Lollipop Mama
1 post
Aug 06, 2010
8:27 AM
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Hello fellow harp lovers and harp players. I am the widow of William Clarke just thought I'd join this site if anyone has any questions or anything regarding my late husband.
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tmf714
191 posts
Aug 06, 2010
8:47 AM
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Hey Jeanette!!
It's great to have you here-I'm sure you will have many questions asked -hopefully you will enjoy it,as I know we enjoy having you. I bought William's chromatic from you,and that harp is held the highest regard by all who have seen and heard about it.
Thanks for keep Williams memory alive through your DVD's and CD's-WELCOME!!!!.
Tom Fiacco.
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Tuckster
696 posts
Aug 06, 2010
9:06 AM
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Welcome to the forum,Jeanette! You won't remember me,but I've met you at the Thunderbird. Going to see Sugar Blue tonight?
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DeakHarp
134 posts
Aug 06, 2010
9:10 AM
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Hi Jeanette .. I was a good friend of Bill's back in the 90's .. We even traded some VCR Tapes ... In fact Bill made me one narated by him in the beginning of the video all his favorite blues .. I still got it. He talks to me before the video starts, and tells the story of him and Gorge Smith and then there is a photo .. and so on .. He realy took his time making it for me ...Its great to finaly meet you ... Deak Harp ..
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Sandy88
72 posts
Aug 06, 2010
9:20 AM
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How many hours a day did he practice?
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WORLD CLASS HARMONICA PLAYER
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barbequebob
1090 posts
Aug 06, 2010
10:39 AM
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I still have some fond memories opening for him back in the mid 90's at Gilrein's in Worcester, MA. One of these days, I'll get around to recording an instrumental tribute I've been performing dedicated to him called "The Clarke Bar."
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Chickenthief
49 posts
Aug 06, 2010
12:04 PM
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This is great!
I was just trying to swipe a few licks from, I mean LISTENING to the "Rockin' the Boat" album and here you are.
Thanks for joining the forum Jeannette.
What's the best way to buy Williams recordings so as to make sure that his heirs get maximum benefit from the sale?
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Littoral
25 posts
Aug 06, 2010
12:09 PM
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Love to hear The Clarke Bar.
Great guy I learned a lot from. He would always take time to talk when he was in town. Got my mic set up like his. When I play a CD of his my wife always stops and say's,
"now THAT'S William Clarke.
It's her veiled dig on Rod Piazza.
...and ditto on:
What's the best way to buy Williams recordings so as to make sure that his heirs get maximum benefit from the sale?
Last Edited by on Aug 06, 2010 12:11 PM
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barbequebob
1091 posts
Aug 06, 2010
12:37 PM
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My all time personal favorite album of his is Tip Of The Top.
@Littoral --- It's a jazzy feeling tune that's more like Greasy Gravy and one other tune that was on his 2nd Alligator album (the title escapes me at the moment) done on a Bb 12 hole chromatic played in the key of C. That's about all the hints I'm gonna give on that for now.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Last Edited by on Aug 06, 2010 12:39 PM
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joeleebush
46 posts
Aug 06, 2010
4:22 PM
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Hello Lollipop Mama...(Jeanette)
When Bill was here in Atlanta at the old Blues Harbor back in 1989-1990 he visited with me at my house for a few days and I gave him the Atlanta "tour" of blues history, etc etc.
When he got back out there he sent me a tape with a good deal of conversation on it (him talking), you can even hear that bird you guys had chirping in the background. This was right before you guys sent out that Christmas card with him holding Gina, I think.
Maybe you'd like to have that tape back as a keepsake?
I'll send it to you if you want me to.
Just contact me on my email site dbush7@bellsouth.net and tell me the address, etc etc.
Glad to hear that you're doing well...we haven't been out that way in years.
Regards,
Doug "JoeLee" Bush
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djm3801
328 posts
Aug 06, 2010
5:22 PM
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Hello! Pawnshop Bound. One of the all time great songs to me. All of his work and his style - never gets old to listen to. Rarely post here but had to welcome you.
