Re: [Harp-L] Orbison's Candy Man - Black & White video

[Mike Price <mikerockin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ElvisC is a great song writer IMO, especially his earlier stuff ( My Aim is True, etc ) however, I totally agree with you on his harp playing... D or maybe a C- grade at best . I would guess he might have talked a big game beforehand about playing harp on that song and Roy didn't want to hurt his feelings.
*** Mike
On Sep 17, 2013, at 1:18 PM, the_jukester@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I am mystified as to why Costello was picked to be the harp player on this tune. He was obviously trying way too hard to play in a style in which he was not competent. There had to be several better harp players in the room, both on and off the stage. He may be a decent song writer, but as Robert Hale has noted, he was way out of his league on that tune. Just MHO.
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