Re: [Harp-L] Pat Missin "Drivin' North"

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dmf 273 wrote:
<I've "known" Pat Missin for at least 15 years.   But I've never
<actually met him in person.  And until just now I'd never heard him
<play.  We've conversed over the phone a couple of times but mainly
<we've conversed through innumerable e-mails,  and mainly about his
<knowledge of altered tunings.   He's always seemed like such a proper
<gentleman, that I never imagined he was such a KICK ASS HARMONICA
<PLAYER as he demonstrates in this YouTube.  I am totally in awe and
<blown away, not just by his mastery of the instrument,  but by his
<groove, soulfulness, jazziness - words just don't do it justice.
<
<Why isn't Pat better known as a player?
<
<So without further ado,  please listen to Pat Missin's original
<composition "Drivin North"  (which I wonder if its an homage to Jimi
<Hendrix' 'Drivin South"?)
<
<http://www.youtube.com/user/rtrob#p/u/20/uX3bx5mdcys

This is a very strong performance, one of the best harp showpieces I've heard in a while. If it's an homage to Hendrix's "Drivin South", it's an homage in name only.  Drivin South was a one-chord jam in straight 4/4, Pat's piece is a shuffle with changes, etc.

Pat seems to be using a Lee Oskar in the video, don't know if that's what's actually on the track.

Very cool, thanks, for sharing.

Regards, Richard Hunter


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