The River (cover)

[MrAndre96]

are you bruce springsteen or whaat? :D

[m4r10c4]

omg! it was AWESOME ! please, keep doing covers ! i just loved it ! you got a new fan ;D

[eduardocenter]

My hat is off to you! Awesome.

[MrFuneralDog]

Man, that's awesome. Do you allow me to download it ? I'd love to have it in my ipod.

[Greguyse]

Could I have the harmonica tab for the intro of the song please?

I just love your intro!!

[billdek]

@Greguyse The beginning is just a simple descending run starting with the fifth hole on the harp - I was trying to approximate the intro as heard on the Live at New York City version. For the other parts go to: harptabs dot com

[Greguyse]

@billdek Thx for everything! I ll check the website you're talking about!

One last thing... during the harp intro at the begining, which guitar chords are you playing while you're "harping"

[billdek]

@Greguyse - just switching back between Em and C, then holding on #m. I was trying to evoke the sound of river water at the shoreline.

[rams0804]

er hat keinen flow....der rest paßt...

[OasisCherryjuice182]

You, sir have an amazing voice.

[Theggan]

Very good !!

[22Megabo]

Amazing voice I like this Version. l.G bo

[adosno883]

the little extra intro is wonderful, rest not bad either ofc ehe

[joran131]

wow dude your amazing! you have an awsome voice!!

[eleveneleve]

Superb , 1:12 he got a Tone of voice similar to Bruce Sp !

[slipknotkings88]

that wa relly nice i liked it

[hewlako]

Really good job man! keep it up.

[thomasbcool]

Killer job Bill. Among your best IMHO.

[seamustheplatypus]

Man you're really talented ! This is one amazing cover of that great song ! Brilliant ! :-)

[mrshyguy40]

Excellent..Real Talent

[asasolsh1]

the way you play the intro for this song is just amazing! especially for the first 40 seconds. it brings in so much of feeling and instantly takes the listener to somewhere. Thanks for sharing your love for the song :D

[RocketknifeMusic]

i like the extra intro from the live in NY version; sounded great... check out my poor mans version

[eoarthur19]

great voice!

[tounube]

impresionante¡¡¡¡¡¡

[navim49]

Hey Bill. Like the harmonica. This song suits you voice. Great vibrato. Very Broooce. Nice one.

[hunken08]

better then the original!

[SYPHE06]

super mec.....it s possible to play G OR D i hope? merci

[billdek]

key of G

[pillinho59]

Vraiment impressionnant !

Un grand bravo à vous

[joonaace]

hey...go to the casting show (X-Factor or a athor show)

YOU WIN!!!

i love it...

*i'm sorry...my english ist terrible*

[joonaace]

your peformance is amazing!

[fclor17]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oow you rock country....!!!!!!!

[AlanMagner]

Sent shivers down my spine, best version of the river Ive ever heard, absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!

[ManvsMachine7]

@AlanMagner Good cover, but of course nothing beats the original :)

[JellyBeanMakeup]

AMAZING! :)

[LucianoEmc2]

Very impressive... beautyfull sound!!

[gracious91]

Wonderful! It's surely the best cover I've heard ( sorry if my english is not perfect..lol)

[tylerdurden1975]

thx for answer billdek.have a nice day

[tylerdurden1975]

hi billdek.nice job. whats mean second position? and 5*

[billdek]

Second position - sometimes called "cross" position - means I'm playing a G harp but the song is played on the guitar in the key of D (Em,G D,C). check out: fetherbayDOTcom/HarpTutorial.h­tml

[krisme66]

Nicee song

[JonasMusicc]

GR8!! :)

[Hakkis109]

wow, can you make a tutorial for this song? how to play the harmonica part?

[classe202]

Yeah do that! i can´t wait to play like that

[hollywood00001111]

Hay awsum job m8 well done u shud chek out my cover of dancin in the dark n tell me wat ya think, wud be muchly appreciated... just type in keeghan painter n my attemp at the boss shud come up

[thesavman23]

Excellent job!!!  Great finger picking, harp and vocals.

[brokenheros9]

what key of harp?!!?

[billdek]

key is G, second position

[brokenheros9]

do you think C could work at all? or no

[billdek]

I'm not that good a harp player but I think it should work okay (theoretically it should) By the way I'm playing the River in a different key than Bruce usually does. Maybe if you just grab your C harp and play along with the Boss it'll come to you

[roldan54321]

i love your harmonica cover,its very original at the beginnin,good work men

[gabaus]

Great job on a great song. When you do the gravelly voice thing... Top notch!

[lennon1995]

amazing!!

[Bobcatdownunder]

Top notch bill. Full gravel like voice with loads of feeling. Bruce himself would be impressed too.

[deanowmfs]

A beautiful, melancholic ballad wonderfully done - Bruce meets Roy O'.

Congrats.

[kevzzor]

I didn't liked this at all

[JudasDeceit]

do better or stfu

[kevzzor]

well, I can...

[SteckyD]

A new interpretation of this (MY FAVOURITE) Song!

