DevonTom
4 posts
May 04, 2009
10:02 AM
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Born in Wells, Somerset, raised in Dartington /Totnes in Devon, England. Then seven years in Edinburgh Scotland. Now in Tucson, Arizona.
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DevonTom
5 posts
May 04, 2009
10:04 AM
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Love this thread.
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Randy G. Blues
10 posts
May 04, 2009
12:35 PM
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Born in Hollywood, CA.
Grew up in the San Fernando Valley and married my High School sweetheart (still married after nearly 38 years).
Brief 4 year stint in San Jose, CA for school.
Back to SF valley for about 12 years.
Home for the last 20 years has been on ten acres in Northern California, in the north end of the Gold Country, east of Oroville.
Playing the Chico Summer Concerts in the park on May 22 with our blues group.. I am the harp player, of course!
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Buzadero
72 posts
May 05, 2009
1:27 PM
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Randy G. Blues,
"east of Oroville"? I'm intrigued. When I'm not working out of the Gulf of Mexico (NOLA office) or the western civil market (SanFran office), I live up the hill from you in The Holy City of Taylorsville.
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~Buzadero
Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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Randy G. Blues
12 posts
May 05, 2009
4:02 PM
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~Buzadero wrote:
Randy G. Blues, "east of Oroville"? I'm intrigued.
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Yup, I am up Hwy 70 up near Jarbo Gap with a wife, a German Shepherd, and three cats.
If you are in town and it isn't raining, catch me 'n the Boyz at the Chico Plaza Park on May 22 for the Friday night concert series - 7:00 to 8:30
Some out-of-date info on the group's MySpace page:
look for PhatBoyzBlue
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hepcat
2 posts
May 05, 2009
9:03 PM
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Born in Hong Kong. Been a proud Canadian for over 20 years. Now reside in Toronto, Ontario.
I made a new years resolution this year to play a musical instrument and stumbled on Adam's youtube videos. Perhaps I am meant to play the harp. It's my passion at the moment and I admit being (just) a little obsessive about the playing the harp.
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EddyLizard2
28 posts
May 05, 2009
11:49 PM
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Last Edited by EddyLizard2 on Jun 24, 2013 2:36 PM
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mojojojo
15 posts
May 06, 2009
5:36 AM
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Great!...a lot of folks from PA.
I'm from SW Pennsylvania, spent about 7 years in Pittsburgh. I've been in Jakarta, Indonesia for about the past 12 years...
I discovered the Indonesian Jimi Hendrix about 2 weeks ago. Not much blues and/or harmonica here! Thank God for MBH videos and forum!
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MagicPauley57
1 post
May 06, 2009
6:47 PM
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I 'm from sunny kent in the south east of England ( the garden of england)
Lived there so far all my life , you can also find me in london , checking out the pubs and clubs especially the blues and rockabilly ones!
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zonkyeah
6 posts
May 07, 2009
10:47 AM
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Born and raised in small town Amanda Ohio.
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nacoran
2 posts
May 08, 2009
12:00 PM
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I was born in Syracuse, N.Y. I lived in Cortland, Ithaca, Binghamton, Delmar, Westmere, Altamont, Guilderland, Schenectady and Albany, all in N.Y.
While not living in New York I resided in Callus, Maine, Clarion, P.A., and Tallahassee, Florida.
These days I don't even like to move from my couch, let alone to another zip code or state. I currently reside in Guilderland, population 32,000, a suburb of Albany. I see deer and turkeys in my back yard but I can drive 10 minutes and be in front of the state capitol. Great shopping, minor league sports... if I sound like I'm pitching Albany, well, I am!!! Everyone here is so...
boring. Please, someone interesting move to Albany!
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ricanefan
1 post
May 08, 2009
10:09 PM
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Lifelong Rhode Island, USA. Woonsocket (twice), Peace Dale, Narragansett (twice), Albion and Coventry. With our blues history, I'm surprised to see only one other from here.
Chromatic - where in Wakefield? Play anywhere else besides WaterFire?
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Infraro
2 posts
May 09, 2009
12:31 PM
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hello there,
born and raised in Nijmegen, Holland.
have been playing harp for 1 year and two months.
played bass guitar for 4 year before but play it too little now.
i mostly play sp20s
also have an MB(A) and a proharp(C)
infraro aka ro
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sgsax
3 posts
May 11, 2009
11:38 AM
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Born, raised, living in Manhattan, KS. My folks were transplants here from NJ. I guess I like it so much I'm raising my own family here. No other interesting back story for me. Just blowing the sax and harp here in the middle of the Flint Hills.
