[Harp-L] Will Scarlett's place in the history of overblows

[Rick Dempster]

Maybe it just took this long for people to get used to the awful sound.
RD

On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 23:50, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
wrote:

> I think he was the most important player up til Levy.  He was the first to
> play the diatonic harp as a fully chromatic instrument.
>
> Timewise
>
> 1929 Blues Birdhead
> 1967 Toots Theilemans, Mike Turk, Paul Oscher (exact dates unknown by me)
> 1970 Will Scarlett
> 1985 Howard Levy
>
> My question is how did any pro harp player who heard the well selling Hot
> Tuna albums not lose their minds when they heard Scarlett?  Why did
> overblows not become popular until Levy?
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 6:12 AM Ronnie Schreiber <autothreads at xxxxx
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Where does Will Scarlett fit on the overblow timeline?
> >
> > On the first two Hot Tuna albums, the first of which came out in 1970,
> > Will played everything on a G harp.
> >
> > Besides his masterful technique, Scarlett has a very sweet tone.
> >
> > Ronnie Schreiber
> > The Electric Harmonica Co.
> > http://www.harmonicaster.com
> >
> >
>