garry
538 posts
Oct 26, 2014
5:47 PM
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great story, well told.
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walterharp
1547 posts
Oct 26, 2014
6:33 PM
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seconded, sweet story, well narrated.
and way to save Rod!
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walterharp
1561 posts
Nov 26, 2014
10:51 AM
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CarlA
634 posts
Nov 26, 2014
5:02 PM
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Wow! The ghost of this thread has been resurrected.
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walterharp
1562 posts
Nov 27, 2014
7:44 AM
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by jimmy fallon playing harp and pulling a william clark
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The Gloth
706 posts
Dec 02, 2014
2:28 PM
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I don't really buy that "laying on the back" trick, it doesn't look natural at all and it's rather poor showmanship IMO.
In the William Clark vid : well, what he does musically while laying on the floor is nothing special, and it's just stage act. I like much more the "playing into the audience" by the sax player, because there is something more to it : a special connection with the people there. Seeing a musician coming to sit at your table and play right next to you, that's magical in a sense. And less common than a musician crawling on the stage.
Bar walking playing harp ? That's ok and entertaining, but it's much more impressive with a double-bass, like I've seen done in a festival last summer.
I agree with Dougharps, those kind of things have to look spontaneous and easy. Else, the audience "sees the strings" if you know what I mean.
I saw Guy Forsyth do a cool act once (it was in a very small club) : he crossed the room, playing unamped, went to the back of the room, got a beer and sang a blues from there, while the band kept playing on stage. That was special (but of course wouldn't have worked in a larger place).
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kudzurunner
5162 posts
Dec 03, 2014
12:39 PM
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I don't know what to tell you, Gloth, except that many of the greats used this move. I had a long talk with Paul Oscher yesterday and I specifically asked him whether he'd ever seen folks do the flat-on-your-back thing when he was in Muddy's band. He said "Hell yeah. They all did it." He told me a story about Little Watler coming in and sitting in on Cotton's gig, using a version of this trick and blowing the house away. Apparently it drove the women crazy.
Of course these sorts of things have to look spontaneous and easy. I've said that pretty much from the beginning--and I made it clear that my very first attempt at this move (which is what the very first video I posted offers) was NOT an example of "spontaneous and easy."
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Dec 03, 2014 12:41 PM
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