[Harp-L] Amazing Grace

[KEITH MITCHELL]

Two more that should be on your list include the Youtube recording by Michael Spray: https://youtu.be/_E9PO11JQEU
and a recording Buddy Greene made on an album of Kevin Williams titled Acoustic Sunday:  https://kevinwilliamsmusic.com/product/185594
You can listen to it on Amazon Music.  And of course a well known version is online by Howard levy: https://youtu.be/fmL4RM7IA7A
Terry McMillan’s version: https://youtu.be/dCCc4gg-a2s

I am the host of the Gospel Harmonica Community on Facebook, you can find a lot of postings about this song there.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gospelharmonica

Keith Mitchell
Round Rock, Tx


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On 11 Apr 2022,?Mikael Backman wrote:?
I am putting together a list of memorable harmonica-performances of the great hymn Amazing Grace. So now I am curious, what are your favourite version of Amazing Grace?
Hi, Mikael. I'm sure you will get a lot of repeat confirmations of this one - Howard Levy's versions, of which there are several on You Tube. His techniques are amazing; for example, playing the melody out of the right side of his mouth while playing different notes or a drone at the same time out of the left side of his mouth; bending notes while doing the same thing; flawless playing while changing keys several times; his ability to incorporate chromatic playing on a diatonic harp; plus other techniques that will be not even noticed by others who are not intimately familiar to the peculiarities of our favorite instrument. Here's but one -?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL4RM7IA7ARon <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL4RM7IA7ARon> - Southernmost (United States) harp-l'er, Florida Keys