Re: [Harp-L] Blues And C&W

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Hunter said:

By the way, I forgot to mention Mike Stevens, whose playing has been
heard on dozens of Grand Ole Opry broadcasts, in my previous list of
prominent country harmonica players.

Mike Stevens is awsome, he was in Montreal last summer for a "trad" music 
festival here (with  guitar/banjo player Raymond McLain) and he is without 
peers. It's unfortunate, his name hardly gets mentioned on the list. Mike is 
really hot!

Pierre.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Blues And C&W


> Aeskow@xxxxxxx wrote:
> <And in reference to a recent series of threads, it's important to point 
> <out that the black influence--specifically, the African one--on country 
> <music and bluegrass can hardly be overstated..."
>
> I worked with Charlie McCoy on a project for Oak Publications in 1980, and 
> the first thing McCoy told me was that when he came to Nashville, he was 
> mainly a guitar player, and secondly a harmonica player whose playing was 
> completely out of Little Walter. He told me that he still listened to 
> Little Walter whenever his own playing was stuck in a rut, and he always 
> found something to inspire him there.
>
> The second thing he told me was that he discovered after a little while 
> that Walter's style was not right for Nashville, and at that point 
> Charlie -- who is a very, very smart guy -- set out to develop the 
> smoother style that defined country harmonica for decades.
>
> By the way, I forgot to mention Mike Stevens, whose playing has been heard 
> on dozens of Grand Ole Opry broadcasts, in my previous list of prominent 
> country harmonica players.
>
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com
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