Re: [Harp-L] Norton

[martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this also. 
  Very, eh ... 80s. Brought back memories from when I saw this on television. The translator of the Swedish subtitles failed to recognize that there are two sorts of harp in English but only one in Swedish, so "James Cotton played harp with Muddy Waters" was rendered with the word for, what do you call it, traditional harp, "chordophone"?, conjuring up the image of James Cotton with a Harpo Marx-like expression, plucking da blooze behind that big wooden frame ...
  These blues tracks were released on an album called "Living in the 20th century", blues on side 2; and the first side is Steve Miller pop -- I´m afraid I´ve only played that once ... But the blues side is all right.
/Martin
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From: Eugene Ryan <ryan.eugene@xxxxxxxxx>
I'm saddened to hear about the passing of Norton Buffalo.  I never met him,
but I first heard him about 20 years ago on a video with Steve Miller - he
had an explosive energy to his playing, and I've never heard his two blues
harp solos on that video bettered.  Inspirational.

BTW, the two tunes are on Youtube right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zucb1SC9aus

2nd solo is at 8:09m

Eugene