weg
2 posts
Feb 12, 2013
8:05 AM
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I live near Boston, Massachusetts. I am about 50 years old and recently started playing.
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toremainn
4 posts
Feb 12, 2013
10:18 AM
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From Bodø, North of Norway, above the Arctic circle :)
I'm mostly a guitarman (electric and resonators), but a bit hooked by harpmics....(addiction ?), this last 16 months I think I have gathered 22 mics in my collection.
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JAY WILLIE
1 post
Feb 13, 2013
6:42 AM
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Born and raised in Newtown, CT
Love the blues. Play Texas Blues Rock and some delta slide. Always loved the harmonica and play a little.
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Goats4Kudzu
1 post
Feb 14, 2013
5:50 PM
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My name is Patrick
I am a lifelong resident of Bassett, Virginia.
I have been playing harp for about 8 months.
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K Williams
8 posts
Feb 20, 2013
10:05 AM
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Originally from Brooklyn, NY, now in Long Island. Started playing blues harp in the mid 1990s.
I used to go to Manny's Car Wash a lot, and Chicago Blues. Saw a lot of great harp players at Manny's...Sugar Blue, John Popper, William Clarke, Little Mike, James Cotton, etc. Used to leave that club with my ears ringing and a grin on my face.
Also saw Satan & Adam playing on the street one day in the late 1990s...I went up to Adam said hello all star struck. LOL :-)
I stopped playing for a long time, and am now trying to get back into it, and get decent tone & skills.
Last Edited by K Williams on Feb 20, 2013 10:08 AM
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Karmojo
3 posts
Feb 27, 2013
5:14 AM
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Hello, I'm Fabrizio, harmonica, bass & slide guitar player from Italy. Originally from Southern Italy, I now live in Turin, in the North, where I play live mostly as a one man band, teach harmonica and bass, study philosophy and double bass, and usually do the busker traveling around. I stumbled here because of a video posted here with me and my father, also a very good harmonica player. If you want to check us out, on youtube:
Bad Chili, Heavy Blues Band
Light Chili, electro-acoustic Blues duo
Fabrizio Canale, One Man Band Blues
Have a good karma!
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Fabrizio Canale - One Man Blues Band from Italy
Video: Youtube channel
Audio: Reverbnation
Have a good karma!
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harpburn
22 posts
Feb 27, 2013
7:34 AM
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Born in Brecon, Wales, and still there now. Playing with a nice blues band called Crawlback. Not alot in the way of harmonica players around here, but there are few from Wales that are exceptional.
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cyclodan
2 posts
Mar 06, 2013
8:18 AM
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Well I guess I may as well introduce myself. I'm Dan and I live near Ann Arbor, Mi...great town for music. I used to go to the Blues and Jazz festivals back in the early '70s and have seen a lot of great music around here since.
A buddy showed me how to bend and play cross harp when I was 17 and I just mimicked stuff I heard and played a bit in local bands, handling lead vocals mostly and the harmonica was not as much a focal point. It wasn't too difficult to copy Yardbirds, Stones etc.
Then I saw Peter "Madcat" Ruth and my little mind was blown, figured I may as well just hang up my harps!
Well in fact I did, when family, work, bikes and what have you began to take up all my time.
So now here I am 59 years old and semi-retired and have gotten into jamming with my old band mates from back in the day, another band of "kids" half my age and another guitar player where we do a duo act.
For the first time I am taking the harmonica seriously, practicing, picking up stuff from the various you tubers (thanks Jason Ricci and Adam Gussow!!) and acquiring some gear (just bought a '51 Gibson BR-6F!).
So I just wanted so say Hi and how much I'm enjoying the forum here.
Cyclodan
Last Edited by cyclodan on Mar 07, 2013 8:47 AM
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eharp
2081 posts
Mar 06, 2013
8:38 AM
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semi-retired and living in michigan?
you should check out the bushman music site.
there is a great blues fest on the last weekend of august that several michigan folks go to.
and john hall is starting up a new one in rothbury in september.
perhaps i'll see you at guy hollerin's someday.
