What I thought was particularly impressive is, except for a few rhythmic tongue slaps and split interval double stops here and there, most of the harp work after the guitar dropped out was single note playing. Completely in the groove.
What I thought was particularly unimpressive was a guitar player who couldn't finish the tune with a broken string even though he was playing a not particularly complicated vamp. Sorta unprofessional to have to stop in the middle of the tune.
But the harp player was able to carry the groove and fill completely without resorting to playing a lot of chords. Very musical.
In Cardiff,Wales I once saw a frontman/acoustic guitar player with a rockabilly band change a string on the fly, standing up, without taking the guitar off, inside 24 bars. And we ain't talking slow/medium tempo. He popped the string at the end of the chorus, pedal steel 12 bars, lead guitar 12 bars, string changed and in tune in time for the verse. He'd obviously done it before. all the guys I was with were pros. We were gob smacked. We gave him a round of applause just for the sting change. Band was shit hot as well. They'd backed Van Morrison on a couple of tours. ---------- LSC
