[Harp-L] diversity

[Slim Heilpern]

Hi Rick -

Based on the double-stops at 0:08, it would appear he's playing a C chrom.

- Slim

> On Dec 1, 2019, at 3:50 PM, 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:
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> ********************************
>> 
>> www.harmonicaworkshops.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>>