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cyclodan
5 posts
Mar 06, 2013
10:00 AM
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Thanks eharp. What is this "guy hollerin's" of which you speak?
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swampsnaque
1 post
Mar 07, 2013
1:38 PM
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Born and raised in a small farming community in Illinois about 2 hrs south of Chicago. Moved to Alexandria, Louisiana when I was 25. Lived there for 7 1/2 yrs and moved to Atlanta, GA. Have lived here for 24 yrs. I love it here in the South.
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eharp
2083 posts
Mar 07, 2013
5:09 PM
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it is the lounge inside of the holiday inn @ plymouth and 23
you might want to check out the detroit blues society for some jams and happenings.
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PeterG
4 posts
Mar 09, 2013
4:57 PM
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Born NY, NY, raised Stamford, CT (not exactly a bastion of the blues), reside in Denver.
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George Brown
1 post
Mar 25, 2013
11:27 AM
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New member from Mount Airy, Maryland. Just started playing a few months ago. Using AG's scale, I am an Advanced Beginner. I can bend 1-6 hole draws...but the 3 needs a lot of work. If there is anyone else in the Central Maryland area let me know.
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BibleAndTheBlues
1 post
Apr 12, 2013
1:08 AM
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Hi everyone! :-)
Born, raised, and alive in sunny, smoggy Southern California. Currently living in the Pomona Valley (Claremont), but spend a lot of my time in the San Gabriel Valley (San Dimas and City of Industry to be exact.
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KC69
314 posts
Apr 12, 2013
6:00 AM
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BibleAndTheBlues: I love playin and givin the devil the blues: Welcome Aboard:
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And I Thank You !!
KCz
Backwoodz
Bluz
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KC69
315 posts
Apr 12, 2013
8:08 AM
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Bonehed: We in Ohio have the blues, because our fungus season isn't as good as yours. Relieve our Blues, send Morels !!! Welcome Aboard
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And I Thank You !!
KCz
Backwoodz
Bluz
Last Edited by KC69 on Apr 12, 2013 8:08 AM
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George Brown
7 posts
Apr 12, 2013
5:50 PM
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Great idea here!
Born in Southern California...grew up in Hollywood. Lived all over the country but settled in Maryland about 25 years ago.
Mount Airy, Maryland
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nacoran
6691 posts
Apr 12, 2013
8:24 PM
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Welcome aboard everyone!
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Bonehed
4 posts
Apr 13, 2013
5:08 AM
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KCz....AFRAID MY "LEADERDOG" ISN'T TRAINED FOR THAT.
NOW, IF I CAN FIND A LEADERPIG, WELL.........
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Gibbo
13 posts
Apr 23, 2013
6:53 AM
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Howdy folks,
Born in Tacoma, WA. Raised and live in Puyallup, WA aka the Town-No-One-Can-Pronounce.
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Gibbo
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Bluedawgbluesacrat
20 posts
Apr 23, 2013
7:56 PM
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Born in Brownsville Tennessee ......live in jackson Tennessee.......I hack at harp building and customizing ........I mainly play acoustic duo now. ...country blues........1996 3rd place intl blues finalist.........2001-2006 ..toured for 5 years with the nashville Muzik mafia.........toured with big and rich, kid rock, hank jr ......some nashville session work along the way........first saw satan and Adam while playing the king biscuit stage in 1996....helena ark....first time I heard anyone overblow.....finally met Adam at lunch in jackson Tn last year .......had the privilege to perform with blues greats honeyboy Edwards, yank Rachel, big jack Johnson , Ike turner,.rl burnside. during the 90's....all have passed.......most recent track I played on is on albert Cummings latest release album ...No regrets ,,,version of mannish boy produced by Jim Gaines
Last Edited by Bluedawgbluesacrat on Apr 23, 2013 8:14 PM
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docwatson
1 post
May 01, 2013
9:32 AM
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Born in Tampa, Florida; lived all over, including Chicago and Tokyo. Now living in Mount Dora, Florida. Yep, I'm really a doctor, but my passion is blues harp.
