[Harp-L] Al Smith

Rick Dempster rickdempster33@xxxxx
Tue Apr 4 19:40:32 EDT 2017


It certainly is.

On 5 April 2017 at 01:49, Jeremy Salow <jsalow at xxxxx> wrote:

> I haven't heart the end yet. But this is played on a chromatic right? It
> sounds chromatic.
>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7:32 AM Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Unusual for something like that to be played in first position.
>> I might be wrong, but on a couple of listens, it sounds to me like he's
>> switched to
>> a Bb harp for the last couple of laps.
>> RD
>>
>> On 2 April 2017 at 03:23, <bad_hat at xxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > The one version of Get Up amd Go that Ryan linked to has now gone
>> > missing.  This was the Al Smith tune that was reminiscent of George
>> Smith's
>> > Harmonica Boogie.  You Tube has a bunch of Al Smith recordings, Falcon,
>> > Vee-Jay and Abner records.  There is also some Bluesville and Prestige
>> > stuff but I'm not certain this is the same Al Smith.  All of it is
>> > interesting, virtually none of it has a harmonica.  Here's a link to the
>> > one thing that does, Get up and Go.  Thanks to Ryan for putting this out
>> > there, interesting listening for sure,
>> >
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WgS_7zeQs
>> >
>>
>


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