Re: [Harp-L] Overblows in the Blues - Check This Out

[Bill Newton <thenewtdawg@xxxxxxxxx>]

(mildly off topic) -- speaking of Sugarcane Harris -- remember how he used
to play classic harp lines on his violin?

       - Bill Newton

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Donnie MorTone <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> > From: bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:17:06 +0000
> > CC:
> > Subject: [Harp-L] Overblows in the Blues - Check This Out
> >
> > Music speaks louder than words. To all you Blues traditionalists who hate
> > overblows, go to 3:52 in this clip and LISTEN:
> >
> > SLOW BLUES IN C
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MtRHq8ERCE
> >
> > All those sexy 'bends' are overblows on a C harp, middle octave, 1st
> > Position...
> >
> > What's your answer to that?
> >
> > Brendan Power
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>
> Still hate it.....Naa naaa na...I'm just jokin!
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> That whole clip is just amazing...what he can do with just
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> a C harp. But C over C is traditionally 1st position...and Howard
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> displays allot of tricks in his bag besides just stickin to common
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> ground. I thought it sounded Great actually. His Tone & Phrasing
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> reminds me of an electric violin actually...along the lines of
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> John Luc Ponty...or more traditionally...Don "Sugercane" Harris.
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> ~Donnie~
>