[Harp-L] Help find Western swing player

[Christopher Harris]

Thanks John for that tip about Roly Poly by Mike Turk... though couldn't
find his version.

... but did find Mike Caldwell's version of Roly Poly on soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/mike-caldwell-2/roly-poly

It has been so long since I heard it - still so fun!

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 4:07 PM John Kerkhoven <soulodancer at xxxxx>
wrote:

> Mike Turk did a smoking version of Roly Poly (thanks to Randy Singer who
> brought that to the attention of this list some time ago).
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 11:02 AM Christopher Harris <cpharris at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Mike Caldwell did a great version of "Roly Poly
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roly_Poly_(song)>" (first recorded by Bob
>> Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1946) that was/is on Mike's "Harmonica
>> Mikes Country Classics" CD (I had it on cassette).
>>
>> Probably not the player you are thinking of, but I remember calling Mr
>> Caldwell once a long time ago, probably around 25 years ago (I think he
>> was
>> living in Tulsa at the time) and he was the nicest guy. Very inspiring to
>> me at the time.
>>
>> Searching YouTube for "mike caldwell harmonica" reveals several links,
>> including a few from past SPAH conventions. There is even his version of
>> "Sir Duke" on diatonic - very nice: https://youtu.be/j1JAFWMI2I4
>>
>> Unfortunately, don't find Mike's version of "Roly Poly" on YT, though
>> there is
>> a great version by Asleep at the Wheel (no harmonica):
>> https://youtu.be/Ar4H_3HGSVE
>>
>> Western Swing is a great musical style.
>>
>> -- Chris.
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:44:59 -0400
>> From: Agustin Olmos <aolmos at xxxxx>
>> To: "harp-l at xxxxx" <harp-l at xxxxx>,
>>         "michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx" <
>> michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harp-L Digest, Vol 229, Issue 11
>> Message-ID: <mailman.228.1664322955.2130.harp-l at xxxxx>
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>>
>> Not sure if this is the one you are looking for, but Mikael Backman, from
>> the band John Henry, wrote his master thesis on practicing / playing
>> diatonic and chromatic harmonicas within a western swing context.  Here is
>> a link to his work:
>> http://ltu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1112417&dswid=1428
>>
>> Gus
>> Sent from Mail for Windows
>>
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:38:07 -0500
>> From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
>> To: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
>> Subject: [Harp-L] Help find Western swing player
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>> Hello,
>> Years ago a player advised he had gone to school for Western Swing and put
>> out an album.  It was excellent.  ANyone know who I am talking about?
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> ...  from an old harp-l email...
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>>
>> From: Christopher Harris
>> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:20:53 -0700
>> Subject: [Fwd: Mike Caldwell CD?]
>>
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>> McPhee posted this last week and I haven't seen a reply posted to the
>> group.  With all these fine posts about country harp, still nobody knows
>> about Mike Caldwell or where to get his new album "Harmonica Mike's
>> Country Classics"?
>>
>> McPhee is right, the Mike Caldwell excerpt of "Roly Poly" at the Hohner
>> web site is killer. Never before had I heard Western Swing harp!
>>
>> I've taken the liberty of  posting a RealAudio version of the sound file
>> to the Harp-l sound library. It weighs in at a mere 84 Kb (versus
>> Hohner's .au version at 461 Kb). If you have a RealAudio player just
>> follow this link to hear Mike swing with the steel and strings:
>>
>> http://www.garply.com/harp-l/sounds/diatonic/mCaldwell.ra
>>
>> Now who can help us locate a source for recording?
>>
>>  -- cph.
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>> Does anyone have a source for Mike Caldwell's CD "Harmonica Mikes Country
>> Classics?" He is featured on the Hohner website and the cut he plays is
>> very fun!
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> - -mcphee
>>
>> Near Seattle:
>>
>> Where the blues come and go like the rain;
>> but life's too short to worry about gettin' wet!
>>                                                               -mcphee...
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