Re: [Harp-L] Coltrane and Ballads- creative inspirations

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The tune by Junior Wells is a cover of an SBWI song.

IMHO, covers can be interesting and sometimes better than the original. 
  In jazz very few people have recorded the definitive version of a 
standard.  I still remember vividly the first time I heard "Cherokee" by 
Marcus Roberts.  Which version of of "Born to Lose" is better, Tad 
Daffan's original or the one by Ray Charles?  "Stagolee" (really the 
identical song)  by Archibald or Lloyd Price?  "Respect" by Otis Redding 
or Aretha Franklin? "All around the World" by Little Willie John or 
Little Milton?  "Checking up on My Baby" by SBWI or SBWII? I think it 
was Pat Boone that gave covers a bad name. <g>


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Jp Pagan wrote:
> your first choice is interesting. is that "Steady" as
> in Jerry McCain's instrumental? if so, it's unusual
> (to me anyway) that people prefer covers to originals.
> while maybe no longer my faves, here's the top five
> that made me want to play:
>
> 1.) Thirteen Years in Prison - Big Leon Brooks
> 2.) all the cuts from Claptons "From the Cradle" -
> Jerry Portnoy
> 3.) C-Boy's Blues - Kim Wilson
> 4.) My Home is a Prison - Sugar Ray Norcia
> 5.) Hoodoo Man - Jr. Wells
>
>
> --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Grant Dermody
> <gdermody@...> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >   
> >  Longtime lurker Grant Dermody from Seattle here. I
>
> have enjoyed this thread very much. If I may, I'd like
> to ask you all about individual all time great
> harmonica tunes that inspired, amazed, made you want
> to pick up the instrument in the first place.
>
> >   
> >  How's this for a start?
> >   
> >  Steady- William Clarke
> >  Roller Coaster- Little Walter
> >  In a Sentimental Mood- Charlie Leighton
> >  Lost John- Sonny Terry
> >  Walter's Boogie- Walter Horton