> James Harman verified this as well, relating a story to me about visiting > with Butterfield backstage at a gig in California during the early > eighties. Harman related how, after mentioning his admiration of Big > Walter, Butterfield proceeded to lay down a slew of Big Walter licks and > playing, all from the tongue block perspective. According to James it was > all "dead on."
Harman told me the same thing about Butter knowing TB. Othe people say Butter confessed he couldn't TB. What's the real story? I always though Butter wanted to make the harp sound more like a guitar, a la LW and the sax, which is why he didn't TB.
