Re: [Harp-L] Iceman / On the flip side

[46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was thinking about this regarding my all-time favorite harp tune,
Musselwhite's "Christo Redemptor."  First of all, I've seen it spelled
differently on different recordings, and though there's a lot of improv in
this song, and it may not be the best example for this thread, apparently
Charlie has changed the key he plays it in over the years.  Now, a singer
might change the key as he ages to accomodate his voice, but in an
instrumental?

Thought it was interesting, anyway.

 - Blake

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Frank Franze <Franze52@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Iceman sez-
> On the flip side, there are some great songs crafted to be played the same
> each time, like Whammer Jammer, which Magic Dick recreates mostly note for
> note (at least when I heard him play it over the years).
>
> That's true to my ears too Larry....When I hear a great harpster doing
> their spin {but remaining true to the original licks} on a classic
> Instrumental like (juke, rollercoaster, whammer jam etc.) It usually is
> very>very enjoyable to listen too, except - when they stray away and try to
> add 12 or 24 bars of different licks to the *already established
> masterpiece*  and then all of a sudden "at least for me" something just
> ain't right and it seems to take away from the tune rather then enhance
> it....I'm sure this is not the case in ALL instances...
>
> Frank "the hacker" Franze
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