Claude Bourbon - Progressive Blues
Schedule
Fri Sep 05 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Petersfield Museum, St Peters Road, GU32 3HX Petersfield, United Kingdom | Petersfield, EN
Claude Bourbon's guitar fingering and arrangements are varied and eloquent. He has the gift of brilliant sequencing, and the result is a hypnotic voyage along a river of songs and instrumentals. He wisely began with a two separate songs to establish his connection with us. What followed was a series of pieces strung together like a cleverly woven magic carpet. I felt like I was floating along, all thought swept aside. I was flowing with him from sad to sweet to ironic and on to another dimension. Some songs are in English, some in French, and within each there is rhythmic dance among the words. He plays with consonant sounds, and his tone is sometimes like that of a lover whispering in your ear. Other times, that tone goes deep and strong to relay important history or solidarity with those who have had similar experiences. Instrumentals provide continued rhythmic and melodic steps on the journey. Each strum or pluck is explicit, yet free flowing.
