[Harp-L] Re: One Chord Boogie

[David Fairweather <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like to call one chord tunes at jam sessions too. My favorites are "Who
Do You Love" & "On the Road Again".
On Feb 17, 2013 6:59 AM, <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Dremels, nail buffers, etc. -- Foredom (Michelle LeFree)
>    2. One-Chord Boogie (Elizabeth Hess)
>    3. Re: One-Chord Boogie (John Kerkhoven)
>    4. Re: Dremels, nail buffers, etc. -- Foredom (Joseph Leone)
>    5. Re: Speaking of Alan Wilson... (Eric Nielsen)
>    6. Hermine Deurloo promo vid (Mick Zaklan)
>    7. Re: Hermine Deurloo promo vid (Joseph Leone)
>    8. Sonny Terry's chugging! chugging! CHUGGING! (Lost Toni)
>    9. Pocket Full of Soul in NYC (William Lifford)
>   10. Pocket Full of Soul - New Haven (holleydey@xxxxxxxxxxx)
>   11. 12th Position Swing Tune/Slipped Disc (Sandy Weltman)
>   12. Pocket Full of Soul in Waltham, MA (Elizabeth Hess)
>   13. Introducing Milk and Blues (Leonardo K. Shikida)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:42:32 -0700
> From: Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Dremels, nail buffers, etc. -- Foredom
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> There's only one word when it comes to variable speed, flexible shaft
> power tools: Foredom:
>
> http://www.foredom.net/
>
> It's what professional jewelers use for a multitude of tasks. Makes the
> best Dremels look like a toy. Hangs from a hook on a rod. Controlled
> with a foot pedal. $300+. Lasts forever. Next best thing to an
> uber-expensive dental drill. Wish I had one!
>
> Michelle
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:58:22 -0500
> From: Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] One-Chord Boogie
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> I attended a fund raiser recently, and was unexpectedly thrust onstage
> with a teen band (well, they were in a bar, so MAYBE not teens, but verrry
> young-seeming to this middle-aged lady), whom the organizer said could play
> blues, which he knows is my preference for performing.  So, I called, "This
> is a 12-bar blues in the key of A.  Up-tempo shuffle.  Good?  [eye contact
> all around] A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four!" And launched into
> "Every Day I Have the Blues".
>
> The band started in vigorously on an A chord, and then after four bars
> stayed on the A chord, and some random number of measures later changed to
> some other chord, and the whole thing was quite an adventure.  Hand signals
> for the changes had no audible effect, though the bass player noted
> afterward that he had seen them and thought, "Wow, she's really into it!"
>  I brazened it out, did verses and solos, let the guitar player take a solo
> (of indeterminate length), did another verse and another harp solo, then
> signaled to wind it up.  But the band kept going, and going, and going.  (I
> say!  Who's driving the bus, here?)  Eventually the thing ground to a
> ragged halt.  I gave the audience my very best smile, exited stage left,
> and after the set thanked each member of the band for letting me share the
> stage with them.
>
> People came up to me and said, "You were awesome!" which led me to ponder
> the fact that the words "awesome" and "awful" are more closely related than
> one might think at first blush.
>
> Two members of the band showed up at my local jam on Wednesday, and
> expressed interest in playing with me again.  (I declined as politely as I
> could.)
>
> Odds are good that I'll be asked to play with them again, at some
> point....  It's a small community.  Clearly the right song to do is "Shake
> Your Hips," which just sits on one chord the whole time.  So I'm set for my
> next encounter.
>
> I'd be grateful for pointers to other one-chord songs whose lyrics I might
> learn.
>
> Elizabeth H. (aka "Tin Lizzie")
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:13:50 -0500
> From: John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] One-Chord Boogie
> To: Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Message-ID: <07BFC500-3F03-4320-BD53-62B1EE9C3222@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Elizabeth,
>
> Check out Two Trains Runnin' / Catfish Blues.
>
> James Cotton does a great groovin' version of Two Trains on Deep in the
> Blues.
