Re: [Harp-L] country/western

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amongst the 392 faithfuls, can you not find a quorum of scratchers, scrapers, sliders & pickers to assemble a country lineup? Dunno why there's not more input from country players on harp-l anyhow (yep, it's all been said before, I know)
Cheers,
RD

>>> Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx> 15/07/2008 11:58 >>>
No Rick, it isn't that. What I meant was that without a country  
western band, there's a problem. See, what happens is that the  
harmonica player is forced to do the entire tune if he/she has no  
back-up. It's a lot 'fuller' if another instrument can take a part,  
so that they can then segue into a key change.

One guy juggling harps while trying to 'carry' the entire tune, is  
not good. When you listen to a country/western tune, you usually hear  
another lead instrument, a rhythm instrument, and possibly a harmony  
instrument in addition TO the harp. Stuff like: pedal steel, dobro,  
fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, piano, or any combo thereof.

Unfortunately spah can never get more than 392 of its 886 members in  
any one place at any one time and the festival fee (multiplied) STILL  
doesn't leave a lot of spare change, and they flat out can't afford  
to bring in paid musicians. It's not like the Suncoast trad jass  
fest, where there are 4484 attendees over their 3 days. Where (at  
$90.oo a ticket), the gate is over 400 grand. Spah can't break 7  
grand. That's a BIG difference.

smo-joe

On Jul 14, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Rick Dempster wrote:

> You guys mean to say the backing musos at Spah can't play country?!!
>
>>>> michael hines <otisharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 15/07/2008 10:00 >>>
> Surely they'll be a couple a geetars around. Might be able to fake  
> a little bit of country.
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