Harvey Mandel - The Snake {1972}
Studio recordings @320
{Out of Print}
Available at Amazon for $45+
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.
*My Note*
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
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SilentWay, I thought that was the Host of "Deal Or No Deal"...Ooops - Wrong Mandel!
ReplyDeleteSo, The Snake was doin' "two-handed fretboard tapping" Back in '72... I'd always heard a certain Mr. Van Halen Invented those "Hammer On's" in '78!
Listened to the sample, despite the God-Awful Cover - Mandel has a smoothness to his playing - I'll be D/l-ing! Thanks!
I've enjoyed HM since the 1970's His work with Don" Sugarcane" Harris "Cup Full Of Dreams" CD is excellent. Highly recommended. Thanks for the snake.
ReplyDelete@mwilson...I had forgotten he was on "Cup Full Of Dreams"..! I'll have to dig that out and listen, it been way to long since I've played that.
DeleteThanks for this Silent Way. Loved Harvey and bought 'Cristo Redentor' when it came out! (Well maybe 69 over here?) Yup I'm that ancient! Agree about the cover art but boy can that guy play! Any undecided should check the vid of Peruvian Flake . . .what CAN he have meant? Appreciate that it is no longer in print as I don't usually post things readily available but folks should really know about this almost forgotten master. Have posted links as ever to head folk back this way.
ReplyDeleteI've got this LP... and 2 dead turntables. It will be great to hear it again. Many thanks!
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