[Harp-L] Re: Harmonica For Dummies

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, John.

We may have connected at a SPAH prior to 1997, but I definitely remember seeing you in Trossingen that year at the World Harmonica Festival. And weren't you the guy playing all the test harmonicas in the "beekeeper" hat and veil when Vern Smith did his first comb materials test in, what, 1995?

Harmonica For Dummies is doing well enough that the publisher decided to go for a second book, Blues Harmonica For Dummies, which will be released on August 12; it's already on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Harmonica-Dummies-Sports-Hobbies/dp/1118252691/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337911650&sr=8-2


http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Blues-Harmonica-For-Dummies.productCd-1118252691.html


Today I did the first of two recording sessions for the book's CD, with guitarist Rusty Zinn. Anyone who knows Rusty knows that he's first call when a blues harmonica player wants a guitarist who really understands how to accompany harmonica. (Though in recent years Rusty has gone deep into reggae, and a touch of that flavor may show up in some of the tracks . . .)


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________________________________
 From: "MundHarp@xxxxxxx" <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:51 AM
Subject: Harmonica For Dummies
 

I have known Winslow Yerxa since SPAH 1997 in Detroit... Perhaps 
even before that, in Trossingham, but I don't remember... He 
knows an awful lot about playing the harmonica!
He wrote a book...    Harmonica For Dummies   
 ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
Recently, I ordered it from the public library, here in Rutherglen, 
Scotland.
Now I've probably been playing harp even longer than Winslow has!
I was delighted by his book, and the music examples on CD included with 
it.
Even I learnt a thing or two, and his book is EXCELLENT.
OK. It is a book for beginners, but even an "old timer" like me found it 
both interesting and informative.
From now on, when a newbie comes up to me and asks me:  "How can I 
start to learn the harmonica" I shall say "Buy Winsolw Yerxa's book. It will 
teach you a LOT."
I have heard that Winslow Yerxa is releasing a new book, "Blues 
Harp for Dummies" later this year... It will be worth waiting for!
Sincerely,
John "Whiteboy" Walden,
English harmonica player and blues singer,
Just now in Scotland.