A Civil War Song (Harmonica By Paul.)

The prisoner's song -- one of many -- American Civil War. Harmonica by me, Paul. This is one of the early songs I learned on the harmonica back in 1960 when my dad, just retired from the army, was on the faculty staff at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, the place where the war started. It was the Citadel Cadets that fired the first shot.

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• A Civil War Song
• Harmonica by Paul
• American Civil War
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• Civil War Photos
• The Boys are Marching
• warfare
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• 3 Confederate Prisoners
• damaged artillery emplacement
• Union Cavalry Regiment photo
• Union officers

[destihado1]

Great! is this a diatonic harmonica?

[paulhallart]

@destihado1 hi destihado One. Thanks! yeah, it's the same C major diatonic plastic Chinese Blues Band harmonica I was using on the street corner on Steven's Creek Bvd. and Santana Row in San Jose CA back in '08. It's the picture I used on my channel, that's me by the traffic light on the camp stool and camel-back water pack in the blue long sleeve T shirt. 4this vid I was playing that harp in the kitchen in an Old San Juan and then I used Australian NCH audio software2get lower pitch&revrb.

[paulhallart]

@destihado1 sorry ds 1 -- got2correct a typo on my first reply "... an Old San Juan..." should be: "... an Old San Juan hotel room back in '09..."

anyhow, I picked up a couple of more of those great little made-in-China harmonicas for $6 each at Ketchican that summer and one of those is the harmonica I used for all my guitar-harmonica vids and another one that I keep in my front left pocket all the time was used in all my Old San Juan covers last year. they leak air a bit but have good sound.

[dtr76]

Beautiful! Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching...

[paulhallart]

@dtr76 hi 76. yes, those where the Foster years of "Ring the Banjo", "Oh Susanna" and "Swanee River". Before the big labels. Music was traveling a different path. Even in the bars there was sometimes an ill-tuned piano in the corner with someone tomming the keys. And then, there was the drum cadences. just as magnificent. as a boy I was a briefly a cadet in a school buildings of which went back to the Civil War. started playing a CWr baritone trumpet b4 they kicked me out (dyslexia).

[MikeInTheValley]

Very Special.

I am a worn out jazz electric bassist-who loves a good melody and messes around with crosskey harp to keep my sanity.

Are you using reverb effects. I learn by ear, if I do like a melody. What key of harp are you playing?

The video is interesting as well. Keep up the good work (and fun).

Mike

[paulhallart]

hi Mike!

I used reverb and echo and a Cmaj harmonica. But also the apartment I was in had a tile floor and a bit of echo as well. I was kinda surprised at the sound I got. The pitch was at 45%.

The view from out of the glassless bathroom window I had done 3 paintings of 40 years earlier (see my "Impossible Dream" cover), one of the post office building (NYC '65), one of the Banco Populaire building (NYC '65), and one of the Bacardi Rum distillery across the bay (Oakland Ca '70).

[destihado1]

@paulhallart Thank you very much, and again nice job there ! Have a nice day !

[paulhallart]

Thanks, Greg!

Got another one of those, "Navy of Iron" about the Monitor, the beginning of modern navies. It would be great to do a bunch of the Oz melodies, such as the early 20th century lumber jack songs.

I'm working on a new one about the Alaska gold rush "North to Alaska" a Johnny Horton cover with harmonica, did it at the parking lot of the Ketchikan post office, traffic noise in background.

Keep on playing those tunes!

Paul.

[Gregparkerblues]

Glory, glory.... Very good, Paul.

Photos/production/playing....5­*****