[Harp-L] diversity

[Chad Nordstrom]

How is he “not using an amp”? That is a High Z mic (Shure 585SA - typically associated with James Cotton). While he is probably using a DI based on the studio setting, but could be using pedals or amp as well. Either way it is clearly amplified.

I am assuming your referring to the level of distortion and harmonics in this song. It is just as the title suggested diversity in the approach to Blues Harmonica and a choice by the artist.

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Chad Nordstrom

> On Dec 1, 2019, at 17:50, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 

OK good post. I enjoyed Matthew Skoller's playing; no clever-dick stuff,
just good playing. A relief to listen
to a blues player NOT using an amp for a change.
I also enjoyed the Leo Diamond clip. It was in Bb I think. Was it a C harp
in Bb, or a Bb?
I could sit here and work it out, bu maybe someone else id quicker than me.
Smojoe?
RD

> On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 at 10:25, Mike Rogers <harpman9 at xxxxx> wrote:
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> Thanks.  Been looking to hear leo Diamond again.  He was on some tv show
> every week, back in the early 50's that i remember watching.  His playing
> attracted me to the harmonica.  Great sound.ome
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> On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:19:28 -0600
> Mick Zaklan <mzaklan at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>   Am posting a couple of harmonica-driven blues tunes I've been enjoying
>> lately.  They're filmed well and feature two elite level players who are
>> rarely, if ever, mentioned here.  Each clip probably deserves its own
> post
>> but played back-to-back they illustrate the considerable diversity and
>> variety that can be found in the blues genre.  The songs and their
>> respective harmonica players are as different as night and day.
>>   First video is a fine example of how we do the blues here in Chicago.
>> Harpist is the always tough-sounding Matthew Skoller; ably assisted by
>> former Junior Wells sideman, pianist Johnny Iguana:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMEjZKan3s.
>>   Second clip is a blues tune specifically composed to move the plot
> along
>> in a big budget Hollywood film.  It managed to earn itself an Academy
> Award
>> nomination in the best song category that year.  Some might find the
> video
>> portion a bit creepy, uncomfortable or claustrophobic.  In that case,
> just
>> scroll past it and listen.  For trivia buffs; blink, and you might miss
> an
>> early film appearance of Charles Bronson, listed in the credits as
> "Charles
>> Buchinsky".  For folks my age, the very first time most of us heard the
>> term "Alzheimer's disease" used was in connection with the actress here,
>> film goddess Rita Hayworth.  Ms. Hayworth was ground zero for public
>> awareness of the disease, much in the same way actor Rock Hudson became
> the
>> face of the AIDS crisis.  Her vocal here was dubbed, as usual, by
> big-band
>> singer Jo Ann Greer.  Chances are good that you've heard Greer before if
>> you've ever attended a wedding reception that employed a deejay.  She was
>> featured vocalist on the 1953 hit, "The Hokey Pokey", a wedding staple.
> A
>> decidedly different kind of vocal here.    Actual harmonica player
>> off-screen was the legendary Leo Diamond.  I do love the detail of the
>> actor who mimed the harmonica parts pausing to tap the imaginary spit out
>> of his chromatic:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp2PzgHPrX0.
>> 
>> Mick Zaklan
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