@MrFlatroofer - Thank you for enjoying my version along with the many you have looked at, sir. I met an American on a tour of Italy and he asked me to play it on my harmonica -which I smuggled into the luggage when my wife was not looking. He left the hotel early on the final day and when I woke up there was a message on my door, 'Please play Red River Valley for me' He can't have been Johnny Cash then. lol
i was sifting thru ur vids when i saw this title..and my hopes got up for this to be beautiful(ok sometimes u click on something praying it willsound what u want to hear, and sometimes disapointed, u never know if it willbe the way you remember the song!) but Geoff you played this so soft and gentle and so beautifully as i remember it! a fav song of mine ! thank u! enjoyed this peaceful piece by you!
@justcallmethelma - I'm glad you weren't disappointed, Kathy. It is one of those songs that lends itself to the harmonica. Thankyou for including it amongst your favourites.
hidden treasure... thank you for passing this on. :) This is much better, with harmonica than just adding bubbles like I did for my just singing it. *smile
I play harmonica too but for some reason what I want to come out and what comes out is never what I want (?) lol. But I always like the melody and go on in that fashion, *a relaxing Tibetan bowl effect of great sounds?*... which unfortunately I can never repeat again, even if I wished... needless to say: "not fit for youtube" ...lol...
@OldAndNewSongsI've always wanted to play and master the 'Tibetian Bowl.' hee-hee! Hey! I wonder if I dip my harmonica in soap suds before playing and then get the bubbles while I play. On second thoughts, I'd forgotten what will happen when I play the inhaled notes! UUUUrgh! Splutter. Reminds me of when my mum used to threaten to 'clean your mouth out with soap' whenever we used bad words!
you are right, the inhaled notes would cause trouble. Since I actually cannot actually play the harmonica... I am putting out a request to you for my next listening pleasure (if you have time)... a bluesy sound? New Orleans type? Something along that line.
Have a nice day and be a good boy, or soap's coming!
This is always a nice one to play it seems to have been written for the harmonica. I was wondering if you'd ever thought of adding a drum and doing a one man band Video? It's always frustrating if your like me and play several musical instruments but don't have the recording equipment to put them all together. Sounding good 5 stars.
An earlier version of Wabash had guitar/vocal, bazouki/harmonica and bass/harmony. I spoiled what would have been a good job by putting reverb on every track as I laid them down and ended up like I was singing to a backing track of Willy Nelson at the Hollywood Bowl! Nobody believed it was just me in the spare bedroom. If I find it. I'll send you a copy.
Nice, well done! I enjoyed watching this one you got some experience I can see. :)
Dennizjoon 1 week ago
@Dennizjoon - thank you very much my friend.
geoff1945 1 week ago
Enjoyed
MrFlatroofer 2 weeks ago
@MrFlatroofer - Thank you for enjoying my version along with the many you have looked at, sir. I met an American on a tour of Italy and he asked me to play it on my harmonica -which I smuggled into the luggage when my wife was not looking. He left the hotel early on the final day and when I woke up there was a message on my door, 'Please play Red River Valley for me' He can't have been Johnny Cash then. lol
geoff1945 2 weeks ago
ja ist doch eine Tolle nummer
oldtrio1 2 weeks ago
@oldtrio1 - veilen danke mein freund.
geoff1945 2 weeks ago
beautiful!!
AMOGLES99 1 month ago
@AMOGLES99 - Thank you for your kind comment. Happy New Year
geoff1945 1 month ago
Bravo!!!
VIOLA703 6 months ago
@VIOLA703 - Thank you very much Viola! I love your harmonica channel.
geoff1945 6 months ago
You made a remake?
musicfamily 1 year ago
@musicfamily - Yes this was just the instrumental before I bothered to 'almost' learn the words.
geoff1945 1 year ago
That was my Grandfathers Favorite song and you did a great performance
of it with a guitar and a harmonica--outstanding--Thumbs up!!!
