[Harp-L] diversity

[JOSEPH LEONE]

Hey Rick, Slim is correct on this. 'I'said it was a C chromo played IN Bb. Actually it is a Bb chromo played in C (which equals terminal Bb) lol.
I can always count on the amazingly gifted 'Slideman' to catch my dixlexia.
 
I dislextically reversed it. It bothered me all through breakfast at McDonald's. lolol.

There is a 4 section waterfall at the end of the main verse where Leo used to 'punch' the slide. Can only be done in the C position...as far as  remember.

The tune is from 1953. I started playing it around 1955? As a young'un I always wanted a cresh (alter) in the corner of my bedroom with candles and the whole enchilada. Leo's picture in the center. With Adler on his right, and Hayman on his left. :)

smo-joe   



> On December 1, 2019 at 7:14 PM Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> >> 
> >> 
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