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Tom Walbank, Harmonica Guru

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Uploaded by on Nov 14, 2007

Englishman Tom Walbank was born in the town of Wells,1969, in the county of Somerset. Raised in Totnes, Devon, he discovered blues in his teens, beginning harmonica (which remains to this day his main instrument).

He studied the harp style of main influence Sonny Terry and played constantly through his twenties after moving to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here he joined blues trio 32-20 and then, with guitarist Steve O' Connor, the acoustic blues duo Hot Tamales.

After meeting and marrying his wife, Leia Maahs, he moved to California in 1997. He also started playing guitar around this time in the style of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Son House and Big Joe Williams.

Moving to Tucson in 2000 he started playing constantly in the local bars and clubs, establishing himself as a force on the local music scene, either solo or with guitarist Doug Smith or with Dimitri Manos and Mike Bagesse, aka the Ambassadors.

He has recorded ten albums and appeared on twenty others, usually adding harmonica. In 2009 he scored the movie Good Boy. He has won best blues band in Tucson five times, best blues band in Arizona once and (with pianist Arthur Migliazza) best blues duo in Tucson once, representing Tucson in Memphis in the International Blues Challenge both times.

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  • there is a dog, isn't it ? x)

  • @Shunrik yes!

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  • i hear a train that must be chuck norris on skates,lol

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  • @Shunrik and he barks

    

  • Jawdropping good...I think I need about 5 more lifetimes to learn to play like this...

  • The harmonica is in the key of C.

  • The first part is called "Fox chase". The second is called "Train chugging" ;-)

  • what key is this harmonica in?

  • Awesome !;)

  • amazing

  • I have seen this video a bunch of times and continues to be amazing everytime great job man!

  • Bad-ass

  • Today's music is mouth organ, or in the case of this Brit, mouth orgasm.  He is a Limey with SOUL and remarkable talent. I urge you to go to YouTube and search for Tom Walbank--if you like blues harmonica you will love Tom's talent!

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