Re: [Harp-L] Just my questions

[Ben Bouman <fitgo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Baker and Chris Jones have this song on of their cd's. I think it is one of the best I've ever heard!!

A friend of mine , Cor Groot , and I played this song during a harpmeeting in Holland as you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgQla6_SPU&feature=player_embedded

I'm using one of my beta-harps in G, country tuned

Ben Bouman
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Op 13 jan 2012, om 20:04 heeft burket@xxxxxxx het volgende geschreven:

> 
> Hi Steve:
> 
> Your post brought back some good memories from one of my old bands in Colorado.  We used to cover "Willin' ", but more like the Lowell George/ Little Feat version.  Slow and kind of bluesy in the key of G.  I used to play the solos on the harp with a rack (while playing guitar and dealing with the vocals).  Crossed up  with a C harp really worked well.
> 
> There is no harp on this version, but its a nice live performance, featuring Lowell himself before he passed away.  
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw
> 
> Another great Little Feat song that sets up nice on a D harp (cross in A) is "Dixie Chicken".
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8&feature=fvwrel
> 
> Most of the Lowell George slide guitar solos seem to be right there on the harmonica!  With a good keyboard player, it makes for a great jam!
> 
> Good luck with the gig, and feel free to email me off list if you want to hear how I used to play the "Willin" intro.
> 
> Cheers-
> Burke T.
> 
> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:58:24 -0500 (EST)From: "steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: [Harp-L] Just my questionTo: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: <1b5b228.11d203.134cb8f7770.Webtop.47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> 
> So, through a set of circumstances too difficult to explain here, I have 
> been asked to play harmonica in a show that replicates the well-known 
> Linda Ronstadt album "Heart Like a Wheel."
> I am basically playing on just two songs... "Guess It Doesn't Matter
> Anymore" and "Willin".
> 
> I'm doing OK with it considering my limited time to be involved.  My 
> question is: Did they have low F harps back in the 70s, or whenever this
> album was recorded?
> 
> It appears to me, in Guess It Doesn't Matter,.. that a low F was used. 
> At least, that is what I am using.
> 
> There isn't a lot of harp in either of the songs, so they are happy with 
> whatever I do, as long as I get the intro to Willin right.
> I thought I was done with my playing in front of people, but here I am 
> again. 
> 
> And..... a trio that was put together for a local telethon that
> is televised all over southern Minn. and northern Iowa, which includes 
> me on harp....   is now opening for this Heart Like a Wheel show.
> 
> All of a sudden, I am practicing and rehearsing a lot. Go figure.
> for anyone interested.. I am attaching one of the songs from our trio... 
> Hopefully..  It's a rough early solo for me, so be kind.
> 
> Steve Webb in Minn.
> where the sun has been shining and it never snows anymore.
> 
>