TBird
75 posts
Oct 03, 2014
5:40 PM
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Sorry... I have nothing to offer here myself. I'm just looking for inspiration.
It has been noted time and time again that Beatle's songs are always crowd favorites. Even (especially?) with international audiences. But I don't think I've heard any harmonica covers of Beatle's tunes that I've found to be particularly inspiring. Does anyone have any good examples of someone (themselves perhaps…) really knocking one out of the park?
T.Bird
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SuperBee
2212 posts
Oct 03, 2014
6:01 PM
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im sure Christelle would have some. she does a great 'yesterday' iirc
i play yesterday to tune up my 3 draw single and double bends and 2 draw double.
eleanor rigby needs a 5 overblow for the 'ah, look at all the lonely people' passage. i play it on a raised 5 draw harp; another good tune up piece for your draw bends, inc the sometimes neglected 4 draw
i dont play them much in public, but yesterday would be ok i guess...the real challenge is to improvise asolo to go with the melody
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cyclodan
89 posts
Oct 03, 2014
9:24 PM
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Technically it's a Larry Williams cover, but well known by the Beatles...
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TBird
76 posts
Oct 05, 2014
11:18 AM
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Ya know, I never knew that The Beatles did Slow Down… and I call myself a Beatles fan. Shame on me. Gotta say I like Butterfield's version better too. Thanks cyclopean.
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Little roger
27 posts
Oct 10, 2014
7:18 AM
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We did a cover of Oh! Darlin' on our most recent CD. But, spoiler alert, there is NO harp here :-( We decided to give it a blues/soul touch and had Sax Gordon put on some great sax lines. We liked it so much, the pianist did a piano version as a reprise at the end of the CD.
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Philosofy
614 posts
Oct 10, 2014
8:42 AM
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I'm such a harp geek I read this thread title and thought "There was a Beatles Harmonica? I wonder what the covers looked like."
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Diggsblues
1584 posts
Oct 10, 2014
10:15 AM
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Diggsblues
1585 posts
Oct 10, 2014
10:18 AM
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Mighty Slim
19 posts
Oct 11, 2014
11:05 AM
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Area Code 615 covered this one too, not much harp but way cool when Charlie does play his bit.
Last Edited by Mighty Slim on Oct 11, 2014 11:06 AM
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TBird
77 posts
Oct 12, 2014
11:49 AM
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Thanks guys! Admittedly, this is not what I was expecting, but there is some really great stuff here.
Right on slim! Charlie's part in Lady Madonna is so cool!
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