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

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

And since he had a daytime job, there's no excuse anymore for us, mere
mortals, for not being brilliant awesome harp players ;-)



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Leo


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Leonardo K. Shikida <shikida@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I think he was a paramedic
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> Leo
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
>> http://borisplotnikov.ru
>>
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