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Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall

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1Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:01 pm

D. Slam

D. Slam

If you've heard one better, let me know about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQ01MB8fzs

2Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Yes, he's great, But Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:28 pm

Ted E. Bear

Ted E. Bear

Ever seen Toots Thielemans Don?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yrbIk8hwe0

And for some good ol fashioned blues-rock, of course there's Magic Dick from the J. Geils Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwB4bLwbWE&feature=related


Peace, TED

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3Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Re: Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:55 pm

D. Slam

D. Slam

Ted,

Toots is bad! It looks and sounds like he plays a chromatic harmonica. Notice the size (quite large) and the sound (sounds like Stevie's) also you don't cup them but hold them more open. There is considerably more involved in playing these and the notation range is wider than a standard harp. What I liked about Buddy was how much he pulls from the standard setup he plays.

Magic Dick was alright, but nothing really different.

Thanks for the Toots clip. That was awesome!

Don.

4Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Re: Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:01 pm

Ted E. Bear

Ted E. Bear

Glad you enjoyed it Don ! There's a lot of Toots on youtube including him playing harp with a turkey baster ! I was fortunate to see him play with Jaco in the Word of Mouth band and was blown away. Any you're right on the money about him playing a chromatic harp, which is a lot more difficult to play, but has a lot more range too !

I've seen Magic Dick with the J.Geils band 8 times many years ago, and he is a monster player, trust me. In the blues vein, of course. Some of the other good players are the legendary Little Walter, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, John Mayall, John Popper, Stevie Wonder and Jack Bruce. I had a very good harp player in my group the Allen Wrench band, named Carlos Colina who currently leads the Straight Up Blues Band. Some of you might have checked out the videos on my site. He has been learning chromatic over the years and would show me how difficult it is to play because of the tongue positioning involved.

But Buddy Greene sure can play, too. Thanks for turning me on to him !

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5Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Re: Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:22 am

D. Slam

D. Slam

Ted,

You mean Jack Bruce as in Jack bruce and friends?!

6Buddy Greene at Carnegie Hall Empty Jack Bruce Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:44 pm

Ted E. Bear

Ted E. Bear

The same , though he is more famous for being in Cream, or Tony Williams Lifetime, or West Bruce & Laing, or his many solo ventures. He's a great blues harp player. I was trying to find a youtube clip of him playing the song Traintime, which features him on harp but could not find a video clip. But yeah man Jack is one heck of a musician - known mostly for bass, but he also plays piano, harp and has one of the most distinctive voices in rock. Peace, TED

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