>
> John
>
>
>
> > I attended a fund raiser recently, and was unexpectedly thrust onstage
> with a teen band (well, they were in a bar, so MAYBE not teens, but verrry
> young-seeming to this middle-aged lady), whom the organizer said could play
> blues, which he knows is my preference for performing.  So, I called, "This
> is a 12-bar blues in the key of A.  Up-tempo shuffle.  Good?  [eye contact
> all around] A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four!" And launched into
> "Every Day I Have the Blues".
> >
> > The band started in vigorously on an A chord, and then after four bars
> stayed on the A chord, and some random number of measures later changed to
> some other chord, and the whole thing was quite an adventure.  Hand signals
> for the changes had no audible effect, though the bass player noted
> afterward that he had seen them and thought, "Wow, she's really into it!"
>  I brazened it out, did verses and solos, let the guitar player take a solo
> (of indeterminate length), did another verse and another harp solo, then
> signaled to wind it up.  But the band kept going, and going, and going.  (I
> say!  Who's driving the bus, here?)  Eventually the thing ground to a
> ragged halt.  I gave the audience my very best smile, exited stage left,
> and after the set thanked each member of the band for letting me share the
> stage with them.
> >
> > People came up to me and said, "You were awesome!" which led me to
> ponder the fact that the words "awesome" and "awful" are more closely
> related than one might think at first blush.
> >
> > Two members of the band showed up at my local jam on Wednesday, and
> expressed interest in playing with me again.  (I declined as politely as I
> could.)
> >
> > Odds are good that I'll be asked to play with them again, at some
> point....  It's a small community.  Clearly the right song to do is "Shake
> Your Hips," which just sits on one chord the whole time.  So I'm set for my
> next encounter.
> >
> > I'd be grateful for pointers to other one-chord songs whose lyrics I
> might learn.
> >
> > Elizabeth H. (aka "Tin Lizzie")
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:47:47 -0500
> From: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Dremels, nail buffers, etc. -- Foredom
> To: Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> It's what professional wood carving artists use. I have seen hummingbirds
> at the shows where the wings were so close to real that I couldn't tell.
> smo-joe
>
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Michelle LeFree wrote:
>
> > There's only one word when it comes to variable speed, flexible shaft
> power tools: Foredom:
> >
> > http://www.foredom.net/
> >
> > It's what professional jewelers use for a multitude of tasks. Makes the
> best Dremels look like a toy. Hangs from a hook on a rod. Controlled with a
> foot pedal. $300+. Lasts forever. Next best thing to an uber-expensive
> dental drill. Wish I had one!
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:58:19 -0500
> From: Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Speaking of Alan Wilson...
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> The website describes his account as "...a wild ride in the world of Music,
> Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival...."
>
> Maybe his memory isn't so good after all that.
> Eric N
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Michelle LeFree <
> mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Eric Nielseng wrote:
> >
> >> ...I also found a book by Fito de la Parra, Canned Heat's drummer. I
> >> haven't
> >> read it, but it may interest anyone interested in Alan Wilson...
> >>
> > Rebecca Winters does not speak highly of the accuracy of the content of
> > Fito's book other than she does allow that there may be some valuable
> > photographic contributions. While does have an obvious interest at
> stake, I
> > didn't get the feeling that her opinion was disingenuous. When it comes
> to
> > Alan Wilson, she definitely knows her "stuff."
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:22:32 -0600
> From: Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Hermine Deurloo promo vid
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>    Nice video by Hermine Deurloo promoting her new CD, "Glass Fish":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQLgYvyu8I.  Sounds like something that
> would have been at home on the old ECM label.  Apologies if it's been
> posted before, just noticed it today.
>
> Mick Zaklan
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:14:21 -0500
> From: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Hermine Deurloo promo vid
> To: Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> I'm familiar with it Mick. But then I have been a Hermine fan for so long.
> And FINALLY someone is able to hear the harmonica player in a tune. Without
> being 'buried'. I am also a big fan of Jesse VanRuller's guitar work. I
> consider Dutchmen Hermine Duerloo and also Willem Dijkgraff  to be some of
> the finest and most UNDER rated players of chromatic today. But one little
> note: When the salesman in the shop said of the harmonica that Hermine was
> looking at was the one being played by Toots......uh.....I don't think he
> was being totally honest.  lolol
>
> smokey joe the last Cafe.
