If you ask Portland and any other Oregon blues fans who is now their favorite harmonica player, I’m sure most will immediately answer Franco Paletta His harmonica and voice have been heard together with Paul DeLay, Curtis Salgado, Lloyd Jones, Peter Dammon, Jimi Bott, Suburban Slim and many other luminaries of Portland area Can’t Kick Love is a fascinating joyful album The music of Franco and The Stingers is appealing, lively and dancing, perfect for any party shared with good friends, willing to enjoy themselves for some time Paletta’s new cd gathers deep influences of some of his mentors like Paul Butterfield, James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II and many other contemporary harmonica players