When I went today to buy a Hohner FlexRack and a Sub 30 in D I just felt the need for some William Clark to groove the subway ride away.
The doubling of the harp and guitar lines on "Blowing the Family Jewels" really stands out. It's much harder to hear the guitar line in this live video below, but the album recording is well worth a listen...up loud.
Wish I'd got to see him alive. One of the greats imo, just style and tone in a well wrapped groove.
I bought a cool T shirt of the bandstand from Him one time, he looked like Godzilla lookin down on me as he handed me the shirt - the band was ON that night too playin the blues like it was the last time they ever would...And once at his show he was sitting at the bar and I asked does he ever TB switch to get low notes he looked at me with that William Clarke LOOK (sun glasses on) and said "yeah"... I replied I thought so, peed my pants and scurried away...
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The entire tune is done in 3rd position. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Komuso, This is not Blowing Like Hell. This is Blowing the Family Jewels. I believe there are 2 recorded versions, Tip of the Tip which has an extra 4 bar turnaround intro and I think Groovetime. I have the latter on tape only so I cannot find it right now but the Tip of the Top version is 3rd position key of A on a G harp.
Saw him live at small club in Detroit...Big Man, Big Sound, lucky to have seen him while he was doing his thing. His persona was bigger than life.
Something about him that stands out amongst all the other W. Coast players. Liked him better than Rod Piazza, who is no slouch when it comes to live shows. ---------- The Iceman
William Clark is the kind of harmonica that makes me want to consider another line of work. He cannot be touched. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu ted-burke.com
