Re: [Harp-L] Augusta Blues Week Epilogue

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Iceman - Thanks for the Augusta log updates.. I've done JamCamp and  thanks to your harplog, Augusta is now quarely in my sights for next year.  

Your comments about Grant Dermody are spot-on!  Grant's tone is sublime - his low harp work is the best - in short he is a fierce and talented player - and singer too - I've just about worn out his Crossing that River CD from constant play in the mobile woodshed.  Not just my favorite harp CD, but my favorite CD period!

Harp-L-ers, do yourself a favor and pick up this CD.  He can do it all!

Ross Macdonald

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> Not mentioned enough in my reports was the wonderful work done by Grant Dermody. 
> 
> We both taught night classes at the same time and I wasn't out and about for 
> late jamming, so I missed a lot of his playing. However, I did sit in on one of 
> his classes during the late afternoon. We gave his class an example of how 
> responsible harmonica players join in a song when unfamiliar with it, supporting 
> each other while the other one soloed. 
> 
> I got a chance to hear Grant play some great pre-war 1st position stuff and 
> experience his brand of teaching, which I think is great. He controls his class 
> with a gentle firmness that I have often modeled as an effective teaching 
> technique. 
> 
> Grant had to leave early Friday and wasn't around for the Blues Dance. We all 
> missed a chance at hearing a world class harmonica player jamming out. I 
> remember backing him up a few years ago at the dance on keyboards when he played 
> a tune at high velocity. It felt like I had grabbed ahold of a passing train and 
> was hanging on for dear life. 
> 
> The Iceman 
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