Posted by el_pedro_nacho (63.10.73.221) on September 22, 2000 at 20:32:03:
In Reply to: Re: John Popper Revisited posted by randy on September 22, 2000 at 08:41:15:
The very first Blues Traveler album had a HUGE blues streak running through it, and you can really hear that Popper has soul in songs like "Warmer Days", "Alone", "Carolina Blues", stuff like that, where he doesn't go insanely fast on the harp.
Yeah, I sure won't say that he's the first one to play that way. But I will say that he's really taken the style and stuck to it, instead of an experiment like some have a tendency. And that's the same with any instrument. You just keep playing, and you fall into a groove you like.
Personally, I can't imagine how his brain processes that much information that quickly, but hey, whatever works.
And I'm certainly not anti-blues... otherwise I wouldn't have gotten into harp in the first place, non? I love blues harp and blues guitar. Rarely any cooler sounds...
: I've heard Sugar Blue play live in a fashion vey similar to Popper. The style was very much Blues but fast licks all over the place. Who did it first I have no clue. Are there recordings of Popper playing Blues? I haven't heard him do any Blues. They rock in concert though.