Re: [Harp-L] Re: Dylan at the Santa Monica Civic

["Jonathan Metts" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, that was the one song I wasn't sure about because sometimes there is
harp over Dylan's vocals, and I know he hates overdubs.  But certainly McCoy
doesn't play harp on Highway 61 Revisited, and nearly every song on that
album has a harp part (by Dylan), some of them awesome.  Anyway, thanks for
the clarification.

Jonathan

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Rob Paparozzi <Chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ah Johnathon...you are mistaken,-)
> Charlie McCoy plays Harmonica very NICELY on Blonde on Blonde on:
> "Obviously 5 Believers"
>
> then on "Most Likely You go your way, I'll go mine" he plays BASS and
> Trumpet Riffs on the Chorus with his right hand, same take no overdubs!!!!
>
> This was mentioned in Al Kooper's book...Al play some great ORGAN on both
> these LP's
>
> Best,-)
> Rob P
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Metts" <
> jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:58 PM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Dylan at the Santa Monica Civic
>
>
>  "Both of these are off of BLONDE on BLONDE,   IMO w/ HIGHWAY 61 his best
>> two
>> LP's...and CHARLIE McCoy is on BOTH,-) on Gtr, Bass, Trumpet and GOOD
>> Harmonica,-)"
>>
>> I'm pretty sure (not 100%) that Charlie McCoy does not play harmonica on
>> either one of those albums.  Dylan has never used another harp player in
>> the
>> studio, nor has he ever had anyone else playing harp in his touring bands.
>>
>> "Thanx for the Cool Review....sounds like it's time for him to STOP
>> tourin,-)
>> Best,
>> Rob P"
>>
>> I respectfully disagree.  I've seen Dylan eight times since 2001, and
>> almost
>> all of them were great shows.  The quality isn't perfectly consistent, but
>> it rarely is with concert tours.  He always plays harp on at least one
>> song,
>> occasionally a lot more than that, and sometimes it's really beautiful.
>> Sometimes he just uses it as a pitch pipe before the song.  It really
>> varies
>> widely.  But he can definitely still play, and some people prefer his
>> current harp style to the sloppy, folky sound of his 60s performances. For
>> instance, there's a beautiful little harp solo at the end of "Spirit on
>> the
>> Water" from his most recent album; sadly, it's the only harp on the album,
>> and the one before that had none at all.
>>
>> I think it speaks for the overall experience that jazzman had an enjoyable
>> time despite complaints about the vocals and harp.  There's also the fact
>> that Dylan packed out that venue to overflow capacity.  I for one am
>> overjoyed that people like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Stevie Wonder are
>> still recording new music and still touring for their millions of fans.
>>
>> Jonathan Metts
>> Harp-L's Dylan Apologist
>> Boulder, CO
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