Great song to listen to and (for me) to learn from. So is much if not all of his other music. Great interplay of all the instruments and plenty of space.
When I started out back in the 70's, every blues band was covering this tune and nowadays, most of them don't. I know every lick from all the instruments note for note in my sleep. Most guitar players tend to play the Billy Butler guitar parts, especially the solos, pretty much note for note because it's so iconic.
BTW, a Frank Frost harp instrumental called Harpin' On It is based on this tune and another tune called Slow Walk.
---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Awesome tune. As the OP noted, plenty of space... I picked up a Bb and was messing around, then realized I was just playing the same tired old generic blues stuff I would play over any jam track.
This is too good to be a jam track.
I would love to hear somebody really match all the lead parts on harp. I think it would be a good exercise. One could add a lot to one's repertoire of go-to riffs.
I freely adapt the song in this video, but I think this is what you're asking for. Overblowing makes some of the guitar licks easier. Some of my stuff was taken from Steve Gadd's version, which I bought on cassette in 1986 and played the hell out of.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Aug 20, 2016 10:40 AM
I remember many years practicing all of the solos on this classic to the point that I know EVERY single note on each of the solos, plus everything else that's going on around it in my sleep. Heck, I even took the time to learn the Billy Butler solo on both harmonica as well as for guitar. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
