Re: [Harp-L] re: From me to you

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I was in college I lived with my band members.  I was in another
room and could hear their music through the halls.  They were playing
a harp player I really liked!  I ran into the next room to find out
who it was.  They were listening to a recording of our last show.
That was a good feeling.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I once got called to play on a soundalike of Back Home Again by John
> Denver.  The harp player on that record was undoubtedly someone who played
> harp as a second instrument, and weakly at that.  That was much harder than
> having to copy a Charlie McCoy part.
>
> A couple of years later I was back in NY working for a publishing company
> that had acquired, among many other things, the catalog on which this
> soundalike resided.  It was on an LP of "Hits of 1975" or something like
> that.  (We didn't get the publishing to the songs on this LP when they
> bought the publishing catalog, but it was a record the company who sold us
> the catalog had released, so it just wound up in a box that was shipped to
> us.)
>
> I was going through boxes of incredible rarities when I came on this album
> of Hits.  I do not know why I put it on my office turntable, but I like the
> song Back Home Again, and I put it on.  I didn't even realize it was a
> soundalike album - no artists listed - I just wanted to hear the song, as it
> reminded me of 1975, and this was 1977 and I wanted to get that My Ol'
> Apartment In Nashville feeling.
>
> I realized it was a soundalike almost immediately, but had totally spaced
> that I had played on a soundalike of the song.
>
> The harp came on and I thought to myself, that harp player is worlds better
> than the original.  That guy really has sweet tone.  Bastard.
>
> Then I realized it was me.
>
> I absolutely swear this happened.