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From: "Don D."
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:31:07 -0700
Subject: Re: Norton on Runaway

>
> From: Bobbie Giordano
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:10:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re:Norton on Runaway

> > Yes,I know what it is(As stated above,I've played this song/solo with
> > Bonnie Raitt several times back when the song was a radio hit,late 70's
> > early 80's),but to make it fun and interesting I thought I'd see if
> > anyone else knows which key the 5th harmonica is in.Anybody?
>
> Um... I'm gonna guess a C natural minor diatonic. That's what the opening
> warble sounds like to me... ah, well... As usual, just a guess!

If I remember correctly a fill or two during the vocals was played on a
Bb harp in 3rd position. Years ago I used to play the song in a band I
was in, I found that I could cop the solo pretty well by just using an F
diatonic where Norton used the F and Eb and then switching to a "C" Koch
chromatic (or Slide Harp could be used) where he played the C and C#
harps. It didn't sound exactly the way Norton did it, but since I found
it so hard to pull off the four harp switch smoothly, it probably
sounded better than mixing up or dropping harps while trying to switch
them. Either way its a great solo and worth trying to sit down and
master.

Don D.