Re: [Harp-L] What is the minimum blues band?

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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