kudzurunner
4633 posts
Mar 25, 2014
9:25 AM
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Mark Lavoie's name has come up several times on this forum, but almost always as a harp-comb guy rather than a player. He deserves better than that. He's a country-style player best known for the fact that he was Sonny Terry's chauffeur in the summer of 1976. (He tells that story around the 28:00 point in the video below.) He's got a laid back style, very relaxed, with a big full tone, fine vibrato. He's particularly good on the low harps. In the table tennis community, one term of high praise was that a guy had "good touch." Lavoie has good touch. He's got finesse. He takes care with the instrument rather than brutalizing it.
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barbequebob
2506 posts
Mar 25, 2014
10:00 AM
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He sure is a terrific player and for awhile, he made the best combs for Hohner MS series harps, hands down.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
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jiceblues
314 posts
Mar 25, 2014
10:09 AM
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I think he plays MS harps in this vid .Looks like the harps have Meisterklasse covers .
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Kingley
3544 posts
Mar 25, 2014
10:17 AM
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First heard him play years ago. Mark is a bad ass harp player.
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jiceblues
315 posts
Mar 25, 2014
2:44 PM
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Does he use tongue block in this vidéo ?
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tmf714
2475 posts
Mar 25, 2014
2:51 PM
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Tongue blocking for sure-
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sonny3
146 posts
Mar 25, 2014
3:35 PM
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He's tongue blocking but he didn't learn that from Sonny Terry.
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Goldbrick
376 posts
Mar 25, 2014
5:01 PM
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What nice mellow tone.
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JTThirty
242 posts
Mar 26, 2014
5:35 PM
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Yay! Mark built up a harmonica for me back in the day. He sealed the comb with beeswax, fined tuned it and made it kick butt. Never heard him play until now. Totally agree with your assessment, Adam.
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Ricky B
http://www.bushdogblues.blogspot.com
RIVER BOTTOM BLUES--crime novel for blues fans available at Amazon/B&N and my blog
THE DEVIL'S BLUES--ditto
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