Senie Hunt - a remarkable musician
mhardy6647
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so... we saw Richard Thompson (one of my very favorites, full stop) at the Flying Monkey in funky Plymouth, NH* last night.
Unusually, RT had an opening act; a local fellow (originally from Sierra Leone and now living in Concord, NH) called Senie Hunt. He's a guitarist, but he plays with an unusual and highly percussive style. I was gobsmacked by the first song he played. He played 5 or 6 songs, and was a huge hit with the crowd. He came back out onstage after his set to gather up his equipment (i.e., to be his own roadie), and not only did the audience cheer, he got a slightly-belated (but deserved, I'd opine) standing ovation.
Here's the song he opened with. This is the studio version (he just released an EP) but it's pretty similar to his solo performance.
https://youtu.be/Cj5U2QZ53Hg
He does use some digital froofery (sampling and looping), but it was clear that he has the right stuff even without that trickery
De gustibus non est disptandum, of course, but I thought he was terrific**.
https://www.nhpr.org/post/concord-musician-senie-hunt-releases-first-studio-album#stream/0
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* Unlike Boston, Plymouth is something of a college town
** RT was also terrific; in fact, it might've been the best performance all-around by him that we've seen to date -- which is saying something.
Unusually, RT had an opening act; a local fellow (originally from Sierra Leone and now living in Concord, NH) called Senie Hunt. He's a guitarist, but he plays with an unusual and highly percussive style. I was gobsmacked by the first song he played. He played 5 or 6 songs, and was a huge hit with the crowd. He came back out onstage after his set to gather up his equipment (i.e., to be his own roadie), and not only did the audience cheer, he got a slightly-belated (but deserved, I'd opine) standing ovation.
Here's the song he opened with. This is the studio version (he just released an EP) but it's pretty similar to his solo performance.
https://youtu.be/Cj5U2QZ53HgHe does use some digital froofery (sampling and looping), but it was clear that he has the right stuff even without that trickery
De gustibus non est disptandum, of course, but I thought he was terrific**.https://www.nhpr.org/post/concord-musician-senie-hunt-releases-first-studio-album#stream/0
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* Unlike Boston, Plymouth is something of a college town
** RT was also terrific; in fact, it might've been the best performance all-around by him that we've seen to date -- which is saying something.
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Very nice!
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His EP is on Tidal; just listened to it and really enjoyed it. Thanks, Doc Hardy, for turning us on to him!Integrated Amp: Marantz PM-10
Speakers: Usher MD2
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Listening to it now, off to a good start, thanks for the mention- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Richard Thompson is perhaps the most under-appreciated guitarist/minstrel/musician in modern history
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Richard Thompson is perhaps the most under-appreciated guitarist/minstrel/musician in modern history
Well, it's funny -- he is held in very high regard in many of the "right" places, but he's kind of low profile in the pop culture world... but, yes, he's one of the best there is, full stop.
He was quite talkative and characteristically witty Thursday night. There was a woman there in the audience who we think was probably his current romantic interest (he's moved to New York recently); maybe he was showing off He played for nearly two hours, nonstop (including two encores, four songs in toto) -- a significantly longer solo show than we're used to seeing him perform. He also played Dimming of the Day, which was mighty fine.
We've just gotten spoiled seeing him play small, nice venues up here in northern New England. Two years ago, we had front row center seats to see him at the little theater in Bethlehem, NH -- 'bout as good as it gets.
for those who don't know RT... here, try this:
https://youtu.be/go6-OOZaqK0
