Re: [Harp-L] re: Pig Pen, ( and Mel Lyman, and Sonny Terry too)

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can't argue with that.  If you listen to the really old jug band stuff 
like the Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon you'll hear Will Shade (Charlie 
Musselwhite's first mentor) and the amazing Noah Lewis.

One of the wonderful things about Walter Horton was that he never let 
himself be put in the Little Walter box.  He could play that way or he 
could play the way he did when he was a kid or, best of all, he could 
combine the two.   One modern blues player who strays from the 52 - 58 
range is R. J. Mischo.  He likes to play through the vocal mic and gets 
a very fat sound that's not like a cupped green bullet or jt-30.  .


rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> A lot of harp playing now has too narrow a focus. It has to be electric Chicago
> blues from 1952 to 1958. That music is cool, but there's so much more. Also
> people seem to treat the old music like it was Bach rather than put their own
> spin on the music. Sometime when you're in a rut and you're tired of playing
> Juke for the millionth time, dig out some of the old jug band tunes and have
> some real fun.
>
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