Modern Blues Harmonica "Watermelon Man" 2 ( Gussow.034)

Gussow begins with a long story evoking hot summer days as a street musician in Harlem and the "watermelon man" who cooled things off. He plays the head, amplified and with overblows, then slows and dissects it. The song is a cha-cha beat. Note: Satan and Adam recorded Hancock's tune on their second CD, MOTHER MOJO.

If you'd like to purchase a copy of my new solo album, KICK AND STOMP (2010), please hit the following link. Only $10 for 14 tracks of harp-powered one-man band music, all for instant download. Liner notes included!:

http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/kick_and_stomp.html

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, including "Watermelon Man," please visit:

http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

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

[Omaplata41]

are these tabs on your website?; if they are i cant find them.

[KudzuRunner]

Go to "the store." Scroll all the way down to "advanced intermediate," almost at the bottom of the page. You'll find them there.

[Thirsty58]

Great lesson Adam, very helpful.

[gwyllem]

quit talking so much, dude

[ArtofDreaming1]

With all do respect I want every note, I got most of it now I want the rest. Like at 301 you do a kind of 1-4 staccato it's the things you haven't explained which makes you sound so damn good!! How can any one not love this

[ArtofDreaming1]

With all do respect I want every note, I got most of it now I want the rest. Like at 301 you do a kind of 1-4 staccato it's the things you haven't explained which makes you sound so damn good!!

[adipalmer123]

amazin man!!! gonna try spend some time learning this.

Great tutorials!!

[tenichols10]

no necesitas hablar ingles para estes clases. son los mejores del mundo. musica es perfecto en todos lenguas

[poelskejoeri]

Thx Adam

People like you shoud be given a nobel prize !!

[mattferg4u]

Adam this is great. I always go to this great Blues jam and kill it when im up there, then one night the sax player said try this one and the band started playing Watermelon Man which I actually had never heard until then and he totally let me in the dust. I poked my head in here and there, tried picking the melody up and solo'd but you could tell i didnt know the song, no more thanks to this!