Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Re: Kris Kristofferson playing harp with/without the Highwaymen

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It's Mickey Raphael for sure. 

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> The Highwaymen with Kris Kristofferson in the lead singing "Help Me Make it 
> Through the Night"...a quick glimpse of a harp player, with a slightly better 
> look at: 3:53 
> I thought it was someone other than Mickey Raphael? 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hle_obX-2I_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hle_obX-2I) 
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> 
> 
> and just for sheer enjoyment...a closeup video of Kris singing the song the 
> way he originally wrote it with his then-wife, the gorgeous Rita Coolidge. 
> At least here it proves he did have a voice and could carry a tune..wasn't 
> always 'gravelly'. 
> 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSrd8jgZu0_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSrd8jgZu0) 
> 
> 
> 
> Then: Here's Kris Kristofferson again playing guitar with a harp in a rack, 
> on "Loving Her was Easier"..I'm not sure if his apology at the end to the 
> 'other guys' was because of his harp playing ;) 
> 
> 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv8WNzCVAjI_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv8WNzCVAjI) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and here Willie Nelson takes the lead with The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Kris 
> Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings) on the same song..with a fairly decent 
> closeup of the harp player ..Mickey Raphael? - or did another harp player tour 
> with the Highwaymen? Looking at Mickey Raphael's personal sites, there are 
> no photos or mentions of him touring with them, but only with Willie Nelson's 
> personal tours, so I'm not sure at all..perhaps someone who has the facts can 
> elucidate? 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGGzsiA1dA_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGGzsiA1dA) 
> 
> 
> Boy...sure wish now I'd had a chance to catch even one of their tours. This 
> was some lineup.... 
> 
> Elizabeth 
> 
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