[Harp-L] Famous "Harmonica players"

Ronnie Schreiber autothreads@xxxxx
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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