Re: [Harp-L] "Groovin"

["Rob Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trip,

   Great Story, I love hearing about the old days in the studio...but it's
so hard to verify much of this...as every musician has a difftrent story to
tell,-)

   I did a gig with a version of the "Young Rascals", I was kinda doin' the
part of Eddie Brigati...Felix wasn't in this version of the only but Gene
Cornish and Dino Danelli were.

    I was trying hard to earn my keep so when we got to "Groovin"...I took
out my Chromatic and was stopped by Gene who informed me that he played an
Eb Diatonic on the record and in shows etc..he did nail it when we played
it...now you have me wonderin????

   About 2 years, I played with Felix in the Studio, we did a remake of
"Groovin" for a Burger King commercial....but I forgot to ask him about the
original harp stuff as I knew there was much tension between him and the
other Rascals..........

either way, great song, great harp and TERRIFIC stories,-)))

all the best,
Rob Paparozzi


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henderson, Peter" <Henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] "Groovin"


> >Danny wrote<
>
> "I had long wondered who played the harmonica lines in another "top 40"
> recording by The Young Rascals - "Groovin'" (1967). I even checked with
> Tommy Morgan who had done such great lines on The Beach Boys'  "Good
> Vibrations", Elvis' "Guitarman", The Carpenters' "Rainy Days and
> Mondays", Linda Ronstadt's "Skylark", and so many others, to see if it
> might have been him. His response: "I wish!"
>
> So I decided to write to The Young Rascals' webmaster with my question,
> and his response was: "Gene Cornish (guitar & vocals) played harmonica
> on Groovin' - both in the studio and live on stage." I never found any
> reference on their many pages of web coverage that Gene played harmonica
>
> on any other of their hit recordings. It is not even listed on their
> official website."
>
> Not true...the harp player on "Groovin" was my friend and New York based
> musician Michael Weinstein.  He was working at Bob Gallo's Talentmaster
> Recording Studio, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Felix who wrote the
> song was introduced to Michael by Chris Huston the engineer.  The song
> was completed but they wanted a little harp on it to sweeten it up.
> Michael went out and bought a e flat harp, went into the studio while
> the band and Murray The Kay were in the control room and they cut it. An
> acetate was made and Murray the Kay who was with 1010 WINS ran uptown to
> the station and played it that day.  The song was #1 for 13 weeks.
>
> Trip Henderson ~ NYC
>
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