Rick Davis
2186 posts
Aug 02, 2013
7:23 PM
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Guess the harp player
Extra credit for guessing the amp he is using.
Hint: It isn't Nic Clark and it is not a Mission amp.
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capnj
141 posts
Aug 02, 2013
7:31 PM
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Ronnie Shellist Bassman,but what mic.Ok I'm probably wrong
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Jehosaphat
515 posts
Aug 02, 2013
7:45 PM
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I know it's not but sounds a lot like Papa Lightfoot
Liked it,any more out there?
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1847
950 posts
Aug 02, 2013
10:34 PM
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ronnie shellist doing jerry portnoy
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1847
951 posts
Aug 02, 2013
10:50 PM
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i really like this.... alot!
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1847
952 posts
Aug 02, 2013
11:35 PM
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man that is bugging me
sugar ray?
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Pistolcat
483 posts
Aug 02, 2013
11:50 PM
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Isn't it Dennis? Or West Weston?
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kudzurunner
4186 posts
Aug 03, 2013
3:34 AM
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I don't know who it is, but it certainly isn't Dennis or Ronnie. Both of them have certain stylistic tics, mannerisms--I'm looking for a nicer word! elements of style--that don't show up here. 1847's guess that it's somebody "doing jerry portnoy" is a good insight; my first thought was that the player swings a little, but not much, and that's what Portnoy does--swing a little, but not much--in his version of this song. Dennis swings much more than that, and both players would have rolled off a 2 draw ("awwwwwwnnnh") at some point.
The player has listened to and incorporated some of Little Walter's distinctive moves--not just the basic song, but the internal moves--and this is very strong, professional playing. It isn't Mark Hummel or Cadillac John, because it doesn't have quite the intensity that either player would throw into this.
Sugar Ray is a good guess.
It certainly isn't Kim or William Clarke, and one reason it isn't is that it lacks some of the freedom that they'd hurl into it--breakaway moves drawn from horn playing and B3 organ playing. It's a beautifully executed stylistic exercise--an aced final exam--without a single bad move, but there's one or two more notches in the direction of wild & crazy that, for example, distinguishes what Little Walter does in "Back Track" from this. Urgency. This is beautifully polished but without much urgency. It makes me go "Great!" but not quite "Wow!" Still, whoever did this makes me want to hear more. I'd buy them a big drink and shout at them while they were playing until they broke loose. :)
R. J. Mischo has that urgency, so I'm betting that this isn't him.
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Chinaski
254 posts
Aug 03, 2013
4:44 AM
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David Barrett?
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AZBluesHarper
31 posts
Aug 03, 2013
6:19 AM
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Sounds like Aki Kumar or Andy Santana???? Whoever it is...I love it!
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Rick Davis
2187 posts
Aug 03, 2013
6:58 AM
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Big Hint: I am on vacation in the SF Bay Area and I met him here. You SF guys know him.
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kudzurunner
4187 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:04 AM
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It definitely isn't Cotton or Estrin. Each of those players has a distinctive sound that isn't here.
It COULD be Aki or David, but Aki these days plays with somewhat more abandon than this (the urgency factor), and David--whose playing I only know from half a dozen cuts--has a slightly more distorted tone. But those are good guesses, because both of those players have the level of technical expertise manifested here.
Good challenge, Rick!
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tmf714
1864 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:11 AM
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Gary Smith-
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kudzurunner
4188 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:14 AM
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Is it Gary Smith--or one of his students?
I tend to think it's not him, because it doesn't sound like...well, like this guy, who DOES have the wow-factor and a memorable sound and style:
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SmokeJS
138 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:15 AM
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I'll take a shot guessing Greg Heumann.
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Rick Davis
2188 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:46 AM
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No correct guesses yet. I had never heard of him.
I know he knows Aki and Gary Smith and David Barrett and most of the blues heavyweights in the Bay area.
I ran into him while he was busking at Fisherman's Wharf and I was knocked out by his playing and tone, so I bought his CD and talked to him for a while. Very cool guy.
I'll let this go on just a little bit longer... I'm pretty sure somebody will get it soon.
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on Aug 03, 2013 7:47 AM
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sydeman
105 posts
Aug 03, 2013
8:59 AM
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Dave Earl ?
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Rick Davis
2191 posts
Aug 03, 2013
9:40 AM
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Yep, it is Dave Earl. The clip is from the song "Harp Stompin'" on his CD "Harmonica Blues." The list of supporting players on the album reads like a Who's Who of bay area blues artists, such as Steve Freund, Paris Slim, Aki Kumar, Maria Muldaur, Kenney Ray, June Core, Michael Peloquin, and others.
Here is his website.
The amp he used on the album is a 1959 Fender tweed Deluxe. He gets a very nice tone, I think. Very impressive playing.
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on Aug 03, 2013 9:44 AM
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Michael Rubin
783 posts
Aug 03, 2013
6:41 PM
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Did Dave Earl used to go by the name Dave Wellhausen? I knew him then, he was a great player.
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