The Acton Jazz Cafe last Thursday was busy as usual. It's been about two months since I last played the blues jam here. Up tonight with Rob and Herb on guitars along with a bass player that had a custom made stand-up solid body that looked werid, but sounded fine. We started off the four song set with a Jimmy Reed tune "Baby What You Want Me To Do." Which reminded me of a new Austin City Limits program I just saw on PBS-HD a few weeks before. The show was a tribute to Jimmy Reed featuring the "Jimmy Reed Highway". Great music and musicians-the drummer West Starr played a late 50's or early 60's Rogers set with center lugs on the bass and toms. I've never seen that kind of Rogers set before. Wes's blues drumming was teriffic-no over playing, just keeping the grove simple and in the pocket. In fact, Wes appeared to be a left handed drummer playing a right handed set--interesting.
