Re: [Harp-L] Totally bored with the blues genre

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

Someone may have already mentioned (here or on another harmonica group) the fact that many thrown together blues bands are a buncha older guys who hardly rehearse, but go out and call the usual shuffle I-IV-V tunes all night to cut the gig, figuring they are good enough to pull it off.


What you describe below takes actual thought and practice time.


Would love to see more of this.



-----Original Message-----
From: bfrain <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


The problem is, most musicians typically aren't that great in a number of
areas...we all need to get on it and really kick it up! But I must admit I get
bored if it's a coupla sets of 145's...
We gotta get creative with
intros/outros, rhythms, etc...just a few that come to mind:
Pawnshop bound...wm
clarke
Louisiana fog...musselwhite
When you put together set lists, you really
gotta mix it up...heck, I got bored and left a kim wilson blues review show
after five tunes cuz everything was sounding the same...
We used to do a
version of led zep...bring it on home, sort of...started it like sunny boy, then
kicked into the middle zep up tempo part, with harp on part of the famous
riff...no vox there except "bring it on ho-ooh-ome" it was awesome...audience
couldnt believe it...helps to have a real guitar player...
So, there are a lot
of things you can do...try covering im a man yardbirds style...gloria with a
harp section...there are many directions you can take the blues...so many
roads...