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Heavy Hittin' West Coast Harp by Clarke, William (Record, 2019)
Bear Family Records Store (55489)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelBEAR FAMILY, Bfy
UPC5397102180545
eBay Product ID (ePID)26046074859
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2019
GenreBlues
ArtistClarke, William
Release TitleHeavy Hittin' West Coast Harp
Dimensions
Item Height0.38 in
Item Weight0.74 lb
Item Length12.37 in
Item Width12.32 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks10
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Let's Celebrate Life (Gone) 1.2 Home Is Where The Heart Is 1.3 Chromatic Jump 1.4 Coming Home To My Baby 1.5 Must Be Jelly 1.6 That Ain't The Way To Do It 1.7 I Got My Bags Packed 1.8 Hittin' Heavy 1.9 When I Get Drunk 1.10 Tribute To George Smith
Number of Discs1
NotesStudio recordings, most of which had been posthumously released on now long deleted CDs on the small Watch Dog label. Including a previously unreleased recording with Luke 'Long Gone' Miles. Compiled by producer and harmonica player Bob Corritore, who also wrote the liner notes. Carefully remastered by Tom Meyer and pressed by Optimal media, 180-gram edition in a gatefold sleeve, limited to 1.000 copies After some tough early years in which he managed to stay afloat with mostly poorly paid gigs in small clubs and only occasionally came out of Los Angeles or Southern California, William Clarke (March 21, 1951 - November 2, 1996) signed with the famous Alligator Records label. With his debut album 'Blowin' Like Hell' for the Chicago blues factory, the West Coast's blues secret became an endlessly touring international star of the scene! With 'Heavy Hittin' West Coast Harp' we pay tribute and respect to one of the greatest harmonica stylists. As an instrumentalist William Clarke was strongly influenced by George 'Harmonica' Smith, a Chicago contemporary of Little Walter and Walter Horton. Smith came to Los Angeles for a recording session in 1956 and settled on the West Coast. Similar to his iconic idol Smith, from whom he learned a lot of tricks in countless joint appearances, Clarke was equally at home on the cross harmonica as on the chromatic. The combination of Chicago-style harmonica and the cool groove and swing of West Coast blues and jazz met the open ears of blues fans all over the world. On his first album 'Hittin' Heavy' he is accompanied by Hollywood Fats on guitar, later recording sessions include Ronnie Earl, Junior Watson, Rick Holmstrom and Alex Schultz a.m.o. Bob Corritore, for many years a prolific blues musician and first-class harp player, producer and influencer, has compiled this album and written the liner notes for Bear Family.
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