Re: Lead Guitar Players (Again).

[Bruce Steinberg <bruces@xxxxxxx>]

re:

>While I usually play both guitar and harmonica when doing jam sessions, I 
>occasionally sit in with only harp.  The first thing I do is "test the 
>mic" by blowing the coolest, fastest, and cleanest lick I can.  I've never 
>failed to back off even the biggest demigods by doing this.  My favorite 
>is starting on the high note, doing a minor 7th run down all the way down 
>to the low note, then starting a chromatic run up the scale in second 
>position up to the blow 9, then back down to draw 2 with a big, fat 
>throat vibrato finish - and doing this in about 2 or 3 seconds.  But as 
>long as ou establish your "turf" _before_ the jamming starts, you'll be 
>fine. 

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I'd have to agree with that.  I'm always pretty careful about 
immediately creating and leaving the right image of harp players 
in the minds of other musicians I sit in with, too.

Like if I want to jam with some band I've never met before, I 
never interrupt in the middle of a set.  Rather, I'll take the 
stage quietly with everyone else after a break, pull out a harp, a
pint of Jack Daniels', and a Smith & Wesson nickel-plated 
snub-nose .38 from of the pocket of my camel hair topcoat, stick 
the piece in my belt, grab the guitar player's vocal mike, take a 
hit off the JD, and call "Blues With A Feeling" in A.  

Worked for Little Walter, and goshdarn it, that's good enough for 
me.  B<mean.old.world>*