Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim

["Ryan Hartt" <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just a run of the mill traditional blues harp player.

Man, calling Lynwood Slim a "run of the mill traditional blues harp player." 
is like calling the Mona Lisa a painting of some grumpy chick. First and 
foremost, Slim has the sweetest voice you'll ever hear. He's a Blues crooner 
for lack of a better term but he can put across a deep blues like nobody's 
business.  Secondly, he plays harp like Walter Horton because he learned 
from Walter Horton but he is also a very sophisticated and melodic Blues 
chromatic player. While we are all trying to sound like George Smith, he'll 
slip in "Parker's Mood" or "Bye By Blackbird". The smooth vocal delivery 
juxtaposed with the low down harp make for a very interesting contrast. 
Combined with his choice of material and approach to performing it, he is 
genuinely unique in the traditional Blues singer/harp player market. But 
wait there's more...He is a great flautist. A true blues flautist, whose 
already melodic approach to the humble harmonica is amplified with the range 
of the flute. He is a great producer and engineer. He has worked with some 
of the US's and Europe's finest traditional Blues bands delivering dozens of 
high quality records. I'll bet that a lot of you have something that 
"Richard Duran" produced, mixed or arranged and you don't even know it. 
Lastly, he's just about the nicest guy you ever met.

So yes he's "run of the mill" in the 
multi-talented-completely-original-super-nice-guy kind of way

Ryan

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