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 ack of manual dexterity kept me from learning guitar but eventually I picked up a harmonica—an all mouth, no fingers instrument—and took to it right away. I've been busking on the street and sitting in with bands for many years now, and I am as proficient on the ten hole diatonic harmonica as any cross harp player. I swing hard and fast, and play involved single note melodies much like a saxophonist. |
 ull time harmonica players are not in huge demand, however, so while solo street performing I began to sing. Alternating between harmonica and a capella singing isn't the easiest method of vocal training—the breathing patterns are almost exactly opposite—but my singing ain't too bad and I can raise a little hell. If you're into playing rhythm and blues, swingin' jazz, honky tonk and bluegrass, rockabilly and 50s rock & roll, drop me an email. |
 didn't start hanging out in dance clubs until I was in my thirties, but then I really got into it. After years on the dance floor I became really good at shaking my groove thang, and to me it's a form of improvisation as much fun as playing an instrument. I even had a gig once go go dancing in a cage at the Trocadero club in San Francisco. Hey man, doing the bump and grind, blowing a honking solo, it's all rock and roll to me. |
on harmonica and vocal
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MYSTERY TRAIN GOING WALKING LITTLE WING A TAX CUT WILL CURE YOUR ILLS STARDUST BLUE MONK |
WILD RIDE DRUNK GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE PURPLE RAIN |
aised in a small Tennessee town halfway between Memphis and Nashville, I have been playing harmonica for almost twenty years, blowing on street corners from New Orleans to Austin to Boston to San Francisco. My playing style is both melodic and rhythmic, swinging and aggressive. And I can dance Mick Jagger right off a stage.
