Re: Same Old Thing

["BT" <bulldog483@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just saw Ricci in a local venue ,,he plays overbends like no other I have
heard ,,his mentor according to him, is another local guy here Pat Ramsey
,,both have overbends down to an exact science ,,,Both are amazing players.

I personally  like the sound and am working to get it down ,,I think it
sounds better if used sparely.. Isn't  this how Popper and Suger Blue do a
lot of what they do too?
Bulldog

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Subject: Re: Same Old Thing


>
> > No doubt Howard Levy is the Master, but Carlos del Junco is a great one,
> as is
> > Greg Szlapcynski.  Lots of guys are using them in what is otherwise
pretty
> > normal 2nd position play, like Rosco (Maybe August) and Adam Gussow and
> Jason
> > Ricci.  I think the use of overbends takes these guys beyond the
> traditional.
> >
> > -tim
>
> I second most of what Tim said. In fact, Howard Levy may be the most
> impressive of the lot musically, but my money is on Szlapczinski for
> overblows that don't stick out. In Howard's stuff, they are still glaring
> sometimes. I don't think it's a matter of doing them better, but rather
it's
> a matter of using them in places where they won't stick out.
>
> For what it's worth, I use overblows in my playing but I really think
there
> are serious limits to their use. I'm not saying it's impossible to use
them
> in any context, but I haven't heard anyone, (not even HL) who can do it.
> Maybe I should move to Holland and meet up with Tinus...
>
> ;-)
>
> Ben FELTEN, Editor
> www.planetharmonica.com
>
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