john the revelator

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john the revelator

Unread post by Harrycaray » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:57 pm

does anyone know what dave plays in the jam while carlos santana does his thing, i got an mp3. and love it, wanted to know if anyone knows how to play it, thanks alot
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Unread post by Nitro1515 » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:58 pm

Harrycaray wrote:does anyone know what dave plays in the jam while carlos santana does his thing, i got an mp3. and love it, wanted to know if anyone knows how to play it, thanks alot
Its all on the main site.
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Unread post by Harrycaray » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:46 pm

oh man, really sorry i didnt even think to look under covers
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Unread post by Nitro1515 » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:53 pm

Harrycaray wrote:oh man, really sorry i didnt even think to look under covers
dont worry about it
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Unread post by Duffman » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:56 pm

john the revelator is a cover?
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Unread post by Harrycaray » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:08 pm

thats what i was thinking, i thought they made it up, i tried searching for other bands who played it and read the lyrics all the stole is the whos that writing john the revelator wrote the book of the seven seas, maybe im mistaken, anyone know for sure
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Unread post by jkanter » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:13 pm

Harrycaray wrote:thats what i was thinking, i thought they made it up, i tried searching for other bands who played it and read the lyrics all the stole is the whos that writing john the revelator wrote the book of the seven seas, maybe im mistaken, anyone know for sure
The name John The Revelator is taken from that line(obviously). From what I understand it's a very, very old song that doesn't really have an original artist(I could be wrong...please feel free to correct me). Well, a lot of artists have covered the song and used that line throughout. It's the only common denominator between all the songs. The rest of the song's lyrics and all of the songs guitar riffs are all unique to DMB's version.

Hopefully that helps...great song to play!
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Unread post by Harrycaray » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:20 pm

yes thanks alot, so dmb made the music and most of the lyrics up themselves, thanks alot i really didnt know
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Unread post by Brock » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:36 pm

blind willie johnson is the original artist
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