Re: [Harp-L] summertime...a version

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Richard Hunter wrote:

> Smo-Joe wrote:
> <Tunes like Georgia should be done on diatonic
> <Tunes like Summertime........................chromo
>
> I dunno. I've heard some pretty hot versions of Summertime on the  
> diatonic.  I usually play this piece in 3rd position on a standard  
> diatonic, sometimes 2nd position on a natural minor.

I have never used a minor diatonic.

> I had the opportunity to play it solo on the diatonic in 3rd  
> position at Jon Gindick's jam camp in September 2007, where I was  
> one of the coaches, and it seemed to go over pretty well with that  
> audience.

True, but then look who was playing   :) There are DAM* few players  
that I could listen to for a full album. You happen to be one of  
them. Even Stevie & Toots don't qualify.
> It sounds great on a chromatic too, and as I've said before, if you  
> want to break somebody's heart, just play a ballad on the  
> chromatic--all that sad beauty is just overwhelming.

Yeah, talk to me, I hear ya.
> But what can I say? Sometimes you just feel like throwing down on a  
> blues harp.  Even on Gershwin.

I can dig it. I would have spliced 'Bess, You is my Woman', 'Ole Man  
River' or 'Deep River' into my version at a fest IF I could have  
gotten the band to go over it with me BEFOREhand. Aw well, se la vie.
smokey-joe
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://myspace.com/richardhunterharp
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