Charlie McCoy - Georgia On My Mind

Amazing instrumental cover of the Ray Charles hit, by Charlie McCoy. From "Live in Paris" album, 1992

[@wiscgaloot]

This is the guy who inspired me to learn to play harmonica nearly 50 years ago!

For those harp players wondering what harp & key etc. this is played on, this is a C harp in "country tuning" (so 5 draw is F#). If you want to play it on a regular C diatonic you need to be able to play 5 overblow (and, of course, it won't in general have the same tone quality). You can also play it on a Lee Oskar Melody Maker in the key of G, using 3 blow instead of 3 draw whole step bent for the A note.

[@peteryu8711]

I've been trying to learn the overblow but I don't really get it...is it possible to "tune" my regular C diatonic to the "country tuning?"

@@peteryu8711 you can tune it, but I'd instead buy a country tuned harmonica instead (or a melody maker as I have) so I don't need to fuss with it and to keep that C standard Richter tuned harp for blues. To tune it, if you're so inclined, you'd need to raise the pitch by 1/2 tone on the 4 draw, which can be done with a sanding tool or similar, removing a bit of brass from the tip of the reed until its pitch is raised. Check out www.dummies.com/art-center/music/harmonica/how-to-tune-your-harmonica/ for more information on how to do it.

[@raphaelrousso7124]

Thanks Man , a billion years i'm playing and i've never touched a "country tuning " of my life! I must change that ! For this one i'm sticking to the C diatonic , playing around the melody , overblowing the 9th hole is fine for me , accentuating the bluesy feeling (maybe too much) but not playing the exact melody , approaching very much,. About overblowing 5 i found the new generation "Blues Harp " too thick and the effect 's not frank but that's the only ones i've got , they 've been offered to me . Thanks again for your infos and Greetings from Corsica.

[@harveykail2818]

Manuel, thanks and thanks again for this essential information. I can get the melody with my country tuned C harp, but the bridge not so much. Any suggestions?

[@arcangelo2112]

Gracias por la valiosa información, justamente me preguntaba qué tonalidad tenía la armónica.

[@onlyme114]

GREATEST HARMONICA PLAYER EVER BORN !!!

[@johnsgoodstuff]

Beautiful, well done. Thanks!! For all you Play-A-Longers..This tune can be played in the key of "G"

[@sunil.ssunil.s8952]

THE GREATEST HARMONICA PLAYER I EVER HEARD...

[@nataala_]

Same here.

[@Capitalista64]

Go watch some Jason ricci

[@milforddekalb6429]

The King of Country Harmonica

[@annickweilche4945]

Why on earth isn't there a Sir Charlie Mc Coy Dvd to be found on the face of this planet. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW.

[@curleyteeth]

Just download what you want from youtube.Its simple.It has to be because even I can do it.Jim.Liverpool.

[@ElizabethGS]

I bought a couple of CD's directly from Charlie when he headlined at the Harmonica Spah convention a couple of years ago--so he does have them. Try his website, perhaps? (He was just as amazing there as ever, btw.) :)

[@hooligan6a]

Just download them from iTunes.

[@Bbcruzin]

Charlie McCoy was one of the best harp players ever. I wish I could play "half" as well as him.

[@wiscgaloot]

He's still alive. So he is still the best.

[@norfolknwhey4787]

@@wiscgaloot *one of There’s too many insanely talented players alive to say he’s the best.

[@leonkeng]

The best version!!! 👏

[@jamesheverling7841]

Good music, God blessed you for it!!!

[@AG-gj4ux]

No comment...!! The master armonica player :-)

[@michaellothrop9762]

Charlie mcCoy's harmonica playing is beautiful. One of his best songs is: the way we were. Michael lothrop Stockton ca. I saw him at a SPAH convention in Kansas City, mi.

[@austinknowlton1783]

Do you mean KC, Mo?

[@michelhenry931]

J'adore la musique par l'harmonica c'est super de l'écoute merci😍😍😍😍😍

[@mypiperwarrior]

Excellent as always!

[@harmisable]

Beautiful !!!

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Great interpretation!

[@juliocesarrosasechavarria8070]

buen fin de año con estas melodias de charlie mccoy

[@jameswren268]

can you feel the bumps all over. they just don't do this stuff anymore everything is so non emotional

[@harpnelsong]

amaizing... just amaizing..

[@tanjatanja248]

I use to play it on b flat..its sound good..

[@cliffstates63]

I saw Joe Pass perform classical guitar once. Kennedy Center. The next week i saw Roy Buchanan play. He was drunk. You know which show i enjoyed better. 😉

[@BBHRalle]

love it...

[@alessandrobortolato1965]

sei il numero uno

[@JoshuaBeekOfficial]

Great harmonica and guitarplaying

[@BranReg1]

oh how awesome

[@berntklingvall2189]

One of the best munspel Player

[@zaza233]

alalalala dieu j'espere un jour joué comme lui .... x') trop de puissance et maitrise a la fois ...

[@cristianoramos2781]

OMG!!

[@Tatayc1994]

Great!!

[@minnetB]

Whaaoooo!!!!!!!!

[@TheBrokenHead]

Precioso cover, me encantó, gran interpretacion 👍👍👏👏👀👀

[@fluffydog8008]

Great!

[@myellis100]

One word of this version of this song here. Wow. Brother Michael L. Ellis

[@farrellsmall614]

Thanks for sharing.

[@PattiReichenbach]

Awesome! Would love to have this as a backing track.

[@hummd47]

sweet!

