JJ Cale Call The Doctor

JJ Cale - Call The Doctor

JJ Cale's album Naturally was one my older brother's favorite albums and became one of my favorites as well. Call The Doctor is from the Naturally album and has a haunting minor Blues feel to it. Sounds like a natural for Harp N Guitar.

Learn to play J.J. Cale's Call the Doctor on Guitar and Harmonica

Call the Doctor - Lesson Info

Lesson Info

Difficulty: Medium

Lesson Length: 9:24

Instructor: George Goodman

Barre chords are needed for this one which is what increases the difficulty. Otherwise, there's only 3 chords and the harmonica melody is straight-forward

Help File

The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for Call The Doctor.
Call The Doctor Chords, Lyrics and Tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.

Recommended Gear

takamine-eg541sc acoustic guitar

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
Check out more Takamine G Series Guitars

Hohner Special 20

Hohner Blues Harp in A

In this lesson, I am playing a Hohner Blues Harp in the key of A.

Hohner Harmonica HolderHohner Harmonica Holder

The Hohner Harmonica Neck Holder fits harmonicas up to 7-1/2" long.

With a long-lasting nickel-plated finish, this harmonica rack is adjustable and fits any neck shape.

 

Musical Challenges

The harmonica challenge here includes Bending. Check out Bent Harmonica for help with that.

The Guitar Essentials, Harmonica Essentials, and Rhythm Guitar and Strumming courses can help get you up to speed if  you're having troubles.

Video Timeline

00:48 - Progressions

There are only 3 chords in the entire song. The difficult part is that they are all barre chords - F#m, G#m and A.

Each chord lasts for 2 beats forming a 2 bar pattern that repeats throughout the song.

2:07 - Rhythm and Feel

Call The Doctor employs a slow Bluesy swing feel.

3:22 - Harmonica

The song is in the key of F#m which is the relative minor to A Major so I have found that an A Major harmonica works well for this melody.

5:53 - Harmonica with Guitar

Run through the harmonica part with the guitar accompaniment.

6:35 - Full Song Play Along

Let's play through the whole song together.

That's it for Call The Doctor.

Stay In Tune. Peace.

George

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