Hi Walter, I wondered pretty much the same, and I use rack harp as a second voice, unison or harmony sometimes criss crossing my guitar lines. Here's a clip from our gig. In the first so there is only a little of that,but in the second, after my buddy's solo I utilize it more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMmpeXb43Es
Thanks for sending me links to your clips. Your timing and tone are an inspiration. Regards Jukka Makinen, Tampere, FINLAND
2012/4/5 walter gloshinski<waltertore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I started playing lead guitar notes and single harp notes together back in > the late 70's. I had heard george benson do it with his guitar and voice in > a concert and later albert collins do it with his guitar and voice. I said > - heck I have been doing that for years with the harp and guitar and never > have heard anyone else do that. Playing both the guitar and harp at the > same time lets some stuff spew out that could never happen with one guy on > the harp and another on the guitar. There are tons of simple things out > there like this to still be discovered. Most people write off the simple > stuff as already done. > > I have done this thousands of times at gigs an often have wondered why no > one has picked up on it or asked me about it. People on the dance floor > have boogied crazy to it and people in their seats has screamed to it, but > not a soul has yet to ask me about it. That makes me think it is all mine. > I did it at the harmonicollege get together when I was playing my guitar > with the harp on the rack and no one said anything about it. I think like > the spontobeat concept, it goes right by most people? I would love to hear > of someone doing it before me and better yet, hear it on a recording. Most > rack players strum or finger pick rhytms and don't do the dual lead thing. > I was a big fan of rock music as a kid. Bands often did the dualing guitars > and every now and then onstage the 2 guitarists would hit some cool stuff > that I bet triggered my heart to do this with the harp/guitar. ther outlaws > did it alot and I remember it staying with me after their gigs. Being the > one doing both at once makes for such a connection I doubt it could never > be duplicated by 2 people. > > I actually feel like the guitar, harp, keys, and drums, are all different > people but all of them are me. I guess that doesn't make sense but it feels > like that and that makes doing it all at once actually very easy because > every one of me knows where the other of me's are going. the feet are one > me, the hands another, the harp another, the keys another, and the voice > another. If I start to think about things as I am playing it usually looses > its magic and falls apart. I have been doing it long enough to fake through > a performance but I don't have to do that anymore because I don't depend on > music $ to support me. If it doesn't feel right nowadays I just stop > playing say goodnight and go home. Here is a song I recorded today and a > video from a ways back with what I am talking about.Walter > > Spontobeat- all words and music spontaneously created and recorded > > recorded today with an eb marine band customized by burke t of open door > harps > http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11552284 > > video > http://youtu.be/ld7hRqCmMBc >