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Napoleon Strickland:  great hill country harp!
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kudzurunner
6232 posts
May 19, 2017
9:54 AM
I'm genuinely surprised to have stumbled across this gem. I've been saying for years that there basically ISN'T a tradition of blues harmonica in the North Mississippi hills, with the notable exception of Johnny Woods. Seven years ago I posted a clip of Strickland playing, but it's not very good playing. (You can use the forum search function to find that short thread: search Napoleon Strickland.) But this clip is great. This is the sort of seemingly simple but actually quite difficult to get right playing that makes people say, "I want to play the harmonica like that."

Arrick
56 posts
May 20, 2017
9:42 AM
Wonderful find. Thanks for sharing. Bits like this help pull me back to simplicity.
octafish
14 posts
May 20, 2017
10:49 AM
He looks and sounds like he could make a harp disappear in those hands like David Blaine makes a coin disappear. Nice, nice, nice.
Goldbrick
1820 posts
May 24, 2017
4:19 PM
Nice tone and rhythm
The Iceman
3116 posts
May 25, 2017
6:04 AM
wow. love the open/close/open hand technique. Sounds easy - but it's not, really. That's the beauty of it.
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isaacullah
3247 posts
May 26, 2017
8:19 AM
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AppalachiaBlues
5 posts
May 28, 2017
1:32 PM
Yes, this is what tone is really about. It's all in the technique. Not the mics, pedals, amps, and custom harps.

Last Edited by AppalachiaBlues on May 28, 2017 1:33 PM
octafish
15 posts
May 29, 2017
4:25 PM
Reminds me of what Phil Woods said about meeting Charlie Parker: "I thought there was something wrong with my sax, my mouthpiece, my strap..Bird picked up my horn and I found out there was nothing wrong with my sax, my mouthpiece, or my strap"


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