oda
12 posts
Feb 02, 2009
4:41 AM
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Has anyone done a cover of this song?
I recently bought the bottle o blues/smokey amp combo -- and on the sound sample page there was a 48 second demo of Jim Mcbride playing a pretty chill rendition:
http://www.geocities.com/bottle_o_blues/Smokey_You_gotta_move.mp3
does anyone have any tabs? or perhaps we can make some as a community here y'know? I'd love to learn it! what key is it?
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mickil
6 posts
Feb 02, 2009
5:55 AM
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oda,
I don't have the time to tab it right now, but it starts on the 2 draw on a low F, so it's in C; also, it's an 8-bar blues, very similar to Elmore James' "It Hurts Me Too". It then goes up to the 6 blow and does the melody an octave higher.
I don't have a low F, but the melody works on an A harp, played cross-harp, which is exactly a major 3rd above the recording.
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2009 6:06 AM
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oldwailer
479 posts
Feb 02, 2009
6:19 AM
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I think the original was done by Mississippi Fred McDowel--of course I could be wrong--it's the version I learned, anyway.
I play with it on the harp by ear, but I really mostly just play it on a slide guitar. The original key of Fred's recording, (available on itunes) is D--the A harp played cross.
The version above, I think, might be played on an SBS tuned harp--a 14 hole harp that has the first 4 holes tuned an octave lower than the key of the harp--then starting a regular harp at hole 4.
It's a great melody. . .
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2009 6:29 AM
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Buzadero
21 posts
Feb 02, 2009
8:26 AM
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This tune works really well with a "Bo Diddley" beat.
For what it's worth.....
~Buzadero
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TBone69
35 posts
Feb 02, 2009
9:34 AM
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Aerosmith does a cover of this song on the Honkin on Bobo album from a few years back. Actually the whole album is Blues covers.
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eharp
200 posts
Feb 02, 2009
10:15 AM
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i thought the song was robert johnson "come in my kitchen."
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oldwailer
481 posts
Feb 02, 2009
11:13 AM
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Good point, Eharp--the melodies are really similar--in fact, I think I could do Kitchen in no time flat just because I already know Move--I gotta go try that!
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oldwailer
482 posts
Feb 02, 2009
11:24 AM
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OOPS! I said above that the song (McDowel version) was in D and to play A harp crossed--what I really meant there was that my brain was crossed and you should use a G harp to play it crossed!
Also, the SBS tuned harp thing might be "Simple bullshit stuff" too--in playing with it a bit I found that it could be done easily with a regular G harp--easily if you know the upper register well--I don't--but that will make it a good one for me to work on to learn it. . .
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Tuckster
93 posts
Feb 02, 2009
11:39 AM
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Thanks,oldwailer. I knew that wasn't right,but I waited for you to vindicate yourself. LOL I do what he's doing-a low F for the first part and a regular F for the second. Trying to do the whole thing on a low F is a lot harder! Don't know the high end too well,either. Its a good woodshed project.
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gene
124 posts
Feb 02, 2009
3:57 PM
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Here's a tab:
http://www.harptabs.com/song.php?ID=2432
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oldwailer
489 posts
Feb 03, 2009
6:56 PM
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Yo Tuckster--I tried this on my F SBS 14-holer--it works great. The SBS is tuned just like a Low F on the first 4 holes--then just like a regular F harp from there on up. Same as using two harps on a tune like this.
So I'm working on a version that incorporates the drone bass of the slide guitar with the melody--it's beginning to sound pretty cool.
If you want to hear the slide guitar doing it--it's here http://youtube.com/watch?v=3H50_sm4iGA
Another song--"It Hurts Me Too" is the same melody--
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9NkY6_IMY&feature=related
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Tuckster
97 posts
Feb 03, 2009
7:53 PM
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I never knew what a SBS was. Now that I do,it makes sense. Hope you get that slide part. That fella in the first vid was playing some sweet slide. Keb Mo plays better harp on his studio stuff. I wasn't too impressed with that harp playing. Still love him,though. Still can't get the high end right on a low F. I keep going into "Sitting on Top of the World" which is similar but not quite the same. Hope you'll post the vid,when you're ready.
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DutchBones
70 posts
Feb 03, 2009
9:21 PM
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Take a look at this version on C harp, very, very good
You Gotto Move
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oldwailer
490 posts
Feb 03, 2009
11:46 PM
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I agree on keb's harp--he isn't the best on harp--but he does a good job in a very sparse kind of way. I love his guitar and singing.
If I get to a good point with this song on harp I'll post a vid--so far, my favorite way is to start out on a low C and go to regular C--I love the booming low notes. . .
The player of the first vid was Kenni Lee Burgess--he's the Adam Gussow of acoustic slide guitar on YT--I like him a lot and am studying his lessons.
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oldwailer
520 posts
Feb 21, 2009
4:25 AM
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OK--here's my first try at a version of it--I'm not too proud of this video yet--but you'll get the idea. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Iz4MMJvr0
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Tryharp
103 posts
Feb 21, 2009
4:37 AM
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Oldwailer,
You ought to be proud of it, it sounded fantastic in my opinion. Playing, technique, start, middle and ending!!! That low C sound is awesome, you got a real Sonny Boy II feel.
Youve inspired me to put in some more work on the low F, although I have enough trouble with 1, let alone 2 at once. Well done!
TRYHARP
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oldwailer
522 posts
Feb 21, 2009
6:53 PM
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Well, thanks, Tryharp! Glad to be able to inspire something. The low C is a bitch to bend--but it sure sounds great! I love that 1 blow--I'll use any excuse to get to it. . .
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snakes
107 posts
Feb 21, 2009
7:19 PM
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That was great oldwailer!
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Aussiesucker
148 posts
Feb 21, 2009
7:48 PM
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Good stuff OW. Inspired me to dig out my C MB 12 holer & have a go.
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