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Misty (3rd position)

Jerry Portnoy, as many of you probably know, is an excellent blues player and a Muddy Waters band alumnus to boot. He has released several solo albums, including Home Run Hitter, which I used to own. Used to ? Well, truth be told, it didn't do much for me. Like many of his contemporaries who have learned harp and paid their dues as sidemen, Portnoy doesn't strike me as a particularly thrilling frontman.

That being said, Home Run Hitter featured an interesting harmonica version of the jazz standard Misty. It's not absolutely respectful of the original theme, and the backing is a little cheesy, but it's still a nice theme, and a great exercise in accuracy to boot. So here's the tab for that track, I hope it's useful.

Misty

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