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Guitarist Jay Gordon reminds me of Michael Flatley, the Irish step-dancing sensation of "Riverdance" fame.
Flatley's flashy feet once held the Guinness world record for tap dancing speed, achieving an amazing 28 taps per second.
Gordon, who's performing at B.B. King's on Monday night, plays guitar like that.
His fingers blaze across the strings, spewing out notes in rapid succession like an AK47. His playing is as much a feat of his athleticism as his musicality. And when I spoke to him on the phone, I found out he talks just like he plays.
"I think blues should be recorded raw--I prefer live recordings over slick studio records. Even when I make studio records, I play live--the only overdubs are the vocals--even my studio stuff is really live.
"The blues is much more artistic {than pop music}; you can play the same song but never do it the same way twice within the blues form--I have a lot of chops, but you gotta let...