Re: [Harp-L] RE: Group Arrangement

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Full-sized organs have a foot keyboard that accomplished players use to play 
bass with their feet while they play everything else with their hands. They 
generally wear pointy-toed "organ-slamming" shoes when they do this.

The Doors used an electric bass player for their studio albums, but never found 
anyone who gelled with the band for full-time membership or live gigs.

The Mighty Flyers have included a bass player in the past, including every time 
I saw them up through the mid-1990s. Don't whether they presently carry one. 
Miss Honey has a strong left hand and is certainly capable of carrying the bass 
line.

Winslow
 Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
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From: "Hellerman, Steven" <shellerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Like Manzarek of the Doors, Miss Honey does this on keyboards for The Mighty 
Flyers, Rod Piazza's band. No bass player there. 



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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:36:24 -0500
From: Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx>
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I've seen some keyboard players that hold down the bass with their left
hand on a separate set of keys. I think Ray Manzarek of the Doors did
this since they had no bass player.

Bill Hines