[Harp-L] Help find Western swing player

[Rick Dempster]

Well, not that it makes any difference to me, but as I recall there were
vibes on the very earliest BB King trax.
But when it comes to 'blues', there's 'the' blues, and there's 'a' blues.
The 'the' variety doesn't necessarily
have to be 8, 12, 16 or 32. J.L.Hooker stays on one chord half the time; is
still undoubtedly 'the blues' if not
necessarily 'a blues'. The 'a' blues, might be a blues in form, but not
'the' blues.
Charlie McCoy invented a style that is now generally referred to as
'Bluegrass' harmonica.
McCoy never called it that.
I'd be interested to hear what this cat did on his harp under the label of
Western Swing.
I detest labels; recording company execs make them up; the rest of us just
play music.
Cheers,
RD

On Tue, 27 Sept 2022 at 09:52, Michael Rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:

> Yeah, when William Clarke did Lollipop Mama on his album Blowing Like Hell
> and he had a vibes player, that made it not a blues album.  There's no
> vibes in blues.
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 6:49 PM Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> An album of 'Western Swing' featuring harmonica? Since WS is very much to
>> do with the instrumental lineup, I feel inclined to say 'not western
>> Swing'. I feel the same way about 'Bluegrass harmonica'. The only thing
>> coming close would be  Swift's Jewel Cowboys, with Jimmy Riddle on
>> chromatic. Hardly WS either.
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2022, 00:39 Michael Rubin, <
>> michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>