[Harp-L] Re: STEVE GUYGER's outstanding performance

[Trip Henderson <trip.tunes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Mick,

You're so right about Steve's influence out east. Steve along with Paul
Oscher and Bob Shatkin cast long shadow's in the NYC area influencing Nat
Riddles, Adam Gussow, and many other outstanding harp players that worked
at Dan Lynch's Blues Bar.  That's where I first met Adam who quickly became
one of the most original voices we have on harp. The day Adam and I met I
was playing with Bill Dicey who held court at Lynch's regularly. Bill was a
singer, guitar player, harper and band leader who had the
rather unique technique of using his Marine Band as a guitar pick.

I used to get Steve to sub for me when I traveled on business a bunch in
the 90's, he's a player who really internalizes his sense of time and
sounded great with my band - better than me I dare say! This was back when
Dennis Gruenling was coming up and I'd let him tag along on gigs and sit in
and this was when he first met Steve. So yes, when you hear Dennis, you're
also hearing Adam, Nat, Steve, Paul and Bob Shatkin. But Dennis'smain
influence back then were the west coast guys like Rod Piazza and Bill
Clark. What's the expression . . . we all stand on the shoulders of giants.

Trip

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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:33:55 -0500
From: Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] STEVE GUYGER's outstanding performance, Bill Lupkin
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  Thanks for the post, Trip. Nice work from Steve, as usual.  I'm thinking
that this man has probably inspired and mentored plenty of East Coast
harpists over the decades.  Including Dennis Gruenling.
   I started in 1969 and, being under 21, I didn't have much live access to
the great blues players.  Most of them were mainly working bars.  The first
really good amplified player I was able to catch in person back then was a
gentleman seldom if ever mentioned on this list: Bill Lupkin.  Like Steve,
Bill put in a lot of time playing behind Jimmy Rogers.  Sadly, he is
uncredited on Jimmy's comeback album, "Gold Tailed Bird".
   Bill dropped out of the Chicago blues scene many decades ago.  I was
told that he moved to Indiana, learned the craft of stained glass and
supported his family by repairing church windows.  A quick scan of YouTube
shows that Bill is still occasionally blowing harp.  Can't say I'm crazy
about the quality of some of the vids but these two capture Bill's beefy
sound and "take no prisoners" chops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjaKxFUCES4 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jsuLpsYJg.

Mick Zaklan