MP3 David Vidal - Americana Blues

Blues inflected journey through the American psyche.

11 MP3 Songs in this album (41:52) !
Related styles: FOLK: Folk Blues, BLUES: Slide Guitar Blues

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David Vidal Performance Review



He slips into a chair on stage, his body language nor dress offering any clues as to what youâre going to getâ¦and then he lays hands on that lap steel guitar of hisâ¦and time takes a back seat to sound. His licks start out gentle, but persistent and penetrating as he seamlessly channels grooves from Robert Johnson, cruises through New Mexico, and kicks us through Peru!

The audience is mesmerized, smiling foolishly and tapping feet, nodding heads, and hoping Vidal will personally chat with them between songs (which he usually does).

Vidalâs originals are fraught with simple daily life hurts and rebounds, but his delivery of said prose evokes unspoken feelings as his audience affirms the depth of the emotion he has touched in them. You see it in the way they rock and close their eyes and look triumphant when they come to the other side.

He taps into that old music that lives deep in our souls, but dishes it with a freshness and originality that is at once familiar but âoh, so nuevo coolâ. This is manâs music that makes it okay to cry in front of your girlfriend.



Greg Snaer
Media Coordinator
Center for the Arts
Oceanside, CA