[Harp-L] NEW OLD-TIMEY ALBUM: P U F N S A W

[bren@xxxxx]

Thanks David, I love your playing in this area too :-) BP



Quoting David Naiditch <davidnaiditch at xxxxx>:

> I love the sound of harmonica and fiddle together and you’ve done a  
> superb job matching the sound and feel of this old-time fiddler.   
> Keep up the puf’n Brendan.
>
> On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:44 AM, Brendan Power wrote:
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>> I'm proud to announce the release of a collaboration album with Old-Timey
>> fiddler Jane Rothfield - hence the name PUFNSAW (geddit?).
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>> The fiddle style in this swinging genre features a lot of soulful note
>> bending, and I created specialist all-bending X-Reed harmonicas to get a
>> similar feel. The main one I settled on for this album was a heavily
>> customised Hohner XB-40. I removed the covers and mouthpiece and put the
>> internal comb/reedplate unit inside a cut-down CX-12 shell (now a CX-10),
>> with rubber gaskets for sealing. After experimenting with many tuning ideas
>> I created a couple of new scales that worked the best: a pentatonic one and
>> another loosely based on Solo tuning. These gave me the ability to bend ALL
>> the notes, just as those Old-Timey fiddles were doing.
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>> The X-Reed harmonica/fiddle combination sounds fresh but authentic, and I'm
>> really pleased with how it's come out. If you like roots Americana music of
>> any description, I think you'll love PUFNSAW - check it out! More info,
>> sound clips and buying links here:
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>> http://www.brendan-power.com/PufNSaw.php
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>> Brendan
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