[Harp-L] Cotton

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

For all those that believe trying to play 100 notes, THIS is how it's done.  
The video stopped after a short time, but I know pretty must everything Cotton 
 will do. He is on the A list of players who can hit one note and you know 
who it  is. I have known James for 30 years now and before that watched him with 
his  ridiculous band with the great Charles Calamese on bass, who met an 
untimely  death in a car crash. THAT was one smoking band. This is before all the 
videos  of how to exactly play the harp, you tried to watch Jimmy's face the 
pick up  what he was doing. Yeah, right. His tone is soooo  deep and full there 
will  never be another Cotton. He can play the same riffs with some off 
shoots all day  and you never get tired of that tone. Looks like he is using a ball 
mic, perhaps  the 533 spere o dyne he used in the 70's and later. I think 
hundreds of harp  players bought Super Reverb amps just because of Cotton, and 
could not  understand why it didn't sound like that. If everyone can have that 
clip play  all the way through, please let me know so I know it is my computer 
and not the  clip. Thanks for that. We must All go to see and support Cotton, 
as he is  getting up there was very large last time I saw him. He looked great 
in  this clip, was it recent?  If you want to see just how to work an  
audience and play from your diaphram, get to see him while we can.  SJ
**************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. 
(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)