I Bought A Blues Harp...

[grlNIN]

...as a birthday present for my boyfriend but it's not until the beginning of May and i REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna play it. I got him a slide for his acoustic, too but that isn't any fun.

I don't want to ruin the integrity of it or be the first to play it but man this is tough.

[TheMojoPin]

Where's the empty whiskey jug and washboard?

Some girlfriend.

[grlNIN]

Not enough that im letting him use my butt as a bongo?

Yeesh, so ungrateful some people..

[Bossanova]

...as a birthday present for my boyfriend but it's not until the beginning of May and i REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna play it. I got him a slide for his acoustic, too but that isn't any fun.

I don't want to ruin the integrity of it or be the first to play it but man this is tough.

Greatest gift ever, you are awesome

[Gvac]

I got him a slide for his acoustic, too but that isn't any fun.

You couldn't be more wrong.

I'd be willing to bet you'd have more fun playing slide than harp.

I agree with Bossanova, though. Excellent gifts.

[Snacks]

I thought you bought him one of those big harps but then I did an image search and to my surprise a blues harp is just a harmonica. I couldnt imagine someone playing one of those big suckers.

[drusilla]

you are such a good girlfriend

[FezPaul]

I thought you bought him one of those big harps but then I did an image search and to my surprise a blues harp is just a harmonica. I couldnt imagine someone playing one of those big suckers.

http://www.bobhowe.com/images/bigharp.jpg

[bobrobot]

Blessed are you among women for being so cool & thoughtful!!!
FYI, in a pinch, a blues harp can be USED as a slide!!!
http://www.usd.edu/smm/TrumpetCall-1-72.jpg
harmonicas make me horny...

[johnniewalker]

I love my hohner! Great gift. Does he know how to play love me do? Could be the best harmonica song ever.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/29522323.jpg

[JerseyRich]

I love my hohner! Great gift. Does he know how to play love me do? Could be the best harmonica song ever.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/29522323.jpg

Fuck that!

Ninnie...All you need to do now is to get him one of these cool holsters!
http://www.adamsimaging.com/Blues_Traveler_22W.jpg

[grlNIN]

That is very extravagant..and no he does not know how to officially play one, yet.

I dunno whoever's been in Jack's in Red Bank but i got the stuff from the little guitar shop by the back entrance. The guy sold the stuff to me pretty quickly but he was really nice. I kinda wanted to ask him what other things would be useful to someone who's interested in playing more blues guitar.(maybe an inspirational album).

[Bob Impact]

Nice gift!

Note to everyone on the board, think acoustic, left handed, and July. That's all I'm saying. Or Jazz Flute. I'll be sending out my wish list next week. :wink:

[A.J.]

I kinda wanted to ask him what other things would be useful to someone who's interested in playing more blues guitar.(maybe an inspirational album).

It depends on what kind of blues he's interested in playing. For acoustic style, he can go really old school and listen to Robert Johnson, Son House and Charley Patton. For electric, there's Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Willie Dixon to name but a few.

Bobo should chime in here.

[A.J.]

Or Jazz Flute.

http://www.lookingcloser.org/images/anchorman1.jpg

[grlNIN]

It depends on what kind of blues he's interested in playing. For acoustic style, he can go really old school and listen to Robert Johnson, Son House and Charley Patton. For electric, there's Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Willie Dixon to name but a few.

Bobo should chime in here.

It's acoustic. He likes anything with that backroad, barefoot, twang sound.

[Furtherman]

Can we still say Ho-down? Because I loves me a ho-down!

[Death Metal Moe]

I don't have a sister to bang, can I still go to the Ho-down?

[Furtherman]

Everyone's invited to the Moe-down! YEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWW

[Death Metal Moe]

Everyone's invited to the Moe-down! YEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWW

thanks...

[Dougie Brootal]

I don't have a sister to bang, can I still go to the Ho-down?

don't worry moe, you can borrow mine....WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH HER!!

[Death Metal Moe]

don't worry moe, you can borrow mine....WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH HER!!

http://www.psihoyos.com/pages/Stock/Portraits/clay-dice/images/clay-dice0001.jpg

Thanks Dicegrasso.

OOOOOH! AAAA-GUUUUUSH!!!

[Dougie Brootal]

http://www.psihoyos.com/pages/Stock/Portraits/clay-dice/images/clay-dice0001.jpg

Thanks Dicegrasso.

OOOOOH! AAAA-GUUUUUSH!!!

can i officially change my board name to that? :lol:

[Death Metal Moe]

Well, we can't even edit our own posts after a few minutes on Ronfez 2.0, don't ask for too much.

[grlNIN]

Hit the bricks.

