Learning children’s songs is great for developing your ear and technique on the harmonica, but let’s face it, it’s not gonna impress your friends and family (except maybe your kids!)
Is there someone you care about who is skeptical that you’ll EVER play ANYTHING worth listening to on the harmonica?
I’ve got a resource to help you give that special someone a big fat piece of humble pie!
I read an old interview with Paul Butterfield he said, “I really just play one note, but I play that note really well, all the other notes support it but that’s all I do. I knew I couldn’t be Little Walter or any of those other guys, so I had to be me and play it my way” I found this interview very insightful and inspiring. I’ve had his music just lying there in my computer (I have thousands of albums I transferred to massive drives) I’ve got so much stuff on there some that I’m only just getting around to. Recently I got really into Paul Butterfield and also Canned Heat. What surprised me the most is the way that people tend to favor the British Blues invasion bands (mostly guitar driven) over these bands? I’m British but honestly I have found these bands far more innovative and experimental. In fact the more I look into “Butter” I’ve discovered that he was a true innovator and he was at the forefront of the psychedelic movement, and Canned Heat were not one to rest on their laurels. Alan Blind Owl Wilson was a genius. I personally would like to hear their names mentioned in the same company as Clapton, Beck, Page, Green etc
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