Re: [Harp-L] Know any good harp versions of Shaky Ground?



Jr. Wells recorded a great version of "Shaky Ground" on his CD Everybody's Gettin' Some on Telarc Records, released in 1995.

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On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Dan Hazen wrote:

> I'm working on this Delbert McClinton song. Shaky Ground, covered by the
> Temptations, Etta James, Flea (!), and a whole host of other people. I can't
> find any recordings of Delbert playing harp on this song, though. Actually,
> I haven't found any good harp versions of the song yet. Found one vid of a
> European using a high F harp that was okay, but it was kind of an acoustic
> style Sonny Boy sort of approach... and I'll be playing it in E... either
> with an A or D harp... A works best for the lead riff, but D is working best
> for soloing, so far. There's a really good video of Delbert with a lot of
> horns and a sax player, but their lines aren't turning out very easy to copy
> on harp. Ideas? Hmmm. I wonder if Rod Piazza ever covered it...




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