RE: [Harp-L] Mystery player

[Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

Your tape may well have been one of the two LPs Big Joe Turner made 
with George Smith on board.

If it featured a brass section in addition to harp, it was most 
likely Big Joe's "The Real Boss of the Blues" (Blues Time 9002) which 
was recorded March 10, 1969 in L.A.

If it was a smaller unit (harp, piano, guitar, bass drums) it was 
probably  the LP "Turns On the Blues " (Kent LP 542) recorded in L. 
A. in 1970.

cheers,
Tom
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>  >Way back in the late 70's someone gave me a
>  >cassette of Big Joe Turner playing live and
>  >featuring a great harmonica player. The cassette
>  >was one of those home made jobs with no
>  >notation. It could have been a bootleg I
>  >suppose, but I was wondering if anyone else out
>  >there had heard such a tape, or had an inkling
>  >of who was playing harmonica. It sounded like
>  >William Clarke or even George Smith perhaps; but
>  >whoever it was they were kicking butt. Any ideas?
>  >Thanks, JIM