Blues Harp in the Studio / Will Tucker (AG.3)

Blues harmonica players occasionally get called on to deliver their best playing as hired guns in the recording studio. Here, Mississippi-based pro Adam Gussow talks about a recent session with Memphis blues phenom Will Tucker. (Note: Tucker's record release party is TONIGHT, 11/7/09, at B. B. King's on Beale Street, 5-8 PM)

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[krizem]

Love those downward runs.... Pride and Joy :) SRV song that would be really interesting on the harp

[KudzuRunner]

I agree. I want to work that tune up.

[aerospacepat]

Check out Muddy Water's "Fathers and Sons" album- they play walking through the park with Butterfield on harp

[KudzuRunner]

I'd totally forgotten that. Thanks. I don't have that album, but I've heard it once or twice. Excellent point. Well, I did NOT do my solo based on whatever Butterfield does in his version!

[silvermediastudio]

@KudzuRunner My guitarist and I used to perform "Life by the Drop" back in 2001-2003. Much lesser known, and we swung it a bit more than SRV did, worked out extremely well. I think we played it in either A or D. Texas Flood was another good one to hit.

[paulspeer1]

Hey Adam... cool video! I watched the whole thing. Will and I really appreciate your contribution to his debut CD. You were a treat to work with.

[petro062]

Is it possible to change keys so the trackers would get thrown off? Worst case is to delete it? Try it with a few tunes you can always delete the test.

[messinger123]

Adam, you are the best of the tube. So glad I found your vids.

[TheoBurke]

Your solo is unique and blasting on your own terms for sure, Adam, marked by your note choices and sweetly crisp phrases. Butterfield's solo , I think, is further proof of the genius that was his; I studied that solo for years and is , actually, a template for my style. I love that run you did in the first chorus, from six draw down, a breathtaking run in tribute to Butter.

[druglord57]

Adam, it's great to see that you"re still with us. i was worried that your last lesson was really going to be your last video and that would have been tragic.

[hsatem]

love it

[StopTheMoti0n]

Blues Harp in the Studio... in a car