Check this out. When I sit around thinking about what the perfect bluegrass harmonica would be, it's a lot like this. Note the chord rhythm he plays especially, he makes it a rhythm instrument like anything else in the band. That's how it should be.
That is just great playing! There is this guy named Mike Stevens who plays a little of that kind of stuff--and he even has a book out that you can download for kindle for $9.99--does anybody know if its any good? I'd love to learn some somewhat slower versions of this stuff--there are a lot of bluegrassers around here and it would be fun to play with them a little.
Here's Mike Stevens doing some Olympic class playing:
more of a Carlos, Bela Fleck kind of thing. Great playing but not much bluegrass is sight (so far) ---------- MBH Webbrain - a GUI guide to Adam's Youtube vids FerretCat Webbrain - Jason Ricci's vids (by hair colour!)
bluemoose- or maybe "Newgrass". I go to some bluegrass fests-last weekend,in fact- and it seems like some of the younger players are playing stuff like in that 2nd video. I like to try to play to the old school stuff,but I lay back a lot. I'll only play on songs I know. I don't get too adventuresome.
#1) "When I sit around thinking about what the perfect bluegrass harmonica would be, it's a lot like this. Note the chord rhythm he plays especially, he makes it a rhythm instrument like anything else in the band. That's how it should be"
In my mind, what you've described is how all music making in a group should be, in the sense that every member is part of an ongoing conversation, part of an integrated whole......
#2) "Wait... You mean A.J. Fedor was napping and somehow a diatonic link got through on Slidemeister?"
There is a tiny little diatonic discussion board on Slidemeister -- towards the bottom of the main index page -- some really good stuff in there from time to time.......
