Harvey Mandel

Harvey Mandel (born the March 11th 1945 with Strait (Michigan)) is an American guitarist of Blues. He in particular played with Canned Heat.

Career

Mandel grows with Chicago. He becomes the guitarist of Charlie Musselwhite on the album Stand Back! in 1966. The strong presence of the pieces of the album on the radios of San Francisco makes that they are noticed by Bill Graham which invites them to The Fillmore. Mandel settles with Bay Area and often plays The Matrix , a very known club of the surroundings where one can meet at the time Jerry Garcia, Elvin Bishop and Jefferson Airplane.

After a meeting with the producer Abe Kesh, Mandel can leave its first solo for Mercury Records, Cristo Rendentor in 1968, which includes/understands a resumption of Wade in the Water . In July 1969, it replaces Henry Vestine as guitarist solo in the group Canned Heat, the other guitarist being Alan Wilson. Mandel remains in the formation until April 1970. The habit within Canned Heat wants that each member carries a nickname. The nickname of Harvey, The Snake (the snake), to him had been allotted a few years before by the clavierist Barry Goldberg. This one had been inspired by the cracked wind-breaker of Mandel and its snake-like guitar licks (“its plans of guitar like a snake”). After several rounds and three albums whose Future Blues , it is recruited by John Mayall in order to join the formation Bluesbreakers. They record the album the USA Union . The group also includes/understands the bass player of Canned Heat, Larry Taylor (alias The Mole , “the mole”) and the violonist Don Harris. Mandel also appears on the album Back To The Roots of Mayall, in which take part Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor. It makes a round with Taylor and Harris under the name of Pure Food and Drug act and leave an album.

It starts again its career solo then and leaves several albums produced by Janus Records during the Années 1970: Baby Batter , The Snake , and Shangrenade . It belongs to the first guitarists to use the technique of the Tapping, of the years before Eddie Van Halen which popularizes it. He plays on the album of the Rolling Stones, Black and Blue of 1976, on the pieces Hot Stuff and Memory Motel .

Its musical career continues with many recordings in studio with Love and The Ventures. It makes the opening in the concerts in Canada of Jeff Beck in trio with Jimmy Haslip and the bass player of The Yellowjackets. It goes back to Chicago at the end of the years 1970 and collaborates with Roxy Music. In 1980, it moves in Florida and integrates the group resident into the Woody´s , the club of Ron Wood with Miami.

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