HOW TO PLAY ON THE ROAD AGAIN (CANNED HEAT) ON HARMONICA 

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Thanks for keeping Canned Heat alive!

Great video.I've been playing the harp since '68.I met Allan back in the day and he told me a little trick about buying the little white chromatic harmonica tabs from Hohner and gluing them on the upper register to get the bend on the draw.Like some guys in this thread said you could overblow the 6 to try for that note,ala Howard Levy,but not really. Just glue a tab on your upper register. Allan was an incredibly melodic and laid back human being.John Lee was right and the solo on Boogie Chillin is probably one of the best,one take harp solos ever.Alan was incredibly intelligient and a very proficient piano player and guitar player.He arranged all of Canned Heats hits like Goin Up the Country,Lets Get Together and this song. Lots of people reference "attack" in regards to playing the harp;Allan embraced it.He was able to use the Butterfield vibrato and the Little Walter vibrato,two completely different approaches,swapped harps during songs,used overblows.Another friend of mine who we sadly and tragically lost,Bill Clarke and I used to talk about how underrated Allan was as a musician and especially harp player But you remind me of Steve Marriot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xg4J8CX4xFo.html Breathe through your nose a little bro,make that vibrato of yours something people wait for. But keep the faith and thanks for turning the world onto Allan Wilson.F40's and a sensitive soul,hate to see you go,Allan

Been playing this song regularly, since I picked up the harp seriously. To me, the best way to get close to alan wilson tone is to play throat vibrato all along, even on bent notes, especially draw 3 bent a half step. That's the key to the wicked tone he gets on bits of the solo and on the outro, where he really makes a HUGE vibrato. I'm just stressing that point because most of the players that have a decent throat vibrato tend to do tongue vibrato on bent notes, because it's less agressive. I do that most of the time myself but on this tune, for those who have the same habits, give it a try. Personnaly I found that throat vibrato on draw 3 bent a half step is really raw and fits perfectly to the tune... Won't use it on a slow blues for instance but here it's just the bomb :) !

You are one of the Best Players On The Planet Will ! Thank you for keeping this music alive !

Who on earth would give this a thumbs down???

I agree with what that guy said - excellent in all directions - Thanks.

Thanks for the info on Butterfield gear. Taking the guesswork out of it. Cheers. Your tuned Seydel sounds awesome.

Love this song. Nice vibrato :)

I've got a modified harp, a friend of mine did it, and now I can play the solo, even if not so perfectly; it's a very hard task to me.

Thanks Will, just got my Seydel harp in the post today, Cheers for the lesson, going to have some fun

Funny I was getting my granddaughter trying to play to the harmonica part she loves it he's only 4

you explain so well that i all understood and it's not an eazy thing, my wife says . so thank you xxxx much

Terrific thank you very much ! Great teacher !

maaan.... what a beeeeautiful vibrato!

This band are in my heart from the day i see this. Band,,,, today i am 88 and stay in my heart forever …

Great lesson

Canned Heat - good, one of my favorit groups! Well done Will!

Got a new set of Honer Hoodoo Blues Harmonicas It's got the the G ,D and C. I will practice with G and D more often now ,thanks am hoping to save up for one of Your personally tuned Harmonicas. Keep rocking it love your music!

Thank you very much for sharing what you know, my friend. Peace and take care of yourself.

Will, I love your harps. I’ve been playing this one for a number of years on a modded Lee Oscar harp in A. I raised both the 3 and the 6 draw to aid me hitting the notes easy. I labeled the harp as my “Owl” harp and only use it for this song but sometimes I have my band just go along with me for an extended instrumental with the Blind Owl feel and not singing. It’s just so enjoyable playing and relatively easy with a modded harp.

Good job Mr Will Wyld. This helped me out so much with drawing bending and other little acoustic nuances. Don't feel so out of place with the facial contortions though.. lol. Gotta feel the music. Even if all it does is look entertaining. Everything's funny to a 4 year old. Back to it. Thank you sir.

Luv Canned Heat-boogie--been playing off my bike, "C" in pocket...carry 7 Fenders in my saddle bag ("A" suits the voice in my cranium ;- )

OK, just followed your other lesson on vibrato..... AMAZING! I did my first few vibratos today!!! Thanks heaps man.

