Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Runaway

[Colin Epstein <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

tom ball wrote:

> Hi Rik,
>
> The solo is a series of eight licks using F, Eb, Db, and C harps in 
> that order.  You run through 'em twice.  Most of them start on a 2 draw.
>
> The licks themselves are not particularly difficult -- no overblows. 
> All are in 2nd position. The difficult part is to do it live (and 
> up-to-speed) without faltering or dropping a harp.  I saw Norton do it 
> live on TV once with Bonnie -- he put the four harps between the 
> fingers of one hand.  Pretty impressive... 

Wow, I'll have to listen to this track, which I'm sadly ignorant of.  In 
our little band, I just started doing a harp switch for a song that goes 
from Em to C on the bridge, and switching between 2 harps is still a 
pretty clumsy moment for this novice.  Can't even imagine doing 4!

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C