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" "Lonesome Dan," as he likes to be called, is hunched over a beat-up Gibson acoustic guitar, stomping his black patent-leather shoes like his pant leg has caught on fire. Dressed in a three-piece charcoal-gray suit, he's dwarfed by the hulking green booth he has transformed into an ad hoc stage. At age 28, he looks like he's 19--the steady stream of cigarettes and beer that he brings to his lips haven't caught up with him yet. He looks like Doogie Howser in a fedora.
But don't let the fact that you'd never mistake him for John Lee Hooker make you doubt him: For Lonesome Dan, the only way to be a "real" musician is to play American country blues from the 1920s and '30s. Of course, the whole notion of "authenticity" is slippery when you're talking about a twentysomething white guy from Michigan who plays the blues. But somehow, Kase manages to avoid being a caricature of his heroes. His mannerisms and inflection seem to belong just as much to him as they did to the long-dead musicians he emulates. From the way he dresses to his percussive style of fingerpicking, Kase pays tribute to musicians such as Blind Boy Fuller, Sleepy John Estes, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Think of the music from O Brother, Where Art Thou? and mix in a little more ragtime and a hint of bluegrass--that's Lonesome Dan. " From Lonesome Midwest Blues by Michael L. Walsh. (http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1156/article11031.asp)
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