Re: Bebop

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually the stilts are made of rock maple plywood impregnated with a
plastic resin to reduce swelling and splintering. They were designed
by Jimmy Gordon and customised by Tim Moyer who was using one of
Filisko's Gromet Removal tools.  His hair is not clydsdalian but
rather carefully extracted and cleansed strands of hair collected
from Dennis Gruenling's shower drain. The incredible tone that
epitates (or was that epitriangulates???)  from the higher registers
are due to the resonating characteristics of Gruenling's crainial
epidermal extrudents.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Bebop
>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:16:06 +1200
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>>Tell me Chris,
>>Are his stilts made of Pear wood?  How does this affect his tone?
>>  I'm guessing the wig definitely has to be made of Clydesdale hair,
>giving
>>Mike that heavy powerful tone to his upper notes.
>>
>>G.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Chris Michalek <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:34 PM
>>Subject: RE: Bebop
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>>Interesting.  I didn't know that he used the Hohner Vintage Tricell
>>Vamper.  I always thought he used the vintage WM Kratt Pedolick Harp
>>(- aka the foot pedal harp) like Howard Levy.
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>>For those that don't know, Howard doesn't really overblow, in fact,
>>he's not even real. He's an often fabricated entity played by
>Michael
>>Peloquin in a wig on stilts.  The extra notes are produced by the
>>foot pedal harp. It's amazing how he can interject those black keys
>>using a harp in shoes activated by his toes.
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>>Michael learned bebop phrasings from johnny shines and RL Burnside.
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>>>---- Original Message ----
>>>From: gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: Bebop
>>>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:01:41 +1200
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>>>><quote>
>>>>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:26:28 -0600
>>>>From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Subject: RE: Bebop
>>>>
>>>>Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that somewhere I have an unrealeased
>>>and
>>>>ultra rare session of Little Walter playing Charlie Parker heads.
>>>BTW
>>>>- - LW was a huge overblower and this tape would put all of those
>>>issue
>>>>to rest. Now if I could only find that tape :-)
>>>></quote>
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>>>>  This is a common mistake about Little Walter's playing technique
>>>and
>>>>incorporation of Bebop.   Studies have shown that Little Walter
>>>didn't play
>>>>overblows as commonly thought, but rather he got those "extra
>notes"
>>>by
>>>>using the long forgotten Hohner Vintage Tricell Vamper.
>>>>  Little Walter was in fact a big proponent of the Tricell
>Vampers.
>>>>Although sadly near the end of his short life they were no longer
>>>made, a
>>>>few of were actually found in his gig bag after his untimely
>death.
>>>>A rare photo of the instrument with details can be found here:
>>>>http://idximage.tripod.com/idx63432.html
>>>>
>>>>-- G.
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