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Dave Ferguson, La Vie, Cape Town, 30.Jan 2011
Check him out now, the funk soul brother If a sour mash of Alabama 3, Johnny Cash, Son of Dave, hip-hop, dub and fried green tomatoes was used for a whole new ass-kicking brew, the label would read Dave Ferguson’s Lucky No.7 Straight Bourbon Whiskey. In our interview with The Mountain … Continue reading
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Havana Blues Society
Cornbread, hog maw and chittlins In our recent post Harping In Havana, we discovered the thrill of playing salsa music on the diatonic harmonica. We also said while Latin grooves feature strongly in rhythm and blues, the reverse is apparently not true in Cuba. Wherever you travel on the … Continue reading
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Son of Dave: “I’m not really a very clever harp player”
Last month we interviewed the Son of Dave. Here’s the second half of our chat with the beat-boxing harmonica man: this time, he rants about drum-machines, America, nun-raping pop songs, and why he wears sunglasses indoors. …So I asked some … Continue reading
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Son of Dave: Same Old Sound, Maybe New Sunglasses
An interview with blues harmonica man Benjamin Darvil Son of Dave found his coolness through the only legitimate means available to us skinny white guys: Wearing your granddad’s clothes and a creepy grin, and making bizarre, gut-busting music that goes … Continue reading
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Interview with Christelle Berthon
Elwood the Apprentice in conversation with the undisputed harmonica queen of YouTube. By turns bold as hell and surprisingly self-doubting, Christelle Berthon is one of the most closely watched harmonica players on the web (over 2 million pairs of eyeballs, … Continue reading
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Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers – The Railhead, Las Vegas, Thursday 14th January 2010
You just wait till he does his walkabout and gets up on the table The Good Doctor found himself back in Vegas for the post-Christmas lull. It was strange seeing folks in coats and jackets complaining about the cold in … Continue reading
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5 Questions for Joe Filisko
Elwood the Apprentice chats to the master of old-school blues harmonica. Considering Joe Filisko devoted decades of his life to studying and mastering the styles of bluesmen long deceased, there’s nobody in the world who knows more about what it takes to be Little Walter, Big Walter, or any kind of Sonny. Continue reading
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Jiving With The Greats: Lee Oskar – 22nd July 2009
Towards the end of last year, a student came for his first lesson at the Harp Surgery. ‘So can you already play anything?’ I enquired. ‘A few bits and pieces,’ came the reply, ‘I like the Low Rider tune.’ I … Continue reading
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Billy Branch – Kingston Mines, Chicago, Sat 21.Mar 2009
The blues keep following me around Ever since buying a copy of the 1990 W.C.Handy award winning album Harp Attack, Billy Branch has had me intrigued. He’s pictured on the cover as the new kid on the block, alongside three … Continue reading
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Jiving With The Greats: Jerry Portnoy – Boston, 2.April 2009
…he, whose heart was that of a little child, had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. William Makepeace Thackeray Prologue For anybody looking to master the art of Chicago and blues harmonica, look no … Continue reading
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