Re: [Harp-L] Huey Lewis

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very cool adventure Michael ...great !

Mike Wilbur


On May 11, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I recently got to jam with Huey Lewis, he was very nice.
> 
> http://youtu.be/uXl1KysSfCU
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
>> Yeah. spot on Ken.
>> 
>> On 12 May 2013 02:46, Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Never heard him play harp. The lad ain't half bad is he? Dug the
>> git/steel
>>> dood too.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When Huey Lewis and the News hit big with Sports 30 years ago I heard
>>> little spots of harmonica on a number of songs.  The way it was used on
>>> those recordings made it clear to me that he knew exactly what he was
>> doing
>>> - not a single showy note, just a musician adding what he could to the
>>> ensemble.  Simple simple simple.
>>> 
>>> Kind of like what Lee Oskar added to War.
>>> 
>>> The guitarist?  John McFee.  Check out his Wikipedia entry.  After Clover
>>> he went on to play one truckloads of hits and classic recordings.
>>> 
>>> K
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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