JAMMINJIMMYBENNETT 1 year ago
@JAMMINJIMMYBENNETT - Thanks Jimmy! It lends itself to the harmonica.
geoff1945 1 year ago
beautiful ....
BillyBrooksMusic 1 year ago
i was sifting thru ur vids when i saw this title..and my hopes got up for this to be beautiful(ok sometimes u click on something praying it willsound what u want to hear, and sometimes disapointed, u never know if it willbe the way you remember the song!) but Geoff you played this so soft and gentle and so beautifully as i remember it! a fav song of mine ! thank u! enjoyed this peaceful piece by you!
justcallmethelma 1 year ago
@justcallmethelma - I'm glad you weren't disappointed, Kathy. It is one of those songs that lends itself to the harmonica. Thankyou for including it amongst your favourites.
Geoff
x
geoff1945 1 year ago
hidden treasure... thank you for passing this on. :) This is much better, with harmonica than just adding bubbles like I did for my just singing it. *smile
I play harmonica too but for some reason what I want to come out and what comes out is never what I want (?) lol. But I always like the melody and go on in that fashion, *a relaxing Tibetan bowl effect of great sounds?*... which unfortunately I can never repeat again, even if I wished... needless to say: "not fit for youtube" ...lol...
OldAndNewSongs 1 year ago
@OldAndNewSongsI've always wanted to play and master the 'Tibetian Bowl.' hee-hee! Hey! I wonder if I dip my harmonica in soap suds before playing and then get the bubbles while I play. On second thoughts, I'd forgotten what will happen when I play the inhaled notes! UUUUrgh! Splutter. Reminds me of when my mum used to threaten to 'clean your mouth out with soap' whenever we used bad words!
geoff1945 1 year ago
you are right, the inhaled notes would cause trouble. Since I actually cannot actually play the harmonica... I am putting out a request to you for my next listening pleasure (if you have time)... a bluesy sound? New Orleans type? Something along that line.
Have a nice day and be a good boy, or soap's coming!
T.L.
OldAndNewSongs 1 year ago
Ha-ha! funnily My wife used the expression today. not to me mind you!
geoff1945 1 year ago
You have done a great job on this one Geoff.
bobtulip48 2 years ago
Thanks, Bob. Its one of the only songs the band let me solo and apart from 'Duellin Banjos' is the only one I'm allowed to play on guitar.
geoff1945 2 years ago
Nice job, it would sound great on a mountain top!
MrBlindWillieBrown 2 years ago
We could duet across the valley.
geoff1945 2 years ago
That would be cool, or across the ocean!
MrBlindWillieBrown 2 years ago
You're welcome!
Uketeufel 2 years ago
Very nice!
Uketeufel 2 years ago
Danke. I want to play a ukelele!
geoff1945 2 years ago
Beautiful harmonica song. Well played and very nostalgic.
dominiquedv 3 years ago
Thankyou for your comment.
I hope to do a vocal version soon.
geoff1945 3 years ago
Yes, it is also a beautiful vocal song, perharps the both together (an intro and an intermezzo with the harmonica) and the rest sung, would be good!
dominiquedv 3 years ago
awesome job my friend. sounds fantastic beautiful, i like this stuff.
Gruße Chris
onkelbuke 3 years ago
This is always a nice one to play it seems to have been written for the harmonica. I was wondering if you'd ever thought of adding a drum and doing a one man band Video? It's always frustrating if your like me and play several musical instruments but don't have the recording equipment to put them all together. Sounding good 5 stars.
cjwaywell 3 years ago
I did this with 'Wabash Cannonball'and 'Stille
Nacht.
An earlier version of Wabash had guitar/vocal, bazouki/harmonica and bass/harmony. I spoiled what would have been a good job by putting reverb on every track as I laid them down and ended up like I was singing to a backing track of Willy Nelson at the Hollywood Bowl! Nobody believed it was just me in the spare bedroom. If I find it. I'll send you a copy.
geoff1945 3 years ago
Beautiful tune, great performance!
khtietgen 3 years ago
Thanks, Karl-Heinz
geoff1945 3 years ago