[Harp-L] George harmonica Smith

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

Stumbled upon George Harmonica Smith playing with the Muddy Waters Band, 
 Eugene Oregon 1971.  There were maybe a dozen clips from this concert. 
 Muddy is in a plaid suit.  What an amazing band.  Relaxed and in the 
pocket and flat nailing it.  What struck me is how utterly good George 
Smith is in this role.  Atlas holding up Muddy's world.  I saw a comment 
from Shrimp Daddy saying that George Smith doesn't get the credit he 
deserves.  I'd agree.  His recorded output wasn't nearly as prodigious 
as the Walters and it was a lot harder to find for a long time.  Really 
fun to see him shine in this footage.  Want an antidote to Cadillac 
Records?  Go to you tube and search for Muddy Waters live and watch all 
of these Eugene Oregon show clips.  I'm not usually one to watch this 
stuff and I don't spend my life surfing you tube so I was pleasantly 
surprised to find such gems. Way better than the later years, late 70's 
when Muddy Waters was having trouble standing for any length of time and 
it was really the Pinetop Perkins band with a cameo from Muddy.  fjm

p.s. if anyone watches these there's a left handed guitar player who 
appears briefly and he is playing the guitar flipped.  Who the heck was 
that?