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Thank you very muchDoug is shown at 2:36 and 2:46 on harmonica and singing background vocals. The only other band member I can identify in the video is Bob Messenger on saxophone. At the end there's someone in shadow who might be Dan Woodhams on bass or Gary Sims on guitar.
Thank you Stephen.Doug Strawn was a reed player so unless he’s one of the other musicians in the shadows behind Richard and Karen, I can’t see him in this video.
I'm quite sure this is Doug Strawn. I don't know if Doug actually played harmonica. I also don't know if this was originally a live performance of "Rainy Days and Mondays" that was videotaped, or if Karen and the backing singers were lip-syncing to prerecorded music in order to create this video. (I've only ever heard the original audio recording tracked to this video; I don't recall ever seeing this video and hearing a live performance.) If they were lip-syncing, then Doug would not necessarily have been playing the harmonica. He might have just been miming, along with all the other instrumentalists, to the prerecorded music being played.Thank you Stephen.
Do you know the name of this guy who plays harmonic (2:46) and also participate as a back vocal in this video, please?
I’m almost positive it’s mimed. Notice how no one except Karen is playing or singing into a microphone. That would not sounded good live. The Musical Legacy says it was filmed at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas.I also don't know if this was originally a live performance of "Rainy Days and Mondays" that was videotaped, or if Karen and the backing singers were lip-syncing to prerecorded music in order to create this video. (I've only ever heard the original audio recording tracked to this video; I don't recall ever seeing this video and hearing a live performance.) If they were lip-syncing, then Doug would not necessarily have been playing the harmonica. He might have just been miming, along with all the other instrumentalists, to the prerecorded music being played.
I’m almost positive it’s mimed. Notice how no one except Karen is playing or singing into a microphone. That would not sounded good live. The Musical Legacy says it was filmed at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas.
I also don't know if this was originally a live performance of "Rainy Days and Mondays" that was videotaped, or if Karen and the backing singers were lip-syncing to prerecorded music in order to create this video.
Karen did an amazing job (as she almost always did) lip-syncing through this video, which was for its time very well filmed - except one brief part: when the camera stays on the harmonica guy too long near the end and doesn't get back to Karen soon enough - always a source of minor irratation...... I also don't know if this was originally a live performance of "Rainy Days and Mondays" that was videotaped, or if Karen and the backing singers were lip-syncing to prerecorded music in order to create this video...
Except for Tony "the bone". He was still featured on Passage, MIA and beyond.It’s a shame they ditched the touring musicians from their studio albums in the later years. After the Hush album, none of them were anywhere to be seen.
Lip syncing for an MV you mean?Karen did an amazing job (as she almost always did) lip-syncing through this video, which was for its time very well filmed - except one brief part: when the camera stays on the harmonica guy too long near the end and doesn't get back to Karen soon enough - always a source of minor irratation...
The backing singers on the recording were, of course, K & R but they're not shown singing those backing vocals - a modern video would probably superimpose them on the video singing into studio Mics some clever way...Richard doesn't lip-sync at all in the video.
The only time I can recall Karen being "off" while lip-syncing is in the duet with Ella when she is "singing" that section of Gerschwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me"...it's quick but she misses...
Most people who see this video are sure that Karen is actually playing drums, and she does a great job simulating that. And, of course, she could have played them in the studio during recording - this recording is so outstanding in so many ways that the very slight difference between her & Hal Blaine would not have mattered at all.
Having this level of detail can be helpful for viewers who are interested in knowing more about the individuals contributing to the performance. Furthermore, does that mean that he play accordion and concertina too?Doug Strawn was a reed player so unless he’s one of the other musicians in the shadows behind Richard and Karen, I can’t see him in this video.