harpdude61
125 posts
May 03, 2010
8:46 AM
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There are a couple of seasoned cover bands in my area that know so many songs, so well, they can play most anything that the masses want to hear. So they cater to their audience.
I have friends in both bands so if I show up they usually ask me to sit in for a couple of blues songs.
It is always fun. I find it interesting to see the audience response to blues and harmonica playing based on my perception of "who" the crowd is.
I hope I offend no one with my observations. These are just in general and I know there are exceptions. In my short time playing in public these are my experiences. Would love to hear yours...and please add other types of events, venues, or crowds.
UPSCALE BAR.. (I've seen Ben Franklins in the tip jar..but none for me)... These folks love to hear blues and harmonica. They flood the band with drinks and want more. They love Red Rooster and Hoochie Coochie Man. Boom Boom.
GOOD OLE BOY BAR.. (I hate to say redneck)....No. Lukewarm. They would rather hear Freebird. This is where I always get asked to borrow a harp. I should keep a $5 Cracker Barrel harp handy for these occasions and hand them the mic.
BIKE RALLY....Biggest crowd I played in front of. Really good time. They loved Pride n Joy and Roadhouse Blues. Several came over later and wanted to talk harp.
PREPPIE TYPE COLLEGE KIDS BAR....Did you ever feel like no one was paying any attention to the band? Cheerleaders and jocks probably don't know who Muddy Waters was.
HIPPIE TYPE/FREE SPIRITS.....Dreadlocks, long dresses, beards, and backpacks. This group loves any music with feel. They love to dance right in front of you. Ahhh,,what is that aroma?? I saw this beautiful, hair to her waist, Amazon girl dancing in front of Satan and Adam in Knoxville once. Wonder if A.G. remembers.
SPORTS BAR.....Not much luck here. I have seen the TV turned up while the band was playing. Not sure why they booked a band.
BLUEGRASS EVENT.....The mountains of Appalachia has tons of bluegrass venues so I was bound to get up with an acoustic string band sometime. I did a chug thing and the band fell right in. I just happened to know Wildwood Flower in 1st position and Wayfaring Stranger in 3rd. They did know a 12 bar tune..."Move It On Over". A great song to cross genres on. Big fun, but I don't expect to be a regular.
MARINA BAR....Crowds coming off the lake are in full party mode. Always lots of dancing and a good time.
OPEN MICS....Harps are a rarity at these events in bluegrass country, but the crowd seems to like it when I show up. I think an audience of musicians appreciates each other.
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GermanHarpist
1397 posts
May 03, 2010
9:44 AM
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Thanks, interesting... :) I haven't played at any bars yet. But whenever I show up with the harp at jams. They like the sound, ... they like to jam. And it's always, 'a harp... that's exactly what I was looking for'.
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Tuckster
507 posts
May 03, 2010
10:05 AM
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Harpdude-- That matches my experiences pretty darn closely.
I have to relate one experience that sticks in my mind. Was playing at a college bar,with a mix of preppie and "new hippies". These 3 guys stood right by the stage and just watched everything I did. It was unnerving-I had to stop looking at them because I was getting self conscious. I know at least one of them bought a harp the next day.
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barbequebob
781 posts
May 03, 2010
10:11 AM
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You should take into consideration that audiences can vary quite a bit from region to region and just a 50 mile drive away things can be quite different in all of those venues.
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Boston, MA
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PaulM
22 posts
May 03, 2010
11:43 AM
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Good post. I have similar experience here in the SC Low Country, but have to add the constant requests for ""Beach Music", "so we can Shag"".
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toddlgreene
1299 posts
May 03, 2010
12:40 PM
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harpdude61, I live in New Orleans-what's a 'mountain'? ;-)
Good analogies. In New Orleans proper, there's a much more friendly environment for non-top 40/cover band type of stuff, including originals, blues, jazz, funk, r&b, etc. Directly over the Parish lines into the burbs, and original music plus most genres outside of whatever's been on rock radio for the last 20 years will have a very hard time drawing crowds. Further out into the country/swamp, things get rough quick! But, a drunk asshole is a drunk asshole, no matter what his social standing or walk of sober life! These individuals can turn an otherwise great crowd sour quick-in any venue regardless of location. The big difference is that in the redneck(there, i said it)bars, one little incident is much more likely to turn into a free-for-all than in the 'higher-brow' places. In general a bar won't book something they think will go over like a fart in church, but there's always that risk. Scouting where practical is key.
