[Harp-L] re: Irish harp (fiddle tunes)/duos

["James Sterett" <jsterett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe Mark Graham and Tom Sauber would please anyone interested in Irish tunes, fiddle tunes, and duos (I read somewhere that Brendan Power was inspired by Mark Graham after hearing him play fiddle tunes on the diatonic)...

MG & TS have a Cd called Thought I Heard It Blow, harmonica and claw hammer banjo.  I bought it years ago directly from Mark Graham after a couple of e-mails.   A quick look on the www makes me think that still may be one of only two ways to get it (the other being from Tom Sauber directly.)  For me... it's a masterpiece.  For all the times I've listened to it, I never seem to hear it the same way twice.   MG has another great record available at Elderly Instruments (among other places) called Southern Old Time Harmonica.  Another great recording.  Duo stuff, solo stuff, all sorts of stuff.

http://www.mongrelfolk.com/mark.html
http://www.tombradalice.com/tom.html 
http://www.elderly.com/recordings/items/GRAHAM80001.htm

Jim.
www.mcmule.com 


Zvi writes:
>Hi.
>I'm just getting me feet wet with Irish music (going through  the Glenn
>Weiser and the Brendan Powers books - both are amazing). Can  someone
>point me in the direction of good Irish harp playing?  Not
>instructional but CDs of actual playing.
>I'd appreciate it  very much.
>Thanks.
>Zvi