on bass!) and Greg Stokman on drums, Roman took us on a musical rollercoaster from cool jazzy bends to hot bluesy slides and left an appreciative audience to end each piece with loud applause.Joined later by Frank Zochodne on guitar,Joe Lambert on sax and the awesome vocals of Lynn McDonald,I couldn't help but feel proud to be able to hold the Tuesday Acoustic Jam on the same stage as these very talented musicians. Thanks to Lynn and the DRMS for bringing Roman here and check out his clips on Youtube.I was able to record the part of the concert where the band falls out and Roman flies solo for about four minutes,which I've included below.I'm sure you will enjoy it.

It's going to be a busy month with the DRMS Christmas party featuring Jack De Keyser on the 9th at the Wing Shack,David Rotundo w/Jerome Godboo at Chicago's on the 14th,followed by The Full Count Christmas on the 15th at Chicago's featuring Howard Ross with special guest June Eikhard,as well as many more great shows this month to follow.Check the DRMS and Chicago's calendars for details on these and other events coming soon.
As for me and the Tuesday Acoustic Jam,we just passed the nine month mark and since Christmas Day and New Year's Day are Tuesday's, I hope to see as many of you as I can on Dec.18,because we'll be off for two weeks until Jan.8,2008.All the best to all of you over the holidays and throughout 2008 and I hope to be still jammin' and writin' to ya'll this time next year..........................See Ya!!!!!!!!