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bluzlvr
357 posts
May 03, 2010
1:06 PM
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My favorite place to play has been Venice Beach California.
The band that I used to play in landed a regular gig at a restaurant/bar that was right on the boardwalk.
The crowd was ALWAYS ready to party and they usually tipped very well. We sometimes found fiftys in the tip jar.
The reason for that I'm sure was because Venice Beach is a tourist mecca.
We would get all differnt kinds of people from bikers to familys.
I've found the complete opposite to be true in Hollywood.
The people there for the most part are just too hip to even acknowledge your presence.
(Of course that depends on the venue.)
Like BBQ Bob says, if you take those same people in Hollywood and bus 'em over to Venice Beach, you might get a different reaction out of them.
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barbequebob
785 posts
May 03, 2010
1:21 PM
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From my own experience, whenever I've played in venues where the clientele was clearly serious money types, with a few exceptions, many of them often just wouldn't let their hair down at all and you'd feel like you could be playing to a house full of manoquins, and as far as too hip to react, that also varies from place to place (as well as how drunk they are, the age demographic, etc).
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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harpdude61
127 posts
May 03, 2010
1:53 PM
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I did have one drunk asshole experience. I planned on doing 3 songs at an open mic with a buddy that sings and strums the guitar.
After the 1st song drunk asshole walked up and said that sounded like shit.. let me have a harp. Finally got him to sit down. He came up again and repeated the same thing. After the 2nd song he came up and said "are you gonna give me a harp to play"? I said no...I started the song. He came back, reached up, and attempted to pull the harp from my mouth.
Someone from the staff was there by now, and escorted him out. He is barred for life from this otherwise nice establishment.
20 years ago I would have....well...never mind.....I was actually proud of my hillbilly ass for restraining myself.
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bigd
101 posts
May 03, 2010
1:55 PM
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Honestly (and this is a challenge- albeit a welcome one- for someone who is organically stage shy) I am a modest talent but try to play tastefully and my experience is the audience just loves my playing. Jams are a different situation with all their variables and musical myopia. They can be on a continuim between nirvana and cacophony but at least your taking a chance and "out there". playing in front of other harp players almost always makes me "self conscious" in a non-musical way but that has everything to do with the aforementioned shyness. My best. d
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GEEZER1
55 posts
May 03, 2010
3:20 PM
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A lot of the southern bluegrass groups do not appreciate the harmonica in their music, Why? Because Bill Monroe did not have a harp in his band except for a short time in the forties. He also had an accordian at one time.
This was before Earl Scruggs gave blue grass its banjo finger picking sound , They are purists and do not want anything spoiling Bill Monroes music. They will accept the guitar, the mandoline,the Fiddle, standup bass, and sometimes the dobro and some have doubts about the Dobro. All acoustic of course. No direct amped up instruments. I have found that the northern bluegrassers do not share this with them, they seem to welcome harps. But any audience when they hear the harp they appreciate it, north or south, you figure it out Bill Monroe wouldn't want it that way in their opinion. You can get some nasty looks at a bluegrass jam if you show up with a harp....
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7LimitJI
108 posts
May 03, 2010
3:31 PM
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The first gig I ever played was many moons ago at the Uxbridge Folk Club, which is just outside London.
A guitarist friend and myself played as "The Should Be Band "
We played some accoustic blues in the Sonny Terry stylee.The younger members of the audience liked us, but the older folk purists wanted us hanged for sacrilege as this was not considered "folk".
Since then,luckily my harp playing has always been well received :o)
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oldwailer
1229 posts
May 03, 2010
5:11 PM
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I played a gig at a Farmers Market in a little town out in the boonies this last week-end. A lot of very religious peeps there. I was worried, since I do mostly the old blues stuff.
They loved the blues! I was amazed. They even hired me to come back in July! (The gig actually paid a little)--and tips were pretty good.
Just goes to prove, in my experience--a blues tune or two is always worth trying--to any audience. . .
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mojojojo
44 posts
May 04, 2010
1:24 AM
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Harpdude, I have similar experience, but live music scene is more like this in Jakarta:
UPSCALE CLUB: rich-types who sat like zombies for western music performed impeccably but who loved the imported singers who sang their pop-ified ethnic music with really boring music. The singers got nice tips though.
UPSCALE MALL: always get applause, even though jumping in with jazzy band or acoustic show. The people are surprised and interested and say good playing afterwards.
