The Web site that brought us the 13 Moulin Blues DVD, www.bluesdvd.nl, now has a YouTube channel. Of interest to us: A great quality highlight reel of the 13 DVD. If you’ve been on the fence about getting this concert, watch this video and get going!
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Moulin DVD highlight reel
Posted in 13 with tags 13, alex schultz, blues, dvd, eddie clark, lester butler, lester's legendary last gig, mike hightower, moulin blues, music, ospel, red devils on December 16, 2009 by J.J.DVD: Live at Moulin 1998 — Lester’s Legendary Last Gig
Posted in lester butler with tags 13, alex schultz, blues, dvd, eddie clark, lester butler, lester's legendary last gig, mike hightower, moulin blues, music, ospel, red devils on February 19, 2009 by J.J.It’s rare for any “new” Lester Butler or Red Devils material to be released now, more than 10 years since Butler’s passing. Which is why the 2008 DVD “Live at Moulin Blues Ospel 1998 — Lester’s Legendary Last Gig” is such a special document.
Recorded at Butler’s last gig, just a week before his untimely death, the DVD captures the harpist and his band (Alex Schultz on guitar, Eddie Clark on drums and Mike Hightower on bass) at the height of their powers, performing a stellar set at the annual blues festival in the Netherlands. That Lester looks so happy throughout the disc is a real bonus.
I’ve just picked up a copy of the DVD, though many of us have seen these performances in bootleg form. Over the next few weeks, I plan a series of reviews looking at the concert and extras:
