Fwd: [Harp-L]Jonathan Edwards WAS a bluegrass experience

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BOFnXiQMs 


Shanty (Harp Rack) 

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From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:53:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L]Jonathan Edwards WAS a bluegrass experience 

"Hellerman, Steven" wrote: 
<Thanks for the trip back, hadn't listened to these tunes from Jonathan 
<Edwards in over thirty years. (Made me wanna go dig up "Lay Around the 
<Shanty".) 
< 
<But: Do you really think he's playing on a rack, while also playing 
<guitar? Maybe in a live performance, but these are studio cuts (i.e., 
<laying down tracks). If it is indeed harp on a rack while also playing 
<guitar..... wow. 

I haven't checked out this clip, but Jonathan Edwards is in fact one of the very best rack harp players I've ever heard. I'm awed by what he can do with a harp on a rack while playing guitar. I can't play harp on a rack that well when I have nothing else going on. 

Regards, Richard Hunter 

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