[Harp-L] Famous "Harmonica players"
Ronnie Schreiber
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Wed Jan 30 03:19:17 EST 2019
Bob Johnston has the producing credit for BoB and Nashville Skyline.
McCoy was, ahem, instrumental in Dylan's Nashville sessions, but
Johnston was the producer.
On 1/30/2019 1:13 AM, John Jordan wrote:
> Charlie was the producer of "Nashville Skyline" as well as "Blonde on
> Blonde"
>
> He is still quite well known here in Nashville.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:37 AM Mike Rogers <harpman9 at xxxxx
> <mailto:harpman9 at xxxxx>> wrote:
>
> I believe Charlie was also on Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" album in
> the early 70's.
>
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> www.harmonicaworkshops.com <http://www.harmonicaworkshops.com>
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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:59:19 +1100
> Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx
> <mailto:rickdempster33 at xxxxx>> wrote:
>
> > Ronnie, what you say about McCoy being better known round
> Nashville as
> > general session player and multi instrumentalist, is no doubt true.
> > However, if he was ever known to the general public at all, it
> would be as
> > a harmonica player. I have EIGHT albums of his harp
> instrumentals, all on
> > the Monument label, hardly an obscure label. Artists with
> Monument included
> > Orbison, Tony Joe White, Ray Stevens, Dolly Parton, Willkie
> Nelson, to name
> > a few.
> > I think it would be impossible to name a single harp player,
> diatonic or
> > chromatic, with such a catalogue.
> > Also, I bought these in local record stores in Australia (most
> Americans
> > didn't even know where Oz was back then; probably a lot still don't)
> > So I say again, I do not understand why he seems so ignored.
> > He was the most visible harp player from the late sixties until
> the late
> > seventies. The Japanese still dig him. Who can forget his
> playing on Nancy
> > Sinatra and Lee Hazelwoods "Jackson"? That was on high rotation
> for ages,
> > and continued to be played for years. Still hear it sometimes.
> > Anyone care to try and explain further?
> > RD
> >
> > >
> > >
>
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