Re: [Harp-L] What is the minimum blues band?
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- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] What is the minimum blues band?
- From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 15:15:57 -0400
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Many, if not most, of Little Walter's great instrumental recordings were
made without a bass player. More recently, the great Boston band (with
Jimmy Fitting on harp) "Treat Her Right" used a guitar through an octave
divider instead of a bass.
The bass is very much in front in a lot of modern popular music, but
like any other sound, that's a matter of style and taste, not a matter
of eternal law.
(Note: the leader of "Treat Her Right"'s next band after that,
"Morphine", had no guitar--just 2-string slide bass and baritone sax.
Now that's an original sound. Great, too.)
Thanks, Richard Hunter
hunterharp.com
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