Good job MAN!

[actofjustice]

amazing...i love it. your voice range sounds awsome! keep it up

[d3aths0ul]

holy shit, that sounds good man.

u have skills man, u can sing, play guitar and that other thing :P dunno the english for it xD

pretty nice:D 5*

[brokenheros9]

harmonicca

[qwe356hyu]

awesome!!!

[mtvAdi]

reallllly, gooood man. your voice its soo goood

[Criddz90]

only thing i can say is, DAMN that good ! =) grettings from sweden =)

[alamoana26]

Man this is amazing!!! Regards from Croatia!!!

[tuubijake90]

Very nice playing and singing!! What is the name of harmonica you play?

[billdek]

a cheap one (MarineBand) - key is G, second position

[FrankitoRanocchia]

beatifull, the best i ever hear from you :)

good luck and keep doing this ! =)

grettings from argentina

[frasse2004]

very nice

[28152914]

I love it!!

Keep it going!

[fredrikfluff]

Oh my gaaad, That was amazing!!! 5 *

[WarManO]

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hellem09]

Great!!

[FalseNomen]

Great cover of one of my favorite songs. Thanks, Bill.

[tjooe]

That sound, I love it! Great

[cuttuulazzu]

bravo....splendida voce!!

[TheUglyTruth2]

Very good.

[jonzer8]

hey bill was just havin a little drink before my bed and just remembered this song u did tyhat i listened to a good while back ,still as awesome as before .just like to wish you a very merry xmas and a very happy new year to you and all your family. god bless you bill for makin this world a happier place . lots of love jon mcmillan from aberdeen scotland. take care bill and keep playin that guitar till yer fingers bleed. x

[henkentoos93]

So nice!

[elcimarronensemble]

hi, please can you give me the full tab for tha harmonica? Please...I'm trying to find the live at NY one's...(with that excellent intro...)

great work!

[loameer]

Harmonica and guitar! You are my hero Billdek

[iangarner18]

awesome bill. you are a great singer and the harmonica and guitar is amazing too

[isathi1990]

I love watching people doing covers, and this was a great one.

[acousticaddic]

That was a great cover. The harp parts gives frills. Congrats.*****

Steeve from Canada

[urk78]

the key of the harmonica ????????????????

[billdek]

I'm playing it in G.

[FDKGLL]

Awesome!!! Beautiful voice and great skills with the harmonica!! In some moments your voice is very similar to Bruce's. Outstanding!!

[MichaelPrather]

Great job man .... Enjoyed. Mike

[Flanders021]

dude! =)

[rchelsea90]

The harmonica at the beginning is simply heartbreaking. Lovely rendition of what is, hands down, one of the saddest and most beautiful songs of all time.

[bunjalung1]

YOU HAVE TALENT MATE

[ltdf50lfc]

AWESOME!!!

[198520089]

do you have a cover of living on a prayer(bon jovi)?i think you could sing that song better than jon today.

great job,outstanding

[iangarner18]

wow the harmonica off live in NY

sooo good!

[najaega]

You are really outstanding, great job man!

[wildyefc]

One word describes this performance,

OUTSTANDING.

[Darrenchill]

Nice harmonica!!

I'm asking where did u cloned Bruce's voice?

I feel perhaps u r too much melodic voice ;)

PS

good giutar picked ;))

[VillaSonora]

fantastic!!!!

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[tamyamyoiq]

You're really amazing!

[zipezapehape]

I like the very beginning harmonica part. Thats not on the Bruce Springsteen recording right?

[fern244]

Its not from a studio album, but he uses that kind of intro in some of his live performances.

[SimenSays79]

it's from the live in NY performance

[jooxis]

Very nice!

[derekmok]

Perfect choice of covers. The world-weary tone of this song taps into that rich portion in your voice.

[tirschenreuth]

what a great cover

[yazdrael]

Oh man!

It's so well played! You're so good!

I'm nearly crying! You got such a beautiful voice!

Waw...

[lesberlus]

Magnifique

[TeddyBakesher]

cool voice dude=)

[hange350]

that was brilliant!

[morslillaolle99]

Dude! You're the only that's near Brucie.

[namikdelilovic]

Bahh ,I feel the power of the song.........

[simpaskateboard]

damn you did it so amazing, you put your feelings thrue the lyrics :D

[SteelStringStrum]

Your voice and harp tech rocks! Keep harpin'

[Kombo20]

amazing man

[wiwi1009]

fait une carriere

[miounette]

oh my goodness.

[DarkprinceCs]

gods gift...

Your awesome

[JonnDalton]

Very good. You certainly put your own stamp on this one. Really interesting guitar technique.

[GWBsux]

Man, that harmonica at the beginning gives me the chills! Amazing version of this great song!!

[Ace473]

i love youre singing.. =)

[ReggaeGandalfGermany]

Can I call you Bruce? Great.

[Asim2846]

GREAT! this is very good.

[substrato]

AWESOME!!!

[whatbeautythisis]

beautiful.

