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Adam Gussow's dirty-South blues harp channel
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KudzuRunner
Style: Blues
Joined: February 19, 2007
Last Sign In: 8 hours ago
Videos Watched: 3,454
Subscribers: 11,324
Channel Views: 452,183
This channel features an ongoing series of free-form lessons in the subtleties of contemporary blues harmonica. Beginners will learn useful things here, but most of my conversation is oriented towards intermediate and advanced players who have learned some or most of the basic techniques but KNOW they are missing something. It's that "something" that I'm going to explore here. I'll also use this channel to share footage of Sterling "Mister Satan" Magee, Nat Riddles, and the other mentors and players from whom I've learned and with whom I've shared stages.

If you're a beginner looking for guidance, or if you're an intermediate or advanced player seeking additional challenges, please visit my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (URL below), where I've got lots of other blues harp materials for sale, including a staged series of videos and tabs featuring classic and contemporary repertoire by Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and many others.
When I'm not uploading quick-hit blues harp lessons to YouTube, I'm an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. I've published widely in the areas of American and African American literature, and I have three books to my name: MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE: A BLUES MEMOIR (1998), SEEMS LIKE MURDER HERE: SOUTHERN VIOLENCE AND THE BLUES TRADITION (2002), and the forthcoming JOURNEYMAN'S ROAD: MODERN BLUES LIVES FROM FAULKNER'S MISSISSIPPI TO POST-9/11 NEW YORK (2007). Between 1986 and 1998 I was the harmonica-playing half of Satan and Adam, a Harlem-based blues duo with three CDs on the Flying Fish and Rounder labels: HARLEM BLUES (1991), MOTHER MOJO (1993), and LIVING ON THE RIVER (1996).

About the KudzuRunner handle: I am an enthusiastic road racer and compete regularly in Memphis and N. Mississippi at distances from 5K to the marathon.

Record Label: Rounder Records
Label Type: Independent
Band Members: Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow (Satan and Adam)
Sounds Like: Robert Johnson crossed with Parliament Funkadelic and lots of amplified harp
City: Oxford, MS
Hometown: Congers, NY
Country: United States
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My friends in the NYC blues scene over many years. The best.
Satan and Adam at a Mississippi juke joint (2008)
9:39
Satan and Adam playing at Red's Lounge in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Whew. Satan...
1 year ago 10,482 views KudzuRunner
"St. Louis Blues" on harmonica (MBH.170)
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The most famous blues song of all time, composed by W. C. Handy. Performed by Adam...
4 months ago 7,322 views KudzuRunner
Modern Blues Harmonica - Harlem riff 2 (Gussow.112)
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Unlocking the secrets of a really cool blues harp lick. With Adam Gussow of Satan...
1 year ago 54,240 views KudzuRunner
North Mississippi Front-Porch Blues Harp Lesson (Gussow.024)
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Satan and Adam harpist Gussow discusses the importance of slowing waaaay down, cou...
2 years ago 124,525 views KudzuRunner
"Satan and Adam":  documentary trailer (final cut)
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Award-winning director V. Scott Balcerek has been filming Sterling Magee and Adam ...
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Satan and Adam, "Feel So Bad" (mid-1990s)
5:45
Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow as Satan and Adam, the Harlem Blues duo, in an upst...
1 year ago 10,212 views KudzuRunner
Mitch Kashmar's "Dirty Deal" (MBH.171)
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Amazingly good first-position high-note stuff from one of the very best blues harp...
4 months ago 3,106 views KudzuRunner
Satan and Adam, "Groovy People" (early 1990s)
4:08
Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow, as Satan and Adam, play an original composition, "...
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Whammer Jammered (Gussow.1year.anniversary)
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It's been exactly one year since I uploaded my first harmonica video to YouTube; I...
1 year ago 21,030 views KudzuRunner
Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street
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2 years ago 2,346,360 views RSLweblog
Sterling Magee aka Mister Satan - "Oh She Was Pretty"
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Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good
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American Folk Blues Festival 1982 feat. Billy Branch
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Son's Of The Blues: this is there version of the Little Walter classic Juke Bill...
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Satan and Adam Thunky Fing w/eye candy
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Satan and Adam at the Preservation Pub in Knoxville Tn. Got a cutie dancin!
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Charlie Wood - solo piano and vocals
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Charlie Wood live on regional network television
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Satan and Adam Thunky Fing Ocala, FL
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Satan and Adam performing Thunky Fing at the Tin Cup Tavern in Ocala, FL
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