geordiebluesman
614 posts
Sep 12, 2012
1:57 PM
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Hi Guys, I went down to Lancashire last weekend and bought all of Kingleys gear, Amp,Harps Mics etc and a huge collection of CDs.
I recon there must be about 300 and they pretty much cover every Harmonica player you've ever heard of and a whole bunch that I have'nt and that's the thing, total overkill.
I know this collection contains countless gems but I don't know where to start so who do you suggest I listen to?, whoever you say it's quite likely that I now own some of there work so come on guys help get the ball rolling and make your suggestions below, tell me who you recomend and give me a rough idea of their style and I'll take it from there.
Cheers Geordie.
Last Edited by on Sep 12, 2012 1:58 PM
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Libertad
117 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:02 PM
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I would start with Jason Ricci, then Jasson Ricci, followed by Jason Ricci.....
You have probably guessed I am a fan. Seriously it would be better to know what you prefer. Are you into more traditional players or contemporary?
Cheers
Martin
Last Edited by on Sep 12, 2012 2:04 PM
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geordiebluesman
615 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:07 PM
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I like most styles from Sony Terry to William Clarke and of course Jason.
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oldwailer
1922 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:20 PM
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I would recommend starting with the one on top of the stack. ;-)
Why did Kingley sell all of his gear?
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Joe_L
2036 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:18 PM
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It depends what your goals are and you didn't supply a list of what you bought.
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geordiebluesman
616 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:32 PM
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As I said there are about 300 CDs so I can't list what I've bought that's why i say tell me who YOU would listen to if you could listen to anyone cos I've probably got something by them, I'm just a bit overwhelmed by the shear number of artists and don't know where to start.
OW,Kingley has given up gigging and decided he was happy enough just playing at home and being a VERY good player only feels he needs one Harp so he sold the rest to me! Right place right time.
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harmonicanick
1722 posts
Sep 12, 2012
2:47 PM
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i think Kingley has made a mistake, however lucky you!!
I am fed up with old blues and only find JR, JJ Milteau, and BP inspirational now
Just play along with the cd's one by one and enjoy, (whatever they are..please let us know what they are)
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Joe_L
2037 posts
Sep 12, 2012
3:09 PM
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I would start with Earring George Mayweather.
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timeistight
840 posts
Sep 12, 2012
4:04 PM
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Muddy Waters. Waters never had a bad harp player in his band and they collectively wrote the manual on how to accompany a blues singer and play in a blues band.
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kudzurunner
3504 posts
Sep 12, 2012
6:08 PM
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I'll second timeistight.
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kudzurunner
3505 posts
Sep 12, 2012
6:18 PM
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Geordie: I don't know why nobody has yet asked this, but you would be doing a huge service to this forum, and to the blues harmonica world, if you simply created a file and listed all of the CDs that you purchased.
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LSC
296 posts
Sep 12, 2012
7:28 PM
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One more ditto for timeistight as well as Adams comment.
Being British I would imagine you'll have some Paul Lamb, Nine Below Zero and maybe some Lester Butler/Red Devils since he was more popular over there. Might look for Canadian Richard "King Biscuit Boy" Newell with or without Crowbar. For the rest there's Lazy Lester, Rod Piazza, Jerry Portnoy, Sonny Terry, all the usual suspects.
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didjcripey
382 posts
Sep 12, 2012
7:26 PM
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Big Walter does it for me, Sonny Boy as well
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Joe_L
2038 posts
Sep 12, 2012
7:51 PM
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He said it was to much work to list them.
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geordiebluesman
617 posts
Sep 13, 2012
12:07 AM
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Thanks Guys,some good advice here, Adam that's quite a chore you are suggesting and I have to say doing stuff like that is my idea of HELL,In fact I would rather wipe my arse with a Hedgehog than do that!,But as It's you that's asking I'll make a huge effort and ask the wife to do it for me!.
Last Edited by on Sep 13, 2012 12:07 AM
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belfast_harper
320 posts
Sep 13, 2012
4:53 AM
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Frank Frost, Forrest City Joe, Jim liban
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timeistight
843 posts
Sep 13, 2012
9:48 AM
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kudzurunner wrote, "Geordie: I don't know why nobody has yet asked this, but you would be doing a huge service to this forum, and to the blues harmonica world, if you simply created a file and listed all of the CDs that you purchased."
geordiebluesman wrote: "Adam that's quite a chore you are suggesting and I have to say doing stuff like that is my idea of HELL,In fact I would rather wipe my arse with a Hedgehog than do that!"
It doesn't have to be that bad if you rip the CDs into iTunes. (That'll take a while, but you'll probably want to do it anyway.) Once you've imported them all, make a playlist of them, select all the songs in the playlist and hit copy (regular old control-c or command-c depending on your OS). Then paste the list into a text editor.
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JInx
303 posts
Sep 13, 2012
10:53 AM
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Who the hell is Kingley?
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Martin
142 posts
Sep 15, 2012
6:33 AM
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You don´t say what level you´re on, and I think that would affect recommendations.
I would say do NOT start with "Jason Ricci, Jason Ricci and Jason Ricci" as suggested above unless you´re pretty advanced as a player. (IF you´re an advanced player you could probably find Yazoo´s "Harmonica blues" in the collection and that will keep you occupied for a while. Yeah, they played harp even before JR came on the scene.)
Othwerwise LW´s collected; JJ Milteaus "Routes"; BWH´s live stuff w Ronnie Earl; Satan and Adam; John Cephas and Phil Wiggins. Should give you some variety.
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Joe_L
2051 posts
Sep 15, 2012
8:04 AM
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Most iPods should hold 300 CD's.
How did you like the Earring George stuff?
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Rick Davis
677 posts
Sep 15, 2012
8:16 AM
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I agree with timeistight: Listen to Muddy Waters. His first instrument was harp, and he hired the best players. He knew how to integrate them into his music to get the best of the harp and the band.
Also listen to Jimmy Reed, Paul Butterfield, so many others.
I have 1000 blues songs all with harp on my iPod, which I listen to every day while working out.
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Frank
1150 posts
Sep 15, 2012
8:37 AM
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I need an up-grade... mine only holds 8gigs, but that is still ALOT of tunes.
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Rick Davis
679 posts
Sep 15, 2012
8:54 AM
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Frank, 8 gigs is a LOT of harp tunes! Mine is only 4 gigs. It doesn't hold all my harp collection but it is way more than enough for a week of workouts.
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Frank
1152 posts
Sep 15, 2012
9:04 AM
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Oh yeah, fillin it up keeps me happy for along time...I walk every day and either listen to ipod tunes or play the harp while enjoyin nature :)
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