Rock Me Mama by Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance
I'm kind of working on harmonica at two levels. I just discovered your site and am working my way through Walk With Me, the beginning accompaniment and beginning solo exercises. But before I started here, I had been learning by ear, trying to teach myself licks to play the blues. I know about choosing a harmonica that is a 4th above (or 5th below) the key of the song, but for Rock me Mama, which is in the key of A, I'm pretty sure the harmonica is also in the key of A. Are you familiar with the song? Can you confirm or set me straight? Thanks so much!
Yes, "Rock Me Mama" off the "Buddy and the Juniors" album Is in A. It sounds like Junior Wells is playing it in first position on an A harmonica.
You have got to like someone who says "Play your harmonica son" on a lot of his recordings! (Lightnin' Slim that is)
I'n sorry, I completely missed that you had all the info I needed in the title. Yes, he is using an A Harmonica in 1st Position.
Thank you all for taking time to respond to my question yesterday. What a great community of support you've got going.
Hello Nance. The "Rock Me Mama" I have is by Lightnin' Slim. This is in the key of D and the harmonica player is using a G harmonica (2nd Position). Is this the song you were speaking of?