Re: [Harp-L] Cover Songs (and uniforms!!)

["Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Chris,

Nice List!!!....cool tunes if done right ....and great thread you started!!

  the first list are the COVERS I play when I'm with the "Original Blues 
Brothers Band", YES, I wear the Hat, Sunglasses and Men in Black 
Uniform....shame on ME,-)

  But the "cool" part is our Guitarists Steve Cropper and Matt "Guitar" 
Murphy played on (and wrote) alot of the originals versions and my partner 
Eddie Floyd wrote a few of 'em too! Unfortunately, Matt had a stroke and can 
no longer tour with us...we miss him dearly!!

Soul Man
634-5789
She Caught the Katy
Messin with the Kid
Knock on Wood
Minnie the Moocher
Sweet Home Chicago
Shotgun Blues
Who's Makin' Love
Gimme Some Lovin'
Flip, Flop. Fly
Hey Bartender

cheesy & not so cheesy covers, but an HONOR to share the stage with these 
giants and cool songs to play! night after night even!-)! I'm honored, 
humbled and blessed, I remember Bonnie Raitt coming up to me after our show 
at the Montreux Jazz Fest and said to me, "Man, those are the BEST songs, it 
must be FUN singin' them all the time!!" So I pinched myself when I got back 
to my Hotel room and asked myself, "You get PAID for this???,-))))) smiled 
and went to bed......................................

I also think I've helped raise the bar with "the harp expectations" of this 
band, Occassionaly Ackroyd will do a gig with us and he comes to me before 
the show and sez, Rob....you'll take all the Harp Solos tonite,-)) When 
we're in Europe & Japan and Ackroyd ISN'T on the gigs, I've gotten some nice 
comments from folks saying how they weren't expecting the Harmonica to be 
that "Professional" sounding based on their original Blues Bros records etc.

When I work with my own band the COVERS get much 'hipper'  less cheesy and 
less known, but even MORE fun to play.

Ain't got no Home (Clarence Frogman Henry
Shame, Shame, Shame (Harp instr.) Shirley & Co.
In a Mellowtone (Duke)
Do Nothin til you hear from me (Duke)
Buried Alive in the Blues (Butterfield-Gravenites)
Body n' Soul
Ticket to Ride (Beatles)
Back in Love Again (L.T.D)
You Better Watch Yourself (L.Walter)
No Money Down (Chuck Berry)
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (eddie miller)
Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman)
You call it Joggin' (Mose Allison)

However, I should note my Hudson River Rats Drummer, Bernard Purdie, he gets 
VERY upset when I wear "Dungarees" on the bandstand!!<#$%^&,-))))

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Cover Songs


> What are the "cheesiest" or not so cheesy cover songs you guys play?
>
> Lately we've been doing:
>
> 99 Red Ballons
> Purple Haze
> Billie Jean
> Rock It
> Ghost Riders in the Sky
> 16 Tons
> Tears for the Clown
> Ocean
>
> People love it!
> Chris Michalek
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