PRIVATE SHOW: blues lovers, actually called me out to play anything with a harmonica lead.
LIVE "KARAOKE" BAND. Customers bring their friends to show off while band suffers. I get to jam on one or two blues tunes. The musicians and some customers are happy, but some customers are put off, including musicians and singers not into the blues. Sometimes nice tips for the musicians though.
BLUES SHOW: With our band. Great response, except for our second big show, when Mike Tramp (gag) from White Lion was drunk in the back, yelling out like an idiot after our first and second song, calling for a guest guitarist. A musician should know better. Should look better too, actually dresses like a tramp!
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toddlgreene
1301 posts
May 04, 2010
4:50 AM
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@ mojomojo-Mike Tramp just showed up at a blues show in Jakarta, drunk as a skunk? Haha, Man, that's random and funny...y'all should have busted into 'Wait'.
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joshnat
46 posts
May 04, 2010
2:16 PM
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harpdude, I think you are right on. I play weekly in a blues band around Boston, and have very similar experiences. The nicest place we've played is actually a proper blues bar in Worcester, MA (Gilrein's), where you have a mix of blues lovers and uptight money.
The only exception to your descriptions in our case is the biker parties and bike runs we play, where the bike club (yes, THAT club) members never clap in appreciation, but they definitely let you know when they DON'T like something. We've been lucky so far!
In any case, the drunker the audience is, the more likely they are to dance and participate in the music. It's a shame, but it's a fact of performance.
Mostly, though we play pretty nasty dives which would be the Northeast equivalent of your Good Ole Boy bars. The alcohol rule still applies.
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Hollistonharper
179 posts
May 04, 2010
2:59 PM
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@joshnat--just curious, you ever play at the Chicken Bone or the Happy Swallow in Framingham?
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walterharp
310 posts
May 04, 2010
5:55 PM
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my favorite is the nice looking blonde who looks sincerely into my eyes at the break and says, harmonica is my favorite instrument... stupid me, i think it is me.
then we star cooking, and when the harp solo comes, she starts shaking it and grooving while flirting with a guy her own age... it is the harp she likes. maybe not the best compliment but hey, at my age, i take what i can get. she did swing her hips in time to my music :-)
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sgsax
34 posts
May 04, 2010
9:53 PM
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Walter, that's a way better story than the drunken frat guy yelling "saxomophone!" at me. But when the cute blondes are dancing for you, I just pretend they are dancing for me. I am the better looking one, after all. :)
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Greg Heumann
428 posts
May 04, 2010
11:08 PM
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Right in line with my experience in CA too. Most of the time we have an appreciative crowd but we play a few places that, depending on the night, might be older locals (who love us) or college kids who couldn't give a damn about the music. Backs to the band the whole time, fire up hip hop and rap on the juke box during breaks, etc. We wonder why we're there.
At the well heeled end - we just played our favorite gig of the year -where we are now a "tradition". I live in the wine country and there are many industry wide marketing events. One big one is called "Passport to Dry Creek Valley" and the gimmick is that people buy tickets (at $150 a pop) in advance, get a "passport" they can get stamped at all the wineries they visit. About 40 wineries participate. Each winery puts on the dog, offers food, many offer live entertainment. We play Saturday and Sunday at a place called "Papapietro Perry" winery - on a nice shaded deck, outdoors, beautiful view. All day long limos and vans pull up, disgorge well heeled wine tasters who grab a glass, sit and listen to us. The later in the day it gets, the longer they sit. We did score some $50 tips this time. This particular winery makes high end Pinot Noir, which I happen to love. And this is GOOD stuff - their LOWEST price bottle is about $40. Each band member got two bottles to take home in addition to decent pay, and they brought us open bottles with which to fill our glasses during the performance. And to top it off, while most gigs we play are a 2 hour drive away for me, this one is 10 minutes from my house. It just doesn't get any better than that!
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harpdude61
129 posts
May 05, 2010
6:46 AM
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Wow! Cool perks! Great stories from all of you. I have had a couple of experiences where a woman has mentioned loving harmonica playing. My wife is not a big blues fan, so I always have a lot of fun from this.
Anyone's sig other ever get jealous? or the sig other of a fan?
To me, blues can be VERY sexy music. I can see how things could happen.
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MIKE C.
