Re: [Harp-L] Mark Ford is back!

["Leonardo K. Shikida" <shikida@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think he was a paramedic

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Leo


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I wondered that such a great player, experienced in playing with big names
> had a day job. Do you know what was his job? Why did he stop playing
> professionally?
>
>
> 2014-06-02 21:34 GMT+04:00 Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I've always been a huge Mark Ford fan. Mark is one of the most creative
> > and musical modern blues harp players I know of, and was a big influence
> on
> > my playing. Unfortunately around the time I started to learn harp, he
> > backed away from it for a while. But there's Good News! Mark is back! He
> > retired from his day job, is back writing songs and is about to go out on
> > tour with the Ford Blues Band.
> >
> > And - though I donât do this on HARP-L very often, in the shameless self
> > promotion department...
> >
> > Mark is now blowin' a BlowsMeAway wood mic and is my latest endorser, and
> > Iâm very proud of that.  Here's what he says about his mic:
> >
> > "As a long time Harp player, I've had the chance to play through just
> > about every mic there is out there, and I mean it when I say this is the
> > best mic I've ever had. Not only does it sound great, but it's absolutely
> > beautiful. It's light weight compared to the pair of Green Bullets I'm
> used
> > to working with, and fits in the palm of my hand like it was made for it.
> > Greg makes each of these mics individually out of beautiful hardwoods and
> > metals, machining and turning each piece, creating what is not just
> another
> > harp mic, but a true and unique work of art. A harp players dream mic!"
> --
> > Mark Ford
> >
> > Hereâs YouTube of the bandâs recent debut: http://youtu.be/P9TjtU2_ADU
> >
> >
> > /Greg
> >
> > http://blowsmeaway.com
> > http://facebook.com/blowsmeawayproductions
> >
> >
> > When responding to this email, please include the copy of our previous
> > conversations.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
> http://borisplotnikov.ru
>