[Harp-L] Subject: The enigmatic gg postulates on Dave the Senior of Payne and Angel Eyes

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Not so incomprehensible, actually, Rick ;)
 
....I believe he's saying that SmoJoe's gorgeous rendition of the Matt  
Dennis penned jazz version of Angel Eyes isn't at all the same as the (much  later) 
Jeff Healey "Angel Eyes", which became  Healey's theme song,  and that SmoJoe 
probably wouldn't be interested in playing that version,  though groovy gypsy 
would quite enjoy hearing him 'rock out'.   I  quite second that 
motion...SmoJoe has more surprises up his sleeve than he ever  lets on.   :)
 
  I loved the latter song, and it was the only 'Angel Eyes' I  knew until 
hearing Smokey's jazz performance at Buckeye 2007. Never knew  there were two, so 
did a wee bit of research.  
 
Ella Fitzgerald (among other jazz singers), did versions of it, but hers is  
probably the best vocal rendition I've found.  
 
SmoJoe's brilliant harmonica rendition blew me away and I'm now a huge fan  
of the song...but I'll always have a soft spot for Jeff Healey and HIS  'Angel 
Eyes'...
 
** I play it on a C chrom, Denny...beginning on 6blow for lst note:  'Girl'  
- "you're looking fine, tonight" - its tone works and the  song lays out very 
well on a CX-12.
 
Here are YouTube videos of both songs:
 
Ella Fitzgerald singing her incomparable version in 1957
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6vtHIXzF8_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6vtHIXzF8) 
 
 

Keep in mind Jeff Healey was blinded as an infant by the brain cancer which  
eventually killed him early this year) and played his guitar across his lap  
while this, his theme song was rife with references to vision, sight and  eyes.
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYz_LHKrgDY_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYz_LHKrgDY) 
 
 
and.....
 
just for the heck of it, and why so many people suggest thinking  outside of 
the box and listening to vocalists and other instrumentalists in  order to 
play harmonica with feeling, here is Ella singing Georgia:
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsxZfQqSdA_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsxZfQqSdA) 
 
 
 
(This is truly a voice as musical instrument...who needs to play anything  
else when one has this kind of vocal prowess?)

...and singing Summertime in Berlin in 1968.....mindblowingly  good:    :)
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkOuLZ2zcY0_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkOuLZ2zcY0) 
 
 
Elizabeth
 
 
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:22:31 +1000
From: "Rick  Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The  enigmatic gg postulates on Dave the Senior
of     Payneand Angel Eyes
To: "groovy gypsy" <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx>,  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear Gyp;
For som uncountubl resn, I carnt seam to apreehend the nub  of yor jist...
Dick Rempster

>>> "groovy gypsy"  <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx> 28/05/2008 22:27 >>>
dear dave the  senior of payne,

thank you for the delightful rendition of smo joes angel  eyes, while
very beauteous in all its beauty, that version is very unlike  the
version denny would like to offer on his menu.
i would very much like  to see the illustrious pandit of push
buttonness rock out but the orator  suggests he is beyond such frivoty.

***
Can't resist posting this  version of "Angel Eyes" from one of our own,
Joe Leone, the man who should  record:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzlaRAHwmq4  

Dave
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Dave Payne Sr.
Elk River  Harmonicas
_www.elkriverharmonicas.com_ (http://www.elkriverharmonicas.com) 
Message: 8
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:44:20 -0400
From: Denny Noreikas  <harpmessin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Angel Eyes by Jeff  Healey
To: Harp- L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I'm having some trouble with  the song, "Angel Eyes" by Jeff Healey.
I believe it is in the key of C.   Does anyone on the list play this song
on harp and if so what position works  best 1st C; 2nd F; or 3rd Bb?

Any help would be  appreciated.

Denny
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