From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Ryan Hartt" <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 07:23:37 +0000
well were both MN boys and I've heard him and played with him several times.
Maybe I don't hear blues the way most of you do...to me he sounded average to above average in a kim wilson kinda way. Good player but not so creative but then again there are very few harmonica players that I find to be creative.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ryan Hartt [mailto:rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:52 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim
>
>>From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>Just a run of the mill traditional blues harp player.
>
>Man, calling Lynwood Slim a "run of the mill traditional blues harp player."
>is like calling the Mona Lisa a painting of some grumpy chick. First and
>foremost, Slim has the sweetest voice you'll ever hear. He's a Blues crooner
>for lack of a better term but he can put across a deep blues like nobody's
>business. Secondly, he plays harp like Walter Horton because he learned
>from Walter Horton but he is also a very sophisticated and melodic Blues
>chromatic player. While we are all trying to sound like George Smith, he'll
>slip in "Parker's Mood" or "Bye By Blackbird". The smooth vocal delivery
>juxtaposed with the low down harp make for a very interesting contrast.
>Combined with his choice of material and approach to performing it, he is
>genuinely unique in the traditional Blues singer/harp player market. But
>wait there's more...He is a great flautist. A true blues flautist, whose
>already melodic approach to the humble harmonica is amplified with the range
>of the flute. He is a great producer and engineer. He has worked with some
>of the US's and Europe's finest traditional Blues bands delivering dozens of
>high quality records. I'll bet that a lot of you have something that
>"Richard Duran" produced, mixed or arranged and you don't even know it.
>Lastly, he's just about the nicest guy you ever met.
>
>So yes he's "run of the mill" in the
>multi-talented-completely-original-super-nice-guy kind of way
>
>Ryan
>
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