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kudzurunner
5784 posts
Dec 04, 2015
11:23 AM
Somehow I have a recollection of this video having been posted here at some point, but I suspect I'm not the only one who hasn't actually seen it. Very, very weird. No comment, in fact. Give it time to get going:



Can you imagine THAT as a busking act? He'd never make a cent, because anybody ducking toward him to toss a dollar in the bucket would be lashed off their feet.

Last Edited by kudzurunner on Dec 04, 2015 11:25 AM
marine1896
494 posts
Dec 04, 2015
11:35 AM
If we never had YouTube you would have only ever heard and seen this harp/whip act on the Gong Show!



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Sherwin
218 posts
Dec 04, 2015
5:32 PM
ahhhhhhh J. P. Morgan.........always hada a crush on her

I mean, um

someone please lock this thread because it's only going to go downhill from here. And if it does go downhill from here it'll be something remarkable at best, or more likely ghastly.

please for the love of little vibrating bits of metal, do something!

Michael
kham
42 posts
Dec 04, 2015
5:47 PM
Where and what is he standing in front of? Weird indeed.
HarpNinja
4154 posts
Dec 04, 2015
6:42 PM
About a million years ago, on my birthday, when I was first learning to play, we both sat in with the same band. He could play several artists' solos note for note. Not easy stuff either.

I remember him playing outside next to me plowing through Sugar Blue solos.

He was on tv at least once for his whipping.
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Last Edited by HarpNinja on Dec 04, 2015 6:43 PM
shadoe42
334 posts
Dec 04, 2015
7:37 PM
Adam is a good guy. This is just one part of the stuff he does. He does mostly stage shows at wild west shows, ren faires, etc. haha the guitar player in the band I was in let him use the whip to play his guitar once. That was interesting :)


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dougharps
1065 posts
Dec 05, 2015
7:24 AM
I kept wondering why he chose a minor key harp. Maybe to add an ominous quality to his performance?

Whips as percussion is an act I have not previously considered. He is pretty good to get such consistent rhythm, if this is an accurate audio recording.

This would not work well as part of a band on a crowded stage. It would be hard to find others to play with you.

This was a striking performance, and as Adam noted, not one likely to attract donations to the tip jar during the action.

On the other hand, if tips were solicited between acts, it might go poorly for anyone trying to snatch the tip jar.
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Doug S.
Goldbrick
1205 posts
Dec 05, 2015
8:09 AM
Jaye P was a freak gotta be 80 or so now
Harp Study
159 posts
Dec 05, 2015
8:46 AM
That is definitely something that I hadn't ever seen before.


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