HARVEY MANDEL
"THE SNAKE"
The guys over at Floppy Boots Stomp have posted a blast from my past in the guitar legend Harvey Mandel's long out of print 'The Snake'
As SW notes:
Self-taught guitarist Harvey "The Snake" Mandel is a musical innovator whose guitar style comes out of the electric Chicago blues of his youth. He helped to develop playing techniques such as two-handed fretboard tapping, and the use of sustained and controlled feedback during the mid-'60s. He has played with everyone from Charlie Musselwhite (who nicknamed him "the snake") and Canned Heat to Jimmy Witherspoon, Bob Dylan, John Mayall, and the Rolling Stones.
*Silent Way*
A really good record with a truly horrible cover.
Track List:
The Divining Rod
Pegasus
Lynda Love
Peruvian Flake
The Snake
Uno Ino
Ode To The Owl
Levitation
Bite The Electric Eel
Pegasus
Lynda Love
Peruvian Flake
The Snake
Uno Ino
Ode To The Owl
Levitation
Bite The Electric Eel
Recorded at The Village Recorder, Winter of 1971 & 1972
Harvey Mandel on World Cafe NPR
Interview at Rock and Blues
Still unsure? Check out Peruvian Flake here
Unsure what his influences may have been . . . . . . . .