RE: [Harp-L] re: Sonny Terry

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the risk of not really adding anything more to this thread, I have to say
that your observations are probably some of the more important ones to us
all. 
The reason I'm studying these guys right now (I try to take a different
"master" every month.) is to better be able to do just what you're
suggesting. 
Take what works for me from Sonny Terry, somehow own that and combine it
with my own musical sensibilities and do something with it to impact
today/right now.
Good post!!
Brad Trainham
 

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 8:24 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] re: Sonny Terry

Regardless of how Sonny played, (and man, could he play!) it's fun to play
his stuff amped up with a tongue block embouchure.
You can add tongue slaps and octaves to Fox Hunt or Lost John. Add a
Lightning Hopkins type riff on the electric guitar, and you can play it in a
bar and really work up the crowd. Not hard to throw in Jimi's VooDoo Chile
into the mix either.

It's also fun to throw a John Popper riff into a song like Turn On Your Love
Light and put some of Sonny's whoops in it. It's really cool to mix
something like Fox Hunt with Runaround.


Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1372404/dhoozh_chapter_1.html
http://www.myspace.com/theelectricstarlightspaceanimals
_______________________________________________
Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l