RE: [Harp-L] Gary Primich tribute number

["John Balding" <John.Balding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I always dreamed of opening a gig with Mr. Freeze. It just works on so
many levels. It's not a particularly "complicated" song, so it does not
overwhelm a fresh audience with oodles-of-noodles. Yet, it is a funky
groove which could be an indicator of "things to come", so to speak. It
would be a good set break song or even a gig closer. It doesn't require
vocals, so it's a good song to give your voice a break if you are also
the vocalist. Because it's played on a Bb chromatic, it has a super-fat,
bold sound which totally takes control of any situation. And it is a
Primich original.
Those are the reasons I like it, anyway.

John Balding
Tallahassee, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rusty Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:52 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Gary Primich tribute number

It has been about a year now since we lost Gary Primich, and I have been
thinking about the man and his music a lot lately.  I was a huge fan -
drove hundreds of miles on several occasions to see Gary play, attended
as many of his gigs as I could, learned most of his solos from his CDs,
etc.   I have been tossing around the idea of adding a Gary Primich
tribute number to my repertoire, one tune that could introduce Gary's
music to audiences when I play out (which admittedly is rare these
days).  The problem I'm having is choosing which tune would achieve this
best.  Gary's music covered a lot of musical ground, so it's hard for me
to narrow it down to even a few quintessential tunes.  I was thinking
something on Gary's jazzier side like "Ain't you trouble" or "School of
hard knocks," but then he had some really nice ones on chromatic like
"the briar patch" or "Mr. Freeze."  Gary also seemed to really be into
the more soul-influenced numbers like "You've got to give a little more"
or "Think it over."  (Of course I would want the tune I choose to be a
Primich original, but I have not looked at which ones he actually wrote
just yet.)  Can somebody help me out here?  Any ideas from other Primich
friends/fans would be appreciated.
 
-Rusty
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