Orange Blossom

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Ray Lamoureux
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Orange Blossom

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I have been doing the Orange Blossom Special.Start in E then to key of A.A_D_E A,2times,A-E_a,Then A-d-e-a & back to E.The local area lead players,telling me that's wrong.They play it,E-A-B7-E.Am Im doing it righr or Wrong??How about some pros chime in too.
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Tom Dillon
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Post by Tom Dillon »

You've got it right I think. No B7 in OBS. THis link has a chart with melody and chords:

https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/07/03/l ... rvin-rouse
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orange blossom?

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ray, i have always played it pretty much like you do....thanks jack
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Post by Wesley Medlen »

Last Sat. night at the KSGA show in Baxter Springs, Ks. Almost set his steel on fire with it. Austin Stewart from Arkansas Best I've ever heard.
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Post by Clyde Mattocks »

I've heard a few fiddlers (notably Scotty Stoneman) play the bridge A, Bm , E, A. The notes being pretty much the same as the A, E, E, A usual version.
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Ray Lamoureux
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Re: Orange Blossom

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Ray Lamoureux wrote:I have been doing the Orange Blossom Special.Start in E then to key of A.A_D_E A,2times,A-E_a,Then A-d-e-a & back to E.The local area lead players,telling me that's wrong.They play it,E-A-B7-E.Am Im doing it righr or Wrong??How about some pros chime in too.
THANKS to you all for chiming in.
Ray Lamoureux,Hartford,NY GFI 10st.,on double frame,& TT-112 amp ..