I'll apologise in advance. This it the last thread I'll do on this subject, but there's a couple of things I wanted to share.
I got this tuition tape back in 1988. I'd heard U2's Rattle And Hum and watched the movie Wanted dead Or Alive with Rutger Hauer and decided I wanted to play harp, so I went to the local music shop and bought a Blues Harp in G (my dad had an old Marine Band tremelo harp in G and he advised. After squirting out Oh My Darling, I went and got this tape package.
The intro blew my head off. Apologies for the delay in starting. I forgot that audio cassettes took a few seconds before they start, but listening back some 23 years later, it's really funny to hear.
Second thing to listen to is the list of recommended harp players. All I'll say is this:
Ladies and Gentleman: We are in the prescence of greatness.
He makes a really good point... listening. Your ears are just as important as lip pursing, tongue-blocking, etc.
You can only play as good as you can listen and copy, and of course practice brings it all together.
Notice the list of Nashville and country players he mentions. You can hear their influence in his playing. Not taking away from the blues greats at all, because they ARE great, but as I mentioned in another thread, learning these fast country patterns definitely helps your blues playing down the road.
