[Harp-L] Re: Help find Western swing player

[Christopher Harris]

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.

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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
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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

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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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