[Harp-L] Canned Heat's 'On the road again'

Ken Karpowicz karpowicz@xxxxx
Sun Aug 11 18:44:02 EDT 2024


Nice! Thanks for posting.

> On Aug 10, 2024, at 11:58 AM, Harping On via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I well remember trying to play this song year's ago and getting frustrated
> in not being able to play one of the notes in the solo and basically gave
> up. It was only in fairly recent times I discovered Alan Wilson had
> apparently retuned the 6 draw reed up a half step to get that note!
> I'm playing over the top of the song & using an overblow on 6 (then gliss
> -6-5-4) which is not as tasty as that bend he gets with that tuning (which
> you can hear). I have tabbed out what I'm hearing & playing. Trouble is Al
> has many subtle nuances in his playing which make it difficult to emulate.
> It's really enjoyable to play however.
> 
> https://youtube.com/shorts/cScrk92e45U?si=d0LL47SUuOIiH5Fj



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