Sonny Boy Williamson ll's "Peach Tree"

Blues harp instrumental arrangement of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Peach Tree" + some of my own material. Arranged and performed by Todd Allen Gates.

My three YouTube channels:

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddGates - my musician channel

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates - where I discuss the ideas in my book "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer" (a dialogue between a Christian proselytizer and a Socratic skeptic)

- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates2 - where I discuss the ideas in my book "Hunting, Gathering, & Videogames" (such as "Why do we have to work?" and "Why do we have to use money?" and "How should we define 'success'?")

Category:

Music

Tags:

• blues
• harp
• harmonica
• Sonny
• Boy
• Williamson
• Peach
• Tree
• ToddGates
• ToddAllenGates
• ToddAllenGates2

[FearOfaBlackChannel]

Thanks for sampling this song- really. It is one of THE most versatile blues harmonica tunes ever recorded for one thing, way ahead of its time. Another thing that it is one of a few instances of any blues harmonica played in the key of F (Mr. Downchild-also Rice Miller-is another), Rice Miller is perhaps the only artist to record in that key, whereas MOST harmonica blues only in either C,D, E, G, A or Bb. Not even the Walters (Little/Horton) that I know of played F.

[ToddGates]

@FearOfaBlackChannel

Clever channel name!

> one of a few instances of any blues harmonica played in the key of F

I'm actually using an "E" harmonica here (cross harp, so I'm in the key of B).

> Rice Miller is perhaps the only artist to record [using an F harp]

Hmmm, well, yes ... I don't know of any other harp tunes using an F harp. And it happens to be that my favorite harp playing by Miller is in the song "Once Upon a Time" (watch?v=3ukxPeAE6E0), and he's using an F harp (key of C).

[Topekachu]

Gosh, I love the sound of this!

[ToddGates]

> I love the sound of this!

Thank you Maddi!

[icibizzi]

very cool play man, you got the right blues in your vains.

greetings, icibizzi

[ToddGates]

> you got the right blues in your veins

Thank you Ici!

[jmsagro]

Came back just to listen to this again, great sound, really enjoy it

[ToddAllenGates]

> Awesome!!

Thanks jmsagro!

[jmsagro]

Awesome, I love to listen to this. Awesome!!

[ToddAllenGates]

> wow!

Thanks!

> How to play it?

Lots of practice!

Regrettably, I have no skills in harp tutorials ... but if you want to check out a *great* harmonica instructor, look up Adam Gussow's channel - his YouTube name is KudzuRunner.