geordiebluesman
37 posts
Jun 12, 2008
10:59 PM
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I love this web site,this time last year i was playing,OH SUSANNA and WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN,plus a few little riffs of my own,i was in a learning CUL-DE-SAC and ready to give up,and then i found ADAM GUSSOW on you tube and this site and suddenly i had instruction and ideas and other harp students to talk to,it's like ADAM gave me a road map to bluesville!.I know i'm still very much in the side streets but at least now i know if i work at it i might one day make it onto the motorway.I've just posted a song called DISSMISSIN MISSIN BLUES inspired by JEFF HARPMONKEY and OLDWAILER it's my first go at a song so please have a look and leave some feedback (be gentle i'm not a musician i'm just having fun and trying my best.I've linked it to OLDwailers version of my WHITE BOY PLAYS THE BLUES lyrics cos he encouraged me to show my hand by showing his http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k6F4OJFs1Y4&watch_response
Last Edited by on Jun 13, 2008 12:32 AM
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harpmonkey
42 posts
Jun 12, 2008
11:57 PM
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Yep.
This is what it is all about.
We share, we understand, we identify, we testify.
We love, we hate, we laugh, we cry.
And it is all the blues.
And we are so lucky to have Adam and everyone who contributes.
Jam on...
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oldwailer
69 posts
Jun 12, 2008
11:58 PM
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Hey Man! Good Job! You have a very good stage presence going! Keep up with that singing--I liked it a lot.
By the way--I still love to play Oh Suzanna!
You might have missed my efforts on the Noise thread that I put up yesterday--but your song beat me to the punch--I extended Harpmonkey's lyrics a bit:
'Dismissin Miss Dissin'
She dissed l'il Walter,
Said "I ain't in the mood."
Say my woman dissed Little Walter.
She just ain't in that mood.
Need a new ol lady now.
Mine's turned to fish food...
(Then I added the following)
Now, sometimes at night
when the aquarium bubbles,
Yeah, sometimes at night
when the aquarium bubbles,
I think bout that woman,
and all of her troubles.
But she dissed Little Walter,
and I can't have that,
Yeah, she dissed Little Walter,
and I can't have that.
And now she's gone and made
all my fish way too fat!
And now when I hear
my Little Walter CD
Yeah, now when I hear
my Little Walter CD
The fish all go crazy
and the sound sets me free.
(repeat 1st verse)
(Geordiebluesman: Hope this helps you with your new song! LOL!!
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Last Edited by on Jun 13, 2008 12:01 AM
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TBone69
14 posts
Jun 13, 2008
8:49 AM
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Hey Geordie,
Looks like you have made some good progress in a year, Great Job!
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New_B
7 posts
Jun 13, 2008
3:33 PM
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I discovered Adam on YouTube at a very low point in my life, shortly after going through a devastating divorce. I lost nearly everything I had and was mired in the depths of despair.
I must say, that Adam is one of the most exceptional individuals I have ever encountered. Thank-you, Adam, for all you do - I am back and focussed as ever. Life is beginning to be great again!
~Gerard
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eharp
39 posts
Jun 14, 2008
4:39 AM
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very good song. but where did she go? dont leave us hanging. did she go to mom's? grocery store? blues cruise?
by the way, can you tell me about the backing track? where did you get it?
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geordiebluesman
38 posts
Jun 14, 2008
7:25 AM
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Hi Harpers,thanx for all the great feedback,it's very much appreciated.I'm not saying what happened to that dissmissin missus,maybe she just packed up and split or maybe this bad boy bluesman did her in!,i ain't saying in case the cops are monotoring this site!.Hey NEW B,i'm glad to here your on the up after some bad times,just remember it's like i said,(every single bluesman hear's a new song when he cries,so even on his darkest days the sun's still in the skies)P.S.the backing track i used is EASY played by CHARLIE HILBERT it's track 10 on Adam's jam tracks download,you can download it from the site store it's well worth the money. Cheers Keep On Harpin!
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Jeff
104 posts
Jun 15, 2008
3:05 PM
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I should play this for my wife. We just returned from a weekend camping trip full of harp dissin', lol.
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Luke Juke
7 posts
Jun 17, 2008
7:25 AM
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I hate these websites. I seem to spend all my time either reading what you lot are talking about or scouring the web looking at mics, amps or anything else harp related instead of practising my chops. Which I need 2 practise a hell of a lot more than I do lol. ( anyone see that original 57' bassman on ebay. It'd be mine if I could of got away with doing the wife and claiming her life insurance. She doesn't seem to realise it'd make my life complete to own it. She wouldn't even need to dust it. I would care for it, love it. . . . . . . .. sorry. I'm off dreaming again
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oldwailer
76 posts
Jun 17, 2008
8:40 AM
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Yeah, Luke--I understand what you're saying--my lady can't take much in the way of competition either--I think she sometimes wishes I'd take up a cheaper hobby--like drinking and chasing wild women!
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geordiebluesman
39 posts
Jun 17, 2008
1:38 PM
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At least the harmonica is small and cheap,my dad played the piano and that thing cost a fortune and filled most of our tiny front room,i bloody hated it cos ma and pa had religion and me and my four siblings had to sing hyms round it between church attendance,i bloody well detested sundays when i was a kid,then one glorious day dad got so sick of being nagged about how much room the piano took up he swapped it for a fishing boat! then spent so much time out fishing that my mam divorced him!.Still no more bloody hyms so all's well that end's well
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oldwailer
80 posts
Jun 17, 2008
11:35 PM
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Damn Geordie! There's another great blues song in that story!
I can see that you come by the blues honestly!
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geordiebluesman
42 posts
Jun 18, 2008
2:03 PM
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No body knows the trouble i've seen!,i've spent huge ammounts of time in hospital, i've been run over by a bus, broken both my knees several times[once i did both knees at the same time]now that's an eye waterer! i had a head injury that buggered my memory and my heart went mental so now i have a pace maker and i have to take drugs every day to stop my blood from clotting and killing me!,but on the plus side at almost 50 i still have a full head of hair, all my own teeth and a bigger than adverage willy.!,all right i lied about the willy.
Last Edited by on Jun 18, 2008 2:04 PM
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oldwailer
85 posts
Jun 18, 2008
8:37 PM
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Thanks Geordie, now I feel better about my willie.
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