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surfingjack
7 posts
May 02, 2013
1:27 AM
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I live in the land of Oz and love it.Spent 18 years in New Zealand and loved it there as well.
Last Edited by surfingjack on May 02, 2013 4:44 AM
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BronzeWailer
981 posts
May 02, 2013
2:10 AM
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Where in Oz, surfingjack? There's a few of us in Sydney (and elsewhere). Check out the Australian Harmonica Player Network on Facebook. Website to come soon...
My YouTube
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surfingjack
8 posts
May 02, 2013
4:35 AM
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Gippsland Vic. Great blues scene lot of great blues being played in this part of the world. Check out Gippsland Rhythm and Blues Club on Facebook.
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BronzeWailer
982 posts
May 02, 2013
5:02 AM
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Thanks surfinjack. Will defs check it out...
My YouTube
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GutoSantana
3 posts
May 12, 2013
9:27 PM
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Hey Guys,
I´m from Brazil. I´m a singer, guitar player and play harmonica for about 12 years.
Now I´ll try my luck on the tenor saxophone.
Hope I can learn and help here.
Thanks and all the best!
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Larrystick
2 posts
May 13, 2013
6:56 AM
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Born in Hartford, Connecticut. 1960.
Raised in a white-bread suburb of Boston.
Introduced to the blues by The J. Geils Band.
Started playing in high school, trying to copy Whammer Jammer.
Begged my way on stage with a couple dozen rock and country bands.
Found out a little more listening to the Blues Brothers.
In college, though I only had an inkling about who they were, got to see live Muddy, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, Albert King, and JB Hutto in tiny clubs around Amherst Massachusetts in the early-80's.
Moved to NYC in the late 80's and hacked my way through open mic nights at Chicago Blues just down the street from my apartment. Got to see Kim Wilson, Cab Calloway, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bonnie Raitt as they cruised through town. Missed a LOT of shows.
Studied harp with a player named Bob Shatkin at the New school of Social Research in Manhattan where my real introduction to harmonica began. Bob was a classic country and Chicago blues player. He taught four or five of us at a time, face to face, and gave us names of harp players that really set the foundation of the blues. Until then, I had never even heard of Little or Big Walter. Bob was a hard guy, and cut our heads every week. And it made a big difference in our playing.
Spent two semesters with him learning how to bend, tongue-block, syncopate, and finally carry 12-bars with a little authority. No style, but some authority.
It still took ten years to get into a solid band, Walk That Walk, outside of Boston in 2000. . We backed up Bo Diddley a half dozen times at the original House of Blues in Cambridge, and Johnnie Johnson, Chuck Berry's keyboard player in a couple more venues. That's our claim to fame.
walkthatwalk.org
In a month I come full-circle. Playing a gig with Danny Klein, the bassist from J. Geils. Only took 40 years to get on stage with him.
Last Edited by Larrystick on May 13, 2013 7:17 AM
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MichaelMc
1 post
May 14, 2013
11:28 AM
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Hello, everyone. I'm new the the forum. I'm born and raised in Springfield, OH. 3.5 years ago, I moved to Hampshire, TN (62 miles South of Nashville).
I've been playing harp for roughly 5 years now, and just joined a local blues band. I look forward to getting to know everyone.
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KC69
322 posts
May 14, 2013
7:13 PM
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welcome Michael: I'm outside Urbana Ohio. Let me know if you get back this way for a little Jammin !
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KCz
Backwoodz
Bluz
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nacoran
6799 posts
May 15, 2013
9:26 AM
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Welcome aboard everyone. Don't forget to check out the forum map and drop a pin in. Maybe you can find some harpers near you. (Link is on the forum how to page)
Nate
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Sarge
322 posts
May 21, 2013
11:06 AM
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Hey Fred!!! Great to see you here and to know you are still above ground.
