My man!!! Classic jump blues sax stuff from one of my favorites, the former Fats Domino saxman Lee Allen. One of the most important things you show people is how to work WITH the groove and not fight it and noodle, like most harp players in most ope3n jams tend to do too often. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Dox, thanks!I used lone wolf harp break, t-rex reptile delay and lone wolf reverb.
One Palm John, thank you alot! It's out of the box Seydel (I've only glued valve on 7 draw). With some smooth overdrive low tuned harp can sound a little bit closer to the brass instrument.
barbequebob, thank you so much! I'm really happy that we have some similar tastes! Lee Allen is one of my favourites. His playing is like singing a good melody. Love his style! ---------- Konstantin Kolesnichenko(Ukraine) http://kolesnichenko-harmonica.com/
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Barbequebob, I know exactly what you mean. The rock star Paul Stanley was once trying to convince their new lead guitar player that playing as many notes/chords as possible is actually senseless. He said to look at people like Jimmy Page, & even Eric Clapton. It's not how much you can play, but it's actually what you don't play that matters.
Very cool ! I was wondering last week if I could get a low d to sound like a sax. You nailed it very very nice playing now I know its possible I may never get it as nice as that but I'm going give shot Thanks Lou
@hot4blues -- What he's talking about is basically two things: working WITH the groove rather than fighting it (and that requires that you get your time straight ASAP and most harp players, truthfully, their time often totally sucks) and the other thing is learning how to use space to your advantage and many of the people who play tons of notes often don't learn that and part of it is how to use a note held out for a fairly long period of time and if you have a problem holding a note longer than a single bar, then you're playing much too hard. LW copped tons of these things from sax players. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
SuperBee, thank you! Lou, thank you so much! All is possible! Please show your progress:) barbequebob, the good example of your words is Lee Allen's "Walking With Mr. Lee". A simple melody but it played with the groove and a lots of space. ---------- Konstantin Kolesnichenko(Ukraine) http://kolesnichenko-harmonica.com/
kudzurunner, amen to that! BronzeWailer, thank you so much Eric! I think I will continue to explore 12th position :) ---------- Konstantin Kolesnichenko(Ukraine) http://kolesnichenko-harmonica.com/
Imagine musicians running the world, that really would be a recipe for discord and disaster ha ha.
I'm interested in this sound. Is it possible we could hear the harp sound isolated on it's own, maybe record something with the backing track in the right channel and harp in the left?
One of my favorites by Lee Allen!! For those of you who aren't familiar with him, he's the main sax player on many of the Fats Domino hits and played for a time with The Blasters and along with him in Fat's band was one of the greatest drummers of all time, Earl Palmer.
Great stuff, man, and it grooves!!! ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
Thank you so much, Bob! I've had "Walkin' With Mr Lee" album for years but I never played his songs before. After deeper learning his style I've found his playing very interesting, unique and groovy. His usage of rhythm is awesome!
@Wheel -- That tune actually works well even if played as I have done on either a Low Eb or Low F in 2nd position as well. Lee Allen is a classic in the way many of the old school black blues/R&B musicians did things by working WITH the groove and even tho many of things they played were quite melodic, but they were heavily rhythmic as well as very percussive at the same time and many rockers often don't learn that at all whenever they're attempting to play blues, soul/R&B or even reggae for that matter and also the groove is played in various degrees, BEHIND the beat rather than on top or ahead of it.
I don't know if you're familiar with him or not, one of my all-time favorites for just his sheer raw power alone you may want to check out is Joe Houston, who just recently passed away and was on the West Coast blues scene for decades. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
barbequebob , I've tried to play it in 2nd position first and have found it easier to play in 12th (no bends on -3 and only 2 half-valved bends needed). Yes, I know Joe Houston and love his music alot. I did not know that he passed away. It's sad. My top 5 R&B sax players list are: Lee Allen, Willis Jackson, Al Sears, Lynn Hope and Red Prysock.
BronzeWailer, thank you so much Eric! I've heard many times your playing in FB and you was sounding great! ---------- Konstantin Kolesnichenko(Ukraine) http://kolesnichenko-harmonica.com/
LFLISBOA, thank you so much! I love Mark's version! But I've found it easier to play it in 12th :) I downloaded a bunch of backing tracks somewhere a long time ago :) I think it's from some book. 1847, barbequebob, this is my fav
