Sunday Morning Coming Down

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  1. Bill Boggs

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    Up early this morning feeling good. Played my harmonica's for the first time in weeks. Started out with a Db playing a verse of Amazing Grace. With a D played, 'Further Along,' Silent Night with an Eb, If We Never Meet Again with an E key. The second position on an F key is C and I used that on 'Tight Fitting Jeans'. On G, I played, 'It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song,' and I messed around with the G key on several other bluesy songs I couldn't remember the names, maybe a mixture of Ray Charles for I thought I could hear his piano way in the background. I like Ab and I used it to play around with 'I'd love To Lay You Down.' The song has a good melody.

    I didn't play much with the A key. One key seems slightly out of tune or the beginning of metal fatigue. I don't know. I've cleaned it twice before I got ill. It doesn't sound quite right. I need to replace it. The A key has always been my go to harp. I like the sound and my favorite key if I had one. I tried Jambalaya with the A harp. It definately needs replacing. Bb flat sounds good on anything. It's a favorite of Blues harpers and while I don't have the wind to play much blues because there's more draw notes, it's a harp I work on my streathening my diaphragm. I love it's sound. I need to replace my C harp. Straight harp just doesn't sound right and second position that plays G, there's a delay in a couple of draw notes. It's why professional players use custom made harps.

    All my harps are Suzuki or Lee Osker's. I've tried everybodies. I don't have a B harp or an F#. but that's because I keep my harps in an old Royal Jamaica Cigar box and it only holds ten. I used to smoke Royal Jamaica's and this box is the last box I bought back in the nineties. They were a fine smoke and only cigar smokers could appreciate that I suppose. When I'm up to par, I play harmonicas mostly one day a week and that's always Sunday morning. I start out out with religious songs because they are easier for me to play; I know them better having grown up with some of the old church songbooks.

    Sometime I listen to the mountain music coming out of West Virginia and play along. Other times I turn to Louisiana. There's a great mixture of musical sound down there. I can't handle Jazz. That's another something else. I've tried to play some of the Mexican music, tried making my harmonica sound like an accordian. The best I can do is Gene Autry's, 'South of the Bordor, down Mejico way.

    This is what Sunday Morning coming down is at my house. I hope you've had a pleasant day so far.
     
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  2. Don Alaska

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    Glad to hear that you are well enough to "do your thing"!
     
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  3. Babs Hunt

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    You must be feeling better @Bill Boggs...glad to hear this good news. :)
     
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