Re: [Harp-L] Subject:What I'm Listening to Right now--includes Harmonica, or does it?

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Elizabeth,

The Streisand cut is a synth and NOT a real Harmonica

Foster is a keyboardist so it's probably him

Foster sometimes uses Tollack Ollestad and he did a nice session with Andrea Bocelli

Hope this helps and speaking of christmas music... Check out Chris Bauer's new CD that I produced it came out nice

I'm gonna try hard to get MY own xmas CD done in 2013

Merry Christmas all
Rob Paparozzi

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On Dec 22, 2012, at 12:07 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Listening to a Streisand Album: 'Christmas Memories'. 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZKDhFu33E0_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZKDhFu33E0) 
> 
> Have the liner notes in front of me.
> 
> First song is "I'll be Home for Christmas" with the original lead-in (my  
> first thought was to include it for Mike Fugazzi...so wanted to do a search  
> online to see if there'd be a YouTube of this version).
> 
> Found this: it's a youtuber's 'video' of the song (not badly done and the  
> best I could find with the music not mucked with):
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fbSHo7Irzg_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fbSHo7Irzg) 
> 
> 
> I clearly hear the harmonica coming in so wanted to see who was the player  
> (given that Streisand's liner notes are usually impeccable about giving  
> credit.
> 
> This is what she writes: 'Special thanks to my good friend David Foster for 
> his time, generosity and musical brilliance (especially the great 
> "harmonica"  solo)'.
> 
> Given that David Foster and his wife Linda Thompson (friends of Streisand)  
> co-wrote 'Grown Up Christmas List' (also on he album), and there's only 
> musical  credit given generally for synsethizers/keyboards in the official  
> credits (Foster, I think plays keyboards)--I'm now not 100% sure if I  actually 
> AM hearing harmonica although it seems completely unmistakable to my  ears?
> 
> Can those of you with synth experience (Richard?) give this track a listen  
> for clarification? The album was in production and completed right after  
> 9-11.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> PS: I would err on the side of giving Streisand credit of liking the sound  
> of harmonica since she hired Will Galison to redo his gorgeous  playing on 
> Bagdad Cafe for her version of 'Calling You'. My  main reason for 
> questioning is why she'd put harmonica in quotes.
> 
> PPS: the entire album is fabulous, btw. I'm not into Xmas music  much--am 
> usually long since fed up with hearing it by now but am finding  myself 
> enjoying listening to both this one and Peter White's 'Songs of  the Season'. 
> Here're 2 tracks from that album..not harmonica related, but nice  to listen to 
> this time of year.
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-S0XDi2YCI_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-S0XDi2YCI)  
> 
> River (with Kenny Lattimore's vocals)
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuISaeKGZa4_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuISaeKGZa4)