[brokenheros9]

jeesh its amazing how you can focus on both insterments and sing to to good

[Lazyguitar84]

yesah yeah yeah that is what your voice is made for

[TOMKALERTE54]

excelent!

[onelargetv]

hey man bruce is my here, i play and all i can say i dude you are the man

[herebesmewa]

dude!!! that was unbeleivable!!!

[Schwind84]

This is simply the most amazing cover I saw on Youtube... really haunting.

I love the descending harp intro you came up with, and the actual "river" harp intro brought tears to my eyes.

I'll be looking for more of your videos, congrats on your great cover and keep up the good work man!

[RdWrior]

strong voice, great guitar.

[Izze42]

beautiful

[mierdaquevuela]

why is it 4/5, is the perfect cover!

[marcmekki]

I'm a huge fan of yours. Really am. Have you published any work or can I find your music for sale somewhere?

[patchcords]

Just amazing !!

[jayhanson27]

mate, am well impressed with both your voice and guitar/harmonica combo.... very well done! love it... heart wrenching!

[rafaelfekrus]

amazing! good cover

[roelmuller]

Incredible, genius cover mate, fair play.

[Grantticus]

to be honest, I've seen all these video's posted by people covering songs,

but this is by far the best i've seen.

good show my man!

If only i could play the harp as good as you.

is the lead part hard to do? aswell as the guitar playing?

[kennyt957]

You nailed it for sure. Nice Harp combo. Just plain sweet.

[Marachy321]

interresting picking but it works well

[kentonator]

bill i have been loving all your stuff, one of my favorites was your dire straights cover of romeo and juliet, what happened to that?

[KnockeSmocke]

Oh, thanks! And how do you play that middle harmonica solo. I have been looking for a really good harmonica site but havent find any...

[billdek]

youtube won't let me post the web site here but I did email you with a link that has harp tabs, including The River

[KnockeSmocke]

And how do you play that first thing? Before the real intro?

[billdek]

just a simple descending run starting with the fifth hole on the harp. Since I did this video I've learned to do it the way Bruce does it on the Live in NYC recording (it's even better that way)

[101010105]

WOW!! Awsome great job!!

[Blubrock]

Sounds awesome. Great harp playing.

[billdek]

Bruce plays an A harp, but the part can be played in C. This is the version from the live box set. Numbers with V = inhale, A = exhale.

6-7-7-8-8-7-6-6 8-8-7-8-7-6

V V A A V A A V A V A V A V

[GMSpringsteen]

i'm trying but it really doesn't sound the same

I've just rewatched ur cover; what a great voice u've got!!!

[billdek]

In this version I'm playing a G harp in the "cross" position - keep at it - you'll get it!!!

[GMSpringsteen]

hey guy, 2nd cover i'm watching today of the river, u 've got a great voice :)

I've just had an harmonica for christmas, 'd like to learn to play this song with it, wouldn't u teach me?

peace & have a great day

keep rocking :)

[Vinividivici333]

Good job!

[kokorochris]

HOLY CRAP!

awesome!

[bonesofgenerations]

Oh my gosh. I fall into the line of the people congratulating you. Awsome!

[number63441]

nice nice nice

[danitarara]

5 stars.

[colinbks11]

bill you are nothing but 5 star material

[AndrewDaniele87]

the 'but i remember us riding' part was done amazingly!!!!!! You do the song well, I've watched a whole bunch of videos, you do the best Springsteen covers! You inspire me to take up lessons of acoustic guitar and post up some videos, I even write my own stuff. Keep those Springsteen tunes coming! :)

[Stanlioparacute]

You are icredible...a dangerous people!

[4mige]

you have great voice and you play harmonica damn well :)

[sverresving]

This is just awsome!!!! Jævlig bra=)

[kastel81]

Still like ur voice think you do the best springsteens cover on youtube. greetings from norway

[REDNECKPEPI64]

THE BEST "THE RIVER" COVER ON YOUTUBE.

[AddinGaroth]

Love that song. Your voice is perfect with the song. nice work man! 5 stars!

[lissyoport]

Bro,...and I mean that literally...this is lis...I love the song The River, and I am also loving Beautiful Reward...now if I can only get the volume to work ??????? but then i have heard you live many a time, and even ventured to sing alongside you with several sisters waving dinner napkins for effect at times. no volume. bummer. But I have heard these. Terrific, Bro.

[rompler]

Beautiful !!!Bruce would be proud It really suits the tone of your voice . I have listened 5 times now and have even ripped it to my mp3 player hope that`s ok

[Glavirish]

this song is just out of your range buddy...impressive guitar and harmonica work though

[quentin7209]

Very good introduction and your voice is unbelieveble.

You made Live New-York city's intro, that's great, very good man, I love what you made

[gastonn14]

Great job - could you email me the site? Harmonica?

[heelsandlipgloss05]

You are quite incredible yourself! thanks for the comment..i give you 5's ..though i wish the ratings went higher..i would vote 10 ..excellent!!

[ZioSberla]

wow! great job man! very amazing covers!