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PeterG
15 posts
May 21, 2013
12:35 PM
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Born in NYC. Raised in CT. have resided in Denver for 30 yrs.
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Rlogan54
1 post
May 23, 2013
4:27 PM
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I'm from Wellington, Florida, born in Montclair, New Jersey, started playing harp in 1973 in 1st position, graduated to 2nd position about 2 years later. Been hackin at it ever since, off and on. I'm nearing retirement age and want to get serious about it now. My som turned me on to Adam Gussow's videos and now I'm hooked. Always wondered how to get that vibrato sound, watched AG's video and after a couple of weeks m getting the hang of it. Wish this stuff was around 40 years ago
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CarsickPhil
2 posts
Jun 18, 2013
10:58 AM
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Hi, I'm Carsick Phil from Cambridge, UK. I'm learning the harmonica and finding it fascinating. My brother gave me a Hohner Pocket Pal along with a nice little book by Grindick years ago, but it is only recently that I've really started to learn properly. Loads of great material available across youtube and elsewhere. Adam's is among the very best. Cheers, Phil
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1xhurricane
4 posts
Jun 19, 2013
5:01 AM
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Born in Scotland,
US educated,
Lived all over Europe and the US,
Now back home and happy in Scotland,
Funny how things work out.
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TKOTBH
4 posts
Jun 24, 2013
12:32 PM
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Hey harp guys, I was born in Ames, Iowa, grew up in a suburb of Kansas City, Raytowm, Mo. Moved to Springfield, Mo. Then from there to Orange County, Ca. In 1977.
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Pit_Pony
1 post
Jul 01, 2013
6:40 AM
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Mid life crisis,ageing hippy,suddenly found more time on my hands. Any or all of those lead me to finally buying a real grown up harp after years of pressing my nose up against music store windows.Actually the defining moment was when the wife bought me a kids one(as a joke)& i spent all Xmas howling the house down before i thought'Harps , they are the future'.
Now my evenings are spent trawling you tube & reading this forum.Pure class.
The Barnsley,England branch is now open for business.
P.S.The wife says i have improved immeasurably over the last 6 months but i think she is wanting me to buy her a new hat for the daughters wedding.
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Mirco
8 posts
Jul 07, 2013
12:59 PM
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Born and raised in Scranton, PA.
After finishing college, I needed to travel and spent a year teaching English in Japan.
Moved back to the States. Lived three years in Savannah, Georgia, then moved to California. We've been living in San Jose for the past year, and I've been playing harp since about November 2012. The Bay Area seems like a good spot for blues, actually.
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2chops
143 posts
Jul 07, 2013
1:29 PM
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Hey micro. I live in Williamsport. Only 1 1/2 hours west of Scranton. Welcome aboard.
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chaztoo
1 post
Jul 07, 2013
8:41 PM
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Hello. I'm Charlie. I was raised in Elgin, IL, met my wife in Tampa, FL and currently live in Fort Worth, TX with her, our three girls and a small black Schnauzer named Toots.
I'm honking away on a cheap Hohner Bluesband for now, but I have my eyes on the Special 20.
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Mirco
9 posts
Jul 08, 2013
11:24 AM
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Hi, Charlie. Welcome. You can't imagine the difference that playing a good harmonica will make.
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Uptonk
1 post
Jul 15, 2013
7:12 PM
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Hello, folks. I'm Kyle. Grew up in Crystal Springs, MS and I've migrated all the way to Terry, MS. About 10 miles.
Been playing harp since college in the late 80's, but had a long dry spell during which I rarely played. I got the urge to play again a few months ago and have been working hard to make up for lost time. I even got the nerve to play in public not long ago. It was more fun than I could have imagined.
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TKOTBH
7 posts
Jul 15, 2013
11:28 PM
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Born in Ames, Iowa, grew up in a suburb of Kansas City, Raytown, Mo. Now living in Orange County, Ca.
