Ugly Bones Ryan
52 posts
Feb 18, 2014
12:26 PM
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Ok. I know. Rachelle Plas, Natacha Seara, Tiffany Harp etc. Female players exist I get that. I just don't know that many and I honestly don't see that many. Most females who play the blues usually sing, play piano, or guitar. Maybe thats just me not keeping my eye peeled all the way back but it sure seems that way. Thoughts?
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sonny3
123 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:33 PM
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Of choose there's Annie Raines.
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tmf714
2421 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:37 PM
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Cheryl Arena-
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Rick Davis
2976 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:41 PM
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The best of the local female blues harp players is probably Teresa Lynne.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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dougharps
562 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:50 PM
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Here is a list I saw posted somewhere a while back:
Female Harp players
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Doug S.
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Oisin
1074 posts
Feb 18, 2014
1:55 PM
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All you need to know is here....
http://www.hermonicas.com/
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Oisin
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Ugly Bones Ryan
53 posts
Feb 18, 2014
2:12 PM
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Ok, another question. Any women on this forum? Not being weird just curious.
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Philosofy
512 posts
Feb 18, 2014
4:17 PM
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Did Christelle leave, or is she still here?
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nacoran
7536 posts
Feb 18, 2014
7:49 PM
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Philosofy, she left again. I wish her well, but I got a little tired of her joining and asking to be deleted over and over.
There have been a few female members, although I haven't seen them post in a while, and I imagine there are more lurking, but there aren't many. I think maybe we're a bit like mosquitoes- If there are a bunch of mosquitoes around and no people, things are fine. If there are a bunch of mosquitoes around and a bunch of people, everyone gets bit a couple times but no one complains. Our ecosystem seems to be more like the pack of mosquitoes descending on the lone victim. That happens over and over and we never get enough people around for the mosquitoes to stop biting everyone to pieces.
Or, maybe the prison analogy is more apt... when women stop by, we all act like a bunch of guys who have been stuck in solitary for 20 to life and we chase them off.
Or maybe as a raw percentage there just aren't many female players. I don't know. We've had threads trying to figure out the answer, but have never really found out.
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Dog Face
239 posts
Feb 19, 2014
11:10 AM
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There's a lady that I've seen at a few of the jams around the Raleigh area. I don't know her name, but she uses a little shaker mic and she knocks the bottom out of it when it's her turn to play.
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Brad
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Rick Davis
2986 posts
Feb 19, 2014
11:24 AM
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When I did the harp amp poll three years ago, 97.4% of
poll participants were men.
Do you know Paula Rangell of "Paula and the Pontiacs?" She can play. She's a Denver native who moved to New Orleans a few years ago. She comes back every now and then for gigs. Good entertainer.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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Rick Davis
2987 posts
Feb 19, 2014
11:29 AM
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I taught beginner lessons ten years ago in Sacramento. This was one of my students.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Memphis Mini harp amp
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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mlefree
141 posts
Feb 21, 2014
9:57 AM
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I know of at least one lady harper who is s member of this list. :^)
But, I'm used to being lonely. I live in the Western Colorado Outback where you have to hunt for a harp-friendly musical experience.
Michelle
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