Re: [Harp-L] good quote

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

I have some  experience on this. I was playing the "Rib Fest" in Erie Pa. 
with a band called  "Jake's Blues". Jake trusted me pretty good to know how to 
improvise. Matter of  fact he wouldn't tell me the song we were going to do, 
even at big gigs like  that, he would just tell me the key. It was a game he 
played with me. Stump the  harp player, He He. Anyway, we were doing this gig and 
it was going great, big  crowd and the weather was great for playing outside. 
Jake broke a string in the  middle of a blues song in C. He showed me his 
guitar and pointed back stage and  went to change his string while the song was 
going.We ended the song and I  looked at the bass player and said, "play 
something funky in A". Long story  short, we played for about 5 minutes, just me, the 
bass player, and the drummer.  It was hard to keep coming up with licks for 
that long, but the situation did  come up for me. It was cool though, Jake came 
back, did a lead in the jam, and  we went on with the gig. It prolly looked 
like it was meant to be there to the  crowd.
 
           Randy
         BiscuitBoy Blues
 
In a message dated 7/4/2008 10:47:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

To put  all this blather into an adage, Once you can reliably create 
exciting 12  or 16 bar solos you've EARNED the right to try to play a second  
verse.  Once you can do it twice in a row, reliably, you can start  learning 
how to do a third verse.  But if you think you'll ever earn  the right to do 
a fourth verse, do it at home, but not in front of  audiences, the people 
you're supposed to leave wanting  more


 



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