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Who is this harp player with Johnny Winter?
Who is this harp player with Johnny Winter?
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harpdude61
1880 posts
Nov 19, 2013
6:33 AM
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A friend asked me and I don't have a clue. Unique rack!. Harp solo starts around 4:20.
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tmf714
2179 posts
Nov 19, 2013
6:48 AM
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That's my buddy Jon Paris from NYC-plays bass,guitar,harp and some other instruments.
Great guy-ran the jam at Mannys Car Wash for a few years.
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harpdude61
1881 posts
Nov 19, 2013
7:54 AM
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That's cool. Don't think I ever saw a bassist with a harp rack. Thanks!
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6SN7
394 posts
Nov 19, 2013
8:23 AM
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Yes indeed, that's the great Jon Paris. I use to see him at Dan Lynch's.
I have been trying to find a copy of White Hot and Blue, but can't track it down. Is it out of print? It featured the harp stylings of Pat Ramsey.
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Nov 19, 2013 8:25 AM
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florida-trader
396 posts
Nov 19, 2013
8:39 AM
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Notice in several close-ups of the bass it is a Hohner!
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
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Tuckster
1373 posts
Nov 19, 2013
10:36 AM
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The same Jon Paris that wrote music reviews?
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tmf714
2180 posts
Nov 19, 2013
10:40 AM
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Bluesman/roots-rocker Jon Paris laughs aloud when asked about the Senate decision to declare 2003 as "The Year of Blues." Facing the possibility of war, he finds the honor ironic, even though he believes that "it's always going to be great [to have] a general audience recognizing the music, and the amount of history that went into this -- the blood, sweat, and tears that went into creating the blues." On the other hand, he warns, "the world has the blues, and there still are a lot of unsolved problems."
Paris is one of the most famous sidemen in rock and blues history, with an impressive list of partners in crime. You name it and he'll tell you what you want to hear. Do you want legends? What about Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, Les Paul, Bob Dylan, Johnny Winter, Mick Taylor, or Peter Tosh? Although he is best known for his work as Winter's touring and recording bassist in the Eighties, Paris is a superb harmonica player and the leader of a roots trio who has been struggling to steal the spotlight on his own stage.
"Sometimes it's frustrating because I've played with Johnny Winter for such a long time people just associate me with him, rather than knowing that I have my own thing," confesses Paris. "The whole time I was with Johnny Winter I also had my band in New York, and we played all around the East Coast while he was off touring. He was playing larger places and we were in the smaller places. Hopefully one day we'll have a hit record or an album that does well. The album I've released [Rock the Universe, 1996] got great reviews and sold fairly well, but we never had a hit record."
Nevertheless, he's a grateful musician who considers himself "very fortunate" after working, touring, or simply jamming with people like Freddy King, Muddy Waters, and Hooker. "You can't buy these experiences," he says, "this is what you live for, to get to rub elbows with other musicians that you can learn from. I was lucky enough to meet Les Paul in NYC, and I often sit with him in his Monday-night gig. He's 87 years old, still plays, and it's a complete inspiration."
In his second visit to Miami as a solo artist, Paris will offer some of the songs that could fill not only his unreleased second album but "the next twenty CDs," plus an array of traditional rock and blues songs from the likes of Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin. "Anything that has the blues in it," he says.
But Paris doesn't want to buy all the blues hoopla. The government initiative, and the upcoming documentaries from directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, could end up as a "Hollywoodization of it, because it's hard to cover everybody, but hopefully they will get it to the public eye, and more people will know how great this music is," Paris concludes.
For Paris, there are far more important quotes on the blues still riffing in his head.
He remembers Muddy Waters's comment in the late Sixties, laughing off the idea of a blues revival: "What revival are you talking about? I've been playing this stuff for 30 years!"
And Willie Dixon's definition of the genre speaks more than a thousand words.
"Willie Dixon said blues is the truth, because people relate to it," remarks Paris. "Someone was saying this to me the other day: The minute you play the opening Chuck Berry riff it doesn't matter if they're 16 or 60, people light up and they want to dance."
That's what's on the menu this weekend. Pass it on!
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JInx
639 posts
Nov 19, 2013
11:07 AM
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a favorite dan lynch rocker. sitting at the bar, the band was literally standing at your back pumping the music, alcohol and cigarettes deep into your brains. a grimy yankee juke like no other….the vibe long gone and dearly missed. paris still plays around town, but here, the blues have seen better days. a set at BB King's makes it all so Disney.
has anyone been to the village vanguard lately? same great acoustics but, the soul is gone. it's like a movie theater, complete control over the audience.
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arnenym
234 posts
Nov 19, 2013
12:27 PM
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I was there and saw this concert.. :)
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