Harmonica - King Of The Road - Roger Miller - Dean Martin

[bulldog1288]

where the second verse

[CORODUDE1]

Would you have any tabs for that tune?

[kuaotunuful]

Sweet as . . . come play in our town

[redarrowhead2]

you ROCK

[TheWERNERbeinhart]

you did a graet job ! I would like to have such a good harp player in my band...I have him, but he plays the bass....

[mighty9178]

cool hat does that make you play better

[michulin07]

did it hurt when your head splits apart at the end?  :D Thanks for this version, I feel like buying a harmonica!! Thanks again!

[themissile147]

wow thats quality

[MrRadio1982]

dude i love you man ! So soothing many thanks

[Fuelfighter]

That was waaaaaaaaaay cool. Got me to practice it myself.

[Ravenblazer]

i love this song

[arisblek]

nice hat ^^

[RemnantMan]

Antonio, Are there any Sharps or Flats in this song? Please be a guest on my Cable TV Show.

[pedledge]

Well done mate!

[Ravenblazer]

awesome!!

[Wa3ypx]

Great playin' and the hat kicks it man!!

[MagnJas]

I play harmonica/blues harp, too. Nice job.

[himerobine]

I like it

Noce Job ^-^

[biltom]

very very good

[tabootosh]

thats hard to do !! lets give it for the man? well done i think??

[bonar85]

keep pushin broom

[limogerry]

F-ing awesome,bro.Love it!

[brisansam66]

Just great thanks..

[jolierena]

Excellent Franchement!!!

Bravo à la personne qui joue c'est super!!

J'adore cette chanson!!!

:-)

[FayeJen]

as a none harmonica player, what does the hand movement do?

[alliax]

When I move my arm it makes my whole body move and the air flow also, so that makes a vibrato sound in the harmonica. In theory I should do the same thing by controlling my throat, making it vibrate the way I want, but I never trained enough to control my throat, so I stick with moving my arm in the air or just my hand for quick vibrato.

[FayeJen]

i like your hat.

i like this song.

you're good:)

[landztranz]

Great! I love all your stuff and try to imitate it. Two questions: How long did it take you to get tbat good? Why don't you modulate in K of the R? That's part of the Roger Miller version.

[alliax]

Hello, I've been playing on and off about 10y but I don't understand your second question, I'm just following a song file in the Band in a box program, I wasn't and still not familiar with the Roger Miller version.

[landztranz]

What I meant was, I was waiting for you to modulate (you know, go up in tone) because that's what Roger Miller does in his version - you should hear it.

[alliax]

Ah ok, but you know I don't play anything outside what I can read, I also never improvise. I may do that later on when I'll have enough motivation to work on improvisation.

[landztranz]

Another question: Is there a trick to playing clear single notes (I know you pucker) or does that come with time, too?

[alliax]

Yes it's really a matter of time and training and my brain not wanting to have to restart the whole song for a single mistake :-)

[landztranz]

The mistake didn't bother me. OK, so I know what time is, but what's the training you're referring to? You're self-taught, right? Elsewhere you refer to "a book and a DVD" - is that the training you've had?

[alliax]

Yes I wrote training meaning practise. The more you play musics you like and already know from listening to them by their original author or variations (as in jazz standard there are many covers) the more you'll be able to play them without blowing in 2 holes instead of the right one. After a while you don't really think about it and such a mistake becomes an exception instead of the norm. :-)

[landztranz]

Yes, practice makes perfect, as we've seen in our son, the pro oboist. And when we see your wonderful clips, we see the finished product. So now the question is, after 10y do you just have to set up the sheet music and play/record or do you have to practice the song a lot before you play the song well enough to record it?

[alliax]

Well enough really is a subjective matter, I've had some bad critics about my playing and I fully agree with them. For a trained ear, it's obvious that I'm playing from sight and not giving the tune enough emotions. Personnally and most recently I record as soon as I can play a tune without making an obvious mistake, but that isn't enough to make a good playing. I don't care much about how good my playing is on the video I have to admit, otherwise I would work a lot more on them before record.

[alliax]

I cannot play/record so quickly because for most of the 10 years I couldn't read the music sheet, I used to translate them into tabs written above the music sheet, but as I was doing that faster and faster, eventually I forced myself to skip this step and try to play directly from the music sheet for tunes I already knew (not unknown melodies) and finally the thing which made me advance in reading is having the software BAND IN A BOX for backing tracks, it has music sheet only on the screen.

[krychu93]

:O YEA !!!!!! GREAT!!!

[baybiiemma]

Wow. Great! How do you know where all the notes are on your harmonica? I have to keep on looking at my harmonica for the numbers whenever I play. Ahh.

[alliax]

This comes only with time, you know how much to move your harmonica/mouth to get to the right hole and by the sound it makes you know if you're too much on the left or on the right and can adjust your position quickly while still playing.

[snowrocket]

Man, you're good! You need to go on tour. You could be, well, the king of the road. Nice hat, too.

[Marcacao]

Dude. You rock the harmonica world! Thanks for coming.

[exmortis]

Nice job pal. Good song choice as well.

[PierreTheLion]

Good to see a chromatic in the right hands. Good stuff!

