re: from Irish to blues harp

["alciere" <alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want to transition from Irish to blues harp, there's a Woody Guthrie 
album on Folkway records with Leadbelly, Cisco Huston,and Sonny Terry that's 
just fantastic. Transitioning from Irish to Woody's music shouldn't be hard, 
there's similarities. Sonny Terry's playing is blues through out so it's a 
nice fusion. 

It will be an easy transition anyway. Most of the blues harp players played 
jigs, reels, all the old traditional music at some point in their career. 
Listen to a lot of the old jug bands. 

Also, rather than get a ten record set of Little Walter, I'd get a variety 
of CDs including some with (gasp) no harp at all on them. Play along with 
John Lee Hooker, B B King, Albert Collins, Lightning Hopkins, Missisissippi 
John Hurt... 

Rainbow Jimmy