chrisjaybecker
4 posts
Apr 22, 2017
10:45 PM
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I was born and raised in Los Angeles, spent many years in The Pacific Northwest, and the last 20 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
I consider myself a West Coast Blues guy, that way I can point to inspirations like George Smith, William Clarke, Lynwood Slim, James Harman, Curtis Salgado, Rod Piazza, and Rick Estrin.
My main influences were the Chicago guys: Little Walter, Cotton, Junior Wells, Butterfield, and my all-time hero Big Walter Horton...
I grew up in the barrios of Los Angeles in the 60s and 70s, my mom and dad were both ex-heroin addicts and ex-cons who loved music and had many Soul and R&B friends like Jimmy Holiday, Lou Rawls, and Sam Cooke. Their best friend, Jimmy Holiday, was a great Soul singer who is best known as a songwriter... he wrote: "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" with Jackie De Shannon. Jimmy, strangely enough, grew up in Iowa, where I am right now.
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Tank
4 posts
May 09, 2017
4:16 PM
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I was Born and raised in a small market town in Lancashire, NW England, called Ormskirk.
Studied Music in Liverpool (only 20 miles south of me)
Been a Tuba player, playing ALL imaginable styles of music, from Bach to Free Jazz (with HEAPS of Blues in there)
Professionally, I've gigged in about 15 countries, including USA & Canada
In 2010, I moved cross country to Norfolk UK, and 1 year later I married my wife, Jackie.
I also play Jazz & Blues Penny Whistle, Ukulele, percussion, and vocals. I write and arrange also.
Now, May 2017, I've decided to add Harmonica to the list.
I don't tour much these days, as I'm Disabled due to spinal problems, but I'll NEVER give up my music!!!
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MrVen
1 post
Aug 11, 2017
4:09 AM
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Holyoke, MA
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hot4blues
76 posts
Aug 12, 2017
8:26 PM
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Been a Jersey boy my whole life. Originally from Wallington (a famous food market there that makes the best horseradish for kielbasa sandwiches). Afterwards, West Paterson. Got married and lived first in Moonachie, Garfield (3 different apartments). Returned to West Paterson recently. I love the fact I'm only a twenty minute drive to NYC. To me, no city like NYC at Christmas. I mean really... Who wants to live where it's warm in December and seeing Santa Claus in shorts (just trying to pull a laugh or two on that one).
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Frodemann67
2 posts
Aug 17, 2017
7:36 PM
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Just outside Oslo, Norway.
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woodnacho
3 posts
Aug 17, 2017
8:13 PM
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Born/raised in Nova Scotia, Canada. Moved to Montreal, Quebec in January of this year.
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AppalachiaBlues
39 posts
Aug 18, 2017
9:47 AM
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Born and raised in the mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania (upper Appalachia). Lived in Pittsburgh, Boston, and Washington DC.
Moved to Germany, then immigrated to France. I have been living the past 25 years in Paris, which is now "home".
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Jason 5.0
1 post
Sep 28, 2017
10:19 AM
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Born and raised in North Augusta SC. I have been a blues fan since I was 17 and went to see a movie called Crossroads. I'm a complete newbie to harmonica my kids bought me a Suzuki Harpmaster for Father's Day this year. I'm struggling along with YouTube videos. I have a local guy I have been bothering to give me some tips. I don't get discouraged.
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LevelUp
37 posts
Sep 28, 2017
10:38 AM
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I'm from Chicago, play diatonic harp. I work on harps too.
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Flbl
1 post
Sep 28, 2017
10:46 AM
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Born in Mass, but i have lived on the east coast of Fl most of my life, started playing at 13, but didn't do much throughout my twenties and thirties, but now I'm back. Man if this internet thing had been around when I started just don't know where I'd be.
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kajboj
1 post
Nov 12, 2017
9:28 AM
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Born and raised in Poland. Now living in UK.
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alisonc
2 posts
Nov 24, 2017
3:43 PM
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Living on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland Australia. I am a total beginner. I am also the proud owner of a Hohner Unsere Liblinge Harp c. 1938. It is not really a beginners harp but I am determined to try to do it some sort of justice. Just trying to figure out where to start.
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Johnnyv321
1 post
Jan 14, 2018
10:32 AM
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Born and raised in Oxfordshire UK apart from a brief 5 year stint in London whilst in the Army. Currently living in the next County along - Wiltshire
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jbone
2446 posts
Jan 14, 2018
10:36 AM
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Tulsa now probably for a while. Vegas was not our kind of place.
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SweetBlood
12 posts
Jan 14, 2018
12:33 PM
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I'm from right where Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma meet.
Jbone, are you making it out to any good jams around Tulsa? I would like to come down there and play a little bit. I did compete for Tulsa in the IBC a few years ago. But haven't had much chance to go back since.
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FastFourier
21 posts
Jan 14, 2018
3:41 PM
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Born in that blues harmonica hotbed, Bennington, VT. Raised in Oakland CA. First live concert with blues harmonica: J. Geils Band at Fillmore West. Lived in Memphis for 12 years, and taught at the University of Memphis. Currently reside in the Boston suburbs.
