Re: [Harp-L] Any fans of Canned Heat's "Blind Owl" Wilson?

["Jan van Gastel" <jhm.vangastel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I like his harmonica playing on "Christmas blues" on the CD "Uncanned".

Jan
http://home.wanadoo.nl/jhm.vangastel/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rebecca Davis Winters" <wordworkshop@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Any fans of Canned Heat's "Blind Owl" Wilson?


> My introduction to Alan was the raw, stripped down duo he does with John 
> Lee
> Hooker on "Hooker and Heat" on the song "Drifter" ...or is it "Driftin'?"
> dunno, but it's very powerful stuff.
>
> - Blake
>
>
> On 1/18/07, Rebecca Davis Winters <wordworkshop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm just wondering if there are any fans of Canned Heat's "Blind Owl"
> > Wilson
> > here?
> >
> > I've studied his harmonica playing for years and am especially interested
> > in
> > the retuning of his harmonicas. Often he would retune just one reed to
> > achieve a better "blues scale"; this can be heard on "On the Road Again"
> > among others.
> >
> > Radwinters
> > http://blindowl.informe.com
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