Re: [Harp-L] Re: Casual harmonica players

[Benoît FELTEN <benoit.felten@xxxxxxxxx>]

<< Though I take your point, I can't agree with your examples Ben. Every
time I heard G. love playing harp on one of Jack Johnson's tunes I'm afraid
I cringed (and wished I'd done it ;-). How about the way Tony Joe White uses
harp? Simple but beautifully effective, maybe that would qualify?>>

A matter of taste, perhaps ?

Though I have to say I don't paticularly like Jack Johnson, way too laid
back for me...

There are tons of really good harp playing on G Love and Special Sauce
stuff. The album Philadelphonic has - comparatively - a lot of harmonica,
usually in short bursts. The solo on No Turning Back, the riffing on Friday
Night, the acoustic intro to Love, they're all ace in my book.

Maybe I've just heard too much blues harmonica...

Benoit



> Regarding the supposed discipline of sax players, I just watched "Red,
> White & Blues", Mike Figgis' contribution to Scorsese's blues film series.
> The movie opens with Van Morrison singing, Jeff Beck on guitar and a host of
> other luminaries (no harp). Unfortunately the sax player starts honking away
> in the 2nd chorus and overplays right the way through, walking all over Jeff
> Beck, whose unique fills and exemplary good taste land straight under the
> wheels of this chap's widdley diddley shite. Same on every number he played
> on, even though he was a highly respected figure who'd been in the biz for
> 45 years. No-one really seemed to notice and Mr Beck was too much of a
> gentleman to assert himself.
>
> Great movie by the way, the ending features Lulu (yes, that Lulu for those
> of you old enough to remember) singing an absolutely brilliant version of
> "Drown in my own tears" that brought a serious lump to my throat,
>
> Steve
>
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