Re: [Harp-L] Early overblowers Will Scarlett

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

The cool thing was that Will was playing everything on a G harp but
wuthout drawing attention to the fact. he was playing sparsely in the
background, almost confidentially. Notes and little phrases escaped
from his hands but he never gave away enough to let you pin down what
he was doing. I've heard from people who grew up fascinated by what
Will was doing on those Hot Tuna records and yet who had no idea that
he was playing it all on one harp and using overblows.

I had a chat with Will a few weeks ago. He mentioned that he's coming
back around to using overblows after shunning them for many years as
"unfriendly to the mammal."

Winslow

--- Michael Rubin <rubinmichael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well Winslow knew the Toots cut where he overblows 6, and I'll agree
> it is not chromatic playing like Donna Lee, but considering how few
> recorded overblowers there were, still innovative.
>   I also like to give honor to Will Scarlett of Hot Tuna, who used
> overblows in a more chromatic fashion,imo.  Personally I dislike his
> style, it often seemed incohesive.  Still, considering he was doing
> stuff that very few except Theilemans and Birdhead and maybe some
> others were trying, and in my opinion trying with a deeper sense of
> exploration, I really admire Scarlett's work.
>   Michael Rubin
>   Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>   Austin,TX
>    
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