Re: [Harp-L] Violin and Harmonica

[Gary Mulholland <g.e.mulholland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to everyone for the replies !! I`m going away for a few days so to
all of you who sent me clips and recordings i`ll get back to you all off
list when i`m back. Lil Rev, I would indeed be very interested in your
upcoming book, i`ll contact you after the weekend.
Thank you all again for the wonderful response

Gary


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Timothy Kane <hawkeyekane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>   +1 on Big River. I was in the orchestra for a production of it two
> years ago. Some very fine arrangements with the fiddle and guitars.
>
> Side question on this....I've heard some popular songs out there where the
> arrangement replaces a harp with fiddle altogether. While I'm all for
> musical variations and adaptations, to me this somewhat takes away from the
> songs. Couple of examples....
>
> Mary Jane's Last Dance....
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZKSiblsOZk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
>
> And, slightly more painfully, Whammer Jammer....
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLvyXX4fhr0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
>
>
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>
>
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>   *From:* Emile Damico <oatss_oatflakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Gary Mulholland <
> g.e.mulholland@xxxxxxxxx>; Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:53 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Harp-L] Violin and Harmonica
>
> Big River has some nice stuff with violin.
> Part of the arrangement has some harmonica with strings.
> Shenandoah
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnYVrPq7-Zc
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Naiditch <davidnaiditch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Gary Mulholland <g.e.mulholland@xxxxxxxxx>; Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Violin and Harmonica
>
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> I agree that harmonica and fiddle sound great together.  Please post a
> video of your upcoming gigs.
>
> I recorded harmony with fiddler Christian Ward in 2008 on 2 slow tunes,
> Lovers’ Waltz and Lonesome Moonlight Waltz.  (You can hear these tunes on
> Soundcloud, High Desert Bluegrass Sessions (
> https://soundcloud.com/david-naiditch).)
>
> Most recently, I jammed with fiddler Phil Salazar on a few bluegrass and
> country swing tunes:
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRXvTcL7KU4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUiXjpZRLwizBae0sgQalwcw
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbI5ka6qHw4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUiXjpZRLwizBae0sgQalwcw
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkHfHhG1FfQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUiXjpZRLwizBae0sgQalwcw
>
> David Naiditch
> www.davidnaiditch.com
> http://www.youtube.com/user/DNaiditch
>
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Gary Mulholland wrote:
>
> > I play in an Irish band and we have recently added a fiddle player to our
> > line up, she`s classically trained and is picking up the reels and jigs
> > very quickly and they sound great. But more and more in the slower songs
> > like " ride on " by Christy Moore I`m just finding out how magical the
> > violin and the harmonica can sound together. Weve been working on the
> > solo`s together with the violin taking the lead solo and the harmonica
> > harmonising over the top of it, then switching letting harmonica doing
> the
> > lead solo. Ive been using one of Richards patches, delay and reverb. We
> had
> > our first gig last weekend with this new line up and the audience loved
> the
> > violin, harmonica solo`s. Have any of you played with violinists before ?
> > I`d love to hear from any that have as I`m finding the 2 instruments
> blend
> > beautifully and I`d never really thought of violin and harp soloing in
> > tandem being such a force in a band.
> > I`m kicking myself for not getting any recordings done but we have our
> next
> > gig in a couple of weeks and I`ll post some video then
> >
> > Gary
>
>