peeper1
3 posts
Mar 26, 2009
1:51 PM
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In the past week I have had the distinct pleasure to encounter two harp players I have not heard before, each representing an extreme. Most surprising was a short solo on a tune by Splinter Group that I stumbled upon and put in the IPod because its a really laid back blues that's fun to play with and I really liked the vocals...and there is a 12 bar acoustic harp solo in the middle that's about as casual as you can get with a tone as big as the muddy Mississippi. After spending some time playing along I googled the group and learned it's Peter Greens band (Fleetwoods Mac's first guitar player) with him singing and playing harp and very little guitar. Not bad for a 60 year old schizophrenic on his meds.
And then, for the first time, I heard Jason Ricci. I'll be layed up a while just reconciling everything.
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mickil
133 posts
Mar 26, 2009
3:35 PM
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You just got me thinking again about Peter Green. Back in the days when I was cr*p, I used to try and play his solo on 'Long Grey Mare'. I'll give it another go. Thanks for putting that in mind.
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
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peeper1
4 posts
Mar 26, 2009
6:51 PM
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the specific Splinter Group tune with the solo is "When You Got A Good Friend"...the Robert Johnson classic.
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b1ueskyz
21 posts
Mar 26, 2009
11:23 PM
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I've listened to the 'old' Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac before they went rock/pop for a long time. Some of my favorite blues.
Another band/duo that did some great blues before going mainstream rock/pop was Hot Tuna, later to be better known as Jefferson Airplane.
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