Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Where'd That Twang Come From?
Tonight's open mic was interesting for me to say the least. I started out playing with Mike at the beginning of the night. I'll probably need to check acrossroads to remember exactly what we played, but among the songs we played were Neil Young's Heart of Gold, The Who's Behind Blue Eyes and Toad the Wet Sprocket's Walk on the Ocean. Joe Buckholz was next and he asked me if I'd join him on the Patient 957 classic Anti-Love Song. This is a song I hadn't played in well over six months unless we played it for our one time reunion (we probably did). Joe does it a little different than JB did, but it turned out OK, I guess. The weirdest thing was that a group of folks in a booth near the back was singing along. Apparently they had learned it from the JB version and not the P957 version, but it was still pretty cool. I hope they like how my harmonica part went better than JB's 'air harp' version.
Later I sat in with Mike and bass player Amy who I met when Mike and I played in Hot Springs. We did Hotel California. Mike does it more like the band The Gypsy Kings than the original Eagles version, and I like the change. Tonight's version was even faster, Amy thumping away on bass and adding vocals. We really need to add TSA's twelve string sound and give Amy a mic. I thing it could sound really great. My vocal harmonies are coming along, and I'm finally starting to feel comfortable playing harp to the strange chord progression.
When TSA and I finally played, we did our two newest songs, Wyle E. Coyote Blues & Treat Me Like a Dog, and finished up with the Brian Wilson since Ken was back from his honeymoon. "I'm lyin' in bed, just like Ken Jones did......"
Gloria had come up from Hot Springs. She said she's written a female response verse to Two Condoms. MonyP had sent me one a long time ago, but I lost it. I didn't see Gloria's yet either, but she has my email address. Gloria also paid me a compliment that is bigger than she probably thinks it was. She said my voice reminded her of Clint Black. Now, I'm not a big country fan, but I enjoy any music that's done well. Clint Black has always been one of my favorite country artists. Hearing myself on recordings, I've been quite surprised at the twang in my voice. I assure you it's natural, I've never actualy tried to do that. I have no idea where it comes from, but I'm trying to work with it. Hearing someone say that I remind them of Clint is quite flattering to me. On top of that, Clint Black is one of my favorite harmonica players. Funny how things work out sometimes.
BOJ
Later I sat in with Mike and bass player Amy who I met when Mike and I played in Hot Springs. We did Hotel California. Mike does it more like the band The Gypsy Kings than the original Eagles version, and I like the change. Tonight's version was even faster, Amy thumping away on bass and adding vocals. We really need to add TSA's twelve string sound and give Amy a mic. I thing it could sound really great. My vocal harmonies are coming along, and I'm finally starting to feel comfortable playing harp to the strange chord progression.
When TSA and I finally played, we did our two newest songs, Wyle E. Coyote Blues & Treat Me Like a Dog, and finished up with the Brian Wilson since Ken was back from his honeymoon. "I'm lyin' in bed, just like Ken Jones did......"
Gloria had come up from Hot Springs. She said she's written a female response verse to Two Condoms. MonyP had sent me one a long time ago, but I lost it. I didn't see Gloria's yet either, but she has my email address. Gloria also paid me a compliment that is bigger than she probably thinks it was. She said my voice reminded her of Clint Black. Now, I'm not a big country fan, but I enjoy any music that's done well. Clint Black has always been one of my favorite country artists. Hearing myself on recordings, I've been quite surprised at the twang in my voice. I assure you it's natural, I've never actualy tried to do that. I have no idea where it comes from, but I'm trying to work with it. Hearing someone say that I remind them of Clint is quite flattering to me. On top of that, Clint Black is one of my favorite harmonica players. Funny how things work out sometimes.
BOJ
# posted by Blind Orange Julius @ 10:52 PM 
