Re: [Harp-L] Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson's timed vibrato

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it'a a (clarinet) tongue vibrato. He may be pulsing his tongue forward and backward at the throat. As for perfect timing? Could be genetic. Like wiggling ones ears. 
smo-joe

On Feb 10, 2013, at 4:53 PM, David Fairweather wrote:

> I'm about half way though reading Rebecca Winters' biography of Alan
> Wilson, "Blind Owl Blues".   I've just finished a chapter devoted to his
> harmonica playing.  Although it contains some new, to me information - like
> his doing the bullfrog thing with his cheeks when he played a la Dizzy
> Gillespie, so far I'm disappointed to find no mention of his superb timed
> vibrato.   To me that vibrato is unique and I've been trying to emulate it
> ever since I picked up a harp, with only limited success.
> 
> So I think its time once again to turn to the experts here on Harp-L.  How
> do you think he did it?   Listen, for example, to Canned Heat's "Goin' Down
> Slow".   http://youtu.be/lRPcxbagJ-U
> 
> How do you think he's doing it?  I always thought it was a diaphragm or
> throat vibrato or a combination of the two, but Jason Ricci told me that he
> thinks its tongue vibrato!  The tongue would certainly allow for the
> perfect timing, but I can't get that fullness of tone with just my tongue.
> Can you? On the other hand, even after years of practice I can't quite get
> that perfect timing with my diaphragm or throat..