19 posts
May 05, 2010
8:33 AM
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Here in Nashville I've been fortunate to get excellent respones everytime and everywhere I've played. I guess they don't call it "Music City" for nothing. The main blues bar in downtown Nashville has been closed for the past nine months due to tax problems.(like not paying them.) However it will be opening again under new ownership in a few weeks. The B.B. King's Blues Club is more of an R&B club. The clubs on Broadway are all either Traditional Country,Contemporay Country, or Bluegrass. Also throughout Nahville there are countless "Songwriter Nights" in various clubs. I am breaking into the studio scene here so i am playing more than just blues although there is always a "blues sound" in my playing. Best wishes to all and "Keep On Playing!"
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harpdude61
131 posts
May 05, 2010
8:43 AM
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Mike, I've been to that bar before but don't remember the name. It was in Printers Alley. Do you have the name of the new place?
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joshnat
47 posts
May 05, 2010
8:52 AM
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@Hollistonharper, no we haven't played there yet, but we did play Bruburgers down the street a couple of weeks ago. We've got a couple more gigs booked there, but we would love to play the Chickenbone. If you've got an in there, let me know!
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GermanHarpist
1413 posts
May 06, 2010
5:11 AM
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Ok, this may be an ignorant question, but how do you get tips as a musician? Does the audience simply come up to you during the break and give it to you? Are there tip-jars for every musician? Or is the classical $1-into-your-thong-thing? (ok, ignore the last... :)
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Nastyolddog
670 posts
May 06, 2010
8:02 AM
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Yo GH I'm Little Tommy Tucker i sing for my supper,
tonight i didn't realy feel like much to eat so i went for some Bruchetta and a free diet coke:)
it's a 62k round trip about 40min one way up the road cranking between 100 to 120ks an Hour
its a irish Pub but has a acoustic Blues jam,
the wine cheese and cracker crowd pack the resturant out it's got a good rep for a fine dinning Pub,
the Hunter Vally has some of the finest vinyirons in the world,
the bar is small very cosey just muso's with a smattering of friends,
the wine crowd are all eating out don't bother much just do there thing getting fat and stay in the resturant mostly,
exept tonight a lady had a few to many wines she came in the bar gives me a massive wolf wistles she realy lost it and started shaking her Boobys at me,
i didn't know where to look,she was massive so where her Puppys her suited hubby came and saved me
it was getting scary:)
it reminded me of when i was at a jam night and i had a massive Transexual doing the same thing
i tell ya that was disturbing Bro's:)
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harpdude61
132 posts
May 06, 2010
9:24 AM
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Nasty, I don't think you answered his question...and to be honest your grammer lacks a little. What country are you from? How long have you been speaking English?
German Harpist....It is very common to sit a bucket or a jar or any type of container and write TIPS FOR THE BAND on it in front of the stage.
I have seen no tips in the jar until some honey that likes the music takes around table to table. Then it adds up quick. A lot of cover bands won't play a request unless a tip is put in the jar.
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GermanHarpist
1416 posts
May 06, 2010
9:46 AM
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Ah I see, that seems fair. Tipping here is not so common. And situations like a guy comming up to you and pushing a couple of bucks into your chest pocket just looks demeaning... Even more than the thong-thing :).
But I see where you're comming at, it's a little like with street musicians.
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YT
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bluemoose
188 posts
May 06, 2010
10:27 AM
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Harpdude! nasty ain't speaking English, it's strine.
Grammer, spelling and punctuation are optional.
But on a more serious point, this is an international forum. Comments on grammer, spelling, etc., are to be avoided.
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Nastyolddog
672 posts
May 06, 2010
10:34 AM
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But please refrain from flaming, insulting, or otherwise impugning the intelligence or good intentions of your fellow board members,
be honest your grammer lacks a little. What country are you from? How long have you been speaking English?
I find you comment very insulting of my intellect,
i come to MBH to give of myself and to be in contact with people who love the Harmonica,
i have been urgeing my Club Members to Join MBH forum we are a small club in Newcastle Australia with a small group of about 29 members and friends,
i have been giveing them updates of my time and what i think of the Forum,I'm afraid my next meeting this wednesday i will be showing your response to me, they can make up there own Judgement,
i will no longer be pushing my clubys to join MBH they know about MBH and can join if they wish, i will not Bad mouth the Forum, i will not urge people not to Join, we have several ladys and young women in our club, it would be wrong of me as second in charge to expose any of my members to your Ingnorace,
and no I'm not going to have a Hissy fit and say fuck you im never comeing back,we may get to meet one day Bro you can tell me what you think of me then,
PS not only do i find your comment attacking my Intellect i allso find you comment one of superior Rasism:)
read the rules
is my Grammer comprehencible do you understand me?
