Re: [Harp-L] Magic Dave

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Nice to see all these posts about my friend Dave.
Richard's time line of when Dave started playing harp
is correct, and he did not know magic Dick back then, that
would come later. He first started playing with the Derek James
Band fron the Hartford, CT area, Dave is from Rockville, CT.
Alot of folks don't know that Dave was
a very accomplished trombone player, with a college schollarship
that decided not to use. When Dave started playing harp
he would practice 8-10 hours a day. Many times I saw
him practice from sun up to sundown trying to perfect something
in his playing. He has a true mathematical brain and a very
adept knowledge of chord construction and musical
realtionships, not your typical harp player. I remember when he recorded
'The Deb', at the time it didn't have a name. I remember the 
guitarist's
name was 'Frock'(last name Frockton). I just tried calling Dave to ask
him about that recording, got his voice mail. Anyway, nice to see him 
mentioned.
HB

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:14:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Magic Dave

"Mick Zaklan" wrote:
<I first heard about him from Kim Field.  My memory is a little rusty 
but
<I think Kim told me that he, Dave, and Magic Dick all started playing 
around
<the same time in the same area and knew each other.

I can tell you exactly when Dave Therault began playing harp: summer 
1974, after we met while I was playing a gig at the Oar and Anchor 
(also known as the Sore and Chancre, or the Score and Thank Her) in 
Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Dave told me later that he was 
inspired by my playing, and took up harp immediately after.  So far as 
I know, he didn't know Magic Dick, and certainly he didn't start 
playing around the time Magic Dick did, which would have been sometime 
in the 1960s (the J. Geils band's first record was released on Atlantic 
records in the fall of 1970, or so I recall--it was one of the first 
records I bought after moving to Boston at that time).

I took the opportunity to listen to Dave's recording of The Deb, and it 
is certainly a fine piece of work.  I'm pleased to have inspired Dave 
to take up the harp, if indeed he wasn't just humoring me, but I can 
tell you that he didn't get that amazing stuff from me.

Regards, Richard Hunter
latets mp3s and harmonica blog at http://myspace.com/richardhunterharp



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