I work as a trio with Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors (SRBD) and as a duo, locally, with The Blues Doctors (Blues Docs). In either configuration, I'm be willing to travel to where the work is, including overseas.  

BOOKINGS:

§for USA/UK/Euro and all other bookings, please email Adam Gussow:  asgussow@aol.com

 

As an experienced teacher and lecturer, I'm also delighted to offer my services for harmonica-related teaching events:  clinics, workshops, and the like; the OMB format, in such cases, lets me deliver a self-contained, concert-ready set of music--often with the help of a local guitar player--to complement the instructional portion of the event.  I'm ready, willing, and able to travel.  If you think you've got a gig for me, please don't hesitate to ask!  You can contact me directly for solo work:  asgussow (at) aol (dot) com

 

Here are my upcoming gigs:

2/2/25:    ONLINE - Free Black Thought podcast w/Connie Morgan drops

2/25/25:  pub date for my new book:  My Family and I:  A Mississippi Memoir

2/26/25:  Oxford, MS - Off Square Books (reading/signing for My Family and I, 5:30 - 6:30 PM; signed books available for mail-order)

3/1/25:   Jackson, MS - Lemuria Books (reading/signing for My Family and I, 2 PM)

              Product page: https://www.lemuriabooks.com/My-Family-and-I-p/9798888457658.htm

              Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1767629000749041

3/13/25:   Article in The American Scholar goes live:  “Lessons From Harlem:  A White Blues Player’s Streetside Education" (adapted from My Family and I)   

3/27/25:  ONLINE - Clemson, SC - Clemson University Emeritus College (Zoom presentation/Q&A about My Family and I)

4/10/25:  Atlanta, GA - A Cappella Books @ BeOnEdgewood (SRBD performance + book talk, 7 PM)

4/11/25:  Greenwood, SC - Flynn's on Maxwell Uptown Wine & Beer (SRBD, 6-8 PM)

4/12/25:  Clemson, SC - Clemson University Emeritus College (SRBD performance + book talk, 11 AM - 1 PM)

4/13/25:  Freshfields Village (Kiawah Island), SC - Blues By the Sea (SRBD, 3-4 PM)

4/19/25:  Tuscaloosa, AL - Ernest & Hadley Booksellers (reading/signing for My Family and I, 11 AM)

5/15/25: Spartanburg, SC - Hub City Bookshop (reading/signing for My Family and I, 6-7 PM)

5/18/25: Nyack, NY - Big Red Books (reading/signing for My Family and I, 4 PM)

5/19/25: New York, NY - Macaulay Honors College Screening Room, 35 W 67th St. ("My Family and I: An Evening with Adam Gussow," sponsored by the FAIR Foundation, 7–8:30 PM)

6/12/25: New Orleans, LA - Garden District Book Shop ("Loving Day" book conversation w/Josh-Wade Ferguson, 6 PM)

8/1/25:   Lewisburg, WV - Lewisburg Literary Festival (free blues harmonica clinic, 6-7:15 PM)

8/2/25:   Lewisburg, WV - Lewisburg Literary Festival (Sitting at a table in the Literary Town Square for much of the day, selling and signing My Family and I; please come on down and visit--and bring your harps.  My son Shaun (bass) and I (vocals, harmonica, drums) will be playing two sets at the closing party, 9-11 PM.)

8/29/25: Coldwater, MS - Sharde Turner's GOAT Picnic (Blues Doctors, 5 - 5:30, indoor stage)

9/13/25: Jackson, MS - Mississippi Book Festival (panel discussion for My Family and I, TBA)

11/1/25:  Baton Rouge, LA - Louisiana Book Festival (panel discussion for My Family and I, TBA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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