Re: [Harp-L] New Band

[Will Vogtman <will_vogtman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Experience with the classic rock and pop stuff listed
will serve you well in the blues.  It may be a
rut-breaker for you. 

. . . . and after you're in the band for a while, see
if you can add some blues tunes to the list.  

I was in another encarnation of the band I'm presently
in--we were playing what I thought was some pretty
deep blues.  It turns out that we were playing covers
of The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, and the like.

  NOTHING AT ALL wrong with these guys!

But their covers of some old blues tunes may be a way
to "sneak" a few blues classics in under the radar.

--- mark wilson <markwilson53@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I've been invited by a local guitar player to join
> his band.  Here's  
> a list of the stuff they're into,
> 
> Tom Petty, Who, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, Bryan
> Adams, Kinks,  
> Rascals, Neil Young, Lovin Spoonful, John Melloncamp
> Jackson Brown, Gin Blossoms, Elvis Costello, etc....
> 
> 
> I like a lot of this music, but frankly, when it
> comes to playing  
> harmonica, I prefer playing the blues.  This summer
> I had an informal  
> jam session with another guitar player who played
> mostly 60's and  
> 70's folksy type rock material.  We had a decent
> time, but I didn't  
> feel I played well and I never really got into the
> music, so we never  
> hooked up again, although he wanted to.  I'm afraid
> of getting myself  
> into the same situation here.  My gut tells me, this
> type of music  
> doesn't really lend itself to much harmonica,  as
> most of the  
> original material has very little harmonica in it,
> so I think I'm  
> probably going to pass.
> 
> Anyone out there on the list have experience playing
> with this type  
> of band?  Looking for some advice and feedback
> before I call him back  
> tomorrow.
> 
> Mark
>   
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