Re: [Harp-L] Re: Butter...tone....

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

The most obvious choice is Driftin' Blues on the live album, but I
also like Keep on Movin' from Keep on Movin',  Double Trouble (I think
is the name) from Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, Done a Lot of Wrong
Things in My Life from Better Days and lots of others.
MIchael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 12/22/09, Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tom - many thanks for that. So what I get from your earlier post and the
> clarification is that no one has played with that emotion before or since?
>
> Is it at all possible for you (or anyone else in the discussion) to identify
> one, two or at most three tunes that embody the level of emotion your are
> indicating distinguishes Butterfield from other harp players? I'd prefer
> agreement/consensus on one or two, so I can limit my own responses.
>
> It's nearly Xmas and my wife will kill me if I pore over harp-l too much
> longer! ;)
>
> Thanks
> Drew
>
>
> From: "tomsmics" <tomsmics@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Harp-L] Butter...tone....
> > To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Clarification for Drew:  I did mean what I said about Butter's strongly
> > emotional playing.  To my ears he put much more emotion directly into his
> > solos that what I had heard before, and, to paraphrase another astute
> > comment here, he really did seem to go for the heart (or throat) everytime
> > he stepped out front to blow.
> >
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