[Harp-L] On The Road Again (Powerbender), Charlie McCoy

[Richard Sleigh <rharp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Y'all,

When I was in High School we had a Jukebox in our cafeteria. I can  
remember leaning against the jukebox, lost in Canned Heat's "On The  
Road Again" a bunch of times one year. It is one of those tunes that  
got me interested in the harmonica. I didn't know till years later  
that Alan Wilson had changed the tuning on his harmonica to play the  
one "really cool bend" in his solo. All I knew was that I could listen  
to that recording over and over....

So when my friend Jamie Rounds asked me to add harmonica to his cover  
of "On The Road Again" I jumped at the chance. Jamie is a songwriter  
who lives in Nashville, and he sent the files to me online. I tuned a  
harp just like Alan's harp, with the raised 6 draw note, and got to  
work. I finally decided to go with a Powerbender harmonica with  
Brendan Powers tuning, cause I could get that "note" with it, plus  
surprise myself with some ways to vamp with the chords in the middle  
of this tuning.

Here is a link to the end result:

http://rsleigh.com/on-the-powerbender-road-again/

It was fun to see what I could come up with under a short deadline.

Right after we finished  "On The Road Again" Jamie did a session with  
Charlie McCoy and wrote an article on it. It is a snapshot of the kind  
of sessions that the pros do all the time in Nashville, and I like  
what he has to say about Charlie's attitude. Here is the link:

http://www.examiner.com/music-in-nashville/nashville-session-legend-charlie-mccoy

Happy Fourth of July!

Richard Sleigh
P.O. Box 23
Boalsburg PA 16827

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