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siegel's chamber blues
siegel's chamber blues
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TetonJohn
261 posts
Aug 08, 2015
11:16 AM
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If there are tickets left, I have a chance to see Corky Siegel's Chamber Music, so I poked around online. I liked about half of the videos I found. Thought I would share one that I liked.
Serenade
Warning: this is NOT harmonica heavy, but a take on a chamber music approach to the blues form. Actually, the ones that were least harmonica-heavy were the ones I liked the best. And I did check to see that the cello player in the video is the one on the upcoming program -- that may tip the scales.
(I did have a Siegel/Schwall Band LP back in the 70s.)
Last Edited by TetonJohn on Aug 08, 2015 11:37 AM
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ted burke
328 posts
Aug 08, 2015
12:06 PM
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Corky Siegel was one of the first truly great white blues harmonica players during the blues revival in the Sixties, with his work in the Siegel Schwall Blues Band being a pioneering force in the movement. It is odd, though, that Siegel, though acknowledged as master musician, was usually skipped over by most harmonica fans I kept company with. Most of the love went to Butterfield and Musselwhite. I had the great luck of living near a no-age limit folk and blues club called the Chessmate in Detroit, at Livernois and 6 Mile Road, where touring artists peformed. I saw them there quite a long time ago and remembering marveling at the fact that Siegel was also an accomplished pianists. As is made clear with his work with the Chamber Blues Ensemble, he is not wanting as a keyboard player. His harmonica work is quite fine, spare, nice use of space and rhythmic , wonderful tone, wonder sense of emphasis. Great, eclectic stuff.
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Ted Burke
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FMWoodeye
841 posts
Aug 09, 2015
9:41 AM
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Corky is my hero. Pleasingly kinetic and really connects with the crowd. I've seen him and the band at the Chessmate and other venues back when I was thin and had hair.
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The Iceman
2614 posts
Aug 09, 2015
9:55 AM
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The ol' Siegel/Schwall Band had the spooky ability to get the audience subtly rocking back in forth in their seats during the show. I attribute it to their unbelievable locked tight in a groove approach.
Saw it in small clubs and once at a large concert in Cobo Hall.
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The Iceman
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