[Harp-L] History of the Harmonica Show

[jandkday@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hey all,

About a month ago I had a gig near NYC and I had the oppurtunity to swing by beforehand and
catch Dave Barrett's Masterclass,"History of The Harmonica Show." It was an independent show on
Saturady and was open for anyone to attend.
 I was pretty impressed with Joe Filsiko's Pre-war harp portion of the show, almost note for note renditions of Daddy Stove Pipe & Deford Bailey...tunes I had only heard on Yazoo Records CD complilations.  Also the stories and folklore that went along with the rendidtions was interesting to me,
paticularly how close country & blues were Pre WWI.
  Then Dave Barret did a slew of amplified harp instrumentals, everything from LW's 'Roller Coaster',
to GS's 'Sharp Harp, & Jerry McCain's 'steady'.  Great Tone & a great band backing him.
 Dennis Gruenling polished the show off with his take on Modern Blues Harmonica and played many of his own swinging jump tunes. It was a great sound and I left the hotel stunned & amazed and preceded to get lost in the urban sludge of North Jersey and missed my first set of side work. (it was worth it!)
If your schedule can't make the weekend Masterclass, then by all means make sure you attend the History of the Harmonica Show.

 Also I am waiting as (I am sure you all are) for Joe Filisko's first CD effort!!!!

-A big fan of it all this mess.

James Day & the Fish Fry 
www.jameswday.com