[Harp-L] Juke and Leap Frog



Helge and other pros hit the nail on the head. LW had so many fascinating approaches to diatonic and chromatic.And for the man on the street (like myself) Leap Frog still sounds like a predecessor to Juke. Maybe comparable to Led Zeppelin copying Howlin' Wolf in The Lemon Song (inspired by Killing Floor). Sorry, this went out of harp context:)

Harri
Hi, just a comment to this. When listening carefully to Little
Walter you hear a lot of pulls and slaps. And how he accompanies himself
between the phrases. Also on Juke, a lot. A style I think he had cause
played so much alone before with a band. In the opening of Too Late this
can be easily heard. Goes between the main playing to accompanies in the
low register. Without the slaps, pulls, tongue blocking and that kind of
accompanies impossible to catch Little Walter sound. If needed or
wanted. The "melodies" are easy to learn. These things really hard. That
is why "nobody" sounds like Walter. Cotton played and plays a lot of
Walters riffs etc. but without this Walter style. James has his own unik
sound although playing a lot of Walters phrases. So in this way worth
trying to play everything like Walter in Juke and other of his songs to
learn those things that can be useful sometimes even if you want to be
yourself with your own sound. This is how I feel.

Helge






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