Re: [Harp-L] Magic Dave

["Chesper Nevins" <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow.  That's amazing!

> Alot of folks don't know that Dave was
a very accomplished trombone player, with a college schollarship
that decided not to use.

I didn't think very much about this statement until I listened to the
clip and was immediately strongly reminded of Frank Rosolino!  Listen
to :46 thorugh :51.  It's uncanny how much it sounds like Frank with a
cup or bucket mute.

Anyway, it's wonderful Dave!

On 9/11/08, hashbb@xxxxxxx <hashbb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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