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Amazing Musical Discovery: Her name is Christelle Berthon and she is without a doubt, the best female harmonica player I have ever heard. Students of the harp should check out her tone and vibrato, not to mention her improvisational technique. WOW!
Christelle has over 100 videos on Youtube and some of them are harmonica lessons. Her artist website is here: http://lharmonica.com/lharmonica.com/Lharmonica_Portail.html The best free harmonica lessons on the net! - I still can't believe this guy Adam Gussow gives these amazing harmonica lessons for free. Live video lessons with great background on the styles and lore of harmonica players and the blues genre. I give lessons myself and I got to
tell you I learned stuff from this guy. He also has a lessons and personal site at: http://www.modernbluesharmonica.comHere is a sample of his AMAZING stuff: Contributed today, 3/1/19, by Mz. Amy Gregg: A great resource page for beginner harmonica: When I first came to Louisiana in 2006, one of the best bands I saw here was Mark Willis and Cocodrie, in my opinion, the hottest R&B band in what is called Acadia or southtwest Louisiana. They totally rocked the joint and everyone was great spirits. It was unbelievably warm and friendly there.Radio Stations on the net that play the BLUESThe best way to learn about blues music is to listen to it, not read about it. To that end, here are some kick a** net radio stations that play it like it IS! Ponderosa Stomp Radio homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/bentmedia Mr. Poboy Jambalaya Jam homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/poboy The Blue Jazzman homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/pdfnet Roots Harmonica homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/staggerinjim Bluebird Radio homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/bigtoms_blues Bluesharp homepage at: http://www.live365.com/stations/harp_man Pages on the net devoted to Blues Harmonica GreatsBe sure to check out The LEGENDS pages on this site, featuring extensive biographies and sound clips of the greatest blues harmonica players. The Sherman "Tank" Doucette home page After many years as co-host of the Bluesharp Page and Curator of the Bluesharp Museum, Tank has a new site of his own with soundclips, bio, etc. A Hohner endorsee, he also appears on the Hohner Featured Artist site. Be sure to check out this fine Canadian Bluesman. If its harp lore, interviews with legends and more you want, look no further than Steve"Big Daddy BluzHarp"Harvell's site. If you love the blues, you gotta see and hear www.sonnyboy.com! Taj Mahal is one of my personal favorites One Canada's harp greats is Harpdog Brown. Jerry
Portnoy has recorded with with everyone from Muddy Waters to
Eric Clapton. Canada's Carlos Del Junco was the 93-94 world champion player. Check him out! The Official Charlie Musselwhite page George Harmonica Smith Page at Blind Pig Records Howard Levy can coax more notes out of a diatonic harmonica than anyone. Period. Check out master harmonica builder Joe Filisko's take on Howard Levy. Lee Oskar Bio page The Little Walter Page at King Biscuit Time The Paul Butterfield Page at King Biscuit Time The Jimmy Reed Page at King Biscuit Time The Sonny Boy Williamson I Page at King Biscuit Time The Annie Raines is one of the very few female pro Blues Harmonica players. Go Annie! The Richard Hunter Website. Check out the interviews in his Pro section. Jean-Jacques Milteau is a highly regarded French Harmonica player. The Gary Primich website. Check out the BluesFools harp player Mátyás "Matt" Pribojszki and download free MP3's of their music at mp3.com Lee Sankey is a professional Blues Harp player and songwriter from the U.K. who has a very unique site. Danish harmonica ace Lars Ringgard has one of the best personal sites I have seen and heard. Don Baker is harp player who hailes from Ireland. He has written several instruction books on harmonica playing. http://www.donbaker.ie/ Lynne Hyde and Stu Kinzel acoustic blues. They were honored with the Cascade Blues Association's prestigious Muddy Award for "Best Traditional Act" in 2001. Lynne is an up and coming female harp player. Wanna chat with other blues maniacs about jamming and other blues related topcs? check out http://blindman.forumhoster.com The Colonel owner of this site, has a new page up that includes a free MP3 download.
Other Blues and Bluesharp Related SitesMusic Education: The Blues Genre - Learn all about the history of the blues and the mysteries of the blues genre at this online learning center that is as close as your computer. - Special thanx for this link go out to Amy and the other kids of Mrs. Ward's classrom. Bluesharp Nation - A site all about the appreciation of blues harmonica. The Blue Highway - one of the best blues sites on the Web with tributes to blues greats and a Blues Mall for finding Blues Music and merchandise, a blues radio list and links to blues related sites King Biscuit Time - awesome blues site with focus on blues harmonica. Lots of sound clips, pictures and blues and harp related links www.bluesharp.org A single page which organizes all the harp resources on the internet. Always up to date! SPAH - The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica - Has lists of harmonica related gigs and events, Links to Industry Resources and players websites. Travilling the south searchin for the Holy Grail of the Blues? check out this book: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues Harp-L a list of harmonica related current events and resources on the Internet Keith Graham's New JT30 page, with everything you ever wanted to know related to harmonica and microphones plus great links and guidance Jan van Gastel's Blues Harmonica page has great stuff about amps, microphones, harps and how to repair and make them airtight Check out
the vintage harmonica Mic and Amp collection at PlanetHarmonica e-zine is another top rated harmonica site Hear an online Interview with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith former drummer with Muddy Waters for 15 years at http://www.southerner.net/v1n2_99/soculture2.html BluesNet, billed as the Internet's Blues Resource Centre, has artists, mentors, readings, pictures and other blues related links MudCat Cafe is a magazine dedicated to folk and blues music Corky Siegal has a page on the web. www.stlblues.net, is a music Ezine. Over the past two years our site has became a leading St. Louis destination site, both locally & internationally. Ron' s Harp House is a new harp site. Ron is an old pal from my early playin days Read about the history of Chess Records
Blues and Bluesharp Related EventsThe
Harmonica Master Class
- "Where the Legends Meet the Masses" Is an event hosted by
David Barrett in the San Jose Area that will feature various
harmonica related workshops.
Commercial Blues and Bluesharp Related SitesHarmonica.com offers Hohner, Suzuki, Lee Oscar harmonicas and harmonica news, plus free harmonica lessons and a harmonica forum. If its
Harmonica lessons on CD and video you be lookin' for, get on
over to Lee Oskar Enterprises - Website has a section on Lee Oskar the recording artist and in-depth information on the Lee Oskar harmonica product line. Lots of great harp resources at Coast to Coast Music Kevin's Harps sells just about every harmonica and accessory for the harp player that you can think of... and some you haven't! Be sure to check out his printed catalogue. CustomHarmonicas.com has contact info for Joe Filisko, Richard Sleigh and James Gordon. Richard Sleigh's site is at http://customharmonicas.com/sleigh/index.htm Harmonica Central is Jon Gindick's site. All about his harmonica Instruction courses. Glenn Weiser's page has free harp tune transcriptions, including Little Walter's "Juke" and information about his harmonica courses. Read about
Sonny
Jr. Harmonica amps. Listening to the Blues is a great way to relax, especially on a boat. Next time you’re fishing on a Hatteras Yacht for sale, listen to the blues to set the mood.
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