Will Wilde Parisienne Walkways OFFICIAL VIDEO ( Gary Moore)
Wilde takes the harmonica and touches it like Midas, transforming it from its customary bluesy niche into a fullon rock powerhouse. In his skilful hands, the now notsohumble instrument becomes a diamondhard, razoredged lead that knocks the guitar off its pedestal and steals the limelight. Wilde first picked up his first harmonica at 16, at a house party. I basically nicked it, he admits, It was a cheap plastic thing, just lying about amongst the drink bottles and cigarette butts, but I was drawn to it. At first, his music was steeped in Chicago Blues: I used to play along to old Muddy Waters records for hours at a time, Will recalls, Sometimes, I played so much my lips bled. However, mastering his craft, he wanted to push the instrument to its limits. I wanted to know everything it could do; every sound it could make. After a while, it became an extension of me. As an extension of Will Wilde, the harmonica became a lead instrument for hard rock as he developed his own, more aggressive style
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