Redbone is a song by American rapper and singer Childish Gambino (the stage name of Donald Glover) where he sings about his light-skinned black girlfriend (therefore it’s entitled “Redbone”). The song received three Grammy Award nominations including Record of the Year at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, eventually winning the award for Best Traditional R&B Performance. In 2021, it was ranked #383 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The harmonicas pretty much follow vocals the original - doubled lines along with lead. Clean sound for the most part, recorded on Neumann TLM103 mic mic and an amped sound for a solo where I used a UAD Fender Tweed ’55 plugin with a SM57 microphone.
Played on a Seydel 1847 harmonica.
Key of Dm, 3rd pos, harmonica in C.
Chorus tabs.
-2 -3” -3” -2 -2 -2” -1
-2” -2 -3” -2 -2” -2 -2 -2” -1
-3” -2” -3” -3” -2 -2 -2” -1