[jcorsan]

: ) yes!!! it have swing!!!

[1932roadster]

I Loved It!!  Thanks!!

How about playing some more Roger Miller songs?? ;~)

[sbmaudio]

Hahaha I loved it!!! Its an awsome song that I definately didnt picture being played on a harmonica...But you showed me it can dude! Keep it up!

[bugsy200730]

awesome dude

[ickycan]

Thank you

[tenthings2006]

oh shit this is awesome

[Wingedtrean]

Yeah,Bravo.

[cryptrider]

Don't pay any attention to idiots like utoobitis who probably couldn't stick their finger in their hindend without a funnel. Thanks for the music and don't lower yourself to their level by talking like them.

[TheeGrandmaster]

good shit

[VenusianThunder]

Wow. Pretty amazing. You got some talent there.

[thismoment23]

very nice!

[johnakay51]

I think you play well lad.don't be goed by some of these knob eds on here.a harmonica is not an easy instrument to play especialy playing a tune like yours to which can reconize and sing along with.keep it up it beats fighting.

[utoobitis]

Charlie Brown called "he wants his toque back" Roger Miller's Spirit called "he asked me to tell you to STOP NOW or he's going to ram that harmonica up your as.s" I advised him not to do that cause you'd still attempt to blow on it !! ircash999 , blow me , the line begins behind your mom and sis !! ;- ]

[alliax]

The King himself phoned me up today to tell me that I should simply continue and that you should go fuck yourself.

[jrcash999]

Very good.. fuck the other dick who said stop.

[utoobitis]

Blah blah blah , did you lose your toque and had to borrow your sister's? I dont recall hearing a harmonica on Miller's version. You may as well played piano. Roger has turned over countless times sence you've blaphamied his work. STOP NOW !!!

[alliax]

Pay me to stop!

[nsl11a]

ENCORE!!

[nsl11a]

NICE!!!

WOW!!!

[BadBopco]

My Grandpa used to play one of those things. At 80, he finally gave up on trying to teach me... Sad, but it seems your one of the few around and it's an instrument leaving us with the memories of good music, instead of remaining what it was..

[c18wc15]

WOAWS just woaws too cool!

[mutleytoms]

Smashing - harmonica playing is sadly missed these days

[RichardScudder]

sounds great!

[rcsouzaa]

excelente meu amigo - muito bem tocado (very good my friend - well done and played) (From Brazil)

[karollkaroll]

Congratulations!!!!

Very nice!!

[bloomanatorlover]

omg ur hot and really good at that

[Dckalel]

very good

[Xelanderthomas]

You've mastered that dude. Pure clean harp, man. Sounds great.

[Brendino99]

DUDE YOUR AMAZING

[dinoville]

this was just fantastic. keep playing you where terrific! especially playing a dean martin song

[zigzagg321]

great job! you're good.

[brcp4321]

Really nice playing i am Green with envy well done mate

[Colognefgfg]

cool

[zenobiaallan]

nice one again, alliax

[SxyLittleMiss]

Wow!!! Great job :)

[purplemusiclover]

I like it. You made the wow sound very naturally !!

[ali1058]

That was really good!!!

[harpinbrett]

KING OF THE ROAD!!!! YEA!!!Great job.

[ksm2680]

You made me to log in again,, Awesome!!

[dazmax01]

Great performance dude, classic song.

[fishhawk1113]

Great tune!! And... "I THINK I CAN SING THIS ONE!!!" Actually even MY DOG thinks I can sing it. How do I know that? Because she doesn't howl along like she does if I'm learning a new harmonica song. YUK-Yuk-yuk!!!

[dissentionburn]

trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, 50 cents.... great classic tune. keep it up!

[oxiwash]

nice think ill keep to playing darts

[airmojo]

Nice job! Where did you get the backing track ?

[alliax]

Thanks, I got it from the internet, but I cannot remember which site now.

[homeshadowpurple]

good job

[sweetpuggy]

Awesome ..lol my friend :)

[nikimcn]

LOVE this video! My grandpa's fav song! You do it perfectly thanks!

[alliax]

Thanks, but not perfectly, see previous comments: at 0:31 there's a missed note, hahaha!

[truckpartsaus]

One of your better ones gave 4 star even though I think you may have missed a note but who cares. I like your style.

[alliax]

Thanks, if you're talking about the one in 00:31 then yes, I heard it too :-)

[truckpartsaus]

That's the little sucker!!. Do you play by reading music or by using tablature like the one created by HARPING.

[alliax]

By reading standard music notation

[sinatra12345]

ow wow that is just wonderful. Fantastic

[singingkid]

Great job Alliax! I love your playing! Keep them coming! We have to do a duet soon!!! :)

[alliax]

Sure, send me the infos via message.

[hannoverbandita]

haha, I know that song from the Wise Guys... i like it, pretty cool! xD

[Ukiby3000]

That's indeed pretty cool! I recently bought an harmonica and I'm trying to get a hold on how to play it properly, but it's being hard, considering my 'great' musical skills XD

Anyway, you play very well, and it's indeed rare to see someone that plays harmonica well these days.

[jehjahlu]

oh, i do like it.. how many people can wield a harmonica like that these days?? muy bien!! :)