Re: [Harp-L] Jam Tracks

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Hi, Jaybird. Good harpin' on u-tube ! you must really be sheddin' to be playing like that after 2.5 yrs. BTW Jaybird, do you know any songs by Rabbit's Foot Williams ? He's an oldtimer . J.B.

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From: jaybird coleman <jaybird33066@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

> 
> Hi Sam and Ken, 
> 
> I have a really big collection of Jam Tracks, or Backup Tracks as some people 
> call them. I think Jam Tracks is an excellent way to present yourself as a 
> harmonica player. With Jam tracks, you can learn and rehearse a tune without 
> having to depend on other musicians. With Jam Tracks, you can quickly put on an 
> entire performance. Great for the coffee house open-mic scene, as opposed to the 
> bar/band/jam scene. 
> 
> Without a doubt, the very best are the three Steve Baker Playalong books/CD, 
> that Ken mentioned. I tried hard to come up with something good with all the 
> other materials I have, but since I am a relative beginner, the only backup 
> tracks that actually worked for me was the Steve Baker stuff. 
> 
> I started to play the harmonica just 2 1/2 years ago, and using Baker's 
> materials I think I was able to progress very quickly. 
> 
> I made three videos of me playing Baker's tunes on my YouTube channel. 
> 
> www.YouTube.com/Jaybird33066 ; comments are welcomed 
> 
> I am also working on "Afroinspiration", right now. It is an awesome song. Stay 
> tuned... 
> 
> 
> Jaybird 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:51:25 -0700 (PDT)> From: Ken Hildebrand 
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jam Tracks> To: samblancato 
> , harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: 
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> charset=iso-8859-1> > Hi Sam,> > I recently bought Steve Baker's Vol 1, 2, and 
> 3> Playalong books and CD's from Musicroom.com in the> UK (could not find anyone 
> in the USA that had them).> > I've always loved Steve Baker's harp playing and> 
> phrasing.> There's a wide variety of of music with these 3> volumes, > from 
> blues, swing, country, bluegrass, etc. > > I love just listening to the tracks 
> that he plays on, > but there's also the playalong tracks without the> 
> harmonica.> There are a total of 34 different tracks (34 with> harp,> and 34 
> playalongs).> > The US dollar seems to be worth about as much as UK> toilet 
> paper these days (the US mint should print> dollar > bills on softer paper!), so 
> these items may seem a bit> expensive. But I think they are well worth it.> > 
> Right now, I'm hooked on learning his> "Afroinspiration" song> (or at least my 
> version of it!). So cool!> > Here's a link:> > 
> http://www.musicroom.com/Search/gsearch.aspx?searchtext=steve+baker> > > > Ken H 
> in OH> > > > > --- samblancato wrote:> > > Hi Folks, > 
> > > > > > > > I'm looking for a good CD of harmonica jam tracks. > > I recall 
> seeing one or> > two that looked pretty good but I can't recall> > where. 
> Anybody know of some> > good recent ones that have good blues tracks? I> > have 
> a pretty old one that> > isn't very good.> > > > > > > > Sam Blancato, 
> Pittsburgh> > 
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