RE: MeShell [was Digable Planets etc]

Mark Allerton
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:19:55 -0800


I've seen Me'shell play live four times now, and loved it every time.
Though I agree there's a lot of slow jam stuff, I'm surprised at the
"rarely went all out funky" comment - this is not my experience.

There is (or was) a full length RealAudio stream of one of Me'shell gigs
linked from www.songofsolomon.com (which if you're a Me'shell fan, you
*really* need to check out.) The quality sucks as only RealAudio can,
but the funkiness comes through...

-----Original Message-----
From: Dawn Kinishi [mailto:DKinishi@marketinginnovators.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 1998 4:09 PM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: RE: MeShell [was Digable Planets etc]

> my two cents anyway. Anyone on the list seen her live? love to get a
> report of one of her gigs some time (I'm not holding my breath for an
> Australian tour...)
>
>
I saw MeShell live in Chicago. It was definitely moving but I didn't
think MeShell's bass was as good as I've heard. My date and I both
agreed there were way too many "slow jam" type treatments. They rarely
went all out funky like she can (niggerman was smokin though). But she
has an amazing on-stage connection with the audience (talks a lot and
jokes a lot; spoke freely about her sexuality which I found suprisingly
well-taken by the usually close-minded Midwesterners; "gabbed" about
Love Jones). In short, see her at least once.

peace,
dawn