And PT Gazell was doing this 70's, yes, long before Dennis Gruenling. And I'm sure someone probably did it before PT Gazell. But really, who gives a shit who was doing this first or the longest? This thread is about Boris Plotnikov. Thing is, I love Boris' playing and I think this is an amazing version of this song.
"Dennis Gruenling has been using the theme in his performances for years"
Many players have. The first time I heard it used on harp was on either "Here We Go" or "Live in Breminale" with Mark Ford and Andy Just from the early 1990's.
@Learning To Reed-I give a shit-by the way,the thread is titled "Flintstones Theme-who's the player" not "Boris Plotnikov"- I enjoy Boris playing as well,but you really need to chill-
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Tom, it's ok if you love Dennis Gruenling. A lot of us like Dennis' playing. But this thread is not about Dennis either, as much as you'd like for it to be. I'm glad you can read the title of the thread, but apparently you don't get it because the question is, "WHO is this player" not, "who played this song first." The WHO in this thread is Boris Plotnikov, not Dennis. Your de'tractory comment had nothing to do with who the player was.
As for somoneone needing to chill, you're one to talk. Your past behavior on this forum and your insulting comments to other members (making fun of folks' spelling and grammar, etc.) speaks for itself.
@Learning To Reed-Look at my number of posts-look at yours-take it easy ,novice. I am just as welcome here as you are-I dont make fun of members spelling and grammar-I simply call them out on it. I am normally not a prick,but if pushed I can be. I don't want this post to be about Dennis-I have another topic on this forum for that-I simply mentioned that Dennis had been using it for years-possibly Boris picked up on that-nothin more,nothing less.
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LOL Tom... Like I said, your behavior speaks for itself. Maybe someday I'll be a true professional MBH member like you, and have over 1000 posts about Dennis.
Learning to Reed and tmf714 - With respect will you both please stop this bickering. All it will result in is yet another locked thread and possibly a member being deleted. Just learn to live and let live.
Learning to Reed has a valid point. I guess I meself have been guilty of making someone else's thread about Ricci before. Jason does this tune as well in the middle of some cool vamping.
It would be very sad if mild bickering or whatever you want to call it, resulted in locked thread or deletion. Calling someone out because you disagree should be encouraged. Nothing distasteful has happened here.
@tmf: You may not realize this, but when your first and only response, in your initial post on this thread, is "Someone else got there first," it sorta looks like you're trying to diminish Boris's accomplishment. Certainly nobody can be blamed for taking that away from your post.
Dennis is an extraordinary blues player, but I challenge you to post a video here in which he plays the Flinstone theme and then delivers anything like the brilliant solo, over those changes and on a diatonic harp, that Boris delivers here. You can't do it--because Dennis can't do it. It's an apples and oranges thing. Dennis is brilliant apples. Boris is brilliant oranges.
So let this thread be what is surely deserves to be: the celebration of a remarkable talent that shows itself richly in the solo he throws down on this particular pop/jazz standard. Julie Andrews obviously recorded "My Favorite Things" before Coltrane did, but she couldn't solo the way Trane could. There are few players in the world--some, but not many--who can nail the solo Boris nails here. I can't. Kim Wilson can't. Mitch Kashmar can't. Billy Branch can't. James Cotton certainly can't. Dennis can't. Sugar Blue can't.
Howard and Carlos surely can.
Jason might be able to. We'll have to ask him.
Congratulations to Boris.
The guitar player, BTW, is killer. What's his name?
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Boris is one of the new generation of great young players. His understanding of scales and harmonies make him very agile on such a difficult instrument. My version was recorded in 1977 and I played in in 2nd position except for the chorus of the head where I switched to another harmonica and played it in first. Yep thats right 1977 before overblows and valved and alt. tunings. You can hear one of my solos on this piece by following this link: http://www.ptgazell.com/Back_To_Back.html#Pace_Yourself
PT Gazell ---------- "Life...10 Holes & 20 Reeds At A Time"