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Nastyolddog
673 posts
May 06, 2010
10:55 AM
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Thanks BlueMoose,
GH Downunder we don't run on tips
what goes down is the House Band gets a 10% cut of the Bar takeings,
Performers get a free meal a Beer
a beer costs $4.50 the meal depending on what you get is from $7 to $10,
tonight there where 11 acts,sorry i removed my first post i was think why bother with some ingnorant asshole but i rememberd i do have friends i consider Brothers on MBH,sorry Harpdude you don't wish to be one of them thats your choice...
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Buzadero
383 posts
May 06, 2010
11:02 AM
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The scariest part of this whole thread is that I have absolutely no trouble reading anything Nasty writes.
One of my go-to divers that I take on virtually every job I do is an Ozzy animal that writes and speaks the same way. He's a solid dude from Victoria that is as good as they get for getting shit done underwater.
In fact, if he played any harp, I might think they were the same guy.
Speak on, Brother Dog, speak on.
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Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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Buddha
1731 posts
May 06, 2010
11:09 AM
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I haven't read this whole thread but in terms of the topic, the most insane thing I have seen is Robert Bonfiglio playing blues to 20,000 screaming classical music fans.
Rob is no blues player, well he can kinda do it but not really. A few years ago Rob invite me and my wife to be his guest of honor at one of his concerts. We were given the best seat in the house which to me really wasn't the best because I had to sit in a large box seat and use binocular but whatever... anyway he played his show which was great and then for his encore he whipped out a harp and played some of the worst blues I have ever heard from a elite musician. The audience when bonkers for the stuff while I cringed. Even my wife thought it sucked.
Afterward we were hanging out behind the stage and all of these people from the orchestra would come up and tell him how great the blues was.
I didn't understand then and I still don't
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harpdude61
133 posts
May 06, 2010
1:58 PM
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THanks Bluemoose....but sometime I think he is insulting my post with his responses.
Doggggg......I wasn't insulting you. I figured you must not be American because you didn't seem to understand the question. Hey, I promise nary one of ye hazza Appalachie accent like mine! I was goona rephrase the question for ya.
Don't understand insulting your intellect? The only thing I can say in Spanish is "we we senor" but I don't think that makes me stupid.
Racist? I'm a southern white boy, but I wore a t-shirt today with a huge pic of Satchmo blowin his horn. The man that first turned me on to the blues.
You know, I can handle you calling me an ignorant a**hole, good laugh.....but I don't know why you want to use the F word. This forum is too classy for that, plus the fact their might be 12 year olds starting harmonica that are reading this board.
My granny wood warsh ye mouth out with lye sope!!
Be glad to meet ye!!!
Buddha...would love to hear your response to the original post.
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Buddha
1733 posts
May 06, 2010
2:10 PM
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I can't really comment. I haven't been in a blues band sine I was 22. And now when I play only the most musicians, intellectual and creative types like it.
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"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." - Joseph Campbell
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Ev630
362 posts
May 06, 2010
3:54 PM
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"Honestly (and this is a challenge- albeit a welcome one- for someone who is organically stage shy) I am a modest talent but try to play tastefully and my experience is the audience just loves my playing."
Dennis, you are a terrific, tasteful player with superb tone in a band with a great vibe. If I lived in NYC I'd be catching all of your gigs - I can see why your audiences enjoy it.
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bigd
107 posts
May 06, 2010
9:27 PM
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Thanks much!! d
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MIKE C.
20 posts
May 07, 2010
7:54 AM
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Harpdude 61: The bar in Printer's alley was and still is The Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar. I've lived in Nashville for 5 and 1/2 years. The first five years I was in "Blues Heaven" as they always booked around 3 top touring acts per week, plus they had some very good house bands. The last 6 months or so they changed to mostly local bands with a few of the top acts sprinkled in. I don"t know what the policy will be with the new ownership but I'll keep you posted. Thanks for asking.
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Nastyolddog
674 posts
May 07, 2010
8:03 AM
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THanks Bluemoose....
but sometime I think he is insulting my posts with his responses,
Bro if you think this you ask me this question?
you don't explain it to some who it bares no relavance to,
Doggggg......
