Re: [Harp-L] Unlikely inspiration

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Morgan ( I wish!), SRV, Greg Allman, Jery Garcia, John Rutter (no, not
Ritter. Rutter was a fave of my church's music director when I was young.
Big, bold melodies with creative harmonies), um......Eric Clapton (lots of
guitarists, come to think of it) Tony Banks.........David Gilmour.....Mark
Knopfler.....Beethoven....

....nah, mine are boring too....

..ooh, Shane MacGowan of the Pogues.....I listened so much in the late '80s
I must have been influenced somehow...

Hmmm, now I'm seeing why I might be a rather pretentions, imprecise, if
passionate player after all......

- Blake


On 10/5/06, Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> Who are some of the not so noticeable influences in
> your harp playing?  Any influences that would seem
> odd?
>
> I'll start.
>
> I am a huge Billy Joel fan.  Way before I even knew
> about the blues.  I can't say he's influenced my harp
> playing directly, but definelty my song writing and
> singing.
>
> Derek Trucks is a pretty significant influence on my
> harp playing.  I like him for his role playing and
> lyrical approach to soloing.  He's one of the few guys
> I'll sit down and tab out.
>
> B.B. King for his singing.  I steal a lot of his
> melodies and ocatve jumps for harp riffs.  I wrote a
> whole insturmental based on his vocals to Sweet
> Sixteen.  But now it would be impossible to tell due
> to its evolution the more I play it.
>
> Miles Davis is a huge inspiration right now.  All the
> theory I've learned in the last three months is
> because of him.  His phrasing is so perfect.  Not to
> mention his use of the chromatic scale and extensions.
>
> Maybe mine are kinda boring.  :(
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> Mike Fugazzi
> vocals/harmonica
>
> http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
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>
> "Capitalize on your own strengths; develop your own style.
> The world needs another harp player doing Little Walter licks
> as much as it needs another Elvis impersonator."
> -Paul deLay
>
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