Funny, last night while scrolling through images in my music files I saw a photo of Harvey Mandel and was trying to remember what site I'd seen his music posted on. Had to hear "Bite the Electric Eel" again. Just because. So today I'm browsing old posts at Melting Plot, from 2015 no less, and there he was. He really should be better known. He sure as shit paid his dues, playing with Barry Goldberg, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Witherspoon, Canned Heat, John Mayall, the Ventures (?!) and on solo records by both Don ("Sugarcane" Harris) and Dewey (Terry) of Don and Dewey. The first song down there is with Musselwhite, from 1967. Dig the guitar tone (not to mention Musselwhite's harp and the organ by Barry Goldberg). The other three are from The Snake, an early (1972) solo LP. The type of playing is different, even among the three. The constant on all of these is his phrasing, none of it is really overplayed. Check out his discography and pick one at random and go look for it at a YouTube. Get sucked into the Mandel rabbit hole. Yeah, that's what you should go do. Quit standing around here..
Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band - Cha Cha the Blues mp3 at Groove Addict 1967
Harvey Mandel - The Snake mp3 at Melting Pot 1972
Harvey Mandel - Peruvian Flake mp3 at Melting Pot 1972
Harvey Mandel - Bight the Electric Eel mp3 at Melting Pot 1972
Visit:
Harvey Mandel - Discography at Discogs
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