Re: [Harp-L] "Oh Girl" position

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 19, 2010, at 1:19 PM, JohnnieHarp wrote:

> Hey Joe,
>
> > What year Johnnie?
>
> The special would have aired on PBS in around 2003 to 2005 and was
> current at that time .

Ok, in other words it was in real time.
Sorry I'm late answering. I have been painting the library and living  
all day.

> .. was part of the Doo Wop series ... or at
> least done in the same way by the same people but with music from
> later than the Doo Wop series ...

Most of the doo-wop series come from my old home town of Pittsburgh.  
Either from the Benedum center or Heinz hall. WQED.
I know a lot of the staff musicians.
> I agree that the original sounded like a harmonica ... I would guess a
> chromatic .

Yes, a chromatic

> .. that's part of the reason that I clearly remember it and
> was surprised by seeing the melodica on stage ... however the original
> was played pretty cleanly ...

It WAS clean with just a hint of 'crying' the reeds. I would say that  
the tune was not in the key that the chromo was tuned.
> Went to barnesandnoble.com to check out album credits ... a very handy
> feature to that site ...
>
> I did find one album that lists "Cy Touff" as playing harmonica on one
> of them ... it was the only harmonica credit I could find and don't
> know what tune it applies to ... Could it be this guy? ... from
> Chicago ... Oh Girl NOT listed on these disks ...

like Jeff Spicoli said to Mr. Hand in a bewildered state "I don't  
know". I have never heard of him but that doesn't count for much. I  
haven't heard of anyone in China and there are a lot of people there.  
lolol
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Touff
>
> Here's the original B and N page ... click on the "Details and
> Credits" tab down the page ...
>
> http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Complete-the-Chi-Lites-on-Brunswick- 
> Records-Vol-2/The-Chi-Lites/e/740155173722/?itm=3&USRI=chi+lites\
>
> Interestingly, I see Rick Estrin and Jimmy Reed credited as composers
> on a couple of albums but not sure what tracks ...

Definitely doesn't sound like either of them. Not enough vibrato for  
the one and not piercing enough for the other   :)

jo-jo