RE: [Harp-L] Tom Ball Author

["Priest, Jim" <Jim.Priest@xxxxxx>]

I have Tom's Sonny Terry book and can thoroughly recommend it. I certainly haven't mastered (by some distance) all the licks he demonstrates, and I have always fought shy of slavishly copying from the "old masters" (in this case Sonny Terry rather than Tom Ball... not to imply that Tom isn't a master in his own right... oh wth, you know what I mean...) But I've found just practising the licks to have improved my playing in many ways. They include lots of little techniques that once mastered just seem to slip in to my regular playing without consciously trying to sound like Sonny Terry (or Tom Ball!)

I really enjoy Tom's laid-back and informal style. Buy the book - money well spent. And of course no affiliation to the aforesaid Mr T Ball.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Dahl [mailto:lucidmonk@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 February 2008 18:24
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Tom Ball Author

To Tom or anyone who can answer this,

I have been lurking on websites that have some of Tom's books. Namely:

*Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for Blues
Harmonica*<http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Little-Walter-Licks-Harmonica/dp/157424096X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202235532&sr=8-2>

and specifically

*The Sourcebook of Sonny Terry Licks for
Harmonica*<http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Sonny-Terry-Licks-Harmonica/dp/1574240188/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202235532&sr=8-3>

I have never physically seen either of these so I am hesitant to buy being I
don't know what the contents of them are. Is there any websites out there
show or anybody who could list the table of contents of what these books
cover? Any information would be great.

Thanks,

-Todd