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jbone
2447 posts
Jan 14, 2018
10:13 PM
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@SweetBlood, We're just beginning to settle in. Flu is with us and now it's very much winter weather so we're staying close for now.
Late last summer we came through that area and stopped briefly in Joplin. We were looking at working at a resort on Grand Lake south of Miami but it fell through.
We're planning to check out some venues here in a month or two when it warms up. Meantime we'll rehearse here and maybe do some videos, and try to work on material for the next cd.
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Rontana
442 posts
Jan 15, 2018
6:36 AM
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Jbone,
If you guys hit the road after the flu and winter pass, there's a venue in Springfield, MO that might be perfect for you. It's called "Pappy's Place." Neighborhood bar and bbq with big, outdoor patio. One of the oldest bars in Springfield, but draws quite a crowd (and the bbq is excellent).
I used to live down that way (now am about halfway between Joplin and KC). From what I recall of the place, I think Pappy's would like your music.
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onemoremiller
1 post
Jan 15, 2018
12:20 PM
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I live in NYC.
I grew up in the Texas Hill Country (that other Hill Country :).
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jbone
2448 posts
Jan 15, 2018
1:20 PM
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Thanks for the tip Rontana. We may well take a drive that way when spring hits!
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SweetBlood
13 posts
Jan 15, 2018
1:37 PM
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There are a lot of places to play in NW Arkansas as well Jbone. Pretty good music scene going on down there.
Rontana where have you been playing? Mostly in KC? Or are there some good venues around where you are? Let me know if there are any good jams. Maybe I could come up there and check it out. I'm just outside of Joplin.
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jbone
2449 posts
Jan 15, 2018
2:08 PM
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We're going to look at local first, right around Tulsa.
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Fritjof
4 posts
Jul 06, 2018
1:06 AM
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Half-norwegian, half Danish. Been living in Denmark for most of my life, first Morsø then Århus and now the northernmost part of Southern Jutland - with short rounds living in Norway and Tanzania before that..
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Sloppy1
24 posts
Jul 06, 2018
3:54 AM
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Waukegan Illinois all my life. About half way between chicago and milwaukee.
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Christian Wasmer
4 posts
Jul 06, 2018
6:42 AM
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I live in France but very close to the German and Swiss borders, that's North-East of the country. Loooooong time ago I used to play guitar and sing in a "post punk" or "new wave" group then almost gave up music totally and spent about 30 years crazed about motorcycles (I am now 65). I am an electronics tech by trade so I started to repair, build, and restore guitar tube amps as a hobby. This led me to come back in contact with fellow musicians and I am involved in several projects but more on the technical/logistical point of view (recording rehearsals, printing tabs/lyrics, fixing the rigs, etc.). That is when I picked an old harp I had laying in a drawer, and really was hooked ! This is how I eventually came across Adam's youtube lessons and he really helped me to achieve a "intermediate" level where I now can play 2nd position blues almost fluently and even start to incorporate overblows in my playing. I have the opportunity now and then to be invited for a short piece by fellow groups locally.
"Pardon my French", I hope I didn't make too many mistakes with my English....
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dunn.andy
10 posts
Jul 09, 2018
5:11 AM
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Born in Crook , Co Durham, England and spent the first 20 years there, this is deep mining count being run down and shut down
Then spent 18 years in a pretty Market Town called Masham in the heart of the Yorkshire dales, think beer sheep and tourism
Then 15 in run down Redcar on the North Yorkshire coast whilst working in another ex mining village in South Yorkshire
Don’t get me wrong I am white middle class but there is still a lot of poverty up north in England in the the old mining towns and villages
And now Lamalou-les-Bains, France
Blue skies, cheep wine made in our valley
And wooded , steep gorge with the Orb river carving a route to the Med
And now I take up the Harmonica and life is good
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Chester Draw
15 posts
Jul 09, 2018
2:41 PM
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Lewes East Sussex England,Most famous resident Thomas Paine,a sort off Georgian Che Guevara .
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jbone
2620 posts
Jul 10, 2018
3:05 AM
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We're getting some dates here in Tulsa and hoping to expand some. But the word is, if at all possible we're going to get back on the road next spring. For like the north in summer and south in winter. Great Lakes, New England, south Texas, north Florida.
Got that travel itch still!
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Elcoh
37 posts
Jul 11, 2018
7:42 PM
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Born and raised in Brooklyn NY
Population: 2,600,000
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nacoran
9905 posts
Jul 12, 2018
5:08 PM
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Welcome aboard everyone. Hi Elcoh. Always good to see someone else from NY state on the board. I'm way up the river though, just west of Albany.
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Gareth
1 post
Aug 17, 2018
6:09 AM
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From Aberystwyth in West Wales, on the Ystwyth Delta. Been playing harp since I was about 16 (and I'm 50 this year!). Also took up tenor sax a few years ago.
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sandra7
1 post
Nov 02, 2018
3:02 AM
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My name is Johan. I live in Cape Town.3m2aWd33
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FastFourier
74 posts
Nov 02, 2018
12:29 PM
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Born in Bennington, VT, but raised in Oakland, CA.
