![]() 1966年 : 大阪に生まれる。 主な出演フェスティヴァル また、アラスカとハワイを除く全米各地にあるブルースクラブに数多く出演する。 2000年 : ソロ活動を行うにあたり、"Wabi's Down Home Blues Project Band"を開始する。 日本人初の米国ホーナー認定アーテイスト。 過去の共演者 湯口 "WABI" 誠司さんのコメント メディアのコメント Japanese harp player, Wabi, who was a real joy for those of
us who have become tired of all those hyperactive Walter imitators. 英ブルーズ誌「Juke Blues」35号では、「ルイジアナ州スワンプ地帯のヴェテラン・ブルーズマン、ラリー・ガーナーが最近"Wabi"という凄腕の日本人ハーピストを同行して訪英した」と紹介されている。 The audience, all gussied-up like Dennis Rodman, gave Wabi
a warm reception, in our little town, The shy Japanese harmonica player almost steals the show.
Harpman Seiji "wabi" Yuguchi as a tight, sharp . Wabi's harmonica blazing. Stop-time blues heated up by Seiji Yuguchi's harp squalls. Wabi,....a soon-to-be-released CD reveals a fine full bodied
harmonica player. ![]() Living Blues No.143 Jan / Feb 1999 Web Site The Boogaloo Blues Band has a harmonica player who is just about as popular as Larry himself everywhere the band performs--Seiji "Wabi" Yuguchi, a young man who came to Chicago from Japan in 1996 to learn how to play blues harmonica from the masters. Within a year Larry had asked Wabi to join his band, and many of Larry's songs are built upon Wabi's harmonica accompaniment. The album closes with "Nothing But Life" a heartfelt acoustic track featuring some nice harmonica from Seiji "Wabi" Yagachi. Larry was backed with bass, drums, and Seiji "Wabi" Yuguchi, the Japanese harp player; the same band he had last time I saw him. "Wabi's" harp work is getting pretty good! It was good before, but he is getting _seriously_ good. The fancy white drum kit is gone, replaced by a more standard rig. Garner's guitar playing is clean without being antiseptic, and Seiji Yuguchi's harmonica is nice, too. Then there's Seiji Yuguchi on harmonica, who's got everything needed to become a star in his own right. Wabi urges clear, crisp, beautiful tones from his harp and bullet-mic. His sound is chesty and full and he can ease into high-end vibrato without ever going shrill. He also sings subtle cool leads while the band hooks into solid grooves. They grind out the slow blues desperation of Walter Jacobs' "Can't Hold Out Much Longer", their rendition staggering and kicking with a perfect mixture of rhythm and desperate emotion. Paying homage to James A. Lane, the band covers his "Act Like You Love Me" and then successfully interprets (and reinterprets) "That's All Right", shading the same song in two slightly bluer than the last emotional hues. Yuguchi's sharp harp solos are definitely something to be experienced. Sometimes a little jazzy ("Pretty Baby"), and always sophisticated, Yuguchi is also surprisingly skilled at easy-going blues bounce. Yuguchi easily glides his own "Don't I Know" into new sabi-wabi blues shuffle territory before teasing out an understated and thoroughly essential solo. おまけ(爆笑編) In addition to Garner's fine guitar and vocals, his band (known as The Muskrat Trappers) at Legend's Bar & Grill in St. Cloud included Lester Delmore (drums); Seiji Yuguchi (Awabi) (harp); and Shedrick Nellon (bass). Seiji "Wobi" Yuguchi |
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