Seth
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Preston
335 posts
May 11, 2009
2:07 PM
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SGSax,
Manhattan KS, Huh? Bout time somebody else from the midwest signed in. I was getting lonely with only mr. harpwrench up the road in Missouri as the closest MBH member.
Harpwrench, Sgsax: What are you doing Friday night, May 29th? Jason Ricci and New Blood at Westport. The Record Bar. See ya there?
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Maltheduke
1 post
May 13, 2009
10:54 PM
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Hi everyone,i'm from Weymouth UK. South coast seaside town with a lively music scene,not many harp players though. (i'm working on it !) Great forum btw,keep it up, regards Malcolm.
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ness
1 post
May 14, 2009
1:33 PM
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I'm in Shawnee, Kansas USA. I've lived within sight of Kansas City my whole life, but I've been around some. Skimmed the list, but saw some Missouri and Kansas folks not too far from here.
John
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ness
2 posts
May 14, 2009
1:45 PM
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...and just read more and saw sgsax and Preston's posts.
sgsax - I spent last Saturday in the Flint Hills - did the Z-Bar & bus tour; ate at Emma Chase Cafe in Cottonwood Falls. The guy running it was great, 'We made it easy for you, there's only one thing on the menu tonight' (roast beef). Had a great piece of goosebery pie for dessert, which is pretty hard to find in the city.
Preston: Is Ricci at Westport in KCMO? BTW - I went to school in Baldwin, and will be cutting through Gardner on my way there this Saturday.
Who'da thunk?
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Bobbyred16
31 posts
May 14, 2009
5:35 PM
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Born in Queens, NY and rasied on Long Island. Then lived in Boston, MA for 4 years before returning back to the Island where I currently reside now.
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stashburner
1 post
May 17, 2009
11:25 AM
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Born in Tupelo, MS in '57. Grew up in Alabama. Currently live in Birmingham, AL. Been playing harp for 4 months now thanks to Adam. Been a blues guy ever since I saw the Allman Brothers in '70.Through them I learned about Elmore James, Muddy, Howlin, Walter and all of these wonderful guys. Been a huge fan of Mississipp Hill Country blues for many years now.
Agronomist by education. Huge plant lover. Got burned out working in agronomy and now just a working stiff doing irrigation installation and repair. 4 kids and three wife's. Been widowed and divorced. Raised 3 kids as a single parent. They all turned out great in spite of me. One young one who lives with her mom but spends half the year with me. A new wonderful wife now. Very happy. Learning to play the harp has been sooooooo wonderful. Now I listen to all of my old blues albums with a new vigor. At 52 its great to find new motiation to accomplish something new with something I haved loved for so long. I look forward in a couple of years to "releasing" my blues playing.
Thanks for the great lessons Adam. I am very greatful.
I am fortunate that we have a great little juke joint outside of Birmingham called Gip's Place. Such wonderful blues being played there. Adam, saw you and Satan there a while back, great show. Look forward to you coming back. If any of y'all are ever in Birmingham don't miss the opportunity to visit Gip's. A wonderful person and great blues man.
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Douguitar
1 post
May 18, 2009
8:49 AM
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Hello to all. This is my first post as a newby harp player.
I was born and raised in London,England and am proudly half Irish on my mother´s side. A few years ago I moved to Madrid, Spain where I am exceedingly happy.
I spend my free time playing guitar in various classic rock/blues rock bands and trying to learn this fantastic little instrument called the blues harp.
Cheers and keep harpin´
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addict
1 post
Jun 08, 2009
7:38 AM
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Born and raised in rural Eastern Montana. Moved to Massachusetts for a long time. Then died and went to heaven and now live in Portland, Oregon.
Love to meet Sifu's teeth...
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baruh
5 posts
Jun 08, 2009
8:32 AM
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Born in city Skopje in country Macedonia,the last year and half I live in place caled Urim in Israel.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
82 posts
Jul 06, 2009
1:26 PM
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Born in West by God Virginia. Grew up on the banks of the Elk River, all I had to do to be in that sweet, emerald green Elk water was go to the backyard and jump in.
Spent part of my college years in Philippi, West Virginia, a smaller part studying in Salzburg, Austria.
