This is a tune recorded by Jerry McCain recorded around 1966 for the Jewel label and this may be the very first recording of a harmonica played thru a Leslie. Enjoy!!
---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
The tune you're talking about is My Back Scratcher and for a long time I thought it was on a Leslie but that is NOT the case at all because with a real Leslie the organ speaker sound of the Leslie NEVER stops and that's not what's happening on that tune at all if you really listen closely. The Jerry McCain tune has exactly what I'm talking about and so does the guitar playing of Buddy Guy on the Delmark LP Hoodoo Man Blues on the title song itself. Some people have thought this may have been played thru a Magnatone amp, which is prized by guitarists for its actual true pitch changing vibrato but having tried one out myself, that's WAY different altogether. Give a much closer listen. Little Arthur Williams who plays harp on those Jewel Frank Frost sides has that very same amplified sound no matter what in all the recordings and a Leslie definitely WILL change the tonality to sound very organ-like plus when you hold out a note, the organ sound never stops regardless of the instrument going thru it and that's why I firmly believe you're totally wrong about that as I was. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
I believe on some tunes on Franks "Harpin on it" he did use a Leslie-a quote from David Booker- After producing some nice product for Sun in the late 50's /early 60's .. Frank was produced on this set by Scotty Moore .. yes , Elvis' guitarist .Frank had always kind of sounded like he was recorded by Jay Miller ,he always had that 'Swamp' sound reminiscent of Lightnin Slim , and Lazy Lester's Crowley Louisiana recordings ... On this set he really funks it up and gives all he's got on probably the same material that he would be performing in the clubs at that time. The band and studio sounds are tight, funky and rockin'. Scotty Moore's production is 'bang on the money' .. On several cuts Frank puts his harp through what sounds like a Leslie speaker giving an astonishingly funky effect ..I recall Jerry McCain doing the same thing on his recordings round about this time too .If you like funky classic soul blues with a touch of a Swamp groove .. this is your best bet .. Frank Frost in his prime ;baby!
