Re: [Harp-L] Recreation of Bobby Gentry's classic 'Ode To Billie Joe' album

[Ansel Barnum <anselsb@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had the same question, yet after scouring the internet in search of the
answer, I found none. Tara Murtha, author of the book about the album, said
she managed to acquire the logs of the studio session and would check them
out. But it's a good trivia question, if anyone out there happens to know
the answer.


Ansel


On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Wilbur Euler <dubyail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Anybody know who played harmonica on the album?
> Regards, Wil
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Dec 4, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Ansel Barnum <anselsb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'm honored to be selected as a member of The Lower 40, a band of
> > exceptional Philadelphia musicians assembled to recreate the legendary
> > album 'Ode To Billie Joe'--which just happens to have harmonica on every
> > save one. The reason we're doing this is for the release party of a book
> > chronicling the album as well as the formidable woman behind it, Bobbie
> > Gentry. Tara Murtha wrote about her and her classic album (which bumped
> the
> > Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' off the top of the charts) as part of
> Bloomsbury's 33
> > 1/3 <https://www.facebook.com/33.3books> franchise studying iconic rock
> > records. Gentry's music is as intriguing as her life, so it has been fun
> to
> > learn these songs of hers and a real honor to play them with the amazing
> > talent comprising the band: Phil DâAgostino (bandleader, bass), Brad
> Hinton
> > (guitar), Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Matt Muir (drums), Jay Ansill
> (strings),
> > Larry Toft (horns), Carl Bahner (vibraphone), Birdie Busch (vocals),
> Kerry
> > Hallett (vocals), Allison Polans (vocals), Dusty Springfield (vocals),
> > Susan Rosetti (vocals), Ali Wadsworth (vocals).
> >
> > We'll be performing the full album twice tomorrow (Friday): The first
> will
> > be as part of Wxpn's Free At Noon @ World Cafe Live
> > <
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wxpns-Free-At-Noon-World-Cafe-Live/409754595732529
> >,
> > which will also be broadcast live over WXPN 88.5 and streamed online too.
> > The second concert will be at Underground Arts
> > <https://www.facebook.com/UndergroundArtsPhilly> as part of the actual
> book
> > release party.
> >
> > Press on the event:
> > http://thekey.xpn.org/2014/12/02/bobbie-gentry-tara-murtha-3313/
> > <
> http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthekey.xpn.org%2F2014%2F12%2F02%2Fbobbie-gentry-tara-murtha-3313%2F&h=pAQFaWuTH&enc=AZNfo9h7woDua62u6X31fU6OArz06azu2Yp6DS9h-6po-Ns9O2La9A2WeRz4kBulVrFGXN3QL0oxi-8E029oi2rGMdtyyuhC9xcbZdwxrFaNSxaRusNdmiqFNhIy4iOw_EXS1QaeU53k1f-mJfXIeBjD&s=1
> >
> >
> http://www.phawker.com/2014/12/03/billie-joe-mcallister-to-jump-off-tallahatchie-bridge/
> > <
> http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phawker.com%2F2014%2F12%2F03%2Fbillie-joe-mcallister-to-jump-off-tallahatchie-bridge%2F&h=4AQFdK2-7&enc=AZNRNeXpH_PxPs76189OoIkMSbVmhqPgRMRt87zlSBpM8pS5B8Nr1UCuHxefzIotsscLY9Ygo1Padoe2wPrxsGCHkd_tXndRWaeYtgEqRrZCjy0tvG9n_C1pIdy54FkUdJmTZrenBVzO7Z-sTMkem112&s=1
> >
> >
> > Details on the event: www.facebook.com/events/801444773211554/
> >
> > World Cafe Free At Noon: http://www.xpn.org/events/free-at-noon
> >
> > Underground Arts: http://undergroundarts.org/?event_id=5451985
> >
> > Interview with Phil about bandleading this project:
> >
> http://333sound.com/2014/12/01/bobbie-gentry-week-day-1-on-the-record-with-phil-dagostino/
> >
> > Hope you can make it for this special occasion!
> >
> >
> > Ansel
> >
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