Then, back to West Virginia in Parkersburg. I currently am an Elk River expatriate living deep in the heart of Yankeedom, 70 miles north of the Elk in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The interesting thing is between back home in Elkview and here in Parkersburg, runs the dividing line between the South Appalachian Midland dialect and Midland. You can pull off at the gas stations along the way and hear the change. People think everybody in West Virginia talks like I do, that is not true, they talk like Yankees up here. I am the only person in Parkersburg without an accent, lol ;)
Fortunately, I am not so far north that I am north of the slaw line.
What is a West Virginia Hot Dog: http://www.wvhotdogs.com/index.html West Virginia Slaw Mapping Project: http://www.wvhotdogs.com/slawmap.html
One can still get cole slaw on hot dogs here. Go 45 minutes north and you are in this bizarre world without hot dog slaw.
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Harpist
25 posts
Jul 06, 2009
4:04 PM
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I was born and raised in Queens, New York and moved to Long Island, New York 20+ years ago. I work on improving my patience while commuting daily on the Long Island Expressway.
Hey Bobbyred, are you going to the Riverhead Blues Festival July 18th?
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scstrickland
114 posts
Jul 06, 2009
4:13 PM
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Hey dave, Ill be in New River gorge this weekend and most every weekend this summer. I'll look for a WVhotdog. sounds interesting any suggestions where to get one? Round our parts slaw if for BBQ.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
83 posts
Jul 06, 2009
5:40 PM
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The Burger Carte in Smithers scored 4.5 weenies on WVhotdogs.com
http://www.wvhotdogs.com/burgercart.html
The Tamarack in Beckley, which everybody ought to go to for non-hot-dog stuff, got a decent review.
http://www.wvhotdogs.com/tamarack.html
Sams in Gauley Bridge scored a mere 3 Weenies.
http://www.wvhotdogs.com/samsgauley.html
This is what to look for, taken from www.wvhotdogs.com.
" What is a West Virginia Hot Dog?
A true West Virginia hot dog is a heavenly creation that begins with a wiener on a bun. Add mustard, a chili-like sauce and top it off with coleslaw and chopped onions and you have a symphony of taste that quite possibly is the reason that many transplanted West Virginians can never really be happy living anywhere else (note from Dave, had they West Virginia hot dogs in Austria, I might have stayed). Different parts of West Virginia have variations on the theme but the common elements are sweet, creamy coleslaw and chili. Anything else is just not a true West Virginia hot dog!
The chili and coleslaw have a synergistic relationship on a WVHD. While the chili adds a spicy kick the slaw balances the heat with its cool sweetness. A great WVHD has to have these two elements working together in the right combination. If chili isn't spicy enough a sweet slaw will dominate too much. A bland slaw will allow a spicy chili to rule the taste buds.
Unlike New Yorkers or Chicago hot dog lovers, the WVHD connoisseur is not overly concerned with the taste of the wiener. A good weenie will make a better dog to be sure, but even a lackluster weenie can sit on a great WVHD if the chili and slaw work together properly. Likewise with onions and mustard: Good ingredients make it better but nothing is as important to the taste of a WVHD as a good chili/slaw combination."
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simonwoo
2 posts
Jul 06, 2009
6:13 PM
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Born and raised in a small village in China.
Then I went to Harbin(northeast of China) for my collage. It's very cold in Harbin and I spend 6 years there.
Now, I am in Shenzhen (South of China) for my PHD.
Learning harp for one and a half years. Thanks for your lesson and video Adam. It's good for me.
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MIKE C.
6 posts
Jul 08, 2009
9:06 AM
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Born in Queens, N.Y. Moved to Bethpage, Long Island at age 2. Moved to Nashville,TN. 5 years ago. Love it in Music city USA!
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Harpist
26 posts
Jul 08, 2009
4:19 PM
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What part of Queens,Mike?
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rpoe
16 posts
Jul 08, 2009
8:53 PM
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Born and raised in New Mexico. 18 yrs in Clovis, 15 yrs in Las Cruces.
Last 14 yrs in and around Austin, Texas. It may get to 110F tomorrow! Missing the New Mexico mountains about now.
Simonwoo - I've been to Shenzen a few times in the last couple of yrs. You will have to let me know where to go for blues next time I go :-)
Rob
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Ben Bouman
1 post
Jul 09, 2009
2:59 AM
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Born in Westervoort/the Netherlands...and still live there!!!
