Re: [Harp-L] LW Tremelo

[Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

John kuzloski writes:
Goin' Down Slow; electronic tremelo.  Thanks for replies.  Yes, I 
think it sounds cool.  Yes, I think the giveaway is the regularity of 
the pulse and some other electro-sonic thing that I can't put my 
finger on that just doesn't sound "natural."  Interesting that the 
track went unissued for so long.  The reason I posted the question 
(apart from seeking confirmation that my ears are screwed on right) 
was that I had never noticed an LW trem before and never heard any 
mention of it (on the web or in "the book").
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Occasionally Jacobs used tremelo.  On the recently issued session 
from January of '53 that included an alternate of "Fast Boogie," 
"Drifting Blues," and "Don't Need No Horse" you can hear added 
tremolo/vibrato on the harp.  And it's also audible on later sessions 
('58-'59) that produced "The Toddle," and the Le Roi du Blues bootleg 
version of "Goin' Down Slow."  At those points in his career he must 
have been using an amp that had this built-in feature. 

When asked about effects in the Living Blues interview, Walter denied 
using anything at all in the studio, saying he was "doin' it with my 
hand."  But Louis Myers then contradicted him, saying that the studio 
had used "viberation."

Tom Ball
Santa Babs