tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328427.post5635901258542395464..comments2024-03-28T13:36:53.223-04:00Comments on the woodshed: so you think you can play harmonicaRev.Paperboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328427.post-83594464429610250262013-05-10T17:17:40.769-04:002013-05-10T17:17:40.769-04:00I've seen James Cotton and I once got to meet ...I've seen James Cotton and I once got to meet Charlie Musselwhite backstage before he went on after I sat in with the opening band for a tune or two (the late, great Mel Brown and the Homewreckers). Mr. Musselwhite was kind enough to say encouraging things about my playing and gave me some tips and talked harps with me for a few minutes. A very gracious and generous fellow who can seriously blow up a storm. But what D'Harmo does is just totally alien -- it ain't twelve bar blues, that's for sure. They have technique up the wahzoo and a totally original take on how to use the harmonica. Their album blows my mind.rev.paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104041637809410658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328427.post-81987837058874032232013-05-05T16:04:04.839-04:002013-05-05T16:04:04.839-04:00I finally got a free moment (the voices in my head...I finally got a free moment (the voices in my head shut the fuck up, for once) so's I could listen to the D'Harmo. Klezmer!democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328427.post-63588116392932372352013-05-03T11:10:21.028-04:002013-05-03T11:10:21.028-04:00True story dept.
I once saw James Cotton (Easter...True story dept. <br /><br />I once saw James Cotton (Easter weekend, 1973) in a storefront club in Milwaukee's ghetto--for $1. Three hours of grinditout blues with one 10 minute break.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.com