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Thread #16427   Message #153785
Posted By: Mike Billo
24-Dec-99 - 09:28 AM
Thread Name: Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues (album)
Subject: RE: Corky Seigal's Chamber Blues
Was "Nothbound Train" an old or new sounding recording? If it's an old one, I'd suspect Freeman Stowers as the artist. He recorded a bunch of train imitations, and his work shows up on a lot of old-time harmonica anthologies. BTW, he had INCREDIBLE technique. If it's a newer sounding recording, then I'm stumped.

A full fifth is an amazing bend, for Corky, Howard Levy, or anyone else. I can approximate that on a chromatic harp by gradually manipulating the valve while maintaining the bend, but it doesn't work for me every time, but then, I'm no Corky Siegel or Howard Levy.