Blues Harp From the Crossroads (Gussow.027)

More late-night, front-seat Mississippi conversation, oriented towards early- and mid-journey bluesmen: the pros and cons of jam sessions; using iTunes to master new repertoire; why you need a guitar-man (or guitar-woman); daring to say "The hell with Little Walter!" when new performance contexts demand it. Bonus track: Jimmy Smith's "Chicken Shack," using overblows.

For a series of skill-graded video tutorials and tabs focusing on classic blues harmonica repertoire by Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, and others, please visit:

http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Mississippi
• blues
• harmonica
• harp
• lesson
• Satan
• Adam
• Gussow

[sas2566]

Man you are so right!

Not only your advice is for bluesharp, but for every musician. I'm a young blues guitar player myself and unfortunately their are only a few people in Holland who understand this.

Hope to see you some day live and if you ever come to Holland we should do some gigs together.

[KudzuRunner]

I'm working on giving a harp clinic in Amsterdam on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, after I've finished my residency at the Mundharmonika-live fest in Klingenthal. Please email me using the email at my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (see the "contact me" page. We'll work something out.

[nomoboy]

Don't know what happend yesterday but the vid is working now.. and I'm so happy. Great lesson with lots of useful stuff. Really makes me wanting to "get ready" to make the jump..

[KudzuRunner]

Good! As one of my first two or three subscribers, your feedback is something I pay special attention to.

[mississippisaxman]

Adam, This stuff you are talkin about in the last few sessions is where I've been for sometime and I knew my style wasn't like the old masters (close but different) I never wanted to use much it for fear of rockin the proverbial Blues Boat. So I came to a bridge that I couldn't or wouldn't cross and I have stagnated since. Thanks for the info and the encouragement to do my own thing.

[KudzuRunner]

Excellent. Just remember: Musselwhite/Estrin/Wilson/Harm­an/Piazza came up in a time when they had to prove that white guys could actually play the damned thing. That's been done now. Now it's time to take that accrued knowledge and technique and actually dare to play new & modern blues. The X-games guys--white boys, a fair number of them--have been radical and inventive from the get-go. So was Little Walter, when he plugged in. It's time to throw down, without apologies.

[NabbieDee]

thank you for your inspiration. i'm really starting to kick ass in the jam sessions and im having the time of my life.

[multiman090100]

Very inspirational words, friend.

[ganjalfx]

WOW

[kloijhi]

where i can see that "MAGIC - absoloutley must know these blues songs on harp" LIST ????

cos i feel that i start playing some 8-10 motives over and over in different combinations and different locations on harp hahaha

[phatjesus008]

very true! i'm only just now starting to play , ive been playing guitar for 10 years and this is just like back when i started out. same excitement. with the difference that i get some real good info :)

[ShoeShineDanny]

adam,

everything you are doing to mentor us aspiring harmonica players is truly awsome. and i think i can speak for everyone who has ever fallowed these videos of your. i never thought that i would learn so much when i decided to take the first lesson to heart. thank you man.

[riccisam]

Thanks man, i play harp whenever I feel blues inside...and that's it...the soul connection

greetings from Venezuela let me know if gonna come here to play some Blues in Venezuela like my old friend T-Bone was used to

[MisterPignose]

Thanks for sharing your soul from the Crossroads. Quite a statement on the last three posts.....Visually poetic!

GT