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Obadiah Parker is not what you'd expect. It's tough to nail down their sound. With influences from artists like Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows, Miles Davis, and Bill Withers, their sound incorporates elements of funk, r&b, gospel, blues, and folk through a singer songwriter's lens. Upon listening to this original and natural blend of styles you can't help but admit that this band's got soul.
The three members of Obadiah Parker have been together for seven years. Mat Weddle, Jessie Young, and Daniel Zehring met at a church in Scottsdale, Arizona before they were really musicians at all. In that setting, literally starting from scratch, they picked up their instruments and learned how play together. Throughout High School they played concerts in churches and youth camps in Arizona and California, along with a short trip to Hungary. As they honed their individual talents, they formed an understanding about the music they made collectively and organically discovered a distinctive musical style. With that kind of history, Obadiah Parker shares a unique connection that comes across in their music and their performances that only seven years of practicing, performing, and traveling can develop.
In the summer of 2005, Mat and Daniel sought to find a stage for a growing number of original songs they had gathered and found a scene at local coffee shops, where Jessie joined them a couple months later. Since then, Obadiah Parker has played coffee shops, bars, art galleries and music venues throughout the Phoenix area with a great response. The tight ensemble brings to their live show a passion and confidence that evokes excitement and emotional catharsis from an audience. Through heartfelt, searching lyrics and emotionally charged melodies in songs like "Fall/Back", "So Hard to Find", and "Suicide Note" songwriter Mat Weddle describes his own emotional journey, connecting audiences to personal and spiritual sentiments that are real and raw. On the other hand, Obadiah Parker can create an infectious groove with "The Sound Check Song", "Burnt Offerings", and "Salvation Jam" that are every bit as intelligent as they are funky and contagious. By the end of each set, Obadiah Parker has produced an experience that is genuine, accessible, and powerful. As their tremendous potential proves true, this band is sure to continue to create great music.
Obadiah Parker is
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/ Obadiah Parker / I think this song is a song about how hard it
/ Hey Ya (Outkast cover) / can be in a relationship and how hard it can be
/________________________/ to stick together sometimes - beautiful lyrics!
The song is played with capo on the 4th fret, so here are the chords first
with capo, then without capo:
(the names of the chords with capo are of course wrong, as C becomes an E
if you play a capo on the 4th fret, but it would have been C without capo)
C Fadd9 Gsus4 Am7 E Aadd9 Bsus4 C#m7
----3-----3-----3-----3---- ----4-----7-----7-----7----
----1-----1-----1-----1---- ----5-----5-----5-----5----
----0-----2-----0-----0---- ----4-----6-----4-----4----
----2-----3-----0-----2---- ----6-----7-----4-----6----
----3-----x-----x-----0---- ----7-----x-----x-----4----
----------1-----3---------- ----------5-----7----------
Main Progression:
(this is the open round, which is very typical for the rest of the song,
but of course he improvises small things here and there)
Key: E major
Capo: 4th fret
4/4
C F(add9) F(add9)
Q Q +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q +E E E E
|----(3)----(3)---(3)-|-----3------------|-----3-----------|
|-----1------1-----1--|-----1------1---1-|-----1-----1---1-|
|-----0------0-----0--|-----0h2----2---2-|-----2-----2---2-|
|-----2---------2--2--|-----3------3-3-3-|-----3-----3---3-|
|-3-------------3-----|-x---x--------x---|-x---x-------x---|
|---------------------|-1------------1---|-1-----------1---|
2/4 4/4
Gsus4 Am7 Am7
Q E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|----(3)-(3)-|----(3)----(3)---(3)-|----(3)----(3)---(3)-|
|-----1---1--|-----1------1-----1--|-----1------1-----1--|
|-----0---0--|-----0------0-----0--|-----0------0-----0--|
|-----0---0--|-----2---------2--2--|-----2---------2--2--|
|------------|-0-------------0-----|-0-------------0-----|
|-3----------|---------------------|---------------------|
*The notes in the brackets (the G's on the high e-string) are held throughout
the entire song, but not always strum, but you can strum them anytime though.
*The 2nd acoustic guitar in the background improvises some radnom fills.
Lyrics:
My baby don't mess around
Because she loves me so
And this I know for sure
But does she really wanna
But can't stand to see me walk out the door
I can't stand to fight the feeling
'Cause the thought alone is killing me right now
Thank god for mom and dad for sticking two together
'Cause we don't know how
Hey ya, hey ya
Hey ya, hey ya
You think you've got it
Oh, you think you've got it
But God just don't get it till' there's nothing at all
We get together
Oh, we get together
But separates always better when there's feelings involved
If what they say that "nothing is forever"
Then what makes
What makes love the exception?
So why are, why are, why are, why are
Why are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here?
Hey ya, hey ya
Hey ya, hey ya
Alright now fellas
Yeah oh, cooler than being cool?
I can't hear you now, now, now
I say what's cooler than being cool?
Alright
What now ladies
Yeah, we're gonna bring it down in just a few seconds here
Now don't make me break this down for nothing
I wanna see you all on your all's baddest behavior
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor
Shake it
Shake it like a Polaroid Picture
Oh now, shake it
Shake it up
Hey ya, hey ya
Hey ya, hey ya
- 23rd /June /07
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