David Jacobs-Strain

Tonight Dawn and I went to see Boz Scaggs and the opening act was David Jacobs-Strain. Not knowing what to expect, I awaited with open mind. Then David came out to warm up the crowd for Boz. I WAS SO IMPRESSED. David's guitar playing was just short of not possible. He appeared on stage solo and alone, and yet, filled the Keswick with just his miraculous finger picking. Between his 16Th note runs and the amazing slide runs either on the acoustic or the National Dobro, his melodic sounds filled the room. At intermission, Dawn and I went to get his CD and autograph, and we told him that he sounded on a 6 string guitar like Robert Randolph does on a 12 string steel pedal. We were pleasantly shocked by the infectious sounds David put out. On the way in to work after the show, I listened to the CD, and although it is also good, it somehow pales to the actual sheer attack displayed as a solo artist in a hall, with no one else to depend on for making the music sound so good. Keep it coming David and we hope to see you in Nov when you come back to the area.