Re: [Harp-L] Buster Brown

["Jim Greenwald" <staggerin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jazzman
Hey, that's exactly the kind of segue I'd hear on radio station KGFJ back in 
my Los Angeles youth. That's where I first heard Buster Brown and got 
interested in the harp (though I had no clue what he was doing). They'd play 
"Fannie Mae" and "Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?". I just loved his 
voice and his characteristic "whooo .." inbedded in his harp playing. Others 
that do that well are Kyle Wooten, Sonny Terry, Hot Shot Love, and Rob 
Paparozzi <g>
He was from Georgia originally, later moved to New Jersey where he hooked up 
with Bobby Robinson of the Fire / Fury records labels. You can hear "Fannie 
Mae", "Is you is ..", "Broadway on Fire", and "Sugar Babe" all on the 2-CD 
set called The Fire/Fury Records Story (Capricorn).
Cheers,
Staggerin' Jim
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From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Buster Brown


> So I'm listening right now to reelradio.com as they stream their Memorial 
> Day special.   3 hours
> of the Real Don Steele on Memorial Day 1969 synched right to the minute so 
> precisely that even his
> time announcements match up to the moment, giving an incredible "Wayback 
> Machine" experience.
>
> So just after 5:00pm he played "Fannie Mae" by Buster Brown.   I have to 
> confess I was not
> familiar with this recording but is has a really nice harp solo right in 
> the middle of it with a
> kind of Sonny Boy II feel.   And then when the song ends, its immediately 
> followed by a RIPPLE
> commercial!  Whoa!  Top 40 radio at its down home bluesiest!   And after 
> that its right into "Oh
> Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers!   What a segue!
>
> So who is Buster Brown - is playing the harp himself?
>
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