Re: [Harp-L] Don Les "Harmonica Boogie"

[Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have to wait to the minute-forty mark to hear Don's amazing diatonic on
'Harmonica Boogie'. The rest, not wishing to be unkind, is going to sound a
bit stodgy
to ears accustomed to Little Walter etc. I find Don's playing on things
like 'After you've gone', 'All of Me' etc. much more interesting. Even
though he plays like a hot clarinet player here,
if I want harmonica boogies, I can get 'em anywhere (yawn) I'm more
interested to hear Don's playing over the changes. On a C harp, Bb, F,
C,D,E, A, D and G chords can all be arpeggiated with NO OVERBLOWING,
but nobody ever bothers just playing the damn thing in 1st (what it was
designed to do best) and running those changes. Now I'm not great at it,
but I'm trying. Anyone else out there in harmonica land?
RD

On 2 May 2013 01:19, Brian McInnis <bluesharpteacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just a follow up to Richard's post about his "Harmonica Boogie" by Don Les
> transcription...
>
> you can download or listen to this song and many other Harmonicat songs
> here:
>
> http://myfreemp3.eu/music/harmonicats
>
> Brian in Brooklyn
> teaching on Skype
> HarmonicaLessonsNYC.com
>



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