From: "PM" Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:42:12 -0500 Subject: Frank Huang Chro for Stevie
Robert B. made mention(in a post directed to Mike) that he didn't think Frank Huang made any plates for Stevie other than in "C" . . .
Actually Robert, it may interest you that Frank himself told me that he made harmonicas for Stevie in many keys . . .
I seem to remember he said that this was because Stevie like to play in Eb . . .
I know that because, as I have mentioned, Frank made one for me-in C-which I still have, and one time he told me that he couldn't get to some repair work for me-because he had to make several harmonicas for Stevie in several keys other than "C"- because Stevie had a recording date, and he quickly needed those harmonicas-to play relative to certain keys(or "positions" possibly??? Nah, we wouldn't want to get into THAT) . . . :-)
Incidentally, I just tried your dorian trill suggestions on it- and they turned out to be like some licks(or patterns) I've been playing ever since I learned some of the early Stevie Wonder chro style(Work Out Stevie/Work Out-which is in G-but it's about the same lick, and it works really well in a lot of keys, and is very cool) . . .
Also, I might make mention that some time ago, you said that you had tried Frank's prototypes along with the 2016, but among other things you found it too "heavy" . . .
I certainly agree(that it's very heavy), but I've always liked that about it-because in some of the places I've played, I've always felt safe-because the thing could double as a blackjack . . . :-) :) -)
