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

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Rob!

I'e remembered a bunch of other stuff we do too.  Unsually within the
context of one of our extended jams...

Gilligan's Island (tons of half step changes)
Brady Bunch
Inspector Gadget
Come As We are - nirvana
Mexican hat dance
Felix the cat
Dragnet
Peter Gunn
Hawaii Five-O
Sanford and son
Barney Miller
Mission Impossible
Simpsons Theme
Flintstones


The crowd goes crazy for this stuff!!


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cover Songs (and uniforms!!)
>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:33:21 -0400
>
>>
>>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
>>>
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