Dunno, been following Will Wilde off and on for a few years now. Pretty much always a treat. Far as I know he doesn't actually want to kill anybody so he's probably ok in the modern age. Have Fun. He also does really well with really talented female harmonica players. Can't tell you offhand who they are but there is some really good music to be found there.

Merci beaucoup Will, tu es excellent! Bob the bear who was playing often simply on stage had created one day something really unbelivable.. Friendly JeanLuc

Hi. Excellent tutorial. Took me ages to work this out long before RU-vid was invented. I asked a superb harp player in my old band Crowjane how to get those bends and he said 'you just keep blowing and sucking until it let's you'..... So that's what I did in the car to and from work every day for a few months.... Got there in the end. Your tutorial would have saved me a lot of time and effort 😊

That was good couldn't hear the last part till you brought it out almost hidden good job.will.emjoy your songs you choose to come forward with ,your skilled you seem mostly an ear musician ,my mum was the same on the keyboard,she sang at 8 years on the American radio .and played gospel and taught the kids and grands kids those with the ear.Cream is my element growing up , humble pie ,muddy waters, ten years after. van morrison.

Thank you sir, I appreciate your insight on this, which is your favorite key to play in?

Just bought the Wilde Tuned to learn this, although I’d like to learn the Nine Below Zero Version 😎👍🏻

Great to see how you've got it down so well! Thanks! You make it look so easy!

Will Wilde is cool.

Hi will, splendid tutorial! Would be very great if you could put tabs in the description because its kind of hard to remember all you're saying and I have to replay it a dussin of times. with tabs in the description it would be a lot easier to learn.

Awesome! Thanks and cheers!

Nailed it

Awesome tone Will.

You're an excellent teacher!

Wauw a great lesson

love it.

I've been playing this one since I was 16 in 1968. Fun to see your take on it. You missed a phrase there. Hey, the long version is the THING. That long inhale is a challenge. I'd love to see you do it.

I’m jamming this song for a half hour and then see this lol

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Thank you so much for this video Will ! Great teacher !

Great harping and teaching!

Best explanation of this epic tune! THANK YOU!! Could you please do one for the harp playing heard in "Renegade" tv series theme too?

I thank you so much for this great video.

Thanks so much for the lesson. I'm still a newby and struggle with vibrato while bending but I'm determined.

Alright ,sounds good will.

Thank you Will !!!!

Great job Will, I really like the teaching style on your videos. Cheers

superb tuition

You are great man thnx for all the help ,

Great lesson Will, love your technique and clarity of explanation...if you come near Leicester let me know Id love to hook up and buy you a drink and maybe jam!

This is amazing. I just discovered you. Your tone is ridiculously good

Will Wilde. Just can't get enough of this awesome tutorial. You teach me to be a better harp player through your tutorials. I very much appreciate the patience and time you put into your tutorials for the bennifit of others. It's admirable man. 🥰. Hope you make some new ones in the near future. 👌.

Will, you do add a lot to the harmonica riffs, more than Bob Hite played. I enjoy the live performance. You add a lot of energy and the band rocks. But I did notice you don't reach for or bend that high note and stop just short. Your way does make for easier playing of the lead part though. I have been rockin this song myself a long time and I have my fun with it too. A friend who passed not too long ago, he and I would double up on the harps on our gigs, double harps. I do miss my friend Matt and the fun rockin with him. Have you ever doubled with other harp players? Try it sometime. Too much fun we're havin. LOL. And by the way, I play - Hohner Special 20's - and I open the front on all my harps with a pair of needle nose plyers so there is less wind restriction. Jason Ricci showed me that trick in 2011. Monster harp player too. I can rock and rock hard with them opened up. I play music with a Grateful Dead Band in St. Louis, Mo. and they do rock hard, all night. Keep On Rockin Brother. There aren't that many of us left. We're a dyin breed ya know. "Doc 'harps' Sweetwood"

Thank you for all your videos. You're awesome dude.

Hey Will Wilde, thank you for your lessons, I`ve learned much from you in a short time. Your gigs are very special and splendid !!! Greetings from Germany !

I play it no problem on a Chromatic harmonica in the key of A. So simple.

