Re: [Harp-L] very cool gig

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pity a few harp players don't try embracing this kind of material.
I'd call that "a blues", but I'm not sure that most 'blues harp' players
would see it as "The Blues".
Trouble is, you stick a harp player in this lineup and they immediately
want an amplifier, thus spoiling the whole thing.
You can do it on harp at low volume with a string band though. I'd say
we're talking "jug band", essentially,
like Gus Canon. Is there anyone doing that on harp these days that you know
of Mick?
RD


On 11 September 2015 at 10:33, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    Well, American roots music is hot right now and few people do it better
> than Filisko and Noden.  Once the train gets them down there, they're
> playing a night at Chickie Wah Wah on Canal Street.
>    I told Joe what I tell everyone headed down to the Crescent City.  If
> you find yourself wandering around the French Quarter; get yourself a
> muffuletta sandwich to go from Central Grocery on Decatur Street, an Abita
> beer or a Hurricane in a plastic cup, and then go sit on a curb and catch
> some Tuba Skinny:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XigSlWve_A0.  No harp
> player in the band, but an excellent source of blues and old timey riffs.
>
> Mick Zaklan
>