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The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the CD to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Volume 13 includes eight essential tunes from this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer: Can't Hold Out Much Longer Crazy Legs I Got to Go Last Night Mean Old World Rocker Sad Hours You're So Fine.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great Play-Along!
31 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really dig the play along tracks that come on the CD included with the book. Each tune in the book is represented by two tracks on the CD. One track is the "Demo Track" with harmonica, and the other is a "Play-Along" track with just the backing band and no harmonica.
I disagree with the reviewer who stated the following:
"on three of the tracks, which originally feature LW's vocals, the session player here plays his own lines in place of the vocals leaving a beginner to guess which are LW's original lines or the session dude's ad libs. The other five songs are fine, but this is a major oversight by the publisher. NONE of the other play-alongs for artist specific material do this. My Duane Allman play-along doesn't have some schmuck improving slide guitar over the top of the tracks. That would be ridiculous and this is RIDICULOUS."
First off, the "session dude/schmuck" is none other than harmonica master Steve Cohen. Steve (who is sponsored by Hohner Harmonicas) can be heard on many albums with Leroy Airmaster, harp great Jim Liban and with guitar wiz Greg Koch. Second, I think it is great that Steve plays lines over the spots were the vocals go. This gives you more licks to add to your vacabulary, and is also great for playing instrumental versions if you don't happen to be a singer! If you want to sing the tunes, just replace the lines with vocals... it's that easy! If you are haveing troubles figuring out which lines are Little Walter's, maybe you should pick up some Little Walter albums and give them a listen?
The only thing that I would change would be the tab that was used. Although the tab is completely usable, I am just used to David Barrett's tab which I find a little easier to read.
I disagree with the reviewer who stated the following:
"on three of the tracks, which originally feature LW's vocals, the session player here plays his own lines in place of the vocals leaving a beginner to guess which are LW's original lines or the session dude's ad libs. The other five songs are fine, but this is a major oversight by the publisher. NONE of the other play-alongs for artist specific material do this. My Duane Allman play-along doesn't have some schmuck improving slide guitar over the top of the tracks. That would be ridiculous and this is RIDICULOUS."
First off, the "session dude/schmuck" is none other than harmonica master Steve Cohen. Steve (who is sponsored by Hohner Harmonicas) can be heard on many albums with Leroy Airmaster, harp great Jim Liban and with guitar wiz Greg Koch. Second, I think it is great that Steve plays lines over the spots were the vocals go. This gives you more licks to add to your vacabulary, and is also great for playing instrumental versions if you don't happen to be a singer! If you want to sing the tunes, just replace the lines with vocals... it's that easy! If you are haveing troubles figuring out which lines are Little Walter's, maybe you should pick up some Little Walter albums and give them a listen?
The only thing that I would change would be the tab that was used. Although the tab is completely usable, I am just used to David Barrett's tab which I find a little easier to read.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Buy it for the play along tacks! Not for accurate transcriptions.
30 April 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The play along tracks in this set are great. They nail the styles if not the tones of he originals. The forms are correct and if you are a serious student of blues harp you will enjoy trying to play LW's original licks over them or jamming along with your own stuff. BUT, on three of the tracks, which originally feature LW's vocals, the session player here plays his own lines in place of the vocals leaving a beginner to guess which are LW's original lines or the session dude's ad libs. The other five songs are fine, but this is a major oversight by the publisher. NONE of the other play-alongs for artist specific material do this. My Duane Allman play-along doesn't have some schmuck improving slide guitar over the top of the tracks. That would be ridiculous and this is RIDICULOUS. That said, the transcriptions of LW's lines are very good and nail down some details that are often overlooked in other books. Buy it for the jam tracks, and check your LW originals for the original lines. Hal Leonard stuff is usually better than this. It's a no brainer for a harp player to buy though.
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