[Harp-L] Amazing Grace

Wilbur Euler dubyail@xxxxx
Thu Apr 14 14:31:48 EDT 2022


You are welcome.

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 14, 2022, at 10:41, Brian Veditz <btveditz at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Some of the posts were deleted in my email so I'm not sure who mentioned
> the Buffalo & Kahumoku album first but thank you. I was able to score a
> used copy on Amazon yesterday.
> Brian V
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 9:12 PM Ken H in Ohio <airmojoken at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, Norton and George made a full album, 15 songs, and Norton plays on
>> every song... and does some singing as well.
>> It's a great album... I believe it was the last album Norton did before he
>> passed in 2009.
>> 
>> A must have for Norton Buffalo fans !
>> 
>> Ken H in OH
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:43 AM Michael Rubin <
>> michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> DId Norton and George make a full album together named From Paradise?  Or
>>> is that a George album where Norton joined him on one song?  Or is there
>>> another title?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michael
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 6:26 AM Wilbur Euler <dubyail at xxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Check out Norton Buffalo & George Kahumoku, jr. From Paradise (Amazing
>>>> Grace) album. You won’t be disappointed. Also the album Against the
>>> Grain.
>>>> Tommy Morgan plays all the harmonica and does a great Amazing Grace.
>> I’ve
>>>> at least 25 different versions in my music library. Everything from
>>>> bagpipes to pan flute, none of them disappoint me.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 12, 2022, at 05:10, KEITH MITCHELL via Harp-L <
>>> harp-l at xxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 



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