[Harp-L] Runaway- Bonnie Raitt
ven...@rcn.com
There's a harp track on Bonnie Raitt's song called Runaway. I think the song is being played in the key of "C" so an "F harp" 2nd pos should do it. Anyone know more about what other positions on this harp or other compatible harps one could use.
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> From: ven...@rcn.com> There's a harp track on Bonnie Raitt's song called Runaway. I think the song is being played in the key of "C" so an "F harp" 2nd pos should do it. Anyone know more about what other positions on this harp or other compatible harps one could use.>
the heck with archives, here it is again:
2 bars of C -2nd pos on a high F harp
2 bars of Bb -2nd pos on a Eb harp
2 bars of Ab -2nd pos on a Db harp
2 bars of G7 -1st pos on a C harp
repeat for next 8 bars
The great Norton Buffalo did thid solo--last overdub session right b4 the album came out. The artwork had already gone to press so his name was originally absent form the credits. They didn't even know what instrument was going to solo until he laid that classic track, they had tried flute, slide guitar, glockenspiel, nose flute, etc...
He was also very ill when he played that session, amazing.
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Richard Hunter
<There's a harp track on Bonnie Raitt's song called Runaway. I think the
<song is being played in the key of "C" so an "F harp" 2nd pos
<should do it. Anyone know more about what other positions on this harp or other
<compatible harps one could use.
The solo is played on 4 harps--F, Eb, Db, and C. Norton switches (in that order) at every chord change, cycling from the F harp to the C harp as the changes repeat.
It takes a lot of practice to get all those harp switches right. I saw Norton fumble it once on a live performance on a late night rock concert TV show.
Regards, Richard Hunter
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Tom Ball
is a series of eight licks using F, Eb, Db, and C harps in that
order. You run through 'em twice. Most of them start on a 2 draw.
There are no overblows, and everything is in 2nd position. The
individual licks themselves are not too awfully difficult -- what's
hard is switching the harps at full speed without dropping one. I
remember seeing Norton do it live with Bonnie -- on Saturday Night
Live, I believe -- and was pretty damned impressed....
cheers,
Tom
>
>> From: ven...@rcn.com> There's a harp track on Bonnie Raitt's song
>>called Runaway. I think the song is being played in the key of "C"
>>so an "F harp" 2nd pos should do it. Anyone know more about what
>>other positions on this harp or other compatible harps one could
>>use.>
>
>the heck with archives, here it is again:
>2 bars of C -2nd pos on a high F harp
>2 bars of Bb -2nd pos on a Eb harp
>2 bars of Ab -2nd pos on a Db harp
>2 bars of G7 -1st pos on a C harp
>repeat for next 8 bars
>
>The great Norton Buffalo did thid solo--last overdub session right
>b4 the album came out. The artwork had already gone to press so his
>name was originally absent form the credits. They didn't even know
>what instrument was going to solo until he laid that classic track,
>they had tried flute, slide guitar, glockenspiel, nose flute, etc...
>
>He was also very ill when he played that session, amazing.
>Michael Peloquin http://www.harpsax.comhttp://www.myspace.com/harpsax
>
Michael Peloquin
Tom Ball replied:
>
> Actually the whole solo is second position. Norton Buffalo. The solo
> is a series of eight licks using F, Eb, Db, and C harps in that
> order. You run through 'em twice. Most of them start on a 2 draw.
> There are no overblows, and everything is in 2nd position.
The final chord change of the four chords is C7 and that is 1st position on a C harp, ending with some classic Jimmy Reed style 1st pos playing.
Michael Peloquin
http://www.harpsax.com
Joe and Cass Leone
Bonnie Raitt, Norton Buffalo, Runaway, etc. I wanted to listen to it
and see what all the hype was about. I remember the original tune. I
play a lot of tunes with 2 and sometimes 3 diatonics, so I wouldn't
mind hearing it.
smo-joe
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Patrick Lines
Bonnie Raitt Collection" album from 1997.