Re: who played it?

["Ms. Carolyn Mayr {CADIG STAFF}" <carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     >Bonnie Raitt's 
     >version of _Runaway_ was mentioned in the first month of the list way 
     >back in Oct '92, by one of the original Harpeller's - Carolyn Mayr.

I didn't see the original posting of this so I don't know who asked the
question.  

I started learning this on my 64 Chromonica till I happened to see the
video on TV.  Norton Buffalo (who I didn't recognize at the time) was 
playing it on more than one diatonic!  So I grabbed all my keys and
furiously tried to figure out how many harps I needed to do it.  The first
4 phrases I needed 4 harps (forgot the keys but something like D,F,F#,E?
I can check if anyone needs to know).  If I remember, the other 1/2 of the 
solo took 3 of the harps I just mentioned.  Problem was how to do it at a live 
gig?  Here's what I did:  

I layed all 4 harps in front of my keyboard and numbered them 1,2,3,4.  
As I did the solo I picked harp #1 up, played the phrase then threw it down, 
picked up the next, etc.--you get the drift.  But once all 4 harps were 
grounded I couldn't go the 2nd 1/2 of the solo so I had the guitarist do one. 

It was quite a stage act and yea, friends looked forward to me chucking them
at the guitarist!  What a site.  Beat up a few of my harps but I found yet
another use for duct tape (on the cover edges when they flew off).

					Carolyn