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kudzurunner
1734 posts
Aug 06, 2010
6:22 PM
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Found this photo of WC and George Smith. Jeannette, can you share a story or two about Bill's relationship with George?
http://www.angelfire.com/blues/williamclarke/George.html
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gmacleod15
75 posts
Aug 08, 2010
4:56 PM
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MBH member since 2009-03-24
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gmacleod15
76 posts
Aug 08, 2010
4:56 PM
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So I’m cooking supper. The cable Blues channel is on in the background. I hear a tune with harp that I really like but have not heard before... it is William Clarke Pawnshop bound. I am now a fan.
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MBH member since 2009-03-24
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Frank
3096 posts
Oct 25, 2013
3:48 PM
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bump
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tmf714
2132 posts
Oct 25, 2013
4:18 PM
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Live at Mannys Car Wash NYC 1991-
Last Edited by tmf714 on Oct 25, 2013 4:18 PM
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jbone
1391 posts
Oct 25, 2013
10:40 PM
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Your husband made a huge difference in my playing and I have appreciated his style and chops for some years now. From all I can tell he was a really cool guy and got along with most everyone he crossed paths with.
I am glad to have gotten to say this to you Jeanette, I only wish I could have thanked him!
I hope you feel welcome to post here any time. Obviously you have friends here!
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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000386839482
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7La7yYYeE
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wolfkristiansen
220 posts
Oct 25, 2013
11:14 PM
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Hello Jeannette-- Greetings from the frozen North, otherwise known as Canada. I wish I could say I knew your husband personally, because I would have loved to have met and talked to him. I can only say he spoke to me, as he spoke to millions, musically. I have all his CDs. My favorite song is "Respect Me, Baby".
Here's the All Music Guide description of your husband and his music. I have read it many times in my paper version of the All Music Guide to Blues, which remains my Bible for learning about the blues world and its musicians. I agree with every word:
"The heir apparent to Chicago's legacy of amplified blues harmonica, William Clarke was the first original new voice on his instrument to come along in quite some time; he became a sensation in blues circles during the late '80s and early '90s, stopped short by an untimely death in 1996. A pupil and devotee of George Harmonica Smith, Clarke was a technical virtuoso and master of both the diatonic harp and the more difficult chromatic harp (the signature instrument of both Smith and Little Walter). Where many new harmonica players had become content to cop licks from the Chicago masters, Clarke developed his own style and vocabulary, building on everything he learned from Smith and moving beyond it. His four '90s albums for Alligator earned wide critical acclaim and remain his signature showcases."
Thanks for putting your hand up and speaking in this mostly male forum; don't let us scare you away.
Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
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Jehosaphat
575 posts
Oct 26, 2013
1:13 AM
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This is athread from 2010..Jeanette has never replied to any of it?
Frank why the bump?
Pawn shop Bound...one of my all time favourites
Last Edited by Jehosaphat on Oct 26, 2013 1:14 AM
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Frank
3111 posts
Oct 26, 2013
3:41 AM
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Bumps have always confused me too - instead of just writing "bump" - it should be mandatory for the perpetrator of the bump to fully explain themselves in no less than 50 words...That said - there seemed to be unfinished business, I can't put my finger on it...maybe I was hoping Jennette would magically reappear and start contributing to the forum on a daily basis. Or, maybe I was curious what else might be added to the abruptly ended thread 2 years later by new and old members. But - now I know why the thread was resurrected from its resting place - it needed Tom to contribute some of Bills tunes :)
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 26, 2013 3:47 AM
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6SN7
379 posts
Oct 26, 2013
4:43 AM
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@tmf714: many thanks tom for those brilliant recordings.
Bill Clarke is one of a very few harp players I could listen to all night and never get tired of listening to. His phrasing is just awesome and that tone of his wraps around me like warm honey.
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Oct 26, 2013 7:39 AM
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sonny3
61 posts
Oct 26, 2013
4:50 AM
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Hello Jeanette could I please have tabs to pawnshop bound.thank you! ;)
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Mojokane
724 posts
Oct 26, 2013
5:25 AM
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cruel!
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Why is it that we all just can't get along?<
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Oxharp
544 posts
Oct 27, 2013
6:53 AM
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Hey Tom
where can I get the live at Mannys car wash cd.
I cant find it on Amazon.
Cheers
Russ
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Oxharp
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tmf714
2135 posts
Oct 27, 2013
7:05 AM
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I got Jeannettes permission to post those 3 tunes on the "William Clarke Remembered" site on Facebook-I found those on one of my old torrent sites-that came from an old blues radio show that also featured Charlie Musselwhite.
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