They’re creepy and they’re kooky Get with it gang – it’s Halloween! As we can see, the Doc has been busy working on his ghoulish face painting skills. Meanwhile Elwood has been imitating a two-stroke engine a low F harp, while sporting a hockey mask and leather apron. Otis the postman has been demonstrating his [...]
Read more..Elwood the Apprentice samples some juicy blues folklore The problem with the information age is that there’s just too damned much of the stuff. With all this delicious info floating about in cyber space, who has time for real life? Instead of playing harmonica, I can fritter away hours watching harp on YouTube, listening to [...]
Read more..‘Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are’ Macbeth (Shakespeare) Brace yourself and take a deep breath. It’s time to face everyone’s worst harmonica nightmare – the three witches. They’re the three hole draws to you and me. As you are no doubt aware, if we exclude the [...]
Read more..Simple practice routines to improve your tone, tempo and breathing. Welcome to the Harp Surgery’s Physiotherapy Department. The Good Doctor is often asked about ways to warm up, develop breathing and keep all those important harping muscles in trim. Well ultimately everyone has their own regime. The Doc himself oscillates between a good glass of [...]
Read more..A rivitting read We recently featured a post about Split Rivitt, a largely unknown band from the UK’s R&B boom of the early 1980s. From our last post, you may recall that England’s 2009 Ashes Test victory over Australia had reminded the Good Doctor of the BBC’s Test Match Special theme, Soul Limbo by Booker [...]
Read more..Elwood the Apprentice seeks wisdom in the holy scriptures (of blues harmonica) [UPDATE: Part 2 of the review is now live.] Well, as I was saying – it’s the end of a Gussow era but not the end of the Gussow era. There’ll be no more free YouTube lessons, but there’s more Gussow wisdom to [...]
Read more..So long and thanks for all the chops. Elwood the Apprentice pays tribute to the end of an era. All good things come to an end. That’s what Adam Gussow said when he finally, officially called it quits on his YouTube tutelage last week (Jason Ricci retires with him, but in this case even JR’s [...]
Read more..Groovy baby – yeah! Otis stopped by this morning for a nice cup of tea and a sit down and brought us a lovely letter from Stuart Willowgate. Been blowin’ since Christmas ’08 – or trying to, and loving it! I heard the song Groovin’ with Mr Bloe as the out music to Oz and [...]
Read more..I like it, I love it, I want some more of it.. Don’t just sit there, check out our Music Store and order a copy now. You’d be stark staring mad not to. This is a phenomenal piece of work. It is THE comprehensive tutorial book we’ve all been sitting around hoping someone, some day [...]
Read more..I got food in my belly, a license for my telly and nothing’s gonna bring me down! We’ve only just caught on to this track, but you should have seen the shenanigans around the breakfast table down at the Harp Surgery this morning. The Good Doctor was blowing bass on an empty scrumpy jar, Elwood [...]
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