atty1chgo
1018 posts
Jul 26, 2014
8:34 PM
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I saw Willie Nelson a few weeks ago at Ravinia Festival in the north Chicago suburbs (second row), and Mickey Raphael was blowing harp. He was using a Beyerdynamics M88 stick mic. What a clean and beautiful sound. Great tone, and a very, very good harp player.
Last Edited by atty1chgo on Jul 26, 2014 8:35 PM
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1847
1996 posts
Jul 26, 2014
9:56 PM
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i watched an interview with him earlier today.
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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florida-trader
502 posts
Jul 27, 2014
9:10 AM
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And he is just about the nicest guy you would ever want to know.
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
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Silvertone
159 posts
Jul 27, 2014
9:12 AM
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Could anyone recommend some of Mickeys best work? I've heard him in passing but have nothing by him in my collection.
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Thievin' Heathen
348 posts
Jul 27, 2014
9:19 AM
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If I am not mistaken, Mickey's website has a vast list of links to audio files of his work. And there is a lot of it. He has always been one of my favorite harp players.
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GMaj7
475 posts
Jul 27, 2014
9:32 AM
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If you see him near the bus at a concert, he is always very nice to harp players.
I personally like that he is the master of a few well placed notes. He can really follow a chord progression. He's the perfect sideman and literally defines Willie's sound. Many times when no other players are with Willie, the producers request Mickey.
I had a chance to watch him in a recording session once and was amazed at how he was able to come up with great musical phrases the first time around. That's important when paying sound guys by the hour.
Although he has a huge collection of great harps built by talented techs, I've seen him walk on stage with stock harps and even take the stage with new tunings the first time around.
He's certainly one of the greats who has taken the harp out of blues bars and the common 12 bar head shake..
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Greg Jones
16:23 Custom Harmonicas
greg@1623customharmonicas.com
1623customharmonicas.com
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1847
1997 posts
Jul 27, 2014
9:48 AM
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this was my favorite band for sometime.
i cannot recall this tune, i was fully immersed
in the blues by this point, nice harp work!
they are playing next week for free, i may
have to go for old time sake.
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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groyster1
2640 posts
Jul 27, 2014
10:31 AM
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hes been with willie a long time....but who would willie rather have?hes awesome
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Silvertone
160 posts
Jul 27, 2014
8:35 PM
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Thanks thievin' Heathen. I found videos there of him w/ a lot of different musicians and a ist of his complete discography... very impressive!
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MN
325 posts
Jul 27, 2014
8:37 PM
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I'm a huge Mickey fan, and he's been a big influence on my country and melodic harp playing. Here's what I did this morning. You might be able to hear his influence in my playing: Click on the "Music" tab at this link and then play "Offertory and Anthem 7-27-14."
Last Edited by MN on Jul 28, 2014 8:33 AM
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The Iceman
1867 posts
Jul 28, 2014
7:13 AM
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Mickey is like Charlie McCoy...clean, distinct and right to the point.
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The Iceman
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Michael Rubin
921 posts
Jul 28, 2014
9:40 AM
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I met Mickey on a break when I was 17 years old. He talked to me the entire break. That's class.
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timeistight
1624 posts
Jul 28, 2014
12:47 PM
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I'd like to know Mickey Raphael's playing better but I don't really want to have go through his massive discography trying to find the gems. Can any of you fans put together a list of his must-have contributions?
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Frank
4946 posts
Jul 28, 2014
1:16 PM
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I'd say this is top 3 :)
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