Paul Delay?
On the album TAKE IT FROM THE TURNAROUND I am curious about the harp/key of song relationship on the third selection. It sounds like the song is in Bb and that he is using a C chromatic with the button in. To play in 2nd position on a diatonic he would be using an Eb, so has he just used the Eb possibility that you get with the button in on the chromatic instead of a diatonic?
Thank you so much for clarifying it. I should have taken a little more time getting to the key the song was in. When I first listened I just walked over to a little keyboard and the Bb just sounded right - had I gone a little farther before deciding I had it, it would have become apparent it was Eb and then the C chromatic in 10th would have made sense. I knew it was chromatic when I heard the jabs. There are so many approaches to a song with chromataic in the mix that it can be confusing to a newbie like me who is stepping out of the diatonic world to gain some variety.
The approach he uses here treating it like 3rd, is just like the best chocolate in the store compared to a Hershey Kiss for the taste buds of my ears. I will listen more to see if I can tell the difference between the 12 and the 16. I didn't hear what i thought was lower octave notes, but will experiment since i have both.
Guys like you are an inspiration, and i hope you truly understand how valuable most of us think what "rests" between your ears is to the world.
If you mean the tune "The Other One," it's in Eb, played on a C chromatic in 10th position. He's playing it mostly like 3rd position with the slide mostly held in (You can play in Eb in a way that doesn't resemble 3rd). he does some slide jabs - starting a slide-oin note with the slide out then quickly jabbing it in to arrive at the note.
When he played a C chromatic, Paul favored the Super 64, a 16-hole model, and it sounds here like he's playing a 16-hole instrument. He sometimes played 12-hole chromatics in other keys, usually in 3rd or 10th.
For second position diatonic, he'd be using an Ab harp.