I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting. I checked out your YouTube channel and the name "naturalstrength" sounded familiar. After browsing your videos I realized why. A few days ago I was looking around YouTube to see if I could find any examples of "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" done on or with harmonica and your performance came up.
Albert King licks are a lot easier than you think to play on harmonica and besides that, his guitar playing is actually influenced by harp players (and also SBWII was also a vocal influence on him as well). ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Upon rereading your post (and only because I genuinely do have high regard and respect for your opinions) I am a bit confused by the comment.
Are you saying that I was playing Albert King licks?
I am familiar with Albert King, but the only reason I have him in the title is because it's a BT to his song. Otherwise, I couldn't play one Albert King lick. Lol
Anyway, was just more curious and just thought I would ask.
Sincerely,
Carla
Last Edited by CarlA on Aug 09, 2017 6:33 AM
What I'm saying is that a lot of Albert King licks are a lot easier to play on harmonica than one would think. If you get a copy of his classic live LP, "Live Wire--Blues Power," and then listen CAREFULLY to his phrasing on it, you can actually hear how much harmonica players influenced what he did and how many of those phrases fall into the instrument a lot easier than you'd think. You actually can learn quite a lot from it and that further debunks people saying how some things don't sound like it's a harmonica and it also says how important it is to NOT just listen to harmonica players for inspiration and you can steal quite a lot of stuff from other instruments and many of the finest harp players regardless of the genre of music they may be playing have done exactly that. Besides that, it helps you to learn more besides the usual cliches. I've taken tons of stuff from other instruments like horns and oh, yes, guitar and even keyboard players as well and people who only listen to harmonica often put extremely severe limitations in what they're able to accomplish. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Last Edited by barbequebob on Aug 11, 2017 8:21 AM
Ah, I see what your saying. That makes sense. I guess there is a plethora of great ideas that can be garnered from other musicians. Thanks for expounding this for me :)
Just from a recording perspective your backing track is a bit in front of the harp, volume/balance-wise.
BBQ, you might want to edit your post... you have a typo. I think you meant "If you" but you missed the 'I', creating one of the more unfortunate typos I've ever seen! :)
Anyway, the Albert King licks on Crosscut Saw are a lot easier than you think to play on harmonica but it's also well worth learning the backing horn lines as well and they're not really difficult to play on harmonica and it's not just the notes you gotta work on to get right, but also the timing, how it works WITH the groove, the dynamics and getting the articulation and intonation dead on. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
