Nice video. I didn't realize Carey holds the harmonica in his right hand as I do. Carey Bell is one of my all time favorites!! My Blues Band does 2 of his songs. Here is a tribute to Carey Bell...Low Down Dirty Shame.
My favorite blues player and one of the few people I've ever learned a whole song from....several times. My band is totally different now, and we don't play blues, BUT we ALWAYS sound check to this tune! ---------- Mike Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
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I saw him and Lurrie playing with a local band in Southampton, UK, in about 1986 or '87. He blew the roof off the place. One of the very best gigs I've been too.
I think this video was shot the first time that I saw him in Chicago. He was a harp player's harp player. When he came to town in those days. Harp players showed up. It was a lot like when Robert Lockwood Jr would come to town. All of the blues guitar players would be there trying to steal his stuff.
Had the pleasure of spending some time with him wayyy back when he was working Blues Harbor Club here in Atlanta. He said...."I see you are also an advocate of getting that warble without shaking the head, but using your hands like I do". I told him "yep, got that straight from LW when I was about 15". He says..."are you that little skinny white kid I used to hear about who was burning that harp up down here years ago". I laughed....(now 40 pounds heavier)..."yep I am that "skinny" little white kid". We had some good laughs and swapped a few licks. He was real straight ahead with me. I stole a lot of 3rd position licks from that guy. His tone was priceless...better than Big W. in my opinion. ---------- "The degree of someone's "open mindedness" will be in direct proportion to how much they agree or disagree with the issue being discussed"...William F. Buckley
Hey man - Carey was a fantastic player. It's unfortunate that so many great players of his generation are often overlooked by modern harp players. His playing always delivered the emotion of the song. Isn't that what it's about?
There were a lot of lesser known players from the South that settled in Chicago. Darn near all of them are worth a listen.
