Re: [Harp-L] Just my questions

[burket@xxxxxxx]

 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.