Hot Rod Harmonicas

Resources

This is an incomplete list of links to great players, teachers, and sources of gear and information on all things harmonica…

SPAH (Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica): www.spah.org –  throws the biggest harmonica party in the USA once a year on site or virtual – all I can say is GO & get your mind blown…

Harp-L : harp-l.com/mailman/listinfo/harp-l – is the longest running online harmonica forum, totally old school place to drop questions, opinions, and video links about (mostly) harmonica related  subjects. A lot of heavy hitters lurk here and drop in with great stories and wisdom bombs.

Rockin Rons is a top notch source for harps, tools and related gear : https://rockinronsmusic.com He is a great guy to work with and gets stuff out the door in record time…

Dennis Gruenling: https://www.dennisgruenling.com/ is a total world class player, teacher and microphone & amp master. He has a unique high octane yet super soulful mastery of traditional blues as well as jump and swing blues with influences from Horn players like Lester Young, Pee Wee Russel, and Louis Jordan.

Pat Missin – his site is one of the mother lodes of harmonica technical information. If you want to geek out on tuning temperaments and alternative note layouts, he is your man: https://www.patmissin.com/

Orjan Hansson: ohw.se/links/  is also a great source for people who want to understand just intonation and other areas of fine tuning harmonicas – a great example is –  https://ohw.se/hca/tuning-theory/

Joe Filisko: https://www.filiskostore.com/ – has been a force of nature in the harmonica world for decades and a huge influence on my own journey as a harp tech and player

Steve Baker: www.stevebaker.de – Is a great player, teacher, and innovator who has been affiliated with Hohner for decades – his “Harp Handbook” is one of the most useful books on the diatonic harmonica out there. My copy is beat to hell from re-reading it.

Dave Barrett: https://www.bluesharmonica.com – is one of the most prolific and powerful blues harp instructors on the planet.

Brendan Power: https://www.brendan-power.com/ – Is a ridiculously great player in many genres and an unstoppable source of harmonica innovations.

Howard Levy: https://levyland.com/ – is the mind blowing master of jazz on the diatonic harmonica and one of the great disruptors of the history of the harmonica.

Winslow Yerxa: https://winslowyerxa.com/ – is a font of wild and fascinating information on all things harmonica and a great player to boot…

Adam Gussow:  Blues harp youtube pioneer with street cred from busking in the Big Apple as part of Satan and Adam – check out his  Modern Blues Harmonica: https://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/ for tons of info and links to his work.

P.T. Gazell: ptgazell.com/  plays a valved diatonic harp chromatically in a variety of styles with an emphasis on country and jazz standards.

Rob Paparozzi: http://robpaparozzi.com/ – Rob is a New Jersey based frontman, singer, & harmonica player  since 1967. He’s toured with the Original Blues Brothers band as well as Blood Sweat and Tears, is a total pro and a generous teacher.

Mark Hummel: www.markhummel.com/ – Mark has been playing rock solid traditional blues harmonica for decades and has also hosted a who’s who of the contemporary harp players as well as up and coming artists in his “Blues Harmonica Blowouts”

Annie Raines: www.paulandannie.com – Paul Rishell and Annie Raines have been playing deep and diverse  acoustic and electric blues and Americana for many years and Annie is also an inspiring, effective teacher…

Stay tuned – more links to come!