Re: [Harp-L] RE: Roadhouse Blues

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Robert provided a link to Google for woodshedding, but the way I use the
term, it means going somewhere where I will not bother anyone (behind the
woodshed) and practicing something over and over until you really get it.
Usually when I go into this mode I drive my wife to distraction, my
teenager disowns me (he does that anyway), and the cat cannot be found for
several days ;-).

I don¹t actually own a woodshed, so I just go down to the garage, close
the door and go at it.

Brad

On 8/30/14, 6:30 PM, "Hellerman, Steven L." <shellerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I've played Roadhouse Blues at least a hundred times since I started
>playing harp thirteen years ago. At just about every open jam that's
>oriented toward rock I ever attended ("Harmonica? Let's do Roadhouse
>Blues!"), plus in a band I used to be in.
> 
>It is pretty straightforward, but you can have a lot of fun w/ it going
>beyond what's on the record, like playing harp where the guitar leads go;
>and especially if somebody's singing it who really knows how to vamp
>("Gonna roll, roll, roll....."). Only other advice: It was something of a
>train wreck the couple of times I tried to both sing it and play harp (I
>was actually the only one there who knew the words; hard to believe but
>true). Much better to just play harp and have somebody else sing it.
> 
>Also: Those are not Jim Morrison's licks. Robbie Krieger plays harp on
>the track. 
> 
>BTW: What do you mean by "woodsheding"?
> 
>SLH
> 
> 
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>Guys,
>
>I am going to be woodsheding Roadhouse Blues. I have played it before and
>have some of Morrisons licks down. Seems pretty straight forward, but I
>wondered if anyone had any words of advice.
>
>Brad
>