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Topic: New Slide Man Slim & Penny Hanna single: "Above & Below" |
Slim Heilpern
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Aptos California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 7:25 am |
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Here's a new upbeat Brazilian-flavored instrumental featuring chromatic harmonica, pedal steel, sax and guitar with Penny on electric bass and alto sax and myself on the other instruments. It's called "Above & Below". Listen or download here:
https://slimandpenny.com/web/articles/AboveAndBelow/
I'm still cheating with lots of punch-ins on the pedal steel parts due to my still immature technique on the instrument, but I think it came out nicely.
Hope it puts a smile on your face...
- Slim
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Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, and Pedal Steel (Williams U12 Series 700, Emmons lap)
http://slimandpenny.com |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 8:42 am
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| I love those chord changes, and the texture contrasts, especially where the steel enters w/ string section and guitars go away for a whole new sound. Also steel & alto go together so perfectly near the end. |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 8:58 am
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| I listened earlier this morning. It went well with my morning coffee. Nice tune, good job all around. Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting that. |
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Slim Heilpern
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Aptos California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 10:18 pm
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| Earnest Bovine wrote: |
| I love those chord changes, and the texture contrasts, especially where the steel enters w/ string section and guitars go away for a whole new sound. Also steel & alto go together so perfectly near the end. |
Thank you Doug! I think I got lucky with the chord changes, especially the transition to the bridge -- it was one of those "what happens if I go here?" moments. The rest of it kind of fell into place from there...
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Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, and Pedal Steel (Williams U12 Series 700, Emmons lap)
http://slimandpenny.com |
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Slim Heilpern
From:
Aptos California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 10:19 pm
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| Jerry Overstreet wrote: |
| I listened earlier this morning. It went well with my morning coffee. Nice tune, good job all around. Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting that. |
Thanks for listening Jerry! So glad you liked it...
- Slim
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Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, and Pedal Steel (Williams U12 Series 700, Emmons lap)
http://slimandpenny.com |
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John Alexander
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Posted 11 Dec 2020 2:32 am
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A smile indeed. 
Then I went to the video section of your web site and listened to practically everything there. It's all so well done that it's a little misleading to single anything out, but I will say that your harmonica playing astonished me, and I also greatly enjoyed hearing all the viola da gamba solos. And the steel guitar of course . . .
Your video performance of Sunshine of My Life gave me a hit of nostalgia for Santa Cruz, where you performed it, as that's where I was living when Stevie Wonder's Talking Book album came out and I came to know to the tune. |
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Slim Heilpern
From:
Aptos California, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2020 6:56 am
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Thank you John! You just made my day .
I too remember where I was when Talking Book came out (Green Mtn. Falls, CO, on the road with my first band) -- it was my first introduction to Stevie, one of my harmonica heroes.
So happy you also enjoyed the viola da gamba solos, I'll let Penny know...
- Slim
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Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, and Pedal Steel (Williams U12 Series 700, Emmons lap)
http://slimandpenny.com |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 11:11 am
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| Slim, you never fail to entertain me with your exquisite skills. Too cool for words. i have listened to most if not all your compositions and it's great. |
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Edward Efira
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California, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 4:44 pm
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Lovely.
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Slim Heilpern
From:
Aptos California, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 5:00 pm
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Larry and Edward, thank you so much!
We have a ton of fun recording, but when other musicians enjoy it, that's the icing on the cake. Thanks for letting us know!
- Slim
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Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, and Pedal Steel (Williams U12 Series 700, Emmons lap)
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