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jodanchudan
651 posts
Jun 07, 2012
8:41 AM
jbone
949 posts
Jun 09, 2012
10:50 PM
nice! we do this song in the duo. to me it's definitely John Henry.
she plays guitar, i sing and do the harp stuff- much differently than this but you've given me some ideas.....
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bharper
177 posts
Jun 10, 2012
3:00 PM
BronzeWailer
625 posts
Jun 10, 2012
3:38 PM
I liked both versions here. Jodanchudan's got that moody movie thing going on. Interesting how songs can be reinterpreted.
hvyj
2455 posts
Jun 10, 2012
5:03 PM
We do this in my duo, too, but the lyrics are different: "This is the hammer that killed John Henry, but it won't kill me, it won't kill me." Or something like that, with the melody line pretty much like Jordan is playing. I don't have to carry as much of the melody on harp, though, since the guitar player sings.


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