Our version of Folsom Prison Blues. Its a fun little ditty.
Simple 2nd position playing. Good, bad or otherwise, let me know what you think. Just realized that the lead guitar is not mic'd. too bad, he's got a rippin'solo for that tune. Ah, the perils of poor planning and counting. Not enough mics to go around. ---------- "Keep it in your mouth" - XHarp
Last Edited by on Jun 23, 2009 2:21 PM
jon sparrow, Thanks for the input. No there wasn't any harp in the original, and there wasn't a screaming guitar lead in it either so we just "Dayton-ize it" and make it our own. I saw it as an opportunity to learn and develop the traditional harp train chug.
Buddha, you're comments are well recieved especially as you have stated that your not a fan of 2nd position playing. Thank you for listening and replying.
It's not that I am not a fan of 2nd position, it's that I think it's generally not a good position for anything other than blues, some country and some irish/celtic music.
The problem is, for some reason 9.9/10 harp players base their music out of 2nd position and it doesn't usually sound good unless they are playing blues etc. You can argue that OBs make it possible to play in that position but I will still disagree as the OBs are weak notes and sound like shit in the hands of most players.
I don't shy away from OBs, I have zero fear of them but I don't use them nearly as much as everybody thinks. I always look for positions that make the music sound the best.
NOBODY in the audience except other harmonica players gives a shit about technique especially OB. The end result is what matters. What an audience loves is music that moves them on an emotional level. If you can't do that then you are not a musician, your just a harmonica player.
Some of you have question why I liked the Jon Sparrow vid. That's a perfect example of how technique doesn't matter. It was music. He put his soul out there and I saw and felt it. He's more of a music more than most of you with loads of technique.
Superchuckers vid is another example. He has great technique, better than most on this board but he's not playing music, he was simply showing off and that will always get an F in my books.
JonSparrow and XHarp = A playing (in the vids I watched) Superchucker = D (in the most recent vid)
GREAT sound, Xharp. That was a damn fine groove. Buddha hit the nail on the head. A player can have all the technique in the world, but if you can't groove and move the audience then you aren't playing music, you are just showing off. And X, you were definately groovin.
I think of it like BB King vs Ynqwie Malmstein... Yngwie can play a million notes per second with machinelike precision, but BB can play two and blow you out of your chair, and make that boy run home cryin' to mama..
For a brand new harp player like me, X you give me something to shoot for. I wanna groove like THAT!
Keep it up man and thanks a ton for sharin your vid!
Just watched it.... your harp is a great addition ( if not, the driving force) to the whole thing and on top of that, it looks like you guys are having fun.... isn't that what's it all about? If it ain't fun, it ain't worth doing... PLUS the crowd seems to enjoy it, what more can you ask? ---------- DutchBones Tube
Thanks all. you're comments are well received. We've got another gig this weekend so I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing and see how that turns out.
If we get anymore vids from the upcoming gig I may take the opportunity to post them too.
= D is not a smiley. You pointed out the issues. "Pretty cool" and Lack of originality. There was NO groove, NO energy and the playing lacked authority. It was simply non-musicial.
XHarp: Well, I like your style and the harping definately fits nicely to the kind of music. On some places it could have been a bit tighter, otherwise: tip top.
Buddha, thats where you're wrong = D is a smiley and = A is also a smiley, just seen from another angle. ;-) ---------- germanharpist, harpfriends on Youtube
that's like saying a middle finger held your way is just a finger. Intent means more than anything.
Brandon is not a bad player. In fact, I think his technique is better than most. I've been working with him nearly every night and the only place I can find fault enough to work on is his energy level. He needs to get outside of his box which is the "adam gussow" box. Not that there is anything wrong with that but a recent revelation has him on a new journey. And now that he's on what I feel is his "correct" path, he'll be a force to be reckoned with sometime in the future.
He new playing style is sure to be a Thriller and the only way I was able to figure it out is because I'm Bad.