Spent two years Chicago and twelve years in Memphis.
Now I live outside Boston. Not as much blues as my previous two homes, but plenty of other music.
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nacoran
9993 posts
Nov 02, 2018
3:44 PM
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Welcome everyone! Always great to see people from all over the world joining.
FastFourier... there are some good harp players over in Boston! You've got Annie Raines and BBQ Bob Maglinte.
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Fil
403 posts
Nov 02, 2018
5:35 PM
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FastFourier, check out Cheryl Arena. She plays a lot around Boston.
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eetechTom
40 posts
Nov 02, 2018
7:20 PM
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Born in Toledo, OH, and have yet to escape. Might head south if retirement ever comes.
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Curtisaneumann
11 posts
Nov 03, 2018
4:10 PM
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Michigan native here.
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dscott345
2 posts
Nov 09, 2018
9:31 AM
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I lived my first 64 years in Central Ohio. Most of my time in Columbus. When we retired we started traveling full time. We are trying to figure out where to settle down. Currently looking at the Connecticut River Valley.
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RobDawg
1 post
Nov 09, 2018
8:26 PM
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Born and raised in Charleston, SC where a fiddle-maker named Wild Bill gave me a Hohner bluesband in 1988 and a decent Mel Bay spiral-bound song book. I Left SC in my early 20's with my hand-tweaked Special 20's (and that smelly Bluesband) headed to West Palm Beach, FL for a couple years, then 9 long months living in NJ before moving to Martha's Vineyard (an Island near Cape Cod - MA) where I sat in every once in a while and had a couple gigs with a band named Train Wreck and met my wife. After I left the Island I lived a year in Ipswich, MA. Then, I got married and I moved to North Andover, MA. My 9 month-old son has a Suzuki Airwave. He just bites it right now, but he'll be reading forums before I know it!
My band, Two Weeks from Everywhere, practices in Merrimac, MA and we busk in Newburyport, Boston, and Salem, MA. We had some steady gigs over the past year and are working on adding more originals.
I have accumulated a good sampling of gear and harps over these past few years since I've been playing out more. I enjoy working to hone my playing techniques and I'm thankful for my talented musician friends.
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jbone
2736 posts
Nov 10, 2018
8:04 PM
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The itch is upon us again! I think we're headed for north Fla. for a while and then I have a job in NY state in May to October. The ol' travelin' bone is vibrating again.
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Chris West
17 posts
Nov 13, 2018
4:46 PM
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Born in Crystal Falls, Michigan......Upper Peninsula of Michigan....and after 64 years of traveling an almost straight line North and South in the upper Midwest, am back home to stay.
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thunder58
10 posts
Dec 10, 2018
1:59 PM
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Hi ,
Born in The Bronx in 1958 and moved to and raised in Orangeburg , NY ( Rockland County ) I bought my first harp when I was 9 and still have it today , A Hohner Echo in C . Cost a large $7 or 8 for a 9 year old but well worth it . Hope to learn and have fun here
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jbone
2778 posts
Dec 10, 2018
7:26 PM
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We are *ABOUT* to be from Lafayette Louisiana! Heading down from Tulsa in a few days with the new travel trailer and the plan to do full time on the road! Not sure how long we'll be there, at least a month, if it looks good longer, if I get a deal where I can work for lot rent along the Gulf coast we'll move along.
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LumberjackShark
79 posts
Dec 13, 2018
2:38 PM
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jbone - if you make it west from Lafayette, right at the LA/TX border I'd love to play some harp with you. Let me know - adam.saunders@portarthurtx.gov - I live on the Gulf Coast right next to Louisiana.
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root
110 posts
Dec 14, 2018
7:30 AM
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Born and raised in Glens Falls,N.Y.,lived in Syracuse, N.Y.,Denver, Colo.,now in Baltimore, Md.
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dkrulewich
13 posts
Dec 14, 2018
8:59 AM
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I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and lived there most of my life up until high school.
In high school, I moved around a bit but spent my senior year in Little Rock, Arkansas. I got married while in college in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
During 12 years in the Navy, I lived a lot of places, but landed in Kansas City area, where I have lived ever since.
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rogerbx
1 post
Jan 04, 2019
4:06 PM
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Hi everyboby,
I was born in Morocco, I grew up in France. I feld in love with a nice dutch girl at the age of 22. Lived together 2 years in Paris. Married in The Netherlands where we stayed seven years, my three children are borned there. Back to France for about thirty years. now We are living near Bordeaux and she is selling good wine.
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KC69
584 posts
Jan 09, 2019
9:44 AM
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Hey Chris West from Crystal Falls, Been thru your beautiful town many times. My Beautiful Bride is from Ashland Wi.
We are from and in Central Ohio.
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KC69
585 posts
Jan 09, 2019
9:48 AM
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dscott 345: Let me know if you back in central Ohio, you can come gig out with our band. I'm just outside of Marysville. email address is in my info.
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nacoran
10269 posts
Jun 05, 2020
11:30 AM
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Raven asked where new people are from. I thought I'd bump the official thread. :)
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