Re: [Harp-L] James Cotton in Boston

[shrimpdaddy@xxxxxxxxx@cogeco.ca]

> He was using the club SM58 through the PA at Healeys in Toronto it had the yellow tape on it and everything.  Tone is
tone brother and James is the man!
I don't hink he's used an amp for a while now just like Junir wells
check him out  this is tone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs

> Bob Cohen <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > We're all so fussy about gear. And there he was.  Sounding like the
> > James Cotton on the records playing through nothing fancy.  Very
> > humbling. I couldn't tell what kind of harps he was playing but I'm
> > sure it wouldn't matter.  He'd still sound like Cotton with off-the-
> > shelf whatevers.
>
> i had a similar reaction when i saw him last fall.  it wasn't even his
> own mic, just one of the knockaround vocal mics used in the regular
> blues jam.  i suspect he could play a kazoo and he'd still sound like Cotton.
>
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