[@Mitzrael79]

@SunnySunKansas I do not own the rights of this song, so you can do what you want by my side ;)

[@tanjakurcograd221]

I can play that too now..kiss;)

[@bassicwill]

Someone asked who's on guitar! Robben Ford. His playing is truly unique

[@gabrieln3613]

Wow! I was not aware that Robben Ford knew Charlie McCoy, even though I listen to Robben Ford much and this sure sounds like him! I met Charlie McCoy in 1976, been playing harmonica 45 years and was full-time pro at 20, partly with things I learned from playing with his recordings.

[@mircovannucchi6600]

No comment ! MV

[@MrDantheonemanband]

just search for Georgia on my mind karoke, and you will find some diffrent tracks that work with a C-harmonica played i 2nd pos :)

[@peppinogar]

Bello

[@Phil4877]

Super

[@SunnySunKansas]

man, I love it and I have been living in Atlanta for almost 12 years. Do you think I could use it as my background music for one video? is it copyrighted? can I use it? not for money purpose.

[@adolfoalsina2055]

Muy, pero Muy bueno!!!

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

Wow

[@chazzledazzle5808]

Moi aussi, mon ami.

[@williamwhitaker4932]

Can these Charlie Mccoy songs be downloaded, and how to, I am very new to this. Thanks, papasmurf

[@Phil4877]

Top drawer,great !!

[@dema46armando]

👍🏻💕🎶🎤🎷🎺🎸🎻🎹

[@Mitzrael79]

I wish I could... but no clues about it :(

[@chrissmith5706]

it's ok

[@tanjakurcograd221]

I put that song to Neven profile...

[@81nitestan]

its very nice but Im more of a Stevie Wonder harmonica fan, but daaaaayyum- as I listen whos on that guitar solo

[@gradydodson5408]

Lloyd Green plays pedal steel.He is fantastic.Search Utube and you will agree. Grady

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Excellent interpretation! Congrat's! Is key G ?

[@johnwise7693]

Yes

[@benvanloo8431]

Country tuned C harp mate👍

[@johnwise7693]

@@benvanloo8431 Country tuned or regular diatonic, would the C harp not be played in second position, hence in key of G?

[@LaZanzaraReturn]

Hi. I'd like to know if the armonica is in C or B or in.....?!?! Thank you in advance for everything :)

[@falco566]

LaZanzaraReturn it s a C

[@benvanloo8431]

Country tuned C harp👍

[@LaZanzaraReturn]

@@benvanloo8431 Thanks my friend 👍

[@ipicilone5769]

Da para tocar com a diatonica comum em C (Dó)?

[@PizziFilms]

What key is this in? C?

[@torvorapolcnx8239]

นัวเจ้มจ้น

[@allenthompson9142]

Where do I find the tabs to learn to play this on the harmonica?

[@Mitzrael79]

I have no idea about this :(

[@stevepara123]

You’ll find it on Tomlinharmonicalessons.com

[@wiscgaloot]

You'd learn a lot better just playing by ear, along with the video.

[@t00manypuppies]

can any of you harp players tell at 1:53 at the end of the phrase, is he doing a super fast draw 4 -> blow 4, or is it a draw 4 -> draw 4 super bend (over half a step almost down a whole step to the 4th e.g. C)? It's hard to tell but I feel like the draw 4 -> draw 4 bend -> draw 3 half -> draw 2 is a fairly common blues harp lick (while on other instruments it would typically be 5b -> 4 -> 3b -> 1, instead of what it ends up being on harmonica, e.g. 5 -> 5b -> 3b -> 1).

[@t00manypuppies]

it sounds like a draw 4 into a full bend down to C but how the hell is he doing a full step bend on draw 4???

[@lalinlalote]

what kind of harmonica is it?

[@kkingkkyong]

Eduardo Hernandez Cano It`s diatonic harmonica

[@JF-wz3oo]

Hohner special 20 key of C. Played in G. Second position.

[@householdbrainzZ]

Anyone know where I can get just the background instrumentals? with out the harmonica? Id like to find them...

[@georgerenton965]

You would be looking for musicians who where recorded under the title Area Code 615. Nashville session men, went on to Barefoot Jerry. See Wayne Moss. Cinderella Sound in Nashville ( Pretty Woman ). Charlie McCoy was a big part of these bands. They also played on Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. These guys where cuttin' sounds back in the day. I still listen to there stuff regularly. They get you in the mood. Hot summer days in the backyard.

[@raoulpavit]

diatonic Richter in C

[@landztranz]

Not Richter, I believe, but country tuned.

[@wiscgaloot]

@@landztranz Huh, I've never played a country tuned harmonica. That raises the 5B note a half step, doesn't it? When I play along with my regular C harmonica, I hear the same 5B note that my harmonica has. Sure it has to be country tuned?

[@sidikmuminovic9592]

Bravo

[@harryneill44]

hj

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Key G?

[@landztranz]

Coulda done without the electric guitar solo. It changed the whole country mood.

[@twansanders4442]

could you give me the tab's please? i am a beginner player

[@Mitzrael79]

I don't have it, I'm sorry mate :(

[@twansanders4442]

No problem 😀

[@Dillon5315]

hey can you post tabs? well done

[@wiscgaloot]

Just play it. Start at half speed if you need to. This isn't Orange Blossom Special (and you don't need tabs for that either).

[@wernergerstner9049]

Zeige doch mal Bitte einen trade mit der KI. Das wäre doch sehr interessant. Ich jedenfalls würde mich sehr freuen. Liebe Grüße Gerster. Im voraus herzlichen Dank

[@Mitzrael79]

no idea sorry :(

[@cliffstates63]

Yea he was good, but Georgia ? Sorry man. I hear alot if this on you tube, master players Performing concertos. Sorry to be critical, but i exist in the realm of hard core blues. Only.