RE: [Harp-L] Gary Primich

["John Balding" <John.Balding@xxxxxxxxx>]

Feel Like Going Home is off the Botheration CD. You're right, as Gary jokingly said after some of his songs "That's a good 'ern." Now, that song almost seems prophetic when you listen to the words and consider all the things we "know" now about Gary that we didn't know then. To me, that's what makes the song so much more sad. 

Gary Primich was and continues to be my greatest influence. There will never, ever be another like him. I spoke at length with him on several occasions. He and the band even came to have breakfast in my café on Father's Day 2001, after a gig the night before. Their request was fruit; lots of fruit. They were so tired of the typical Waffle House fare. 

I am 38 years old and have never shed a tear in 22 years of working. The morning I turned on my office computer and pulled up Harp-L to find all of the Primich R.I.P. posts, I couldn't hold it back. That takes a powerful force in a person to move so many people to such emotional limits without even personally knowing them. I think that there was so much "life" and "self" in Gary's music that we felt as if we knew him; that he was a friend. And for that reason, I feel that as long as his music is in my CD rack, I have my friend close by.

John Balding
Tallahassee, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trip Henderson
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:01 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Gary Primich

Gary and I first met many years ago back in the early 90's when Kevin
Magowan was blazing trails with the first on-line harp supply outfit run by
a harp player, for players. Kevin being a huge fan was tight with all the
big boys and introduced me to host of fine players and techs including Joe
Filisko, Richard Sleigh, Kim Wilson and many others. But it was Gary that I
really connected with.  We both shared a love of country and soul music,
styles that he Incorporated so beautifully into his unique sound.  We
discovered that we both liked to warm up before blues gigs by playing fiddle
tunes, like P.T. Gazell's version of OFF TO CALIFORNIA.  Well, recently the
boys in my band who are close to Steve James pulled all of Gary's acoustic
stuff from his and Steve's recordings, often with the amazing Marc Rubin on
bass/tuba.  This is my favorite material by Gary, he had a great acoustic
tone!!!!.  Anyway I asked them to make a compilation of those tunes and one
piece that I had not heard before just broke my heart.  It's called FEEL
LIKE GOING HOME. I've no idea which recording its from but it is a weeper!
A slow soulful ballad steeped in country and soul - not at all a blues.  He
sings and plays it with such heart.  Go find it and check it out, you'll be
glad you did!

Another good man done gone....
-- 
Trip Henderson

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