Re: [Harp-L] 8. Re: Les is More !,-) (Sandy Weltman)

[Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah Sandy; I'll play the CD again, but I remember hearing the odd one or
two. It's amazing just how little Don actually uses conventional bends, let
alone the reverse ones.
Don is definitely NOT in the 'Look ma! No hands' (quote from Toots T. in
R.Hunter's Jazz Harp, talking about harp technique) catagory. He's not
trying to be clever, just playing music.
RD

On 4 January 2013 05:23, Sandy Weltman <harpmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I remember the first few years when I first started playing harmonica, the
> two players I listened to most were Howard Levy and Don Les. I always
> thought of Howard as being exceptionally creative while going against the
> grain of the harmonica and I thought of Don Les as being exceptionally
> creative while going With the grain of the harmonica. Don was a master at
> arpeggios with which he crafted some amazing solos, especially back then.
> If I'm not mistaken, didn't he very occasionally throw in an overblow. I
> haven't listened to it in a while and I could be wrong, but if I remember
> right, didn't  he use an overblow on the recording of "As Time Goes By"?
> I remember meeting him at SPAH in Detroit in the early nineties. He was
> quite a character (in a good and funny way).
> I also make sure that my students give him a listen. Don is surely one of
> the true pioneers of the diatonic harmonica - Sandy
> > http://www.sandyweltmanmusic.com
> > http://www.banjobaby.com
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> > http://www.harmonicalessonvideos.com
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