[Harp-L] Carey pulls nice little trick at min, 6:15

Michael Rubin michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxx
Sat Nov 24 22:48:20 EST 2018


This is not electronic.  This is is a sound the throat can make while
inhaling.  I can do it and I'll bet you can too.

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:35 PM Peter Sheridan <jukejelly at xxxxx> wrote:

>      I've heard this same effect on at least one of Carey's LPs. It
> definitely sounds like an electro-effect, and in my view detracts from his
> talented playing. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform in person a
> couple of times, once with Willie Dixon's All-Stars back in the early1970s
> in Pittsburgh, PA in a large theatre, and again in the mid 1980s with his
> own band, on a double bill with Louisiana Red in State College, PA in an
> intimate bar setting. Both times he was in great form, and this kind of
> effect was never in evidence. He did not need it to make an impression on
> the audience. And he was dressed to the nines, in a beautiful suit and tie
> that wowed the women in the place.
>      His set, however, was somewhat overshadowed by Red, who gave one of
> the most intense performances I have ever experienced in the course my 50+
> years of musical appreciation. Carey's band was the opener, and during
> Red's set I sat with Carey and his daughter at the first table in front of
> the stage. Red was obviously directing his singing, harp playing and guitar
> playing to the young lady, and Carey was a little put off by all the
> attention Red was giving to his daughter. But I had caught Carey catching
> the approving eye of an elegantly dressed woman when he exited the stage,
> so turn about was fair play. It was truly a night of the blues to remember.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 6:51 PM Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hmm...sounds like an electro-effect. Can't imagine how he'd do that with
> > the mouth.
> > If so.....gasp!!
> > RD
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 05:03, F F <franze52 at xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=377&v=dzIixtNFQT8
> > > [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dzIixtNFQT8/hqdefault.jpg]<
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=377&v=dzIixtNFQT8>
> > >
> > > Carey Bell & The Sons Of Blues / Easy to Love You (1982) - YouTube<
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=377&v=dzIixtNFQT8>
> > > American Folk Blues Festival '82 (germany) Lurrie Bell gu, Elisha
> Murray
> > > gu, J.W. Williams ba, Mose Rutues dr
> > > www.youtube.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>


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