>
>
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Mick Zaklan wrote:
>
> >   Nice video by Hermine Deurloo promoting her new CD, "Glass Fish":
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQLgYvyu8I.  Sounds like something that
> > would have been at home on the old ECM label.  Apologies if it's been
> > posted before, just noticed it today.
> >
> > Mick Zaklan
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:04:20 +0100
> From: Lost Toni <losttoni@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Sonny Terry's chugging! chugging! CHUGGING!
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> It's my second tutorial video dedicated to Sonny Terry.
>
> In this video we continue playing a Sonny's typical chugging, during the IV
> chord now. Sonny played this riff in several songs like "Hooray, Hooray,
> This Woman Is Killing Me", "Boogie Baby",...
>
> You will find insinghts and tips aboud this chugging. I try to accurately
> reproduce the original, and that everyone can enjoy playing the blues and
> country harp.
>
> Hope you enjoy,
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTIq4FQ3cQ
>
> In my website you can find an index organized by levels of all my tutorial
> videos:
> https://sites.google.com/site/lostharp/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:35:50 -0500
> From: William Lifford <william.lifford@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Pocket Full of Soul in NYC
> To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hello Harp-L'ers,
>
> If you live in or near NYC, please consider buying a ticket to the Pocket
> Full of Soul screening on February 28.
>
> Currently there are only 12 confirmed ticket buys, of which I am
> responsible for at least eight of them.  I'm getting a little concerned
> that maybe this screening won't happen after all.  Apparently there are
> about 40 more tickets that need to be sold before the screening will be
> guaranteed.
>
> There's got to be a bunch of you out there in the New Jersey / New York
> area.  Please reserve tickets on the Tugg.com website so that this
> screening can be confirmed.
>
> A bunch of us would like to meet for dinner beforehand as well.  I'd love
> to meet other Harp-L'ers.  If you are going to go, reserve your ticket and
> then shoot me an email... As soon as we figure out where we will be eating,
> I'll let you know so you can join us if you'd like.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Lifford
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:53:57 +0000 (UTC)
> From: holleydey@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Pocket Full of Soul - New Haven
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> Still need some movie goers in New Haven, CT as well! Tickets for Pocket
> Full of Soul are available online now, and will be available at Criterion
> Cinema on the evening of February 28, but if you're planning to join us for
> the movie and harmonica lesson/jam, it would really help this first time
> promoter if you'd reserve a ticket online by Thursday, February 21.
> http://www.tugg.com/events/2812
>
>
> I'd be grateful if you'd spread the word to anyone who might be
> interested. Thanks!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:08:59 -0600
> From: Sandy Weltman <harpmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] 12th Position Swing Tune/Slipped Disc
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Hi Folks - I've just posted a new harmonica lesson of Benny Goodmans
> classic " Slipped Disc" arranged for harmonica. I've played this tune for
> years and is even on a cd that I recorded about 15 years ago (New World
> Harmonica Jazz). Over the years, number of people have asked if I've ever
> tabbed the tune out, and now I finally have. Here's a short sample of the
> tune in 12th position. It's a lot of fun to play and not as hard as it may
> sound-no overblows needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORZjZREIG_s
> Enjoy- Sandy
> > http://www.sandyweltmanmusic.com
> > http://www.banjobaby.com
>
> > http://www.harmonicalessonvideos.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:26:49 -0500
> From: Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Pocket Full of Soul in Waltham, MA
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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> As of now there are 50 signed up, and 31 more are needed.
>
> http://www.tugg.com/events/2943
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:05 -0200
> From: "Leonardo K. Shikida" <shikida@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Introducing Milk and Blues
> To: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi
>
> just to tell about Milk and Blues, a band from Curitiba, Brazil.
>
> it's some sort of "the commitments", but replacing the horns by a
> talented harp player :-)
>
> please check them out
>
> http://www.playcrossroads.com/u/milknblues
>
> they also have lots of videos on youtube
>
> they have this lovely version of "I want you back"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF_kfgkmlFk
>
> I hope you people enjoy their work
>
> []
>
> Kenji
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence. (Bukowski)
>
>
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