TJ Kirk

Jeff Slattery (slats@uclink3.berkeley.edu)
Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:15:11 -0700 (PDT)


yes, they are from the sf bay area; yes, they were once called 'james t.
kirk', then 'jt kirk', and now 'tj kirk'. third times the charm...

they're good, and the most appropriate criticism has been laid: they're
awfully f**king polished. personally, i think it's cuz they have a
limited (albeit enormous) choice of tunes, and have the hard-hitters just
down pat. not that i don't like polished, now, but "it sure ain't what
it used to be, back in the day..." (shoot me)

and yes, they do have an album, and it's on a big label, like warner or
cbs or some such thing. i don't know. i don't know what it's called,
either, i'd already spent my weekly budget three times over and figured
i'd pick it up at some huge record store's sale, as it's probably
distributed from here to tasmania.

keep the faith,
-slats

ps. the charlie hunter trio and tj kirk have been doing an awful lot of
double-up shows recently in this area, a good chance to see both in action.