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

[Rick Dempster]

Sorry; wasn't referring to Will Scarlett particularly. I used OBs for
years. I think they sound awful, and ultimately will do nothing for
diatonic harmonica.
Just my opinion.
RD

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, 07:02 Gary Lehmann, <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:

> Will sounds funky!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 9, 2022, at 4:46 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>