harmonicajoe
21 posts
Dec 17, 2010
5:08 PM
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It is a very weird sad day. Buddha is someone who was a huge influence on the harmonica community. His custom harmonicas were amazing and his playing was pretty unbelievable and innovative as hell. It is surreal to be writing about him like this and at the same time to be thinking about Don Van Vleit. Who was just about the opposite, who as a harmonica player nobody I know ever tried to emulate. But at the same time was influential as hell. Well not so much for his playing but for his voice, his songs and most of all for his persona: Captain Fucking Beefheart! Though Beefheart was about as fringe as it gets he was known as a harmonica player...they both kicked my ass in totally opposite ways. Virtuosity versus raw weirdness. Oh man, they will be missed. It is a sad day in this harmonica world.
Jim Fitting
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Joe_L
916 posts
Dec 17, 2010
7:24 PM
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This brings me down. I was a big fan of his!
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The Blues Photo Gallery
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BigBlindRay
42 posts
Dec 17, 2010
10:15 PM
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Bloody gutted. :(
Big Blind Ray's YouTube Channel
Mavis and her China Pigs
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mercedesrules
78 posts
Dec 18, 2010
8:02 AM
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.....Creepy trivia: his first (Magic Band) album was on....Buddah Records.
Captain Beefheart
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