Fun third position piece to practice. Funny enough, when I told Dennis how much I liked the solo on this song which also appears on the Deming/Gruenling album, he indicated that it was Kim Wilson who played the solo on the album.
DG is such an interesting musician, not just an awesome harp player, he is an awesome musician. ---------- Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
It's unfortunate, that when it comes to blues music, some of the most incredible playing, as is demonstrated here by DG, is only enjoyed by a handful of people. I heard one golf clap in the background.
Such a pity:(
Last Edited by CarlA on Feb 07, 2016 1:44 PM
I'm with ya CarlA. Huge fan of DG's playing - absolutely one of the most musical and competent blues players today, IMO. Perhaps we are in the minority in terms of our musical tastes?
Amen Shakeylee. The groove, the rhythmic space. I like the drum, bass, guitar + harp player band configuration - and how they sparingly milk it.
Then there's every note that DG plays. Love how they (and he) stretch out on this. Sweet and Nasty. Not to mention tone worth selling your soul for. Anyone see the devil lately?
Dennis is an incredibly musical player and his "all natural" effects are astounding. The rotary spkr effect at 3:30 is fabulous and so musical. Plus, he's a great guy! Jay
@tmf714: Cool, how many songs is Dennis singing on the new album?!?
Re: tremolo/rotary speaker effect, Dennis says it's solely created by opening and closing the cup, you just have to be very good at sealing off that cup...and then alternate very quickly between cupped/uncupped.
The Kinder amps do love Crystals, but IMO the HK 6-10 sounds equally good with CR/CM's.
John Clifton used a CR/CM into his 6-10 the 4-5 times I seen him live and the tone was as good as it gets!
Last Edited by Harpaholic on Feb 09, 2016 8:04 PM
Dennis is very excited about the new CD-cant say much more right now-I have heard some of the rough cuts-it's really an amazing new venture to say the least!!
"Re: tremolo/rotary speaker effect, Dennis says it's solely created by opening and closing the cup, you just have to be very good at sealing off that cup...and then alternate very quickly between cupped/uncupped."
Thanks Harpoon_man. Very cool! $10 says no one in that crowd knows how hard the stuff he is doing is...
---------- Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.
@ TBIrd; it's not THAT hard. He's not playing many notes. They are just the right notes, played perfectly, at the right time, with the right phrasing, inflections, vibrato - and TONE!
It does make a good 3dPosition practice piece, - and I am (practicing with it) thanks to the OP by Grey Owl. After too many decades playing strictly in second, I need it.
I watched this yesterday and had to try it once I got home. It took me about ten seconds to do it. It is a very easy and COOL hand trick. You have shake the harp and mic and open and close your cup in time with each other. I've been doing the shaking the harp and mic thing for a while. I can make it sound like a type of vibrato, but I never thought about a Leslie effect! I'm glad I watched this! I love learning cool stuff!
