Little Hatch: I Got A Woman

The legendary Provine Little Hatch from Kansas City, was one of the leading harp players of his day.   Certainly due to Hatch, and his famous jam sessions, Kansas City became home to some of the best harp players in the midwest. Such players like Mo Paul, Lee McBee, and John Paul Drum.  I was lucky to have jammed a couple of times with Hatch at a couple of blues jams.  It was always fun, but much like John Lee Hooker, you had to listen to Hatch, because he played songs his way!   He was one of the greats. 

Taylor Hicks

Dude is getting better and better on the harp.  One of the hardest working men in pop music.  According the video Taylor is playing for a Toys for Tops concert. 

Darth Vader Plays The Blues

This is hilarious. Someone did a nice job with this mash up of Star Wars and some blues harmonica.

Big Walter Horton On Playing Harmonica

A cool video of one of the great Chicago Blues harp players.

Rod And Honey Piazza Interview

An interview with Rod and Honey Piazza in the Bakersfield Californian to read more about it Click HERE.

Artist Of The Week: Gary Primich

Artist of the week, is the late Gary Primich. The photo above shows Gary with the great Hubert Sumlin. Some of the videos that may pop up in the Google Video box, are probably the same ones I posted earlier, but this way they will stay on the front page for the rest of the week. As always you can find the videos on the left side of the blog.

Gary Primich update

No official word on cause of death of Gary Primich, but both his ex-wife, and a former band mate have said they think he died of a drug overdose. He was only 49 years old. Now I know that the young people who read this board think that 49 is over the hill, but in blues years, he was a very young man. You really don't hit your stride in the blues until you get to 40. From reading one of Primichs band mates blog, it seems that Gary had gotten into some of the hard stuff. It is unfortunate if it is true that we have lost another great bluesman to drugs and or, alcohol. The list of fallen blues performers to either or both is long and tragic. Regardless of why he died, I think it is important that we remember how he lived, and the music he left behind. The one thing about the blues is that it lives on. Primich left a large body of work that can be listened too, or watched for years to come. So he may have left us early, but he at least left us with a great gift of his blues.

Gary Primich: Harp Solo

Gary Primich with Nick Curran. Nice instrumental. Rest in peace Gary.

Gary Primich: I'm Nervous Fellow

In honor of Gary Primich I am posting some of his videos tonight.

Gary Primich RIP

Just got this shocking news from the All About Jazz News website. Gary Primich died yesterday. No news on why. This is shocking news to me, since I wasn't aware that he had any health issues. For a biography check out the all about Jazz News website here. I will update if I find anymore information.

Charlie Musselwhite: Gone To Long

Charlie Musselwhite from 2006. Hey Birmingham don't miss this guy tomorrow, or the next day!!!

Charlie Musselwhite Interveiw

Here is a good interview with legendary blues harpman, Charlie Musselwhite. It is in the Birmingham Weekly. Musselwhite will perform two shows September 14 and 15th at the Hoover library in Birmingham Alabama. To read the interview Click HERE.

Harper Interview

You remember two weeks ago, when I had my adventurous Friday night in Des Moines, and discovered the former Aussie, now living in Michigan blues harmonica player Harper at Blues On Grand. Well, here is a too short interview with the magic harp player from the Ann Arbor News. (read the interview HERE)It is also an old story, so if you were in Ann Arbor, or Detroit and missed this guys show, you really missed a good one! Keep an eye out for this guy, he puts on a good show.

James Harmon: Ooh Baby

James Harmon is one of the wild ones. I had the pleasure to open for him a couple of times, and he was always a blast to talk to. I also learned a lot about the music business from listening to him deal with bar owners:-) If you get a chance to check out James Harmon, you won't be sorry.