Good Times by Alan Jackson

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I’ve always loved this song since it came out, and have always been impressed by the shredding harmonica solo on it. Check it out:

According to AllMusic the Harmonica solo was played by multi-instrumentalist bad-ass Jim Hoke.

Think I should do a lil lesson on this solo some time?

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Hello @Luke, you absolutely have to :slightly_smiling_face:!
Unfortunately the video is not available here in :de: and that makes me even more curious. :grin:
Many :metal: greetings from Astrid :woman_in_lotus_position:

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This one work in Germany?

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I’m putting on my cowboy boots tonight. This is a great song.

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Oh yeah, that’s the right song at 6am. I’m awake :metal::cowboy_hat_face::smiley:. Thanks @Luke.

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Agreed!

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:joy::joy::joy: Oh my gosh, you are so funny Astrid!

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What kind of harmonica do you need for this solo?

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Hey @Joyer - welcome to the forum! That’ played on an A harmonica. GREAT SOLO!!!

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Thanks! So the Lee Oskar Major Diatonic Harmonica A would be a good fit?

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Perfect! :ok_hand:t3:

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did you make a lesson on it since?

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Fun fact: before this song, there were two Alan Jackson songs with harmonica in them. Both songs featured Terry McMillan on the harp. The songs were “Where I Come From” and “Drive”.
The first one featured Terry’s signature playing style without him being too wild, but still soulful sounding.

The other one featuring a more traditional playing style.

Both of them have really tasteful harmonica playing from Terry.

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Hey @fpilot172 - Welcome to the forum my friend! No, due to the lack of response on this post I’ve never made a lesson. I did transcribe it to memory, but never tabbed it out. Think I should do a lesson on it? Anyone else out there interested?

Hey @KeroroRinChou wow Alan Jackson looks so young on the When Somebody Loves You album cover! This song has been on my “contemporary country” playlist I made years ago, but I never knew it was Terry playing on it! So cool. :sunglasses:

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I knew it was Terry due to some of the licks having growls in them. I heard this was long before I knew who he was, but I recognized that growl from “Ain’t Goin’ Down” and that was when I thought that it was the same player as on that track, because if listening to country music all my life has done for me is that whenever you hear a harmonica growl, it’s Terry McMillan.

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