I just heard that George "Mojo" Buford passed away. Mojo was a pretty big influence on my playing. He was one of the first harp player that I had the good fortune to see. When I was first starting to learn, I studied his playing quite a bit. He will be missed. This has been a really crappy year.
muddy waters played @the paradise inn in oak ridge,tennessee in either 66 or 67 I went to see him and the harp player may have been mojo buford whoever it was blew me away
@groyster-if it was 1966,it was George Smith-Buford replaced George Smith in 1967. I got to see Mojo with Cotton and Buddy Guy at the Lincoln Center for the Arts in NYC-I will always remember that night-it was about 10 degrees outside-but those guys made you forget all about the weather-Warren Haynes came out with John Mayer for the last few numbers.
I got to see Mojo Buford at the W.C. Handy Hall on Beale Street. I think it was 1990 or 1991. He made quite an impression on me. I sat down with him. He talked, I listened and listened some more. What a Gentleman and Artist. Got grabbed by the Blues that evening. He signed an album for me and put up with all my dumb questions. Showed me the Blues is about a lot more than 12 bars. My Deepest Respect to this Bluesman. I had not heard of his passing.
In the 70's he was a big part of the Minneapolis blues scene and I first saw him in the 70's on an old TV show called The Midnight Special while he was working with Muddy and about a month later when I saw Muddy at Paul's Mall in Boston, MA and the rest of the lineup of that band was Wille Big Eyes Smith on drums, Calvin Jones on bass, Pinetop Perkins on piano and Hollywood Fats and Bob Margolin on guitars. Good guy and a good vocalist as well. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
