Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny -12th on diatonic

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yeah, Smokey... our version went over well, but I first heard it on  
harmonica from Robert Bonfiglio, and realized it plays so beautifully on a  4 
octave chromatic so was a sure thing for my first Open Mic since it's a song I  
could practically play in my sleep :)
 
THEN recently I heard Phil Caltabellotta do it all by himself at a GSHC  
Club meeting. George has mentioned playing chord backup to Phil ...but I'd 
never  heard anything close to how Phil somehow managed that slide guitar sound 
all by  himself on chromatic. Quite something.
 
It's such a great tune...I haven't heard it played on diatonic. Would  
really enjoy hearing an audio of Ken's version?
 
Elizabeth
 
"Message: 8
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:06:46 -0400
From: joe leone  <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Sleepwalk - Santo &  Johnny -12th on diatonic
To: Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Harp  L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>

Beautiful tune Ken. From back in my  era. Used to play it at the  
school dances. I'm proud of you. Did it  with Elizabeth at spah  
Denver. Also on my Danube river, So. America,  and Cen. America cruises.
joe

On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Mojo Red  wrote:

> Okay, so last night my band was hosting its final Tuesday  night  
> blues jam at a
> local blues venue called Ziggies,  and and this player comes late in  
> the jam and
> I'm asked  to help back him up on the last set of the night.
>
> We had fun on  a couple of simple blues numbers, and then he says he  
> wants to  do
> this instrumental in C called "Sleepwalk." Well, I don't recall  the  
> tune until
> he starts playing, and then it hits me...  Oh Yeah! Santo & Johnny -  
> 1950's
> lap-steel guitar  ballad, and sooo beautiful!
>
> I'm eager to partake, but I know  that 2nd position blues won't cut  
> it. I reach
> for my G  harp and attempt to play it off-mic in 12th position. By  
> Gum it  WORKED!
> The guy who called the song played it flawlessly on his electric  w.  
> slide and
> then he gives me a solo. it sounded good to  me, so I kept on playing.
>
> His grin told me he was happy, the  applause tole me no one in the  
> audience
> expected the  blues harp player to hang with this song. Then he took  
> me to  the
> bridge and it STILL laid out beautifully - no overbends  needed,  
> just a lot of
> controlled conventional  bends.
>
> I was stunned, and totally happy to find all the notes I  needed,  
> and be able to
> improvise comfortably around the  melody in a meaningful way...  
> playing outside
> my comfort  zone in natural sounding way. Wow! Such a Great feeling!
>
> I LOVE  12th position. Perfect for this song, and so many other non- 
>  blues
> classics. Thanks to Chris Michalek, Peter Ruth and other  friends  
> who encouraged
> me to pursue 12th to the point  where I could feel comfortable  
> enough to
> attempt... and  then convincingly PULL OFF... something like this on  
> stage.  Yup,
> our last night at Ziggies was a great one...
>
>  Harpin' in Colorado,
> --Ken M.
> TeraBlu Band on My Space
>  _http://www.myspace.com/terablu_ (http://www.myspace.com/terablu)