Re: [Harp-L] Butterfield 3rd position

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

He's a killer singer, hahaha. But, he wasn't great at third.

   Sincerely,
   Zack.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:13 PM, GINO <ginoharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Last week I posted something with a comment in it I could have worded
> better. something about Butterfield being a terrible 3rd position player.
> Well I found something on youtube were Paul plays a little 3rd at the end
> of this song. starts @ 2:15. Pretty cool. Over the 5 chord he never once
> plays any of the chord tones but I don't think he even knew what that
> meant.Still sounds good and that's what counts.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-6ZVxl7EE
>
> Couple of bottom lines.
> 1) when you think of your favorite 3rd position players/songs  you
> don't really think of Paul,,,right?
> 2)when you think of Paul the first thing to cross your mind isn't
> man he was a great 3rd position player.
> 3)what he did on this U-tube clip is really cool. I owe an apology to
> butter fans
> 4)I saw him at Winterland ( a lot ) and he was a bad @$$ player.
> for the longest time he was my Mohammad Ali of harmonica. When I was a kid
> (Woodstock) the media exposure was Paul (and Magic Dick). I hadn't heard
> guys like George H. Smith or Will Clarke.
>
> OH ya,,,Singer harp player ? No not Grant Walters,,,Sugar Ray !!!!
> I've heard a lot of his stuff and I would give anything to be able to sing
> like that cat,,man I totally get his style (singing).Nice traditional harp
> too.
>
>
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