FYI: Tomorrow Bev and I head northward to visit friends and attend the Wintergrass Festival in Bellevue WA. We'll be away for almost 3 weeks, but I hope to be able to keep sending Tuneweek each Saturday that we're on the road.
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One Other Personal Item: Happy 15th Birthday on Sunday to our youngest grandson Norris! Happy Birthday, Norris! Here he is with his band T-Shirt Tuxedo covering Weezer's We Are All On Drugs. And no, they are not! It's just a song, deal with it:
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This week we feature one of those personalities about whom I've idly wondered, where is she now? Well, it seems that Cyndi Lauper (one of my favorite singers) is now a blues star. Here's Part One of the Blues Revue's E-Zine interview. It includes video links:
Cyndi's holding an autoharp or zither in the first vid, but it doesn't appear she's actually playing it, since her left hand seems to be muting the strings.
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The SF Chronicle has a feature on Butt-Ugly Rock Stars:
Remember, beauty is in the eyes of the beholders!
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Here's a track from Charlie McCoy's Tribute to Little Walter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?----
Some astoundingly good non-rack blues playing here by Konstantin Reinfeld at Harmonica Masters 2011 in Trossingen, Germany. He's only been playing for two years!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Martin Zak and mrstnej Janek with rhythm puppet and harp in rack for Starej (Old) Joe Clark:
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The "Playing Harmonica on a Rack" seminar at the 2011 SPAH Convention
was great fun.
The seven presenters were:
Vern Smith - The inventor of the "Hands Free Chromatic and Ergonomic Neck Rack"
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon - A user of the "Hands Free Chromatic and
Ergonomic Neck Rack"
Enrico Granafei - Another user of the "Hands Free Chromatic and
Ergonomic Neck Rack" and a fabulous finger-style jazz guitarist
Marv Monroe - Who made his own harmonica rack which holds two Hohner
XB-40 harmonicas
Michael Kovick - The inventor of the "HarpHugger" (two different styles)
Jimi Lee - Who is a monster blues guitarist and uses a standard wire
harp rack which he bent to suit his needs
and
Peter Madcat Ruth - Who built his own microphone-stand-mounted harp rack
To see these racks in action, or learn more about them, check out the
following websites and YouTube videos:
Marv Monroe
was great fun.
The seven presenters were:
Vern Smith - The inventor of the "Hands Free Chromatic and Ergonomic Neck Rack"
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon - A user of the "Hands Free Chromatic and
Ergonomic Neck Rack"
Enrico Granafei - Another user of the "Hands Free Chromatic and
Ergonomic Neck Rack" and a fabulous finger-style jazz guitarist
Marv Monroe - Who made his own harmonica rack which holds two Hohner
XB-40 harmonicas
Michael Kovick - The inventor of the "HarpHugger" (two different styles)
Jimi Lee - Who is a monster blues guitarist and uses a standard wire
harp rack which he bent to suit his needs
and
Peter Madcat Ruth - Who built his own microphone-stand-mounted harp rack
To see these racks in action, or learn more about them, check out the
following websites and YouTube videos:
Marv Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Vern SmithHands free Chromatic now built by C.A Reynolds
http://www.builderofstuff.com/
Enrico Granafeihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jimi Leehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Michael Kovickhttp://harphugger.com/
Peter Madcat Ruthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Just a note: Madcat has upgraded his microphone and harp holder since
this video was made but he still uses the same mic stand...
Vern SmithHands free Chromatic now built by C.A Reynolds
http://www.builderofstuff.com/
Enrico Granafeihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jimi Leehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Michael Kovickhttp://harphugger.com/
Peter Madcat Ruthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
Just a note: Madcat has upgraded his microphone and harp holder since
this video was made but he still uses the same mic stand...
Jon Gindick's harp/guitar version of Little Wing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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And there's a new approach to playing harp hands free, Harplock (this is not an
endorsement, just newsworthy for those who use racks):
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Danny White takes a nice (non-rack) solo on this tune by Brian Walker and the Hopeful Romantics, one of my favorite bands:
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No rack here, but an extremely rare and prized Hohner CBH2016 chromatic harmonica played by Ken Leiboff:
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOT:
Whitney Houston, singer, 48:
Dory Previn, singer/songwriter, 86:
Charles Anthony, Met opera singer, 82:
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That's it for now, keep on musicking!
Bob Loomis
In Loving Memory of Shannon Christine Loomis, 1967-2011
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