Re: [Harp-L] Acoustic Big Band

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

enjoyed the whole thing...I would go see this group...
I would like to nominate you for best name..."trip"

Grant

On Jun 9, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Trip Henderson wrote:

> I'm one of those people that believes there are two kinds of music . . .
> country and western, and even when I play blues it still comes out C&W.
> Here's a YouTube link from a gig last Saturday at the Hurdy Gurdy Folk
> Society where I'm playing with The Second Fiddles, an acoustic blues band I
> work with here in NYC.  A couple notes that may be of interest. The song
> which I snagged off a 78 rpm recording by the Harum Scarums is in the key of
> C, but it starts and rides on the Am for a long time then goes major for the
> second half of the form.  To get around that I use one of my Richard Sleigh
> key of F Marine Bands that I've converted to Country tuning.  This was shot
> with two flip cameras and then through the magic of technology they were
> edited together.  I've been playing for 30 years and singing for almost 2.
> For all you closet vocalists out there - just do it, you need not be good,
> just in tune, and after hanging in the back line its a blast to get up front
> and lead the band - I just need to remember to give the harp player more
> solos ;-)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QnyHeiBNE
> 
> 
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> Trip Henderson
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