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

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Usually jazmaan (David Fairweather would have replied about this; he's
a big Blind Owl fan. 

There has been considerable discussion onlist in the past on the
retuning used for On the Road Again, with the consensus that 6 draw was
raised a semitone. 

Have there been other instances of retuning on recordings by Al Wilson?

WInslow

--- 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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