Re: [Harp-L] Can y'all figure out what is special about this?

["Cara Cooke" <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

As for twin fiddles, twin harmonicas, or twin anything, the idea is very
old.  I doubt we will ever really know how old.



On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:01 PM, David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Crooks Bros harp:
> http://honkingduck.com/mc/audio/by/title/going_across_the_string
>
> You ought to put some Crooks Bros. on your roots station Jim, if they
> aren't there already, which I plug despite your festive mood;). Perhaps I
> was wrong to assume what was going on was obvious, simply because I
> just happened to pick up on it quickly. If folks want to try to guess it,
> they should go there now and don't read further, because all will be
> revealed.
> Despite my love of this old music, I'd never heard the Crooks Bros. before
> tonight. When I first heard "Going Across the String," I thought 'that
> sounds weirdly cool and that tone is very rich. What's the deal?''  For
> about a half second, I thought maybe I was hearing some tongue-block
> octaves, but no, that sound was consistent throughout and it was not an
> octave. About halfway through, it hit me, I was hearing two identical notes
> played at the same time.There's not one, but two harmonicas there playing a
> very complicated series of notes in perfect syncronation and identical tone.
> Even the bends are hit precisely the same way to where it sounds like only
> one harmonica, but a very, very rich one.
> After that, I googled the Crook Bros., twin harmonicas was their trademark
> sound.
> This is only conjecture, but it is possible Bill Monroe borrowed his
> twin-fiddle idea from this... Bill was very aware of just about everything
> that was happening musically... and he did try the harmonica out before the
> fiddles by having Curly Bradshaw a full-time Bluegrass Boy on the harp.
> As for the Crook Bros., it is an amazing, to me, demostration of tightness.
> On the rhythm, all I can hear is one guitar and a ukulele. Anybody hear
> anything else?
> Dave
> __________________________
> Dave Payne Sr.
> Elk River Harmonicas
> www.elkriverharmonicas.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Greenwald <staggerin@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2008 9:06:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Can y'all figure out what is special about this?
>
> WOW !  Honking Duck's dubs really do sound like crap !
> And, no Dave, that's not evidence of the first white man in West Virginia
> playing harp through a Digitech RP200 ;>)
>
> In a festive mood,
> Staggerin' Jim
> Listen to Roots Harmonica at http://www.live365.com/stations/staggerinjim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Payne" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 4:12 PM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Can y'all figure out what is special about this?
>
>
>  > http://honkingduck.com/mc/node/312
> > I figured it out about halfway through. I'll not say what it is, so as
> not
> > to deny anybody that "WOW!" moment I had. What it is, though, is
> > incredible...
> > Dave
> > ____________________
> > Dave Payne Sr.
> > Elk River Harmonicas
> > www.elkriverharmonicas.com
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