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Hill Country Harmonica Workshop: June 25
Hill Country Harmonica Workshop: June 25
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kudzurunner
5166 posts
Dec 04, 2014
10:48 AM
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[edited to add: the event is live! see formal announcement below]
On June 25th, I'm going to be overseeing a one-day blues harmonica workshop in Holly Springs, Mississippi--about eight miles north of Foxfire Ranch.
The teachers are going to be Jason Ricci, Billy Gibson, Brandon Bailey, and yours truly.
Price is $100. It will last from 9 to 4. There will be three 75 minute sessions with individual teachers (you'll have the option of signing up with whomever you prefer, one or two or three different teachers) plus a 90 minute group session.
In the evening, there will be some kind of jam with folks who are taking a blues guitar workshop the same day. The jam will be at David Kimbrough's new juke joint.
I was asked to organize this by Sara Brown, the head of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, which will be having its tenth anniversary that Friday and Saturday.
My hope is that some Hill Country Harmonica veterans will decide to make this a mini-reunion. My further hope is that we'll convince the folks at Foxfire to host Jason and his band there on Sunday evening. Then it will really feel like a reunion.
Hill Country Harmonica at Foxfire Ranch--the sort of two-day event we put on in 2010, 2011, and 2012--will NOT be happening this year. But this one-day event WILL be happening. And because a truly unique festival happens on Friday and Saturday--including Billy playing with Kenny Brown and his band, plus the Blues Doctors with Jason sitting in on a few--this will be a weekend worth remembering.
Note: Jason is 100% on board but only 95% confirmed, due to the outside possibility of his agent having another date.
When I have registration information, you may be sure that I'll share it here. I should have it within 72 hours, if not sooner.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Dec 15, 2014 9:03 AM
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kudzurunner
5184 posts
Dec 15, 2014
8:59 AM
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OK, the event is live.
The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Harmonica Workshop will take place in Holly Springs, Mississippi on June 25, 2015. It will run from 9 AM to 4 PM.
The teachers will be Jason Ricci, Billy Gibson, Brandon Bailey, and Adam Gussow.
There will be three 75-minute breakout sessions, several smaller breaks, a lunch break, and a 90 minute session with all four teachers and the assembled company.
Registration fee is $100 plus a $3-4 processing fee through EventBrite.
The evening of the workshop, there will be some sort of get-together at a local juke joint, which will bring us together with the guitar students at a parallel guitar workshop, plus the guitar instructors, who are drawn from the cream of the crop of hill country bluesmen.
On the Friday and Saturday following the workshop, the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic will be taking place nearby. It is a spectacularly good event that pretty much pulls together EVERY legit act from the area. YT videos of past picnics will make this abundantly clear.
Billy will be playing the festival with the Kenny Brown Band. The Blues Doctors will be playing the festival.
I have urged Jason to contact the Hollowells and book himself and his band a gig on Sunday evening at Foxfire Ranch. Whether or not he's able to do that, I would like this long weekend to become a Hill Country Harmonica reunion. I urge HCH alums to think about coming on down.
One warning: late June is when the hot muggy weather is in full effect. If you've always wanted the "In the Heat of the Night" experience of Mississippi, you'll get it with that weather.
Here are relevant links for registration and info, as provided by Sara Brown, the festival organizer:
The tickets are available from the Picnic website under the Buy Tickets tab at the top:
North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic
also please share the Picnic Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nmshillcountrypicnic
The Eventbrite link is: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-north-mississippi-hill-country-picnic-tickets-14028129513
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Dec 15, 2014 9:03 AM
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Chinn
118 posts
Dec 15, 2014
9:54 AM
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Simply awesome!
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kudzurunner
5185 posts
Dec 15, 2014
3:55 PM
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Billy Gibson has withdrawn from the workshop and festival, much to my surprise, and Sara Brown's. So we'll be looking for a new fourth person.
John Nemeth expressed an interest in the event, several months ago, as did his agent, so he's my next call. I'll share updates here.
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Greg Heumann
2914 posts
Dec 15, 2014
4:39 PM
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With you were doing a 3-day love fest like prior years, Adam - I can't justify the travel expense for a single day affair - not enough social time!
But I understand and hope you have a great show.
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KC69
411 posts
Dec 15, 2014
4:44 PM
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Agree with Greg: I'd be there in a heart beat for a weekend event!!!
And I Thank You !!
KCz
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KingoBad
1577 posts
Dec 15, 2014
8:40 PM
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Not to poke a dead horse, but same here.
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kudzurunner
5186 posts
Dec 15, 2014
8:53 PM
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Yeah, I wish Jeff and I had the time to stage the Big Lebowski. It just hasn't been in the cards.
But when Sara Brown came to me and said, "It's the 10th anniversary of our festival in 2015 and we want to do something special. Would you organize a harmonica workshop?", I didn't have to think very long about whether to say yes, or about who I wanted on my teaching team.
I'm hoping we can round Sunday out with a great concert at Foxfire. I suspect that a few HCH alums will make the trek. I certainly hope so.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Dec 15, 2014 8:53 PM
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kudzurunner
5256 posts
Jan 19, 2015
1:17 PM
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Here's the poster for the workshop:
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kudzurunner
5257 posts
Jan 19, 2015
1:18 PM
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Here are the webpages for the event:
North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic harmonica workshop
NMHCP harp teachers
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Jan 19, 2015 1:19 PM
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kudzurunner
5288 posts
Feb 02, 2015
4:57 AM
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Jason and the other teachers have now all weighed in, so the schedule (with lists of topics in breakout sessions) is now complete. Please take a look:
NMHCP harp workshop: topics and schedule
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