Re: [Harp-L] Finally found that sound I've been looking for - bluegrass chromatic

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 18, 2010, at 7:12 PM, David Payne wrote:

> I've been looking for about three years for a certain type of sound  
> in bluegrass on a chromatic harmonica. Notes like you would hear on  
> a really fast Bill Monroe mandolin solo, only, again, on a  
> harmonica. It's what I wanted to play from Day One on the  
> chromatic. It would be nice of course, to hear somebody else do it  
> and pick up some pointers. Thus, I looked. Finally, I found.
> Where I found it surprised the hell out of me. Now I knew that Dom  
> and Tony Sgro had gone through this country phase and they played  
> on the Grand Ol' Opry back in the 70s. They joking say they are the  
> only Italians to play the Grand Ol' Opry.

They're joking. I played the Ryman in 1975. As guest of Ernest Tubb.  
1 tune. Frosty the Snowman.

> I found and bought this 45 record on Ebay of the Sgro Brothers  
> doing "Steel Guitar Rag," on NRS Records of Nashville for $3 or  
> something. It is incredible. I definitely got my money's worth. The  
> song is like something they'd play during a chase scene in "The  
> Dukes of Hazzard." The sound is a Charlie McCoy-type sound and I  
> think most people would probably think it were McCoy doing it

> It's as if Charlie McCoy, instead of playing the Old Standbys back  
> then, had an XB-40 AND one of the best 48 chord harmonica players  
> ever backing him up.  I love it!
>
> Dave