OK, this maybe a case of my reaching out past the boundaries of blues and kind of dabbling over into the folk rock genre, but I think this is cool to do from time to time. I'm trying not to be locked into the blues thing, because I think many musicians are not. Consider Trina Hamlin. Any body who can play a harmonica the way she plays it in the below video is alright with me.It's ok to love your h
This is just some gratuitous harmonica playing. And it helps that it is being done by a young lady. I came across this video while searching for something totally different. It reminds me of some of my solo jam sessions, and I like it and and hope you do to.Girl with harmonicaNotes from YouTube;Justine from UK (harmonica), Lukasz from Poland (bass), Javier from Spain (guitar) are playing blues on
Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowouts – Still Here & Gone (Electro-Fi Records)This is a fine collection of Mark Hummel's live shows from the early ninities until last year. It is a two disc set and includes such noted blues harp players as Hummel, William Clarke, Carey Bell, Lee Oskar, and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band. The back up band includes guitarists Anson Funderburgh, Rusty Zinn,
After losing my job, and moving to Vermont, with 4 kids to
feed, I started doing odd jobs. The oddest was making harmonica
necklaces. They have fed and housed us , and even provided for all
the kids to go to college. It's amazing that something that small
and cute can do so much.
Having lived in the same area as the character in "Baby
Boom", I thought, "If she can do it, so can I", so got in my c
I wrote this post a couple of years ago, my mind has not really changed over that time, but I thought I would report it with links to Amazon.com this time. Enjoy, debate and let me know what you think of my list.Here is my list of my top 10 favorite blues harmonica players. In loose order, the people listed below #6 can change depending on my mood, the first five guys are set in stone in my opini
At first I was going to write all about my lesson. I drove down the Pacific Coast Highway on a beautiful day, and the ocean was a blue-green. Then I drove up into the mountains--so high up that it seemed like I was going to touch the sky. And then I had my lesson, and truly learned how to mouth the harmonica and draw (breathe in) the second hole, which is the very hardest. And the other pupil, a
I think my very first post 16 months ago was about Harmonica Healing. I was going to a doctor of integrative medicine, and she recommended breathing exercises. The first night I tried to do them I was bored stiff. What she was talking about was a progression of relaxation exercises in which I was supposed to segment different parts of my body, relax them, and breathe.
She recommended a book I
01 - Off The Wall (Little Walter & His Jukes)02 - Odds And Ends (Jimmy Reed)03 - Cotton Corp Blues (Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet)04 - Keep It To Yourself (Sonny Boy Williamson)05 - [Help Me] A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson (Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band)06 - Born In Chicago (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band)07 - I Hear You Knockin (Lazy Lester)08 - Jump The Boogie (Papa Lightfoot)09 - Come Back Baby (Doctor Ross)10 - Pawnshop Bound (William Clarke)11 - Baby Scratch My Back (Slim Harpo)12 - The Briar Patch (Gary Primich)13 - All Night Boogie (Howlin Wolf)14 - Shake The Boogie (Sonny Boy Williamson)15 - Whammer Jammer (J. Geils Band)16 - Hootin Blues (Sonny Terry)43268 KB
One of my favorite blues hymns to play on my harmonica is Amazing Grace. I really like this version by Terry McMillan. May God rest his soul. I could only hope to one day be able to play it this good.I think this version fits for a day like to day, and I hope you enjoy it."Amazing Grace" Played On Harmonica By Terry McMillan
Well back down there in Alabama, or any where else, you could walk into a pawn shop and buy a harmonica for 5o cents, after Little Walter put out that record Juke it went up to 5 or 10 dollars.Sam Lay - Drummer for Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Paul Butterfield Blues BandI relate to my favorite blues harmonica players for different reasons. Little Walter is one of my favorites because he is from my home state, because of the work he did in creating the Chicago electric harmonica blues sound with Muddy Waters, and because he was a man who definitely lived the blues.Little Walter R&R Hall of Fame filmNotes from YouTube - A brief film about blues harmonica icon Little Walter Jacobs, which was shown as part of his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008.Hound Do
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Sonny Terry is of course a member of the duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. They had a great career as blues and folk musicians. If you want to be a blues harmonica player studying Sonny Terry and his playing style will serve you well. The man's timing was the best in my opinion, the way he sings, shots and plays the harmonica all at the same time is a kind of magic. I love the part of the below video when Mr. Terry ask, "What you say harmonica?" You have to love a man who talks to his harmonica.Sonny Terry - These Women Is Killin' Me (1966) Sonny Terry/Callin' MamaCheck out wikipedia's list of harmonica blues players.Notable harmonica performances by other bluesmen;Good Rockin Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin' (1977) Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton - Shakey's Blues (1965)Sonny Boy Will
Now I do get excited by female blues guitar players (like Memphis Minnie in my last couple of post), but let me tell you, if you are a female that knows how to play a harmonica, I'll make Mrs. F. sleep on the floor.You probably don't understand, but that is OK. Consider if you will Big Mama Thornton. Son when I tell you that she could rip it up, you better believe that.And if you don't, then see for yourself.Ball and ChainBig Mama Thornton - Down Home ShakedownIncludes John Lee Hooker Big Mama Thornton - Rock me (Oregon 1971)
With the last month being so extraordinarily stressful, once again I have turned to music as a source of relaxation. Everywhere I go, I carry my Lee Oskar "C" harmonica. Quite honestly, I'm still not sure why I've learned no songs whatsoever; I've been teaching myself to play for a few years now.But blowing in and out on the harmonica is one of my best ways of reducing stress. There is a Zen quality about it. I stop focusing on the stressful events--whatever they may be, I calm down, and I only focus on the sounds I am producing.When my mother, her caregiver, and I spent 10 hours together--much of it in the ER--and the caregiver finally left, and my mother was sedated because of her broken knee, my stress level was only exceeded by my level of exhaustion.So, I asked the nurse if we could turn off the light so that my mother could rest, I put two chairs together so I could elevate my feet, and I began playing my harmonica. For the first time all evening, I could feel the tension beg
Always pay your contractors well Originally uploaded by chicken widget.I don't really have anything pithy to say. But the thing in his mouth is a harmonica. Best viewed large, so you can see the harmonica.absolutelysmall.blogspot.com
