re: [Harp-L] U-block

[Cara Cooke <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andre':   You can hear me play with my bluegrass band on our website's
homepage at http://manchacaallstars.tripod.com.  My break is in the latter
part of the tune and I am singing harmony on the chorus.

I have a moderate discography for harmonica, but no full harmonica albums.
As a multi-insturmentalist and harmony singer, I end up contributing
different things on different tunes for different groups.  On the Manchaca
AllStar CD "First Attempt", I play harmonica on only three tunes and upright
bass on everything else.  You may be able to hear more of me on K. R. Wood's
"Crockett Chronicles" (www.texanarecords.com), where I laid quite a few
tracks with a fiddler in a rough jam situation.  I can also be found on
other albums by K. R. Wood, Jim Stricklan (www.frontroommusic.com), the
Ledbetters, Lawrence Baer, and Lissa Hattersley.

I also have some clips and tab/exercises at my website at
http://harmonica2.tripod.com, if you are interested.  Most of them are
simple recordings, but they suffice for those who want to hear those tunes
or riffs.

I play primarily using a U-block and have since I first started as a kid.
While I have learned other embouchures, I still prefer it for my needs.
Over the years online, I have met other U-block players, though they are few
and far in-between.  Some years ago, a U-blocker in France told me that
their was a list of some sort specifically for U-blockers, but I don't know
if it still exists.

Cara


  On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:36 PM, michael rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The most famous mostly U blocker is Norton Buffalo, who recently
> passed away so the recent archives will tell where to find his music.
> Other notable U Blockers are Colorodian past presiodent of SPAH Paul
> Davies, who plays melodically with lots of chugging, Austinite Cara
> Cooke, who plays very complex and pretty sounding single note
> bluegrass melodies.  I do not believe either of them has recorded an
> album.
>
> I U block for holes 7 thru 10 as my main embouchure although I also
> pucker and tongue block up there.  The same goes for my chromatic
> playing.  U blocking is the sound I prefer, I can play all three.  I
> prefer puckering and tongue blocking on holes 1 thru 6 on a diatonic.
> If you go to my websiteare plenty of examples of both.  You can order
> my CD thru my website.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>
> On 12/17/09, André Daneau <harmonicaman999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Any of you are using U-block i've been told that is rare. I have always
> used
> > this technic before knowing what's this about.
> > Any well known U-blocker have record album's ?
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