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Naturally, since he does things his own way, Plumeri's guitar playing and singing style are distinctive.
In a blues bar setting, where he's often called upon to play tunes that have been done to death -- a situation most blues musicians can relate to -- Plumeri [pronounced plum-er-rye] takes the standard, crowd-pleasing, familiar blues songs, items like "Sweet Little Angel," "The Thrill Is Gone," and "Red House" and makes these tunes completely his own.
"Sweet Little Angel" becomes a medley of B.B. King tunes, while T-Bone Walker's "T-Bone Shuffle" takes on a life of its own through Plumeri's creative arrangement of the tune.
For proof of Plumeri's technical facility as a guitarist and singer, one need only have a listen to his self-produced CD, "The Bishop of the Blues." It opens with the shuffling instrumental, "Get On With It," that is reminiscent of the great Texas blues guitar players, people like T-Bone Walker and even Jimmie Vaughan. Plumeri has an economy of style in his guitar playing. He may not play a lot of notes, and he's never overly-flashy, but he certainly plays the right notes, ones that strike a chord of understanding with his audiences.
The simple liner notes to Plumeri's debut CD indicate where this musician's head is at: a lengthy description of the equipment he uses on various tracks..."...a 1964 Fender Stratocaster, a 1965 Stratocaster, 1966 vintage "blackfaced" Fender Bassman [amp] modified by George Allessandro through two Mesa Boogie single 12" speaker cabinets with 80 watt Celestian speakers. Fill-ins played through an early 1960s Ampeg Jet Amp. Picture on the cover is a 1959 tweed Bassman amp." Clearly, this is no ordinary bluesman playing the local shot-and-beer joints. One part technician, one part poet and one part guitar craftsman, Plumeri has been playing his own style of blues in and around Trenton and eastern Pennsylvania clubs for more than three decades.
Sited from www.PaulPlumeri.com
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