[Harp-L] Beatles Harmonica

[Rick Dempster]

Well said, Glenn.
RD

On Tue, 6 Sept 2022 at 12:30, Glenn Weiser via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
wrote:

> My thoughts on this subject-
> Lennon wasn't trying to be a blues player. He used the harmonica as a pop
> music voice and did so very well. He carried it around all his life, too.
> Mick Jagger was trying to play blues and IMO fell far short of the bar set
> by the greats of Chicago blues harp. Neither he nor Brian Jones knew any TB
> technique as far as I can tell- I hear no tongue slaps nor certain other
> techniques that the postwar Chicago players used in their playing. So for
> Keith Richards, a guy who generally knows his music, to claim in his book
> that Jagger was the equal of Little Walter is 100% baloney.
> To be fair, how were those 1960s Brit rockers supposed to learn all the
> nuances of one of the trickiest harmonica styles with no one to show them
> anything? The first book on blues harp didn't come out until 1965, and
> could you even get Glover's book in England at the time? As it was, the
> Brits had to wear holes in LPs learning American guitar styles.
> As for Stones vs Beatles all around, I vote Beatles.
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> Glenn Weiserwww.celticguitarmusic.com
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