I wasn't insulting you. I figured you must not be American because you didn't seem to understand the question.
Bro Im cool with this, i understood the question i do understand english,with the Australian basterdized form of the english spoken word (STRINE) my answer was to you, lost in the traslation,
Hey, I promise nary one of ye hazza Appalachie accent like mine!
Bro your not alone many people don't understand things i say,i often get WTF did you say Bro run that by me again??
if your shy of the The F-word leave Australia of your Holiday List,it's a very universal word is used to add color to conversation,
you might tell me a joke a very funny joke i would reply get the F-out of here,
I'm not telling to go home it would be get the F-out of here that was funny,
now if my dog pisses on the carpet i say Get the F-out of here,yes i mean get the F-out of the house yes it's confusing,
but sometime I think he is insulting my posts with his responses,
Bro this you may be getting confused with whats called in Australia as a no Bullshit attitude
Buzadero has a solid Bro by his side and would be aware of this type of attitude,it is confronting at first,
scary to a point where it's machanical
you ever worked with some one and said this guys a machine,he cuts no Bullshit gets the job done he's a real Pro,,,,,,he's a no Bullshit type of guy,
Bro i Don't hate you if i step on your toes in your threads tell me i will rephrase my answer,
Dear MBH Members in my response to Bro harpdude61
i was unfair to the Forum it was a heated response
sorry Bro's sorry Adam:)
harpdude61 you could have saved me a lot of ass kissin and very long answers if you checked my Profile first and i would not be sounding like an over educted idiot:)
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Ev630
370 posts
May 07, 2010
8:27 AM
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Nasty, I have to admit, you have an eccentric style as a correspondent!
(But we love ya mate).
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nacoran
1823 posts
May 07, 2010
11:00 AM
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Harpdude, don't say we we in Spanish. That's French. :)
Spanish for yes is si. (With one of those little accents over the i.) I took Spanish from 6-10th grade and a semester in college. I can say yes or no, but, and ask where the library or bathroom is. And that's about it. :( What a wasted youth. Es verdad.
That's one of the thing I love about the forum is all the different perspectives. I don't have time to find it now, but I had a post where I listed 50 words for harmonica in different languages. It was really cool, because when you paste those words into YouTube you get different sets of videos than you would just typing harmonica.
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harpdude61
134 posts
May 07, 2010
2:21 PM
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nacaron....I was trying to be funny.....you know...something like Archie Bunker or Al Bundy would say...tis all good
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Nastyolddog
677 posts
May 07, 2010
6:29 PM
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Yo Bro's it's all good check the link out below have some fun with the Australian Lingo,
it's cool got sound samples with translation i pissed myself it's a corker Bloody ripper:)
http://users.tpg.com.au/users/bev2000/strine2.htm
Good onya mates ya Bloods worth Bottlin:)
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
410 posts
May 07, 2010
7:19 PM
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Dog, this native West Virginian would challenge you on that Appalachian accent thing. Of course, I have no accent. The rest of y'all on this board do, lol.
The guy that played harmonica for Bill Monroe was Curly Bradshaw. Also DeFord Bailey toured and opened for Bill Monroe for years.
Back on topic, I play mostly bluegrass. I played with a guy once, Bill Duncan, who was one of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys and he fronted the Harmony Mountain Boys, was on the Grand Ol' Opry, Ernest Tubb's radio show, etc.. Bill was playing guitar, I was playing mandolin, but brought harps. He said "Why don't you blow your harps there and I'll do some licks on the mandolin?" I played harmonica the rest of the night.
The main problem bluegrassers have with harmonica players is memories of Gus... guys who show up, play over everybody and don't know how to play rhythm. That's part of it. There's also some purist bluegrassholes out there.
Being able to play rhythm, especially chord rhythm, is key for long-term acceptance in a bluegrass community.
I have had some purist detractors with the diatonic. They will never get over the idea of switching instruments to change keys, regardless of the fact many of them would be lost without capos.
Never had any bad looks with the 48 chord harmonica. Everybody loves that thing. I just got a call a couple of hours ago to sit in with a bluegrass band at a benefit show at a local stadium - as a chord player, and they asked me to play lead on four songs. Looking really forward to it.
I wrote this a while back about playing harmonica with bluegrass musicians.
www.ehow.com/how_2223999_bluegrass-harmonica-fit-bluegrass-musicians.html
Last Edited by on May 07, 2010 7:24 PM
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