Fwd: RE: [Harp-L] George Smith and Chicago City

["Dave Dix" <dixdr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also found one called Miss O'Malley's Rally, which sounds like it's played in C#/Db, 1st pos with the button pushed in (or maybe it was mastered at slightly the wrong speed).

Recorded in 1956 when George was using the alias Little Walter Jr., it says 'ere. 

I wouldn't rush out to get it if I were you.... not one of his best.




--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bbqbob917@..." <bbqbob917@...> wrote:

Hi,
He also plays 1st position chromatic on 2 tunes on his old "Arkansas Trap" LP, and the one tune that comes to mind is "Monkey On A Limb." On "Peg O' My Heat," and "San Francisco," which most of the old time chromatic guys always played in 1st position, he is actually playing both of them with a Bb 270 played in 3rd position and the giveaways are when you hear him play the 3rd and the Major 7th  and he's using the slide for those wheras with 1st position, you wouldn't really need it.
Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
MP3's: http://music.mp3lizard.com/barbequebob/ 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Ryan Hartt <rhartt1234@...>
To: <harp-l@...>
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] George Smith and Chicago City
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:14:32 -0400


Other than "Chicago City", the ballad/melodies like "Peg O' My Heart" and "I left My Heart in San Francisco" and the famed "Boogien' With George" what other first position chromatic does George play?
The only one I can think of off hand is Johnny Dyer's "Everybody Talkin". George blows very similar lines to "Chicago City". Really tasty stuff.
What else?
Ryan

From: bbqbob917@...
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:57:23 +0000
To: rhartt1234@...; harp-l@...
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] George Smith and Chicago City

Hi,
He's definitely playing a 64 in C, which is 1st position. This tune is actually "Going To Chicago," which I believe was originally done by Count Basie.

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
MP3's: http://music.mp3lizard.com/barbequebob/ 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Ryan Hartt <rhartt1234@...>
To: <tcslim@...>, <harp-l@...>
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] George Smith and Chicago City
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:03:01 -0400


Chicago City is in C. I haven't worked it out in a while but I would think George is using a Bb 270 or he might be playing a 64 in C as he was known to do on occasion.
Ryan

> From: tcslim@...
> To: harp-l@...
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:10:14 +0000
> Subject: [Harp-L] George Smith and Chicago City
> 
> 
> Hi 
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> 
> have got back into the chromatic recently and am learning a George Smith track 'Chicago City'. I am using a key C super 64 and have been playing the lick with the button and mainly based around the scale using the button. ??? 
> 
> Does anyone know if that was what he was doing or was he using a different key Chro?
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> many thanks
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> Tom C
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