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Thanks to Charlie Musselwhite for sharing this!

Join Joe Filisko for his latest insights on the 5 Types of Tone

Join us for the newest submission to the Bassman Chronicles where we hear musicians and student audience members comment on what they heard.

In this installment of the Bassman Chronicles Gary Smith and I take our amps to the Grand Dell to experiment with amp placement and to test the overall affect on what we hear on the stage and what the audience hears in the house.

Just received word that Steve Baker is going to do another Harmonica Masters Workshop in Trossingen, Germany... this time in cooperation with the Conservatory & Hohner. Dates are October 31st through November 4th and it's been worked out to have me back, so see you all soon!!!

Many of you are familiar with Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowouts... we've been a sponsor of it for many years. This year is a Little Walter Tribute, featuring Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, Sugar Ray Norcia, Curtis Salgado and Mark Hummel. I'll be hanging out at the Yoshi's shows this year, most specifically for the 10pm Saturday Show, this is where the grande finale of the King of Swing competition is going to be held. I'll be video recording interviews for BluesHarmonica.com all weekend, so I unfortunately won't be playing... maybe next year. continue reading...

In this installment of the Bassman Chronicles Gary Smith shares his years of experience of using Bassmans and what he's done with his 1990 Reissue to dial it in.

In Mark's latest submission he talks about Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II)

Congratulations to our winning top three: George Bisharat from San Francisco, California for "Chromaticism," Steven Troch from Mechelen, Belgium for "Hanging Out with Peter," and Steve Molitor from St. Louis, Missouri for "Shim Sham Santa." All of these winners have been contacted and have confirmed that they will be able to make Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout Saturday, Jan 28th at the legendary Yoshi’s Nightclub in Oakland, California to compete for 1st Place! continue reading...

Join Joe Filisko for his latest submission on the 5 Types of Sound