[Harp-L] Afrobeat

[The Iceman]

I highly recommend a CD - King Sunny Ade Live....for infectious rhythms.



-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Osborn via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
To: David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx>
Cc: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Oct 16, 2017 7:47 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Afrobeat

Sounds like a lot of fun !!! I'm a big Fela Kuti fan, especially "everything scatter", a great great song, such a cool vibe with this song...

Ian

> On Oct 16, 2017, at 3:49 PM, David Fairweather <dmf273 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Had an unusual gig last night.  I was asked to play with a 15 piece
> Afrobeat band for a big party celebrating the birthday of Fela Kuti.   Just
> one song "Upside Down" in Dm.   I switched between a C harp in 3rd position
> and a Lee Oskar Dm harp.   The switching for partly for visual effect - the
> C harp was an Easttop with white cover plates - but also just for some
> chordal variety.  I soloed with the Lee Oskar.   It was a lot of fun
> playing music outside the blues box.   The horn lines on that song are
> pretty simple harmonically - I could have played them on either harp - but
> the timing has to be quick and precise against a polyrhythmic background.
> Keeps you on your toes!