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mastercaster
17 posts
Jul 16, 2013
4:39 AM
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Born in Phil. Pa. in 1957 , to Prov. Ri. in 1960 , to Toledo Oh. in 66' , to S.B. Ca. in 74' , to Or . in 87' , to Guam in 1991, to Bali in 2000 .. got a quite a few venues here ... still having fun playing and fishing hence my handle ... starting tryin to play harp in 1971 .. still not happy with my chops .. but .. they are allot better than they used to be ... goes for my singing also ....
Cheers , MC
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kaizersoza
1 post
Jul 21, 2013
5:14 PM
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Born and bred in Swansea South Wales UK, visited the harp a few times in the past, didn't stick it for longer than a month, believed the bullshit that it was an easy instrument to play and got disillusioned now this time I am hooked, I know it takes dedication, practice and time, I am really loving my harp journey and can't wait to put it to my lips and play, I am 4 months in, so still a beginner, this time its for life
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Dr G
1 post
Nov 14, 2013
10:34 PM
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G'day everyone
I have to confess I put down the harps for a few years, prior to that I was a pretty competent player doing the rounds in bands and fill ins for other harp players. I pretty much stopped when my daughter was born 17 years ago. Shoot forwards to four months ago and I came home to find a fender jazz bass and an ampeg amp with a post-it note saying learn this on the grill. It had been left there by a drummer mate who has been whinging about the lack of bass players in town. This has reinvigorated my interest in music and at our first gig I also dusted off the harp bag, plugged the bullet into the bass amp and let rip.
I felt I had two left lips and couldn't remember a lot of my licks but I could still get an acceptable tone.
Now I am hungry to get back to the standard is played at and to improve beyond this. My biggest goal is to get competent with tongue blocking. I taught myself by playing along to Little Walter and Sonnyboy Williams in the car. There was no internet then so I puckered and played. Now when I heard about the technique and had a crack I realised this was why I often didn't get the sound right.
Anyway this seems to have the semblance of a grandpa Simpson rant so I will leave off with a hello from outback South Australia
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Eyeball_Kid
7 posts
Nov 15, 2013
3:02 AM
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I was born in Stuttgart, south-Germany 1989, so I'm kind of the new breed of harmonica-players. I play the Harp for about two years now. I also play the Guitar and Banjo. Now I live in Vienna to study Musicology and I never want to move away from this town!
I don't know why, but I never actually met someone who plays the harmonica. I don't know if it's different in America but it seems like noone plays the harp where i come from. I know a few people who play the guitar and blow into the harmonica sometimes but noone here really plays it as a solo instrument. I guess most of the people think about the harp as a toy to have fun with a couple of days then leave it in the drawer forever. It kind of represents the way some people treat their girlfriends but that's another story.
I got into harmonica-playing by listening to Tom Waits records and i wondered what that sounds was for example in chocolate jesus from the mule variations album. Then i found out it was charlie musselwhite on the harp and I was shocked. I never knew you could make a harmonica sound like this. So, yeah, that's why i bought my first harmonica. After that i spend one year wondering what to do untill I asked in a Tom Waits Forum how Musslewhite is doing this stuff, if he had a special harmonica ore something like that. Then someone told me about "cross-harp". That was the moment i really startet to learn how to play the instrument. That was 2 years ago and now I'm about to join my first band for a couple of songs as a harmonica-player. I hope I don't suck too much. (my god, what a funny joke)
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BC
3 posts
Nov 15, 2013
11:14 AM
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Born and raised in western upstate New York.
Went to school in northern New York (almost near Canadian border)
Lived in southern Ohio and also near Detroit Michigan.
Now in Waukesha Wisconsin (birthplace of Les Paul)
Played sax for many years in my youth. Then decided to try the harmonica back in my early thirties. Always still much to learn, not giving up my day job anytime soon.
I play solo sometimes, but also have a blues guitarist from work that I play with as well. Our duo is called Midnight Special.
BC
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