Re: [Harp-L] coltrane and whammer jammer

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I remember when Whammer Jammer was current, and a saxophonist friend of mine, John Doheny, remarked that it sounded to him like mishmash of James Cotton and Little Walter lines. He didn't play harp but he was well acquainted with both Chicago blues and John Coltrane. Apparently nothing about it reminded him of Coltrane.

Winslow


--- On Wed, 10/15/08, Dan Berger <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Dan Berger <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] coltrane
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx, icemanle@xxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 3:04 PM
> and Rice Miller's "Bye, Bye, Bird"
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] coltrane
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> > I've heard Magic Dick attribute Whammer Jammer to
> all sorts of
> > musicians - harp players and non harp players, in
> interviews. Sure maybe 
> > it had
> > multiple influences. But maybe he's just having a
> little fun with the
> > interviewers (and listeners). It's not exactly a
> philosophical piece. It's 
> > a
> > good rip snorting trip through an A harp on a rock
> song.
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> > Listen to the old James Cotton recording of
> "Rocket 88" for some of the 
> > ideas that influenced Whammer Jammer.
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