Thought I'd ask about peoples' favorite licks, runs or solos they've heard from other players. What has really stood out for you or made you stop and go "what the !##@!"?
There's probably dozens for me but I was listening to Gary Primich's 'Gary Indiana' album the other day and the run at 1:38 on 'The Girl That Radiates' made my jaw drop.
When I heard this I had to learn how to play octaves. Once I learned them on chromatic I started using them on diatonic, too.
I never spent the time learning the song, just the octave technique.
Also, seeing Norton Buffalo harp switch on "Runaway" on the TV show Midnight Special got me harp switching on other songs. I didn't learn to play THAT whole song note for note, either.
I guess I find inspiration in great harp performances and subsequently learn new ways to play, but I am just not interested in learning songs note for note. Just the hooks, and the techniques. ----------
Doug S.
Last Edited by dougharps on Feb 27, 2015 3:59 PM
For anyone interested, I've broken down that Gary Primich lick from 1:38 and it's easier than it first appears. Just follows a pattern. The hard part is playing it as fast as Gary.
Seems to work for me. Try a direct search on YouTube for "Gary Primich The Girl That Radiates". Sometimes the best riffs are the simplest. It pretty much descends the major scale in pairs (or in this case the Dorian scale). Always pays to learn the major scale inside out.
I only get a live version from the Terra Club when I go direct search. Can't see the sugar blu clip either. Same problem on my iMac. I'll try the windows machine
The first 3 minutes here made a lot of us go "what the !##@!"? Uses all 10 holes on an high "F" harp with overbends which is enough to drop anyone's jaw, but the soulfulness, musicality, and super cool phrasing blew me away.
Gary Primich´s solo, from the Finnish gig, of "The girl that radiates that charm" is an absolute killer. Goose pimples. Not hard to play along with -- but really hard to give it that intensity. And he just keeps on going ...
An interesting thing is that he sort of disregards the chords after a while. You can do that when you own the song. (Inany other country in the world excepting Finland the audience would have yelled like banshees after that solo: here he gets polite applause from a couple of people. Finns have a ... contained attitude.)
