Re: [Harp-L] Don Les "Harmonica Boogie"

[Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

........oh yeah....not to mention Eb & Ab in the top octave, Db in the
lower two, F# in the lower to mid, and B in the top. If Don had a modern
'state of the art' instrument, as Tony suggests, I doubt that his playing
would have been
any more than it was. Just the odd note that he skirts around would have
been available. Don did More with Les(s). It's about the music, not 'gear'.
(I just received a Sub 30, More of that later. Appropriate name
though..........)

On 2 May 2013 08:35, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You have to wait to the minute-forty mark to hear Don's amazing diatonic
> on 'Harmonica Boogie'. The rest, not wishing to be unkind, is going to
> sound a bit stodgy
> to ears accustomed to Little Walter etc. I find Don's playing on things
> like 'After you've gone', 'All of Me' etc. much more interesting. Even
> though he plays like a hot clarinet player here,
> if I want harmonica boogies, I can get 'em anywhere (yawn) I'm more
> interested to hear Don's playing over the changes. On a C harp, Bb, F,
> C,D,E, A, D and G chords can all be arpeggiated with NO OVERBLOWING,
> but nobody ever bothers just playing the damn thing in 1st (what it was
> designed to do best) and running those changes. Now I'm not great at it,
> but I'm trying. Anyone else out there in harmonica land?
> RD
>
> On 2 May 2013 01:19, Brian McInnis <bluesharpteacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Just a follow up to Richard's post about his "Harmonica Boogie" by Don
>> Les transcription...
>>
>> you can download or listen to this song and many other Harmonicat songs
>> here:
>>
>> http://myfreemp3.eu/music/harmonicats
>>
>> Brian in Brooklyn
>> teaching on Skype
>> HarmonicaLessonsNYC.com
>>
>
>
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