Imitate... Assimilate... Innovate

It was my pleasure to be Joe Filisko's guest in his famous Monday night B1 Class at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. It was a pleasure to meet all of his students... many of which are also on BluesHarmonica.com. Jimmie Meade was there and I used my standard phrase of the Blues harmonica tradition of oral learning, Listen... Copy... Try to Use. He slipped me a note with, Imitate... Assimilate... Innovate. Both phrases reach at the heart of the learning of an oral tradition... you might want to post this phrase (whichever version you prefer) in your practice space at home.

P.S., Jimmie will be teaching a class with Lazy Lester, Wednesday, June 6th (2012) at Knuckleheads in Kansas City (http://knuckleheadskc.com/) if you're in the area.