Great lesson, any thoughts on doing a lesson for boogie chillen by hooker n heat

awesoke stuff mate!

this is a cool song thanks for doing this will. hey will just to let you kown you can buy your cd's on itunes in u.s. too.

You can get that modified 6 draw note (minor third) by overblowing on the 6 hole. There are plenty of videos on youtube on how to do that.

Nice effort Mr.Wilde......love your videos......going up the country by canned heat would be slick if you could do a video some Friday....thx again for the vids.....Harpdaddy

I'd love some tips on 3 very different players...Sonny Terry, Rev. Gary Davis and Junior Wells. With Sonny Terry and Gary Davis it's the train sounds/ fox sounds.

off topic you are not only talented but gorgeous. tour the east coast states with your band

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You may think i'm stupid, but I think the mysterious tone/ note is bend hole7 draw. Extrem narrow lips and an inclined harp- like a flute-but draw,no blow. End of tone is a short blown 6. If you think I'm wrong - first words of comment will come true..... that man is chewing his harp........

Seydel 1847 in A given as present, look forward to playing.

Learned on Honer key of C and prefer to use only that for all of my playings, the others sound off because of the preference of the C harmonica

je possede toujours un marine band en la offert gracieusement par bob hite en concert au Golf drouot à Paris en 1970 peu de temps apres la disparition d'Alan wilson

Man! Your playing is faboulous!! Do you tongue block on the vamps and lip purse on single notes?

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Sounds good but I think I read somewhere that he used a custom tuned harp for that song. Some kind of weird tuning.

Can you do a little Darrel Mansfield will?? I'm trying to follow some of his riffs .? Just curious ,CD sounds great ,have you considered a A for of 5 DvD set of lessons ,you pretty good I'd buy one.beginner to Intermediate stuff .with creme and other stuff,I don't know of anyone doing that.that can play blues as good as you. Add it to you store.

What kind of harp are you using? I'm a newbie, but can bend, not overblow yet, and i love the tone you'r getting!!!

Fantastic Will!!!!......is it possible to imitate flute intro on GOIN UP COUNTRY??.......Thanks

NIGHT OWL BLUES LESSON first time here so maybe

Hey Will, great vid, thanks. One question, do you start with the 123 draw to single 2 or the other way round? Cheers

please do a lesson on? "im her man"-canned heat. such a tasty tune

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Alan told me he retuned his harmonica to hit that note by trimming the reed with a razor.

Great job brother try it on a c harmonica. its an a filed down that makes it a C. its the way blind owl did his harmonica.

Hi and thanks, very well done indeed, but the part of the solo: holes -3*+4 -4 -5- +6 and then X? Same as notes: G A B D E and then G. I just wonder why should I ruin my A-harp by retuning it or playing a solo slightly wrong as you do by drawing 6th hole when I can get G-note by overblowing hole 6, one of easiest hole to overblow in A-harp? Are you sure that Alan Wilson has retuned his harp or just overblows originally? Mara

Super lesson! What's just a bit weird is that at the beginning you refer folks to your "How to Tongue Block" lesson, which I think implies that you're tongue blocking here, which you aren't, correct?

My dad is 71. Old. Can you teach him

bonjour tu pourrai me mettre la tablature merci.

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Oh I think I got it .when I talk in the harp using the word "oy"

HI SORRY 4 CAPS, WHAT BRAND HARMONICA ARE YOU USING AND WHAT KEY, I HAVENT BOUGHT A HARMONIC YET BUT IT LOOKS FUN THANKS

I'n confused because in the recording on the climbing lick he clearly goes up a minor third (in this case it's G) but in the video you're doing the 2nd, F#. Is it a blow bend on 7 instead?

i kind of making the tongue block sound with my intake of air is that ok or am i mistaking blowing and drawing again..

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petite erreur sur le solo , il faut limer le fa diese pour arriver en sol , on appelle cà l'accordage alan wilson

Hey Will, How about that Whammer Jammee? "C'mon, let me hear ya, Dicky!"

headsome

what harmonicas do you use?

How about young rascals harmonica lesson for grovin

Wonder why no one came up with another viable solution for the missing G other than changing the pitch... Just use a Bb harmonica holding it between index and middle finger - and there you are. Takes a bit of practice - but what doesn‘t. 😁