After listening to Masdison Slim's new cd " Close but no Cigar".. I got to say .. He has got one of the finest vibrato's I've heard .. Slow, full with rich tone and very sexy (if you will) ... his vibrato pulls deep into the heartstrings...it's bad to the bone ..
Last Edited by mastercaster on Nov 13, 2015 12:15 PM
Of living BLUES players James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Gary Smith, Rod Piazza and Mitch Kashmar spring straight to my mind. Forgive me I should have said Butter also of course! ----------
"Those British boys want to play the blues real bad, and they do"
Last Edited by marine1896 on Nov 13, 2015 1:22 PM
The best vibrato I've ever heard was Stan Harper at the 2012 Spah convention at Bob Mc Farlane's vibrato seminar. He pulled a diatonic out of his pocket and just laid it out. Sweetis an understatement.He was 90 at the time, I believe.
Most of the renowned players have an incredible vibrato, but the one I absolutely dig and always amazes me it's Will Wilde's vibrato, really strong. Amazing sound.
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My all time favorite vibratos, all because they're really slow and much more difficult to get right than you think, would be in this order:
Howlin' Wolf James Cotton Junior Wells ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
As BBQ Bob said , a slow and steady vibrato is extremely difficult to pull off well .. the 3 - 3:30 mark has a good example of what I'm talking about ...
Last Edited by mastercaster on Nov 14, 2015 9:39 AM
well the the old masters like wolf and Sonny boy II sweet vibrato are no brainers but living BLUES players are interesting to hear also. And yep Madison Slim has great vibrato especially when it's slow.
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"Those British boys want to play the blues real bad, and they do"
Last Edited by marine1896 on Nov 14, 2015 9:58 AM
There are all kinds of great vibratos. Chris Michalek and Mitch Kashmar on the high blow notes. Sonny Boy II on the high harps. Cotton and Wolf on the lower harps. Madison Slim on that "Florida Blues" turned my head.
Vibrato for me was defined, though, by Nat Riddles:
not pandering here to the owner, but adam has a great vibrato... and for me, it is about how it is applied... the Adele does a fairly good job vocally too...
A lot of excellent Vibratos in that bunch. As an aside, the vibrato technique(s) are the only Harp skill set that just came naturally to me for some reason. Basically from day one i just 'had' it.Every other thing like bends etc ,mmm ..well lets be kind and say they took work and i'm a slow learner.
