Modern Blues Harmonica - Whammer Jammer 2 (Gussow.078)

[mrdannygb1606]

man Adam thanks for this was worried about that chromatic I thought i was ready to try,turned out the super chromatic has problems went back in your archives and found whammer jammer!that keep me busy,been a bad year got hurt real bad on the job,the company baled on me!so I wasnt able to make this last homecoming last may in oxford,missed ya guys!when things get better i'll get your kick n stomp cd,got your blues classic cd n your first vol one dvd n your blues memoirs book thank you

[AnarchiveMagnetik]

Cool !

you'r a good player

Thx for share

[jabawaki101]

what is the website with the tab?

[stickman33]

Are you familiar with the "Amazing Slow Downer" program? It's a great piece of software that lets you adjust the speed of the music without changing the pitch so you can learn and practice alongside at your own pace. You can set the start and end loop points to focus on any part you want.

[KudzuRunner]

@stickman33: Yes! Actually, I've mentioned the Slow Downer in many of my videos--but perhaps not in this series. It's a great tool. We didn't have it back when I was pulling licks off records.

[Lefty090360]

Adam, I don't believe that it is too hard to teach. The bit you had the "problem" with is just a syncopation of the harp notes (4b, 3d) against the 4/4 time of the song. If I tap as you playit slowly, you start off on-beat but at the (4b, 3d) bar you drop into a syncopation which delays the harp notes to an off-beat position. (It is a very jazzy move on Magic's part. It is the sort of thing you hear in the drumming style of god jazz drummers.)

[KudzuRunner]

@Lefty090360: Yes, you've explained it very well. I've been able to execute the move myself without trouble for many decades (I was playing with people in this video :)), but it is indeed a tricky, jazzy move, and not one that inexperienced players can easily get--at least judging from the videos people send me.

[onlybugwit]

I'm sitting hear and I'm out of breath just watching this,, and thinking how can I remember all of this.

[stijn8957]

Even better played than the original man

[Tariqalhajri]

you the man

[Keeponharpin]

Gussow for President!!!!!

[brujo927]

sorry I wasn't clear is it 232 or 323

[brujo927]

adam are you going holes 232 323

[gussowclone]

time for my lesson, mr. gussow, good morning

[CrawdadOutdoors]

what are the notes for this song in numbers please not letters

[KudzuRunner]

No, I'd do what Mark Wenner does: I'd stack two amps--my 1956 Bassman on the bottom, probably my HarpGear HG2 on the top--and then crank the smaller amp all the way up, or almost all the way, and mic it. The big amp is for stage volume and can be tweaked up or down, as needed. I assume the JGB would be playing in a pretty big venue. Big venues allow you crank even bigger amps up to the singing-point. But I always want a smaller amp, too, since I KNOW I can crank it to the proper level.

[KudzuRunner]

Wenner uses a Champ and a Bassman, with the Champ miked. Or at least he did when I saw him. That's the right way to go.

[TzzX78]

Hello Mr. Gussow, Question; Do you favor a brand of harp?

[SianReynolds]

Adam: Let's say it were 1978 and Dick's got the flu and the guys in the band call and ask you to sit in for a gig ........ would you play it with a little tube amp miked?

[auemm]

sorry, sonny boy williamson II

[KudzuRunner]

Yes, Magic Dick talks about this in the long interview with him that I've made available for free on my website, Modern Blues Harmonica.

[auemm]

i think that the whammer jammer´s riff is a kind of version from soony boy´s song "bye bye bird". am i right?

saludos

[Aminmojo]

yes that's what i thought also..:)

[toamille]

Still workin on it. I haven't given up.

[cravenmoorrrrrrrrr]

Cant play whammer jammer...i'm in the slammer!!!

[Magnum2525]

J. Geils Band for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! C'mon Y'all, write the letters, make the calls, we all know it's the biggest joke ever that they are not in. I live in Cleveland, and I'm not visiting it until they are in.

[jfgoldstein]

adam--this song can be taught. You are teaching it. This lesson is SUPER helpful. Thank you.

[KudzuRunner]

You're welcome! It's a great song and deserves the best that we can give it.

[ultrakool]

"Are you gonna (DJ mumbo-jumbo double speak) get it all down, get it all night, get it all right and get it outta sight and get it down, baby?" "YEAH"...

[espetomacacaria]

You are great harp player.I have been practicing this song.But I always gave up.

I'll try it again.And you are mastr of harmonica for me.Thank you.

[TheJamminTeam]

try to do harmonica beatbox would be great

[Harpmaster9000]

I love you

[EnterSkywalker]

(Harmonica Key A) This is the Key used in this lesson

[africa1975]

He great lesson, you make it look so easy. I was never a Blue's player but I would like to get into it. The Blues really uses the harp in a whole other tone over Celtic Music.

Take Care,

David McNamara

[Mojokane4u]

You got it all WRONG!!!

NOT!!!only keeeeeeding...

LOL!!!

Totally hip and right on ADAM!

Disregard that first comment. You have made the most difficult harp song accessable, and understandable to us lesser mortals.

I have wrestled with this song for a long time. I'm very curious what you'll break down next.

Perhaps Jose can enhance everyones playing, too.

I am not afraid of the dark anymore!!

[bobblunn]

Well done!

Thanks for sharing.

-BB

[tdog1601]

i think your doing a great job, all i needed was for someone to play it slow and repeated because i play allot by ear. so thanks.

[oscarv30]

so funny cuase when i saw you were gonna teach this.... i was like hows he gonna teach that "hard part"... that part with the off beat vamp thing always messed me up. Theres another part that im curious to see how you approach... good luck mr. gussow... lol

[blopper68]

Adam,you are a svengali to so many people,some of them now young geniuses.I can't impress upon you enough just how GOOD it is to see and hear you ramble and catch the pearls you throw to us re harp AND the rest!I am a 39 yr old going on 18,but hell;you would be a dream lecturer in any discipline.Please rest assured,in the words of Frampton;"we love your way"

Much respect,Sean.

[KudzuRunner]

I guess you folks have got my back, and I thank you for that. There's a Magic Dick website, BTW, and I encourage everybody to google it ("Magic Dick") and check it out.

[ernal]

Make sure you put the quotes at etiher end of "Magic Dick". Type in Magic Dick and you will get much more than you bargained for :)

[BlindDogFulton]

Adam-

You do fine. God Bless you for trying, this is the best series of harp lessons I have ever received. I think what you do is great. Play the real thing, and slow it down and list the tabs. It works great Anyone serious about playing the Harmonica could and should be able to pick up on the rest after some solid hours of woodshedding. You supply the foundation for us.

Hey, you taught me how to overblow, I think you can accomplish just about anything else after that. :)

[robthebog]

:) :)