General Harp
Links
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for on-line harmonica retailers)
No point re-inventing the wheel.
These links will get you to
(or point you to) the best
harp stuff the WWW has to offer...
HarmonicaLinks.Com
Just what it says--pretty much all of the best.
John *The
Colonel* Fuhrman's Personal Page
A terrific Vancouver player with
years of ace reputation.
He was real good (and good to
me) when I was just a kid trying to learn.
The BluesHarp Page
John (The Colonel) has put together a great harmonica
reference
with some unique links to interviews &
more.
HarpOn
This site by "G" has terrific original articles on all sorts of
harp stuff:
techniques, amplification...lotsa stuff--and "G" is
good writer, too. Top job!
Sherman
*Tank* Doucette's New Homepage
Sherman is a very nice guy, and a
harmonica powerhouse.
The Virtual
Harp Museum
This is Sherman's
on-line harp museum
The
Diatonic Harmonica Reference
A
top-notch and comprehensive resource for diatonic harps.
The
Chromatic Harmonica Reference
top-notch and comprehensive
resource for chromatic harps.
PlanetHarmonica.Com
Excellent resource including plans for building
your own
(inexpensive but good) blues harmonica
microphone.
BluesHarp.Org
Still another great
harp page. Links to online harp radio and much, much more.
Richard Hunter's Harmonica
Site
Roam around this site for great articles on all sorts of
aspects of playing.
A goldmine--especially for new players wanting to
learn a lot fast!
HARP-L
Not a site,
exactly--but a place to join a wonderful community of
harp
players online--amateurs to very solid pros.
By the way, the Harp-l
archives are available at this location.
HarpTalk
Another
great online community of harp players.
UK National
Harmonica League
Britain's national harmonica club, with
members world wide, supporting and encouraging the playing of all types of
music on the chromatic, diatonic, tremolo, octave and chord harmonicas.
Paul Jones--President.
Harmonica Family
Album (from
France)
just a very
very cool idea. get involved :-)
(me in the Family
Album)
Jon Gindick's Site
Jon's books and
other lesson material are classics--I am very sure that literally
thousands of good players got started with Jon's stuff--and saved valuable
time with his materials compared to trying to figure it out all alone.
He's entertaining & so is his lesson material.
Blues and Celtic
Harmonica Page by Glenn Weiser
a large (and very good) harmonica
site with free tab, info on Glenn's books,
discographies, and
more
http://www.eharmonica.net/
Peter
Krampert, author of the Encyclopedia of the Harmonica put this
together.
Check for a terrific Harp History and more.
Henry Chung's Blues Harp
Page
Henry plays in Washington DC and his site is cool.
Especially useful are the references to lesser known but good players, and
a link to Jimmy Chan's "Best Chinese page about harping and bending the
blues" in Chinese.
TenHole.com by Tinus
There are a few things I like about this site:
One: the
author knows his stuff, Two: he understands his readers have
brains,
Three: the site is comprehensive about an only
apparently narrow subject, and
Four: this might be the
Internet's best site to learn about
diatonic harp overblows,
overbends, & chromaticism.
Note:
one of the scariest players in the province, a class act as a person and a
constant source of inspiration for me, is Quadra Island's JOHN
TOELLE.
I wish we lived lived closer to each
other. He doesn't gig much so you probably won't hear him--and it's
a damn shame.
Please allow me a
couple of non-harp links:
Summit School of
Guitar Building & Repair
Great school,
great instructors, great guitars and great friends. Check the site
if you're looking for top-quality instruction in what can only be
called a world-class natural environment.
Sam Hurrie
What can I say
about Sam. Check his site
and his music--he's a sensational blues player, a gentleman and a
gifted band leader. Hope that you're lucky enough to work with a
groove-meister like this guy. And, man--does he know his blues
history.
Rodrigo Figueroa
Rodrigo is a
consummate guitarist...a consummate all-around musician. Bright,
skilled and very gifted, Rodrigo writes, arranges and plays music
that is alternately intensely rhythmic or hauntingly melodic. Treat
yourself to a visit to his
site, and check the mp3 downloads that only hint at what you
have in store when you buy his albums.
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