Absolution Blues tab - coverdale page

~From: Charles Eric Horowitz 

Heres what I can give you for Absolution Blues:

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------
E--5-5-7-7----------------------5-5-7-------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a------5-7-5---5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------
E--5-7-------7-------------------5-5-7------------------------------------
As the song progresses this riff gets doubled by an E chord as the VII pos.

vocals Sec.
e--5-----5--------------------------5---5---------------------------------
b--5-----5-----9--8--6--------------5---5---9-8-6---/6---4----------------
g--6-----6-----9--8--6--------------6---6---9-8-6---/6---4----------------
d--7-----7-----9--8--6--------------7---7---9-8-6---/6---4----------------
a--7-----7-----7--6--4--------------7---7---7-6-4---/4---2----------------
E--5-----5--------------------------5---5---------------------------------

Basic break pattern
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----------------------------------
a---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----------------------------------
E---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----------------------------------

As for the solo, play real fast in the VII pos, and the backing chords
are pretty simple, though I cant rememeber them( I think it switches between
A and B).

Download PDF

Video Absolution Blues

COVERDALE/PAGE-Absolution blues 93
Osaka 21.12.1993...Full show has 115min.

ABSOLUTION BLUES COVERDALE-PAGE eddie cover
COVERDALE PAGE ABSOLUTION BLUES cover

Coverdale Page/R&R(Live in Osaka Japan 21st.dec.1993)
カヴァーデイル・ペイジの1993年来日公演から、12月21日の大阪公演のオープニング３曲です。

#6 bass notes: the low C and the double low F
It´s been a long wait since my last bass video, I know. I now have amassed a total of 6 something clips!! I will split them into 2 separate videos with the second containing the lowest ones. This time I allow some non bass singers to participate. There are some country singers, some pop singers and some rock/metal singers who can hit a C2 and below. Although they seldom hit the notes as powerful as a true bass singer I thought it would be nice to include them here to add to the mix of singers and singing styles. Extra thanks to rockytenorbanjo for helping out with some tricky pitching. 1.I start off with country singer Josh Turner who has his own vocal range video courtesy of rockytenorbanjo. Here is a C2 from Way down south. He almost goes for the JD way on dooown thing 2.Country singer Randy Travis with a slide down to a whispery but nice C2, song is Jerusalem´s Cry. Randy said in an interview that he seldom can go down this low but the day of the recording was a good low note day! 3.Mark Knopfler can also slide down to this pitch, from solo song Song for Sonny Liston. 4.Billy Joel slides down to C2 in an ad-lib passage from a live version of the classic New York state of mind. 5.David Coverdale is a baritone and shows off a C2 here without effort. I´m sure he can crank it out more if he wants to, song is Slave. 6.Metal tenor Michael Kiske whispers a C2 from Tribuzy song Absolution. 7.Swedish 70´s singer Pierre Isacsson, who tragically died in the Estonia sinking 1994, here sings a melody on C2, song is När jag går ned i min källare (When I go down in my cellar). 8.Metal baritenor Geoff Tate sings a few C2:s, song is Junkie´s Blues. 9.Metal baritone Warrel Dane sings also a few C2:s, song is Lucretia my reflection. 10.And finally, metal singer Eric Adams in a growly voice hits a few C2.s and also touches on a few A1:s. Normally I don´t include growling but this passage I find very melodic and impressive. 11.After 3 minutes on the low C let´s climb downwards. Here is Josh againg, a B1 from Softly and tenderly. 12.Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull with a 2 octave climb from B3 to B1, song is Big dipper and he does just that! 13.A Bb1 from the bass singer of Old Path´s Quartet, song is Echoes from the burning bush but what is really interesting is that the tenor, Jeremy Peace, goes for the same note later in the song (here on youtube) 14.Bb1 and then a fryish F1 by Jeremy! 15.A resonant Bb1 from Australian bass singer Malcolm McEachern, clip is available here on youtube and is a variant of the Ivan Rebroff drinking song Im tiefen Keller. 16.Richard Sterban with the classic ompa bass note from Elvira, a C2 followed by a B1. 17.And JD Sumner with a strong Bb1 from Just a closer walk with Thee. 18.Vocal coach Jaime Vendera warming up at the keys with an A1. 19.Rock singer Peter Steele with an A1 from song Bloody Kisses. 20.Disney narrative voice Thurl Ravenscroft with a resonant A1, song is "Asleep in the deep". 21.Gospel bass Jeff Chapman with an A1, unknown song. 22.Peter Steele once again, this time with sustained B1:s and dips down to G#1, song is Nettie. Notice the octave shift at the end of the clip. 23.Pervis Jackson from the Spinners with an Ab1, song is I´m tired of giving. 24.London Parris with a fine Ab1 from I want to get closer. 25. Richard Sterban with an Ab1 from How great thou art. 26.Vladimir Miller with a nice solo passage before landing on a Ab1. 27.Pervis Jackson with a whispery G1 from Working my way back to you, the Spinners tenor John Edwards hits a nice G#5 after this passage. 28.Rock baritone singer David lee Roth with a spoken passage down to G1, from the video to Just like a gigolo. 29.Sterban with a G#1 (I first thought it was a G1!), song is "God will take care of you". This is from a great bass video by biglhot75. 30.Gerald Williams of the Melody Boys Quartet sings a melody down to G1, unknown song. 31.Glenn Dustin of Legacy Five hits a G1, unknown song. This is from a great bass video by biglhot75. 32.Up and coming bass singer Chris West with a G1, unknown song. This is from a great bass video by biglhot75. Couldn´t find a picture though so instead a church! 33.Jaime Vendera with a spoken F#1 from a youtube instruction video. 34.JD Sumner with a nice F#1 from Dig a little deeper in the well, it´s a live version and it can be found here on youtube. 35.Lastly, JD with a nice F1 from Just a closer walk with thee. This note is hurled out in the middle of a melody! To be continued...in a few days...