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Bonamassa/Red Rocks Harp Player
Bonamassa/Red Rocks Harp Player
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Greg Heumann
2968 posts
Mar 14, 2015
8:30 PM
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Just watched the Joe Bonamassa "Muddy Wolf" show on PBS - a tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf performed at Red Rocks. The music was good. There was a harp player who was ... average.
So I googled to see who it was - his name is Mike Henderson - an accomplished GUITAR PLAYER. (http://www.mikehenderson.com/mike-henderson) who clearly plays a little harp.
C'mon, Joe - You're honoring the pinnacle of the Blues period. Have some respect. There were so many outstanding players he could have hired for this show.
Just sayin'.
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Last Edited by Greg Heumann on Mar 14, 2015 8:34 PM
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thorvaldsen76
186 posts
Mar 15, 2015
4:33 AM
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Joe Bonamassa. Keeping the blues alive..
What a rubbish statement! I've heard some of this so-called tribute. I think it's a disgrace. I think Muddy and the Wolf roll over in their graves. Has this guy ever played a song without wanking the guitar? Would love to see that! I'm member of a movement that has defined JB as The Great Satan Child. So feel free to join up if you want to fill Your life with grease.
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6SN7
522 posts
Mar 15, 2015
5:44 AM
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Joe Bonamassa......I have been wondering when a post like this is going to show up.
Our band's guitarist brought a video of JB one night to rehearsal, he really liked "Further On Up the Road." We have done this song for years, just like Bobby Bland/Pat Hare with that signature intro, as we had picked it up from the live Denny Freeman and the Cobras record. The guitar loved JB's version, and to my ears, it is another 12 bar shuffle with some vocal stops with lots of guitar pyrotechnics. It reminded me a lot of Eric Clapton's version from the 1977 album "EC Was Here." That was released the year JB was born!.
We also listen to "Shake For Me." Now I remember John Hammond's incendiary version from "Southern Fried" with Duane Allman, but this version sounded like Killing Floor just with different lyrics because, well, in some circles, the tune is overplayed. It was cool that Kirk Fletcher and Reese Wynans are in the band. But the song ending is a bit of of train wreck or am I being too picky?
The harp player was a loose appendage there, and really seemed out of place. It wouldn't have matter who was in the chair, JB's show is a guitar driven show. He has mentioned many times his guitar heroes in his youth were Clapton, Green and other english blues rockers. And he sounds just like him. Whatever, the man is hugely popular and dare I say, it reminds of when SRV hit the scene. What I like about JB is that he will inspire kids who watch him to buy a guitar and hopefully, keep the blues going another generation or two. Hopefully those same kids will then buy a Kid Anderson cd!
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Mar 15, 2015 5:46 AM
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dougharps
882 posts
Mar 15, 2015
8:33 AM
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Mike Henderson is a better harp player than many I have heard recorded and played on the radio, but not outstanding, and not someone I would expect to see playing harp at a Muddy/Wolf tribute. He may have been brought on board because he was known through his guitar/blues connection, and someone knew he played harp. Networking...
I like the two Mike Henderson and the Bluebloods CDs I bought years ago because of his great slide guitar and energy.
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