So many smiles down through the years
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter our William Clarke CD competition. The competition is now closed and we can announce that the lucky winner is Tim from York in the UK. Tim has just taken up learning the blues harp having received a C diatonic from Santa last Christmas. Tim had Pawn Shop Bound on his Spotify playlist and quite fancied owning some more Bill Clarke magic. Congratulations to Tim from Jeanette Lodovici – formerly Mrs Bill Clarke – and the Harp Surgery team.
Competition answers
- William Clarke was born in..
- Inglewood California
- William Clarke’s 1987 WC Handy Award nomination was for…
- Tip Of The Top
- Bill Clarke’s former Muddy Waters Band harp mentor was
- George ‘Harmonica’ Smith
You can still get your own copy of the great new William Clarke CD here
Where to get your copy
Copies of the new CD are still available for purchase on line. So why not show Jeanette your support and treat yourself to a copy. You may also like to purchase some of his later classics – we recommend Blowin’ Like Hell, Serious Intentions, The Hard Way and Groove Time. Check them out at Amazon UK and Amazon US.
More William Clarke at the Harp Surgery
We plan to follow up our exclusive William Clarke competition very soon with two new entries for our How Do They Do That? reference section: Greasy Gravy from William Clarke’s fabulous Blowin’ Like Hell album, and Blowin’ The Family Jewels from his Tip Of The Top and Groove Time albums.
On the latter, Jeanette added some priceless background detail: “I do remember when Bill was in the bathroom (that is 
where he used to practice all the time) and came out and said to me, ‘Well, I think I really have something here’.. he played me Blowin’ The Family Jewels and then he said, ‘I think that other harmonica players will notice me now’ and he smiled at me.”
Acknowledgements
Once again Harp Surgery respectfully acknowledges the help and friendship extended by Jeanette Lodovici in creating this competition. All William Clarke images and sound clips are published with Jeanette’s full knowledge and approval.
- In Loving Memory Of William Clarke
- 1951-1996
- Gone But Not Forgotten
Visit the official William Clarke website
Guys,
A big ol’ Thank You for this tip top CD – its had masses of play already – (great for driving). As you might expect the quality of the recording is a bit ropey in places, but this is more than compensated by the true ‘live gig’ feel and the sheer skill of Mr Clarke……mercy mercy me! Tim