Ben Bouman
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MIKE C.
10 posts
Jul 09, 2009
11:07 AM
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My birth certificate says Queens Village. I lived in Cambria Heights for 2 years. I played baseball for St. John's University in Jamaica,Queens.
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Harpist
27 posts
Jul 09, 2009
4:29 PM
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I grew up in Astoria and now live in N. Bellmore.
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Cliff
2 posts
Jul 10, 2009
10:22 PM
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Born Lafayette, LA. Raised in New Orleans and lived there until I was in my late 40's. Then to the mountains of SW Virginia for 15 years. Now living in Oxford MS.
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Bluzeman
12 posts
Jul 12, 2009
11:02 AM
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Hmm... Let's see if I can get all of these
Born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Lived in :
Louisianna - dunno how long
Alabama - Dunno how long. I was but a sprout.
Grew up mostly in and about Panama City, Florida, for about 15 years
Joined the Air Force in 1993:
Denver, CO - 9 months
Ft Walton Beach, FL - 3 1/2 years -
Counting a 6 month rip to Dharhan, Saudi Arabia
Lakenheath, England (bout an hour north of London) - 2 Years
Mt Home Idaho - 10 Months.
6 of which were spent at Al Kharj Saudi Arabia
Klammath Falls, Oregon - 1 Year
Got out of the Air Force in 2000:
Tallahassee, FL 2+ years
Orlando, FL - 9 Months
Lansing Michigan - 1 YEar
Atlanta, Georgia - 2 1/2 years
Chipley FL, about 1 Year
Currently Living in :
Springville Utah, for the last year and a half.
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Bob217
1 post
Jul 12, 2009
12:00 PM
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Born Easton, PA. Plainfield NJ, Springfield, VA, Charlottesville, VA, Skaneateles NY (Syracuse), New York City metro area (roughly same time as Adam 1980-2000). Now live outside of DC in Alexandria VA. Anyone interested in getting together and forming a casual harp club in the DC area? I've been playing almost 2 years. email me rflennox@gmail.com
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Gwood420
1 post
Jul 12, 2009
8:36 PM
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Hello everyone, i am from Montville Ohio, near Chardon, about 35 east of Cleveland.
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Jfllr1
22 posts
Sep 01, 2009
3:18 AM
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Jack Fuller from salisbury uk
15 years old and love most music...
Also enjoy hanging with mates, rugby, climbing kayaking and diving.
Anyone in the sp2 area like to meet and play??
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"Blow as thou pleaseth"
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JimInMO
2 posts
Sep 01, 2009
6:35 AM
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Cool, get to post next to Salisbury UK I live in Salisbury, Missouri. Born in Kansas but lived in Kansas City, Missouri for 40+ years. Played a lot of R&B guitar stuff around St. Joseph Missouri in the early 60's but hung it up when the family started. Retired to the country a couple of years ago and have picked up the music thing again. Playing some guitar, bass and recently harmonica. Mostly jam sessions and gigging a couple times a month. Keeps me young in spirit despite the body falling apart. Ran across Adams's YouTube videos awhile back which led me to the forum. Lurk mostly but have learned a lot from you all.
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Zhin
341 posts
Sep 01, 2009
7:50 AM
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Born and raised in the sunny tropics... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It's a 3rd world country out here. I live on a huge 768 year old tree (in a tree house). It's not too bad. We have plumbing but our toilets can be dangerous since it's just a hole looking 6 floors down. We keep cattle prods in tree houses because our biggest pest problem are monkeys (howling gibbons to be exact) and the occasional horn bill bird.
Despite the rough conditions we get 1 MB DSL in our humble little 3 room tree house. It's got good resale value though because of the nice view that looks over the valley.
I aspire one day to move out of this silly treehouse and get a nice cave apartment instead. They're considered "upper class" like luxury apartments due to the space and indoor plumbing!
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http://www.youtube.com/harmonicazhin
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juniorwellslovechild
7 posts
Sep 01, 2009
12:05 PM
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Born, raised, and currently living in Clarksdale, MS.
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bluesnut
96 posts
Sep 02, 2009
12:22 AM
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Hololulu, Hawaii and still live here. I like it here so much I think I'll stay.
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Brillo
1 post
Sep 02, 2009
2:24 AM
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Hi everybody,
"please allow me to introduce myself..." :)
my civil name is Andreas I was born and raised in Frankfurt at the river Main in Germany, where I also spent most of my life with short "intermezzos" in Munich for three years and Leuven in Belgium for a couple of month.
