Harvey Mandel

[Govt Mule]

Harvey Mandel looked to becoming a guitar legend, even auditioning for the Stones and being on 2 tracks on Black and Blue, was in Canned Heat at Woodstock and played with John Mayall. Made 6 good solo records and was doing 2 handed tapping before EVH but just dropped off the radar in 75 till 93 and never have a major contract.

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[dr wu]

Excellent player....I have Shangrenade on original vinyl...been looking for Cristo Redentor(his first), Baby Batter, and The Snake when I visit record shops but they have not showed up. I hear all his early ones are good.
Yes...he played on Memory Motel and Hot Stuff from Black and Blue by the Stones. Definitely Taylors equal....one wonders why he didn do more with the Stones.

Canned Heat-Lets Work Together
Mandel -lead guitar, Alan Wilson -slide guitar

 

[Govt Mule]

The debut is superb but hard to find

 

[E-Z]

I read a Ritchie Blackmore interview of Deep Purple & Rainbow fame about 6-months ago saying that he once saw Harvey Mandel performing on stage back in 1968 when the original Deep Purple Mk-1 was touring the US and Harvey was doin the 'double handed neck tapping' on the guitar and apparently Ritchie and a few other were laughing at Harvey doin it and saying to each other doesn't he know how to play a guitar??.

Yeah they all had nicknames in Canned Heat with Harvey being known as 'the snake' with the others being known as the bear, the owl and the mole although Henry Vestine on guitar was known as 'sunflower' from memory??

 

[Ronman189]

I have his Cristo Redentor on vinyl that I purchased in May of 1969. Unfortunately, my vinyl albums are in tis large bookcase which has become a part of my Hoarder's Beginning Kit, so I rarely play any of them anymore. My (substantial) loss!

 

[ScreamingDizbuste]

Harvey Mandel on being a pioneer of two-handed tapping:

"They kidnapped me inside my own hotel. Alvin refused to leave until I showed him the tapping! Mick Taylor was great – but Alvin was the one who was mostly interested."
Guitar.com News

FTR: I posted a video of Alvin Lee playing I Can't Keep From Crying, Sometimes in the Video section here over a week ago, and you can clearly see Alvin 'tapping'.

 

[ScreamingDizbuste]

To Tap, Or Not To Tap . . . That/This Is The Question

I don't know about anyone else here, but I got tired of hearing every 80's guitarist tapping, attempting to play the same way EVH did. It's one of the reasons I like Mark Kendall of Great White so much (along with the band's music) because he never tapped.