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'

Harvey Mandel- The Snake - Floppy Boot Stomp

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

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 . . . . . . . .