Personally I discovered music for myself quiet late in 1990 at the age of 25. After a short "warm up phase" and jam sessions, I played the harp in amateur bands and we even had some gigs in small pubs with free drinks and some tip.
In the mid 90s I (eventually) finished my academic studies. Regarding the estimated income of a scientist compared to that of a musician (of my skill at least) I decided to move to Munich. Pitiablely music was something that comes from the radio from that day on.
Today I neither work as a scientist nor as a musician but have a small IT company. Moving my bureau some old harps and with them some welcomed memories arose. So I blow and (stupid enough) draw of the dust. There it was again. It laid there buried under years of changing emotions from success and happiness to deepest frustration digging its way to surface. The Blues. My skill was rusty as the harps but the blues has grown even bigger.
And here I go again. Back with such a powerful tool like the internet, which was unimaginable in the mid 90s, I started a research of what happen during all that years. I could not believe what i found; there are tons of information. Thanks to Adam Gussow and Jason Ricci (and others I may have not found yet). Even if I would have spent the last 15 years on the road I would not have learnt what I learnt from their videos in last couple of weeks.
I am proud to become part of your community. Keep on blowing.
Brillo
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PT
13 posts
Sep 02, 2009
4:05 AM
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Yo,
Born In Watertown Wisconsin. Grew up in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Had a brief stint of two years in Lexington, Ky. The past 30 years in Nashville, Tn area.
PT
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"Life...10 Holes & 20 Reeds At A Time"
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Silvertone
1 post
Sep 02, 2009
2:46 PM
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I was born in Easton,Pa and have lived across the river in Warren County ,NJ all of my 43 years. I have been playing since I was 15 or so. The first 10 years very badly. I wish this web site existed back then!!!
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mpharpsax
3 posts
Sep 02, 2009
6:07 PM
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I am from Shampoo-Banana, IL -- better known as Champaign-Urbana. I have been in San Fransico and Oakland for almost 26 years.
I've been around the world..."
Big Walter Horton (that's Shakey to his close friends)
Michael P.
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Cisco
8 posts
Sep 02, 2009
6:14 PM
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Tucson, Arizona.
I am a bass player (59 years young)in a blues band. Luckily one of the guitar players takes my bass when I blow. I used to play blues harp like 30 years ago and I'm starting all over and there is soooooo much more educational info available now to get back in the groove. Just acquired 2 59 Bassman amps which I'll be modifying slightly for harp ( I modify Fender amps as a side business). For band rehearsals I'm using a Fender 57 Deluxe and my mics are a 69 Shure Green Bullet and a 50 Shure Bullet with a 61 CM. Currently using Lee Oscar harps.
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528hemi
27 posts
Sep 02, 2009
6:23 PM
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Born in the Bronx NY. Moved to Rockland County in 1969
to a small town called Garnerville about 15 minutes from Congers NY. Now living in Orange County NY North of Rockland County.
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toddlgreene
1 post
Sep 15, 2009
6:23 AM
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Hey gang. New to the forum, although I have 'lurked' and gleaned some great info for quite some time since learning the existence of this site. Here goes:
Born in Gulfport, MS in '69, two days before the first moonwalk(sorry Michael Jackson). My first hurricane was Camille when I was 4 weeks old. Spent the next twelve years moving around between New Orleans, Southeast TX, and the Bay Area, getting my highway and frequent flier miles as many 'divorce kids' do...Spent my formative years and my adulthood in SE Louisiana-NOLA, baby! I come from musical blood, and I've been a singer since I was very young, performing in musicals here and there to make my folks happy. Got into singing for rock bands in high school, and began playing harp 20 years ago by necessity rather than curiosity, when a band I was the new singer for played 'What I Like About You' by The Romantics...it had a harmonica solo, and everyone else had their hands full, so I got a harp(in the wrong key at first), and soon found my niche instrument. Played in several mostly rock bands in NOLA where I have usually been the lead singer, and I always push for harp time. I've also done a few recordings and sideman work from time to time. I'll find the proper thread on here to list my influences. Currently I front an all-original band called am540(got a page on myspace, and a recording in the final phases of mixing). Additionally, myself and a fella named Harvey Berman started the Crescent City Harmonica Club, almost a year ago to the day. Nice to virtually meet y'all!-tlg
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