Nude Eel ♫ written by Rich Willey and arranged for funk band by The Amazing Wally Minko
Nude Eel ♫ was written by Rich Willey on November 22nd, 2013 during a memorial broadcast on the radio for John F. Kennedy who had been assassinated on that date in 1963.
Among the dozens of things mentioned that day were FDR’s New Deal and that morphed into Nude Eel.
Suggested price: $45.00
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Nude Eel ♫ written by Rich Willey and arranged for funk band by The Amazing Wally Minko. Written on November 22nd, 2013 during a memorial broadcast on the radio for John F. Kennedy who had been assassinated on that date in 1963. Among the dozens of things mentioned that day were FDR’s New Deal and that morphed into Nude Eel.
An easy to play minor blues in D minor that will make any band sound hip, this arrangement is 258 bars long at a suggested tempo of ♩ = 120, and the difficulty level of this is easy to intermediate. There is a two-chorus soli section that has some tricky rhythms that lean toward the intermediate level of difficulty.
Written with solo space for Guitar, EVI, Hammond B3 Organ and Bass Trumpet, and also quite easy to open up for more solos if you wish.
All our funk band charts have similar instrumentation, and this chart calls for:
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Flute
Tenor Sax
Valve Trombone
Bass Trumpet
Electronic Valve Instrument (EVI)
Keyboards
Hammond B3 Organ
Electric Guitar
5-String Electric Bass
Drum Set
This chart comes in a PDF that you’ll be able to download immediately upon submission of your order.
Here is the entire track from the Rich Willey’s Boptism Funk Band Conspiracy CD:
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