Mark joining Bob on stage - questions

[superval99]

Fieneke - not only is BD a shit vocalist, he is a shit harmonica player. Listen to Peter Hope-Evans on Guy's Rollin and Tumblin to hear good harmonica.

I agree about Peter Hope-Evans.  He is a terrific harmonica player and when I heard him play at Pagham with The BluesClub band, it was one of the highlights of the gig.  He is great on the album too, of course! 

[Rollergirl]

Fieneke - not only is BD a shit vocalist, he is a shit harmonica player. Listen to Peter Hope-Evans on Guy's Rollin and Tumblin to hear good harmonica.

nice peaceful first post, I take it you are not a Dylan fan 

[Rollergirl]

1. I am not one of the ones who have decried BD on this tour (yet, anyway, still haven't seen the show to have an opinion) but Mark's respect for him won't influence my opinion.  I will like or I will not like.
2. yes, that would be nice, but not too much
3. same as above.

If I may elaborate a little (was in a hurry this morning).
1) As Dusty pointed out, MK fans are well aware of Mark's respect for Bob and most will have the same respect for him. In fact anybody who likes music has some respect for BD for what he has done. He is a legend.

[Rollergirl]

I agree about Peter Hope-Evans.  He is a terrific harmonica player and when I heard him play at Pagham with The BluesClub band, it was one of the highlights of the gig.  He is great on the album too, of course! 

+1

[Fieneke2]

Fieneke - not only is BD a sh*t vocalist, he is a sh*t harmonica player. Listen to Peter Hope-Evans on Guy's Rollin and Tumblin to hear good harmonica.

nice peaceful first post, I take it you are not a Dylan fan  

Haha Mrs President, that is what I thought as well!  

Welcome to AMIT Difficulttobelieve!.........If you don't mind I changed the sh*t word, because also young people are reading here and for respect to the fans of Bob who read and post here as well!  

Fieneke

[dustyvalentino]

I agree, Dylan is definitely a shut harmonica player.

[dmg]

Can you get a truely great harmonica player though?  I mean it's not really a proper instrument, is it?  A bit like Rolf Harris' wobble board!

[Best Brown Baggies]

I love Bobs harmonica playing. Especially
on the album 'Blood on the tracks'
What i can't stand, is the crappy, same old
harmonica played on endless blues albums.

[Tally]

As for the harmonica, it's usually excellent on the albums but not 'quite' as impressive live 

But hell, get Bob up there on Sailing to Philadelphia and we have a real treat. A Mason-Dixon Line...

[dmg]

I personally can't stand their sound.  It maybe stems back to getting them in lucky bags as a child...

[Jules]

As for the harmonica, it's usually excellent on the albums but not 'quite' as impressive live 

But hell, get Bob up there on Sailing to Philadelphia and we have a real treat. A Mason-Dixon Line...

No please no!!!!

[Jackal]

Harmonica is very underrated because most people are exposed to players like Dylan and Springsteen, who are not great players, let's face it. THIS however is great playing:

 

That's Pat Bergeson, a great great guitar player that Chet Atkins liked a lot. (The young boy is prodigy player who does a lot of Tommy Emmanuel stuff.)

Another great harmonica player, though more jazzy and big band type of playing, is Toots Tielemans. It's a big wide world out there ...

[MarkB]

Dylan has played some magical harmonica solos, one example I'd give is his playing on the studio recording of Every Grain Of Sand. Funnily enough I also love the harmonica on Trying to Get To Heaven, it's pretty much just one note but it works so well, maybe someone who was technically more accomplished wouldn't have played that because it's so simple.