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    Looking for mandolin tabs/notation for Saint Louis Blues!

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    Me too. I found this (attached) to at least get us started.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails St.Louisgypsymclosed.pdf  
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    Thank you, Barb. That's the melody right there.

    If I can find the Apollon transcription, I'll post it here (with the kind permission of MWN).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb Friedland View Post
    Me too. I found this (attached) to at least get us started.
    thank you Barb!

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    you probably have seen the great version of this by Alan Bibey on youtube? also posted here on the cafe. Key of G
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    Quote Originally Posted by Amandalyn View Post
    you probably have seen the great version of this by Alan Bibey on youtube? also posted here on the cafe. Key of G
    How do I pull up the notation/tabs of this on cafe?

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    Alan's version, as posted earlier:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQmbvcbST0
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigtuna View Post
    Alan's version, as posted earlier:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQmbvcbST0
    I did locate that clip! Do you know where notation/tabs can be located for his version?

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    The pdf I posted earlier will give you the melody line, also in the key of G. I'm watching/listening to the Alan Bibey video and working with that pdf to try to figure out a version that works for me.
    BRW SP-H3 2 point
    BRW LP-H3 2 point
    Weber Bighorn oval hole
    Weber Bighorn Mandola
    Weber Octar D-hole
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    Fwiw The G and C in the refrain are minor, in the verse are Major.
    tried to get this thru the stubborn head of a guitar player in our jam get together,

    who was singing it , but chords he played were always,just the Majors.
    [not even 7ths, how can you play a blues without 7ths chords ?

    Even Photocopied the Score, from a music book enlarged to double sized,
    to not need to find the reading glasses to read the chord names
    with the finger placement diagrams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mandroid View Post
    you can lead a horse to water ,but you can't teach an old dog to drink,
    or something like that.
    I think it's "you can drag a dead horse to water, but no matter how long you beat him he won't drink."

    Used that line at work one day and one of my coworkers - the one with animal rights and SPCA posters all over her cube - was not at all amused.

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    The Bessie Smith and Ida Cox version is in Woody Mann's The Blues Fakebook on pp. 50-51 in std. notation with chords & lyrics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb Friedland View Post
    Me too. I found this (attached) to at least get us started.
    Thanks for this, one of my favorites. Enjoy this boogie version
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    Just watched the Bibester version again.

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    Here is my version.The music was supplied by Tosh who told me he got it out of Dix Bruce's Gypsy swing and hot club book.

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