What are your favourite harp-only tunes that you can't help but stomp your foot to? I'm looking for a new tune to learn and I wanted something with an irresistible bounce.
Here's one from Larry Raspberry and the High Steppers highlighting the underappreciated Fingers Taylor on harmonica. Foot stomping galore. ---------- www.ted-burke.com
I agree with Ted on Fingers Taylor, cool player. My Story with him: 1976 large performing theatre in Fla for Jimmy Buffett. I hoped to meet Fingers (I was young teen and just started on harp) so, had idea if I whet during day perhaps I could get lucky and they would be doing sound check and I could say hi. I went around side/back door of theatre, it was locked but, door opened and there he was! Smoking a cig. and I shared I played harp and hoped to meet him. He said cool so I pulled out my A Marine Band and played a few basic licks. He reached out his hand for my harp, which I gave of course! He took a large puff, tossed the cig and proceeded to WAIL on my harp, smoke was literally pouring out the front of my harp which gave it all the more "fie breathing dragon" affect. His volume was 3 times what mine was, this opened a major door, to just see what the harp really sounded like up close when played at full volume/tone. He then took me onto the huge theatre stage, where his Super Reverb sat and showed me his Green Bullet, modified with VC under at mic stand threads location. He was so gracious to share, no one else was around since it was after sound check. Within a week I had bought a new GB, had VC mounted at a music store, and bought a Super Reverb....I was all set! Sorry I cannot recall how to imbed like the vids above but Charlie McCoy's "Cotton Eyed Joe" is a cool tune in this vein. For those who know San Diego (Ted for sure after that Rory story) in 1977 when we were first electric band at Belly Up Tavern, if I could say one of the main songs that helped us pack that place with country dancers it was Cotton Eyed Joe, the Country Dancers loved this song. Here is link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88s7nJyObwQ&ab_channel=CMHRecords
