And they were sight reading it for the first time. That's how they recorded in those days.
Here it is. Tony Sgro and the most badass chord solo of all time:
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
It seems like most chromatic(chord, bass, too) players who came out of the harmonica bands of the thirties(?)could read like that. Classically trained, like any pianist or horn player, etc.
It's amazing to hear that level of skill. Even though I love having the ability to improvise, I would not mind being able to read to the level of teaching myself some jazz melodies. I sort of pick away at it, but like anything, it requires some consistent effort...oh well...
i was 2 years old when they did this. 55 years later i am marginally closer to doing anything remotely this complex. ---------- http://www.reverbnation.com/jawboneandjolene
Awesome stuff!! I still have an album of Johnny Puleo's Harmonicats doing an entire LP of Italian music that just kicks butt. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
No argument here. This one bad ass bit of harmonica blowing. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.co,
The Sgros (under the Puleo name) made 7 albums total. I don't know the exact configuration of musicians. You can definitely tell Tony and Dom because of their unique tones. The Sgros were on all 7 of them. They did One Jewish songs, one Western songs, but TWO of the seven were Italian songs. Of course, the Sgros and Puleo were all Italians.
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
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