[Harp-L] Stevie Diatonic on "Sweet Little Girl"

[Jonathan Metts <prairiedogpr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't own very many Stevie Wonder albums (yet), so the only song I 
knew that he played diatonic on was "Boogie On Reggae Woman". But 
listening to "Sweet Little Girl" from the Music of My Mind album, his 
playing has a lot of diatonic characteristics -- can anyone confirm?

The harp part is almost dissonant at times, yet it comes back to mimic 
the melody at key moments, which is very satisfying. Stevie is using a 
lot of trill effects, and at one point it even sounds like he is kissing 
the harp for a staccato sound (the coincident lyrics are also about 
kissing).

This doesn't seem to be a famous song, but it's pretty interesting. 
Stevie alternates between his normal (read: superhuman) voice and an 
extremely deep growl, and he's playing extremely short harp licks in the 
background, right over the vocals, throughout the song. The lyrics even 
refer to his harmonica towards the end. If you like Stevie's more 
experimental harp material and haven't heard this song, I say check it out.

Jonathan Metts