Friday, July 3, 2009

Eureka! Gold discovered in California!

Ralph Barr.
Amazing. A Whole new level of something beyond.
A voice and a guitar that go further into their beauty than anyone ever has.
Legendary names could be mentioned as Ralph Barr moves beyond them.
The Tone.
He has Tone everywhere.
Appolo and Orpheo had it.
David had it.
Ralph has it.


Jim Fadden, a virtuoso with a black case of silver instruments
which he plays like a jeweler, sparkling chains, rubys and diamonds,
keeps company.

9 comments:

Diane Smith said...

Rand, I love how you are unveiling these amazing photographs one by one. Makes turning on the computer every morning like my own personal treasure hunt.

Tony Duque said...

Wow... another real gem, Rand! Thanks for sharing! This captures and represents both gents so well and so beautifully... and the colors are just perfect. A masterful picture, for sure! This just makes me want to hear the music they made together even more.
Would you please tell me about your equipment... camera, settings, and what, if any, post-processing was involved.

Unknown said...

Rand! We are blown away by both your pictures and the words written, you have an awsome eye for taking photos and you are a poet. You are a gifted artist, but we've known that since you were a very young man.
Next time around I really hoping the "RANDMAN BAND" gets up there.
Thanks for sharing......

Rik Elswit said...

I put Ralph's CD on at home just for the vibe. We all wanted to be old blues guys when we grew up. Ralph actually made it. Nice recording, too. I'd play it even if I didn't know the guy.

Rand Launer said...

Thank you very much for the
kind words.
Mandie and I work together so the credit goes to
MandRand Band, which is us.

I eMailed Tony the camera info which is cheap cameras and a (usually) light touch with Photoshop.

Mandie+Rand=MANDRAND BAND

All Paradox material is free to all Paradoxers.
As for outsiders...???

Diane Smith said...

Mand&Rand make a great team.

Unknown said...

Mandrand, glad you two found each other, you do good work!

Chris said...

Eureka, rather platinum discovered! I was just looking at the pictures of Ralph with his platinum hair and those shades.....living the blues, what a special person, my friend Ralph is. I am also blown away by Jimmie and his acoustic sets at the reunion. I sure hope that Jimmie will start to play out more often, as his talent is enormous! Thanks MandRand for sharing your audio/visuals with us.

Unknown said...

Ralph Barr should be a super star! His CD is just awesome, if any of you don't have one yet by all means get one, he's got the blues down.
Somebody tell us how to get one?