[Harp-L] Re: Blues Harmonica For Dummies (was Harmonica For Dummies)

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great news about the new book, Winslow. Is ther much new material in it?

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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 . . .)
>
>
> VOTE Winslow Yerxa for SPAH president, with L J Atkison for vice president
> Winslow for SPAH President (Facebook)
>
> Winslow4Prez (YouTube)
> Chair, SPAH entertainment committee
> Chair, SPAH awards committee
> Member, SPAH convention planning committee
> Staff, SPAH Convention event operation
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  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.
>



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Arthur Jennings
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