Re: [Harp-L] George harmonica Smith

["steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the good luck to see Muddy live in Minneapolis during the time. I would guess around 1975. i was a newspaper photographer at the time and I took a picture that I still have hanging on the wall behind me. Muddy is sitting on his amp, which he did most of the night. Pinetop was the piano player. The sad thing is, I don't think there was a harp player. At least I don't remember one. That seems strange, in retrospect.   Still one of my favorite pictures, though.
Steve Webb in Minnesota, where winter is strong  upon us.

---- fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 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?
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