Re: Isaac Washington

[scott <checker758@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know much more than what has already been posted - Washington was apparently a New York guy hired by Lomax (?) to back Muddy on that one show.  I had a tape of the Muddy tunes from this show, which I haven't listened to in years and can't find now, but as I recall, the harp playing was pretty pedestrian.  So there may be valid reasons why Washington didn't have a higher profile before or after his one gig with Muddy.  BTW, I think these are available on a CD called "Chicago Blues Masters", which was part of the Capital Blues Collection series of CDs from a few years ago.
 
Scott
 
- --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ryan Hartt <rhartt1234@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> The topic of Isaac Washington was briefly brought up
> on CTBlues-l, Connectcut's answer to Blues-l, after
> area writer Mary Lou Sullivan bought a book with the
> picture of Muddy and Isaac from the around the time of
> the 59 Carnegie Hall show.
> Where did he come from?
> Where did he go?
> I would say he he is the most obscure and ephemeral of
> Muddy's harp players.
> Scott Dirks?
> Anyone?
> Ryan Hartt
> ps Please try, hard as it might be, to refrain from
> "Love Boat" references.
> --



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