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Little Walter - Blue Lights

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Fri, 09/30/2011 - 20:20
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Hi David.

I've been listening to your playing of Blue Lights, History Of The Blues Harmonica Concert cd, and the original by Little Walter.

Are you playing the intro on the 1st octave or the 2nd on a 64 chromatic???
Is Little Walter coming on the 2nd octave?

Thanks

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Fri, 09/30/2011 - 22:33
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That's Joe Filisko playing. From 0:00 to 0:48 he's on a 280C (16 hole chromatic) playing the first octave... traveling down to the sub-octave (the hole numbers have a dot above the hole number to denote the sub-octave) as the phrase moves on. At 0:49 he moves to the diatonic.

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Mon, 10/24/2011 - 23:00
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To Mr Hummel.

The question I had to Mark Hummel was about the equipment his used in the recording of "Rolling Fork Revisited" with Johnny Dyer.
Just sounds great and I had to ask!

Thanks David.

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Tue, 10/25/2011 - 08:34
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I believe he used his Bassman (original 1959) with a mic containing a CR element. I'll double check with him...

He just wrote back and he stated, "59 Fender Bassman & my 60 Fender Princeton with a Y cord."

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Sun, 11/27/2011 - 02:29
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Mark Hummel

Thanks!!

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Sun, 11/27/2011 - 02:32
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general question

I'd like to learn songs/licks that i've been listening to.
Does bluesharmonica provides this service? What do I have to do??

Thanks again.

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Sun, 11/27/2011 - 08:36
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Hello Gleidson. No, I do not offer the service. Follow the lessons diligently on the site and over time you'll be able to do it yourself.

If you're dying to dig in, you may want to try contact Glenn Weiser... he has done this in the past: http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/. To give you a reference point, in the past I charged $75 an hour, and each minute of music commonly equaled one hour of transcription work.

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Sun, 12/04/2011 - 11:05
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Hi David.

Are you still teaching harmonica in san jose area?
If you say "yes" how can book one a hour session?

Thanks again.

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Sun, 12/04/2011 - 13:05
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Hello Gleidson. I do teach in San Jose, at my School of the Blues in San Jose. Email me from the School of the Blues website (www.schooloftheblues.com) and I'll send you information on lessons. I don't have any openings right now, but I'll get you on the wait list and we'll go from there.

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Mon, 02/13/2012 - 21:11
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Vintage Masco 17N Restored By DJL Vintage Audio

I recently got my restored Masco 17N from Dale Laslie and I want to that sounds amazing through my 2x12" speaker cabinet.

They did a great job using original stock values, so it sounds just like it would when it was new.

It Looks cool and sounds great for harmonica.

Thanks Dale.

Gleidson

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Mon, 02/13/2012 - 22:37
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Fantastic, glad to hear it!

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Tue, 07/02/2013 - 20:00
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Back on track!

I can't leave without BluesHarmonica.com!

Thanks!!!

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