RE: [Harp-L] Roadhouse blues and other rock standards

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I actually thought a lot about that today.
I think the reason I don't like second position for that song as much has to
do with my choice to play acoustic harp.
Acoustic harp on that song, in second position accidentally injects an
almost cow-boyish feel into the song which isn't what I want. 
The mood of the song (to me) more fits the exhausted end of a rock-&-Roll
all-nighter and somehow, third position, in that configuration better
addresses that feeling.
I've moved us now into the unverifiable/subjective, but third position on
that one isn't really that hard and you don't have to use that f# over-blow
on 5, so give it a shot.
Brad Trainham
 

-----Original Message-----
From: John F. Potts [mailto:hvyj@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:35 PM
To: bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Roadhouse blues and other rock standards

Brad,
	I'm not completely happy with 2d either.  i was thinking of trying
3d the next time i have a chance to play it.
	JP

On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:26 AM, Bradford Trainham wrote:

> I do Wild Night in second position on a c harp, but I've never been 
> completely satisfied with that.
> Instead of the cool sax thing he does for a break, I usually play a 
> verse, doing essentially what the singer does.
> This works, but I'd like to be able to credibly tap in to that phased 
> sax or what ever the effect is he has on that.
> Brad Trainham
>
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