Re: [Harp-L] Mustang Sally (cover tunes)

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

What's up with  that Mustang Sally stuff? I really enjoy playin' that tune. 
Does that mean I  'aint a serious harp player? OOO no, I just realized that I 
do it on the sax  too.
    My motto is, "if it feels good, play it!!"
       I've been playing some kind of  instrument or another on Mustang Sally 
since 1969. I still get into the groove  of it, (when the band is tight) and 
I never play the same thing twice on my lead  unless I do the lead on the sax. 
I always see how much funk I can get away with  in between the bass player 
and the drummer. It's always fun to do. One of my  favorite things to do when 
playin' cover tunes is to play harp on songs that  don't traditionally have harp 
on them at all. For example "Jesus Just  Left Chicago" and "La Grange", or 
"Honky Tonk Women." I'd much rather play  those songs then "Road House Blues" or 
"Long Train Runnin".Yea, those tunes have  been done to death, but if they's 
a payin," then I'm a playin." So I'm very much  with you when you state what's 
below my post.
         I guess "serious" is a  subjective opinion. I figure "serious" is 
somebody that plays with an all out,  play from your heart on every song that 
you play kind of harp player. Just  me.
                Randy
           BiscuitBoy  Blues
 
 
In a message dated 5/10/2007 8:13:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Brad,

Please don't apologize for playing anything. I think it is  way cool that you
have the talent to pull off the Tull riffs and that your  band is open mined
enough to let you do it. One of my biggest beefs is this  concept that
certain things are below the "serious" harp player's radar  screen. A great
example is the ridiculous argument that playing Mustang  Sally is a disgrace
for "serious" players. We are entertainers first and  foremost in 99% of the
gigs we play. My guess is that when you play Tull on  harp eyes get wider and
people dig the bad-ass sound that your tin-sandwich  puts out. Rock on
brother, rock on


 



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