Re: [Harp-L]

[Michael Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am a huge Billy Joel fan.  Enormous in fact.  That's
the music I grew up with.  My dad was from NY,
and...oh yeah, harp content!

Joel has used the harp in several songs.  Always
simple, but highly effective.  "Angry Young Man" is a
great example.  The melody of the song is played in
unison with the rest of the band, which is pretty hip.
 Even the "Piano Man" riff is cool considering he
doesn't play very much harmonica.  

I am listening to Kim Wilso right now.  "Tough Enuff"
was a huge hit for the T-Birds.  Too bad there was no
harp in it.

Mike

> --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris
> Michalek" <chris@...>
> wrote:
> 
> there's always Billy Joel.  I get more req to play
> piano man then
> anything else.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Don Whitener [mailto:whitener@...]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2006 02:28 PM
> >To: 'Harp-L'
> >Subject: RE: [Harp-L] "pop" harp
> >
> >Until I personally got interested in the harp about
> 10 years ago, I
> >think Stevie Wonder was probably the *only*
> musician that I would
> >have associated with a harmonica.  That would be
> because he was about
> >the only one I ever saw on TV.  It is for dead
> absolute double-dare
> >certain that I would not have made a distinction
> between diatonic and
> >chromatic at that time...
> >
> >CDon
> >
> >At 04:13 PM 9/7/2006, you wrote:
> >>"Are we forgetting Stevie Wonder?"
> >>
> >>Yeah, he was considered - the original post said
> that he was looking for
> >>someone known as a ten-hole diatonic player and
> Stevie's pretty much a
> >>chromatic guy :-)
> >>
> >>Bill Hines
> >>
> >>
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Mike Fugazzi
vocals/harmonica

http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
http://www.niterail.com

"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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