Re: [Harp-L] Re: Orange Blossom Special

[Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have an arrangement of Ervin T. Rouse's Orange Blossom Special, copyright
> 1938, 1957, 1965, and 1975, with MCA Music the copyright holder.

back in 1982, we were shopping for a band for our wedding.  a local  
blues band had been suggested, and we visited a wedding reception to  
hear them play.  they were really good overall, but what sealed the  
deal was when they played a smokin' version of OBS, with their harp  
player in the lead.  blew me away.  i'd heard charlie mccoy's version,  
but it never occurred to me that an actual human could pull that off.   
we made sure they played that at our reception, too.

it was only last year that i discovered the name of that harp player.
it was rob paparozzi.



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I'm a blues man.  I am a prisoner of hope.
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