"The Old Hen Cackle" - Prewar harmonica

"The Old Hen Cackle" is a hen imitation DeFord Bailey used to play on his mouth harp. I learned it by listening to his old recordings (thanks Tom!) Listen to Mr. Bailey to see how a master plays it. :)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• deford
• bailey
• harmonica
• hen
• cackle
• prewar
• imitation

[defenestrateyoass]

nice work man, kinda wish u were out in the states, got real excited when i saw your sh...stuff on you tube, good to know that other people are super interested in the ol sh...stuff, not only interested, yet playin' em. Good job once again.

[ashishd88]

@defenestrateyoass Glad you like my sh..stuff :) I'll visit the U.S someday. There are many harmonica players I want to meet there!

[prahssiws]

Great! Almost thought I'm sitting in Joe Filiskos Class! i hope you considere that a compliment!

[ashishd88]

@prahssiws : Wow, that really is a big compliment! :) Glad you liked it..thanks for the comment. :)

[tripharmonica]

hey ash,

man, you nail this deford tune!!! and that's frickin tricky. i love your playing - you've only played for 3 years? Dood, you suck!!!

;-)

Trip

[ashishd88]

Hey Trip,

It's great to receive compliment from a harmonica player like yourself. Yes, I've been playing for about 3 years. I really love your old style harmonica playing. Great stuff!!

Thanks for the comment... :)

[hononpalui]

great!



[ajayvijh]

great, entertaining job, CHEERS

[asilve3]

you sound amazing! very cool video, beautiful scenery and playing to match

[sessionman11]

Oh, it's really good! Thank you!

[bonjour149]

Oh my gosh...

You are soooo good!!

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[Tsutsomu]

Great Work Ash !!

Steph.