captin beef harp
25 posts
Sep 22, 2010
1:43 AM
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i love songs that stay on the one wiskey an women = and such my band mates say they are boring?
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The Gloth
468 posts
Sep 22, 2010
2:06 AM
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you mean songs that stay on the same chord ? I love that too, John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside and such...
Really cool pseudonym by the way (makes me hungry, I'd like to eat a beef harp right now).
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Mojokane
107 posts
Sep 22, 2010
3:02 AM
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'Bring It On Home' might qualify....ya?
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hvyj
630 posts
Sep 22, 2010
5:05 AM
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Not necessarily boring, but it can be challenging to keep them from becoming boring. For this reason, I think one chord tunes require more concentration. It's challenging to play them well, IMHO.
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tookatooka
1731 posts
Sep 22, 2010
5:20 AM
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Sounds like this could be a challenge for the forum members.
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hvyj
631 posts
Sep 22, 2010
5:35 AM
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"Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne is essentially a one chord tune.
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sonvolt13
49 posts
Sep 22, 2010
5:37 AM
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Alot of the Hill country style blues sits on the one chord for the whole song. "No Love" by Collard Greens and Gravy is a song in that style that I believe stays on the one for the whole song.
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Buzadero
558 posts
Sep 22, 2010
6:31 AM
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"Fever" -- Little Willie John (Peggy Lee)
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Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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HarpNinja
642 posts
Sep 22, 2010
6:39 AM
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Hip Shake
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VHT Special 6 Amp for Harp Blog
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harpdude61
356 posts
Sep 22, 2010
6:52 AM
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My favorite is Catfish Blues. Ike Turner has a good one on his CD "Risin with the Blues" called "Tease Me"
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harpdude61
357 posts
Sep 22, 2010
7:14 AM
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Lagrange changes once. I think it gioes up a flat 3rd?
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LeeEdwards
99 posts
Sep 22, 2010
7:51 AM
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Mannish Boy and Smokestack Lightning.
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"You will never get every possible thing out of an instrument, but the instrument will get every possible thing out of you" - Ray Charles.
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Chinaski
131 posts
Sep 22, 2010
8:23 AM
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Mellow Down Easy - Butterfield style. That and Hip Shake always go down well with the audience at our gigs, most definitely not boring...
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GamblersHand
222 posts
Sep 22, 2010
8:34 AM
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Hate to See You Go - Little Walter
How Many More Years - Wolf
Who Will You Hurt Next - Wolf
I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
I'm a Man, Pretty Thing, Bring it to Jerome - Bo Diddley
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LeeEdwards
100 posts
Sep 22, 2010
9:05 AM
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@GamblersHand - How Many More Years is a I, IV, V.
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"You will never get every possible thing out of an instrument, but the instrument will get every possible thing out of you" - Ray Charles.
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Jim Rumbaugh
308 posts
Sep 22, 2010
9:53 AM
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A slight variation of the topic.
A song like Louie-Louie has a 1-4-5 chord progresion, but I would only play notes in the 1 chord blues scale. Where as in a traditional 12 bar blues, I chose notes from all 3 chords.
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intermediate level (+) player per the Adam Gussow Scale, Started playing 2001
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DeakHarp
196 posts
Sep 22, 2010
10:14 AM
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Roller Coaster .... Folks ... Little Walter ... Flowing and Blowing ... Like the little ball in the old silent movies bouncing over the words .....I love playing that tune ... Not Note for Note either ... So i can let my soul flow .....do the head and the ending .. and some of the major hits ....but the rest is your's ....
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Have Harp Will Travel
www.deakharp.com
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captin beef harp
26 posts
Sep 22, 2010
10:43 AM
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i love you guys
now i got alot more songs on the one chord
gonna drive the band nuts
dont think i could do that kick & stomp playin alone scares the crap out of me
but what A groove he has
Last Edited by on Sep 22, 2010 10:49 AM
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ZackPomerleau
1133 posts
Sep 22, 2010
11:53 AM
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"La Grange" goes up a half step. From A to A# (Bb) (I believe that;s the key of the song).
But, Mellow Down Easy.
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harpdude61
358 posts
Sep 22, 2010
12:03 PM
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Are you sure it is a 1/2 step Zack. Can't wait to check. GOt my curiosity.
I'm a big ZZ Top fan and a lot of their songs are harmonica friendly...12 bar, 16 bar and others.
Billy Gibbons used to play harp on a few tracks when they first hit it big. Hate to see he stopped.
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Buddha
2485 posts
Sep 22, 2010
12:36 PM
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Stratus.
This is a fairly epic solo... somewhere in the middle when I kick on some of the effects you can hear somebody say "What's that?" LOL
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tookatooka
1733 posts
Sep 22, 2010
12:51 PM
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@Buddha. That is something very special. Thanks for posting that. Good recording quality too.
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harpdude61
359 posts
Sep 22, 2010
1:48 PM
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THanks Joch..so it does go up a flat 3rd...I wasn't sure
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ZackPomerleau
1134 posts
Sep 22, 2010
2:57 PM
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Joch has it right, haven't heard that tune in a LONG time.
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