Re: [Harp-L] RE: William Clarke Leslie speaker question

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

I don't know if William Clarke used a "Leslie" cab or not for recording...  
But LOTs of harmonica players have done so,  over the years... And it gives 
 an interesting sound.
 
I recorded a track with "John Walden's Blues Combine", at a studio called  
Sound Organisation, in England back in 1967... I don't suppose I was the 
first  blues harp player to record with a "Leslie"...
 
My track was called "Stumbling Falling Feeling" , written by guitarist Mike 
 Corke. The LP was called "The two sides of John Walden"... And it sold 
about 30  copies... LOL.
 
 
Best wishes,
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Cebu City
Philippines
 
In a message dated 11/06/2010 20:15:07 Malay Peninsula Standard Time,  
harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<<  Hi JD,



I just registered at Ted's Place...have to wait for  approval 

before I can post there, so I'll give you my thoughts  here

and you can quote me if u feel the need.



I lost  close contact with Bill when I moved to Hawaii

in 1994. I lost a close  personal friend, and the world

lost one of the greatest blues harp  players to ever live

in November of 1996. 



I don't know  anything 1st hand about him using a Leslie

cab, or if he did, what kind  of amp or pre-amp he may have

employed in the studio. We never talked  about it.



But what I do know is, towards the end of his life  and his

career, he was using some sort of emulator device in  his

live performances through the PA. I'm going to try to  contact

some of the musicians that played wih him in those last  couple

of years, to see if they may shed any light. 



I'm  the guy that put together the DVD series "The Real Deal"

recently. If  you watch/listern to my demo clip for Volume Two

on YouTube, you can  clearly hear effects thru his stick harp

mic on the 1995 performances  at Old Bay in New Jersey starting

at the 30 second mark, and continuing  to about 1:30  mark.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfkiMjRbsEA



Both  partial cuts are chromatic instrumentals, and it sounds like

he may  have been aiming for the Hammond B3 sound, hence th

Leslie factor. But,  he may have been using just a foot petal,

perhaps an octave divider or  a flange, a chorus, but either way...

it's there if u listen closely.  The club is dark, and there is zero

evidence of any gear that he did  use. I will write to his last bass

player, Rick Reed, and his last  guitarist, Paul Bryant, and see what

info they might provide.  



This is a great thread...glad to see it!

Now in the  meantime...get YOURSELF the

2 DVD set of Big Bill.   ~The  Real Deal~



~Donnie MorTone~
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