Subject: [Harp-L] Joe Leone

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hey Mick:
 
Then you might enjoy these: :)
 
 
Smokey Joe Leone: All from Buckeye 2007 Convention
 
Summertime (chromatic)
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu8Jt7DKMOk_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu8Jt7DKMOk) 
 
 
 
Angel Eyes: (chromatic)
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzlaRAHwmq4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzlaRAHwmq4) 
 
 
 
After the Lovin' - (diatonic - although I don't know if this is one of his  
'special' SmoJoe tunings)...
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4lBYzkW4kA_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4lBYzkW4kA) 
 
 
 
...there are a couple of others too - easily found on youtube after one  
watches these vids.
 
Maybe you could convince him there really IS a reason for him to make  a 
CD? Several of us have tried to no avail.
 
 
Elizabeth
 
Message: 13
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:23:46 -0500
From: Mick Zaklan  <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Joe Leone
To:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Back in the early 90's; I was walking  around the hotel during one of the
SPAH conventions looking for an  opportunity to play.  There were two or
three lobby jams happening and I  stopped off at each to sit in.  Walking
around; I noticed I was being  followed.  An intense looking guy was moving
parallel to me, ten or  twenty feet to my side.  Every time I stopped, he
stopped.  If I  pulled out a harp, he moved in close to listen.
After awhile, he approached  me.  "I've been watching you", he confirmed.
"You don't sound like  anybody else here."  That was my introduction to
Smokey Joe Leone.   As we all know from reading Joe's posts over the years;
this is a guy who  definitely questions the status quo and values
individuality.  So the  fact that he was interested in my playing was a 
great
compliment to  me.
Now; a few years later I happened to be walking past one of  the SPAH open
stages and somebody was just sailing through a standard, just  eating up the
changes.  Can't remember the tune, but it was something  that I associated
with chromatic harp but the player was using a  diatonic.  I immediately
assumed it was Tom Troestler but it turned out  to be my friend, Joe.  It 
was
the first time I had been able to actually  hear Joe play and it was a
revelation.  At one point, he switched over  to chromatic and, like Tom
Troestler, was every bit as adept on that  instrument as he was on the 
"short
harp".
I'm excited to see  that Joe is actually officially involved in a fest.
That somebody finally  figured out that this guy has accrued a ton of
knowledge and playing ability  that ought to be recognized and shared with
the rest of the harmonica  community.  Long overdue.

Mick  Zaklan