MITCH KASHMAR "100 MILES TO GO" Source: Down Beat Magazine Date: 02/2011 Writer: Frank-John Hadley

This reissued 1989 album by the California jump-blues band features Kashmar, then in his late 20’s, on still-ripening vocals and harp. He conveys motion and force, especially effective when his tin instrument emits flows of graceful notes. Now-deceased harmonica marvel William Clarke guests on “Horn of Plenty”. Two bonus tracks made at a studio reunion just a few months ago, the swamp-sodden “When You Do Me Like That” and mildly political New Orleans romp “Petroleum Blues,” have Kashmar showing more assurance and having fun, though neither tune soars.