Topic: Angels with harps??

[Prof Scratchy]

  This is inspired by the thread on the Georgia blues: were there any harmonica players on Decatur street??  Does anybody know? I'm not an expert on harmonica players, but there will be somebody (hopefully) in Weenieland who'll know if this  -or something like it- could have happened in real life.....

[waxwing]

Sounds great, Perfesser. I enjoyed playing duets with a harp player for a while before he left town last year. Drat! Sounds good with the 12. Off the top of my head, Buddy Moss started out playing harp as a teen with Barbecue Bob, I believe.
All for now.
John C.

[frankie]

Sounds great, PS - who's playing which?

Eddie Mapp had a big reputation as a harmonica player - apparently had a big influence on Buddy Moss.  I'm sure something like this happened somewhere along the line in Atlanta!

[Slack]

Sounds great PS, and some very nice harp!

[waxwing]

Right, Frank, Eddie Mapp. Duh. And I read Red River Blues right before PT and couldn't remember that name. Slip, slip, slippin' away....
All for now.
John C.

[uncle bud]

Real nice, Prof. Scratchy. I had just been listening to McTell while preparing dinner and was thinking,  "there's one I gotta try on the new 12." Great harp, too.

[Johnm]

I remember a couple of tunes by Smith & Harper (pseudonyms?) on the Yazoo anthology "Baby, Let Me Lay It On You", and I believe they were from that part of the world.  Really a nice job, as per usual, Scratchy.
All best,
Johnm

[a2tom]

Very funky stuff!  So, is that 1st position or cross harp?

tom

[Prof Scratchy]

Sounds great, PS - who's playing which?

Eddie Mapp had a big reputation as a harmonica player - apparently had a big influence on Buddy Moss.? I'm sure something like this happened somewhere along the line in Atlanta!

That's Fraser Speirs from Glasgow on the moothie (as he would say) - and to answer the query about first or second position, I'd say definitely second , but I'm guessing- they're devilishly secretive these harmonica players! And you can't see where they're putting their fingers/teeth/tongues, so how is it possible to learn in the first place???
I've had a look for a reference to Eddie Mapp and found a sound clip on the Document site - what a fine player! And he seems to have played with just about everybody - apart from BWMcT.Must have some of his stuff somewhere amidst all the CD's, vynil and tapes....need to go and have a look!