Video of the Day 26 June 2013: Boris Plotnikov, “Hair Up”
Two Days, Three Jams in London
I was in London Sunday through Tuesday of this week, which was perfect for checking out some blues jams. On Sunday, I hit the afternoon jam at Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues and the evening jam at TCR (Tottenham Court Restaurant). The two clubs are…
Audio of the Day 2 June 2013: Blues Birdhead, “Mean Low Blues” (1929)
Video of the Day 25 May 2013: Pablo Fagundes, “Voo da Mosca”
Video of the Day 9 May 2013: the Ford Brothers Band, 2006
A blast from my past, courtesy of Randy Singer
Randy Singer is one of the best-known harmonica players in Miami and thereabouts, and we’ve known each other since roughly 1980. Randy just unearthed the clip below and sent it to me, and I was glad to get it. It’s a solo I played on…
Video of the Day 26 March 2013: Eugene Ryan and Liz Davis Maxwell, “The Kerfunken Jig”
The Kerfunken Jig is a traditional Irish piece, performed here by my Dublin harmonica buddy Eugene Ryan and Liz Davis Maxwell on cello. The instrumentation of chromatic harmonica (very nicely rendered by Eugene) and cello is fresh, and the performance is smooth and flowing. I’m…
Have You Tried My Un-Traditional Patches Yet? Neil Warren Did…
Neil Warren is the 2011 National Harmonica League (UK) Rock and Blues winner. He bought a license for our RP355 patch set last year, and he’s taken a big step recently. We’ll let Neil speak for himself: Hi Richard, there I was saying I couldn’t…
Video of the Day 12 March 2013: Steve Baker Talks Tone
Steve Baker’s got buckets full of tone. Want to know how he does it? Check this out. Dig the Fabulous Thunderbirds “Girls Go Wild” (my favorite T-birds record) poster in the background. Tone matters. As Steve pointed out to me once, if you’ve got good…
Videos of the Day 25 Jan 2013: Andi Martin’s Youtube Channel
Andi Martin is a strong blues harp player based in Madrid who’s using a Digitech RP355 loaded with my patch set in his live performances. We like it. You can hear one of his performances in the video below. Check out Andi’s Youtube Channel (canal…
