Re: [Harp-L] practice harps

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my previous post on this matter I talked about playing for Nashville 
record producers, and limiting one's playing for them.

Live playing's a whole different number.  I played in tonks all over the 
South in all manner of country bands.  In that situation I played what I 
damn well pleased, fourth hole draw and all, and the audiences loved it and 
didn't think twice about whether it sounded correct because of course it 
did.  It was funky and swinging and entertaining, as were the amazing bands 
I worked with.

I was the fifth wheel in alot of bands.  That is, my friends could've 
easily done the gigs without a harp player, but once an audience heard me I 
was part of the attraction of that band and it helped us keep jobs that 
other bands that didn't have a harp player wanted badly.

Alot of us on this list could say the same thing.

In a live situation, play what you want unless the guy who is paying you 
says otherwise.