Re: [Harp-L] "I Want My Mama"

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim;
        I was just having a listen to William McCoy on this site: http://www.buy.com/prod/1927-35/q/loc/109/60040505.html Unfortunately there are only snips of each track, so I couldn't listen to the whole of 'Mama Blues', but he's a pretty interesting player, combining the tongue-vamping with the bent notes like Palmer McAbee and De Ford Bailey. 
       I also believe that on 'Central Track Blues' he is playing in 5th position (E on C harp, for example)  which was (and still is) pretty unusual.
       I might have a track or two by him on something, but he hasn't attracted my notice before, so thanks for the heads up.
       I'm assuming he's black, but this style is so close to what some of the old southern white guys played you'd hardly know.
       I might buy this CD even if just to hear the rest of 'Mama Blues'.

Cheers,
RD

>>> "Jim Greenwald" <staggerin@xxxxxxxxx> 5/12/2007 11:00 >>>
Hey Rick

Have you heard William McCoy's "Mama Blues" from 1927? Those are pretty 
convincing M's in there. He saves the talking harp thing 'til over 2 minutes 
of this great 3 minute harp solo piece.

Staggerin' Jim
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From: "Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] "I Want My Mama"


> Doc Watson does it too. No matter who does it, it always sounds like 'I 
> want wy wama' to me.
> RD
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