[bobrobot]

It depends on what kind of blues he's interested in playing. For acoustic style, he can go really old school and listen to Robert Johnson (very sophisticated music, actually quite difficult), Son House (ruff & intense) and Charley Patton (the King, MY ALL TIME HERO, but recordings are somewhat poor quality & tend to be challenging to people not aquainted w/ albums transcribed from 78 rpm records). For electric, there's Muddy Waters (brilliant & expressive, tho not very technical), B.B. King (overexposed, dig deeper), Willie Dixon (King of Blues songwriters, bass player tho) to name but a few.

Bobo should chime in here.

I'd recommend a collection, get some exposure to those beyond the usual blues "workhorses"!!! Here's a brilliant comp, the cover stinks but the album is great!!!
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M9VWXPRQL._SS500_.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

Hit the bricks.

Who is this for?

[FUNKMAN]

nice gifts!!! love the harmoica, especially on some tunes by Neil Young and Bruce

http://www.northcascades.com/images/photony2.jpg

[grlNIN]

Who is this for?

You and dougrasso, or should i call you Waldorf and Statler.

[Death Metal Moe]

You and dougrasso, or should i call you Waldorf and Statler.

:sad:

[A.J.]

[/COLOR]Willie Dixon (King of Blues songwriters, bass player tho)

I know, I know but I had to mention him because...

http://bluestormmusic.com/store/images/wililedixon_iamthebluesDVD.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

To get back on the topic of this thread, I had no idea how much of an influence Robert Johnson was on music today. It's fucking insane.

This one man recorded all this music in the 1930's I believe, and it shaped music ever since to an extent.

Just do a web search. Then go listen to some of his music and count the riffs and lyrics you recognize from other songs.

[Dougie Brootal]

Hit the bricks.

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/380/388639.jpg

[bobrobot]

To get back on the topic of this thread, I had no idea how much of an influence Robert Johnson was on music today. It's fucking insane.

This one man recorded all this music in the 1930's I believe, and it shaped music ever since to an extent.

Just do a web search. Then go listen to some of his music and count the riffs and lyrics you recognize from other songs.

Even more amazing when you consider that he was murdered @ the age of 26 in 1938 & his music was languishing in near total obscurity until Columbia Records released a collection of some of his recordings in 1961!!!

http://www.sesac.com/news/images/Robert%20Johnson%20formal%20shot.jpg
lookit how long his fingers are!!!

RJ's death cert (http://www.blue-suit.com/html/death_cert.html)

[TheMojoPin]

Maybe
the
Satan
ate
his
soul.

[Hottub]

Maybe
the
Satan
ate
his
soul.

Bit, meet ground.

[bobrobot]

Maybe
the
Satan
ate
his
soul.

Maybe, if by "satan," U mean "dingo"
& if by "his soul" U mean "the baby."
We can salvage this yet, I just feel it in my dingo...
ummm... BONES!!!

http://static.flickr.com/47/131730865_8d0d4f889e.jpg

[Gvac]

Many great blues artists have been mentioned, but if you want to hear the greatest slide guitarist in the history of the civilized world, get some Ry Cooder. "Paradise and Lunch" is a great starting point, and the 2 disc collection of his soundtrack work will blow you away.

[A.J.]

but if you want to hear the greatest slide guitarist in the history of the civilized world, get some Ry Cooder.

Ooooooh. Sooooory. Sooooory.

http://www.the-fuze.com/images/DuaneAllman.jpg

[bobrobot]

Here's some rare pix of my hero, Eddie "One String" Jones on the diddley bo, a homemade 1 string slide guitar!!! Ain't nothin' sacred about this slide, he's 1 dirty mofo from LA's skid row!!!
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/graphics/jones2.jpg
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/graphics/jones1.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_albums/3/9/a/e39949wbhar.jpg

[Gvac]

Ooooooh. Sooooory. Sooooory.

http://www.the-fuze.com/images/DuaneAllman.jpg

A.J. you know I love you. And you know I love Duane.

But I'd dig Duane up just to tell him that Ry Cooder owns him.

Sorry.

[FezPaul]

A.J. you know I love you. And you know I love Duane.

But I'd dig Duane up just to tell him that Ry Cooder owns him.

Sorry.

Duane Allman's dead!?!?!?

[Gvac]

Duane Allman's dead!?!?!?

That's the kind of late-breaking news that you just don't get at PostWhores, bro.

[FezPaul]

That's the kind of late-breaking news that you just don't get at PostWhores, bro.

That's why I always come here for news.

I especially love the hard hitting and unbiased reporting of HBox.

[A.J.]

A.J. you know I love you. And you know I love Duane.

But I'd dig Duane up just to tell him that Ry Cooder owns him.

Sorry.

I don't know who you are anymore.