Raul Midon Live
Raul Midon at Madison Square Park (NYC 6.25.08)
Are there any bad blind musicians? And I mean bad meaning bad not bad meaning good. There is the musical genius Stevie Wonder and the Jamie Foxx immortalized late icon Ray Charles, not to mention the Blind Boys of Alabama. We might one day add another sightless singer to that group, if Raul Midon keeps creating. I caught the half African-American/half Argentine New Mexico native's recent free performance in New York City's Madison Square Park and was absolutely charmed.
Atop an empty stage, accompanied by only his guitar, Midon did not disappoint thanks to his hyper-rhythmic slap guitar style and impeccable scat-singing. He perfectly mimicked a horn and, in tandem with his percussive rapid fire guitar work, used it to create the robustest of soul sounds. As for his voice, it is clear, flexible and absolutely piercing. Running through hits like "Sunshine" and "State of Mind" Midon played the appreciative multigenerational crowd into dusk and me into fandom. Check out his video for "Pick Somebody Up" below:
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