Re: [Harp-L] help with trance blues harmonica

["Eric Garcia" <ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

check out my myspace site..
2 of the songs posted are basically blues/trance,
Skinny Woman, and No Time to Cry,, and about 80% of
our live shows are in this format.
Kinda gives it a darkness that a younger audience seems to dig

www.myspace.com/juketheband

eric in miami


> From: Joe & Robin <galicic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: galicic@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] help with trance blues harmonica
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:52:21 -0500
>
> Otis Taylor, for one, started to use the term "trance" blues several years 
> ago to describe his music.  Check his website www.otistaylor.com for more 
> info.  Seasick Steve is another one who mentions the style of music he 
> plays as 'three string trance"  Steve is a riot to watch.  It all 
> originated from North Mississippi hill country music made famous by RL 
> Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough and company.  Very fun to play and drives the 
> audience mad since they are not used to it because there are no chord 
> changes.  You can work in some very chilling harp solos that are down right 
> spooky!
>
> ---- Tom Muck <tmuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >anyone  out there play harp to trance blues (rl burnside, robt.
> > >balfour, jr.  kimbrough)? and could point me to some good trance blues 
> harp
> > >tracks to  listen to?  My band is starting to play this  style
> >
> > Terry "Harmonica" Bean:
> > http://cdbaby.com/cd/terrybean3
> >
> > He plays guitar in that style and accompanies himself on harp. There is 
> not
> > a lot of harp playing on the sample tracks there, but if you see him 
> live he
> > is the best at this style.
> >
> > >In case noone has asked - can someone give me a definition of this  
> genre ,
> > >"trance blues"?   tia.
> >
> > It's a northern Mississippi hill country style. I've never heard it 
> called
> > "trance blues", but the rythymic nature and repetitive chords are
> > trance-like.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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