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Featured Instruments

Hohner 1896/20 Marine Band Harmonica Key of C
Hohner Marine Band
Harmonica

$27.99

Hohner 532/20 Blues Harp Harmonica Key of C
Hohner 532/20
Blues Harp Harmonica; Keys G-F#

$19.95

Hohner 542/20 Golden Melody Harmonica Pack with Case and Belt
HHohner 542/20 Blues Harp Harmonica Pack
with Case and Belt;
Keys G, A, B, C. D, E, F

$149.99

Hohner 980/40 Koch Chromatic Harmonica Key of C
Hohner 980/40 Koch Chromatic Harmonica;
Keys C & G

$79.99

Martin DCX1E Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Martin DCX1E Acoustic-Electric Guitar
$699.99

Fender Standard HSS Stratocaster Electric Guitar Arctic White Rosewood Fretboard
Fender Standard HSS Stratocaster Electric Guitar
$399.99 - $429.99

Conklin GT-5 5-String Fretless Bass Wine
Conklin GT-5
5-String Fretless

$899.99

Dobro Hound Dog Acoustic Deluxe Square Neck Dobro Guitar Vintage Brown
Dobro Hound Dog Acoustic Deluxe Square Neck Dobro Guitar
$499.00

Fender FM-63S Mandolin Sunburst
Fender FM-63S Mandolin (Sunburst)
$599.99

Roland E-09 Interactive Arranger Electronic Keyboard
Roland E-09 Interactive Arranger Electronic Keyboard
$549.00

Korg M3 88-Key Music Workstation Keyboard
Korg M3 88-Key Music Workstation Keyboard
$3,499.00


Rocky Top

Lead Instrument = Harmonica

Key = A 
Time = 2/4
Tempo = Balls to the wall and blistering the paint on it.  bpm=?

Instruments:  Harmonica, piano, steel guitar, banjo, electric guitar, acoustic guitar-flat time, bass, drums (heavy snare).

Kick: = 4 bar of banjo (everybody rhythm accent on first beat of bar) and in bar, bass 5 to 1 walk-up to V1

Verse 1 & 2 (32 bars): = Harmonica, full rhythm section background, 
V2 with fiddle fills.

Chorus 1 = Twin harmonicas, steel guitar fills

V3 & V4 (32 bars) = Improvising Harmonica, background rhythm emphasis

Chorus 2 = steel guitar

V5 (16 bars) = Electric Guitar

V6 (16 bars) =  Fiddle

Chorus 2 = Same as Chorus 1 with twin harps to take us all home.

Tag = Turn around on last line of chorus (Rocky Top, Tennessee), then walk down 1-7-4-1 and then 4 bars of increasing speed on staccato attacks on one chord, similar to rhythm accents on kick.

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Featured Amps, Mic. & Recording Gear

Korg D3200 All-In-One Recording Package
Korg D3200 All-In-One Recording Package
$1,799.99

Shure SM58 Mic
Shure SM58 Mic
$99.99

Shure SM57 and SM58 Microphone Package
Shure SM57 and SM58 Microphone Package
$669.99

Neumann TLM 127 Set Z Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Black
NeNeumann TLM 127 Set Z Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
$2,399.00

Lexicon PCM 81 Digital Effects Processor
Lexicon PCM 81 Digital Effects Processor
$1,999.99

DigiTech S100 Reverb Multi Effects Processor
DigiTech S100 Reverb Multi Effects Processor
$179.95

Yamaha AW1600 Audio Workstation
Yamaha AW1600 Audio Workstation
$999.99

Boss BR-600 Digital Recorder
BBoss BR-600 Digital Recorder
$349.00

Fender G-DEC 30 Guitar Digital Entertainment Center
Fender G-DEC 30 Guitar Digital Entertainment Center
$369.99

Boss GT-8 Guitar Multi Effects Processor
Boss GT-8 Guitar Multi Effects Processor
$445.00

You can contact Will Griffin for
recording sessions, or live performances at:
griffin@Griffin-Music.com