Re: [Harp-L] John Sebastian, Jr.
I saw John Jr. open for someone years ago, so long I can't even remember the main act, but he did mostly guitar/singing as a solo act, but he ended with Night Owl Blues and I still remember how that made me feel. I was fairly new to harp, and this was a sound I could not even come close to making. The crowd loved it, gave him a standing O. That blues song remains one of my favorites and I still play it often while I'm here on the computer.
Also, I was asked a couple years ago to play 3-4 songs on harp with a local group. I came to discover they wanted harp because they wanted to do Roadhouse. It took me way too long to get it down, and I haven't done it since, but I loved the harp feel in that song, too
John Sebastian is very good and I also have the instruction set that he and Butterfield made. He says there that he played Roadhouse through a "small Fender amp" if I remember correctly.
Steve Webb in frigid, stormy Minnesota (where we head to the studio Thursday night to start a CD of original material and I'm excited.)_
---- Robert Bonfiglio <bon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John Sebastian, Jr. is a great player as was his father in the
> classical world. I am working on the Tcherepnin Harmoncia Concerto
> as we speak, and John, Sr. is terrific. I have played concerts with
> John, Jr. and he is a great guitar and harmonica player on the
> diatonic. Rob Paparozzi can tell you of his playing.
>
> He has this country, blues, jug band style down pat. I remember
> doing an M&M's commercial using "What A Day For A Daydream" and I
> played harp on it; got this call on my answering machine from John,
> Jr. -"First you steal the old man's licks, now you steal the son's
> licks" and what I did not know was he was singing the jingle and
> heard my diatonic playing imitating him and new me only from my
> classical playing.
>
> John, Jr. deserves a lot of respect and his father does as well. I
> really have pushed SPAH to honor his father, not just Adler, as the
> finest classical player of the pioneers.
>
> Harmonically yours,
>
> Robert Bonfiglio
> http://www.robertbonfiglio.com
>
>
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