So many people just walk by without stopping and enjoying this awesome free show. I would grab a cold beer and sit on that bench next to him. Them I would leave a big fat tip.
@wimharp: You mean: What drives a street musician to become a university professor? Great question! I decided that it wasn't enough just to play music for the people; I needed to honor my inner pedant.
I began playing Harp the day after Christmas (26th December) and I understand how skilled this guy is. When the Harp is played well it has a feeling words can't express as you feel it more than hear it. People like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, Charley Patton etc go beyond words and this guy has it also.
Thanks to all who have been kind to this video. It was filmed five years ago by my good friend Cliff Hall. I had been playing footdrums for only two months and was greatly enjoying this new career direction. I had no idea what I was doing, drum-wise, and was making it all up as I went along. The kickdrum was more "whap" than "thump," which is not ideal, but I owe Pete Farmer of Farmer Foot Drums huge thanks for helping give me the beat. Thanks, Pete!
Just watched one of your lesson videos, my god that helped, too bad i dont know how to bend notes yet, i am mostly learning by just what i call shooting the breeze on my harmonica, a bluesband honer C
The daddy of all harp players.this man is unbelievable, and for sharing his free advice videos- a legend and a gentleman. Adam plays like we all aspire to one day, but sadly, the reality is- we won't. Why?? Cos no one plays the "devils music" on the harp like Mr Gussow. Thankyou for sharing Adam
@meettheworld6241 WZ just going to say something similar. It's Clarksdale, Mississippi. They're probably jaded as they can be and see this all the time.
Love the way Adam incorporates modern jazz while never giving up the traditional blues feel. It's what the old timers would have done if those riffs were out there back then!
Adam, you're a hero. A while a go I was really into your lessons and they helped me a lot! Just wanna say thanks for those lessons. I want an Adam Gussow action figure.
Great jams! Those passers by don't appreciate what they're missing. I also spotted the new "Ain't going doggin' no more" video that just came up. Lovely. Live long and Keep Harping! Cheers
@talbot300889: Yes, it's a Bb harp. I've revised the "more info" extended description to include links to a video and tab for the first song, "Buford Chapel Breakdown," which I ended up putting on my first album. It got a lot of airplay on "Bluesville" XM/Sirius satellite radio.
adam as a harp player i just want to say thank you so much for the online lessons and your web site morden blues harmonica, has really helped me get better and become more musical cheers!
@barkingchihuahua: Yes, I had a 50 year old student in a beginning class many years ago, and he became obsessed with the instrument. He practiced hours a day. Within two years, he was working regularly with TWO blues bands in New York City. You should take a look at my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (dot) com. Lots of lessons there. Also, on my personal appearances page, a list of gigs. Chicago, New York, Copenhagen, Kansas.....and Mississippi, of course.
The second half of this song is one of the hardest harmonica songs I’ve ever seen ever It’s harder than Freebird This one’s actually giving me a headache trying to learn it I’m getting there though
Kool so Kool ,we spend most of our lives not doing the things we should do.and the many talented people out there doing what they love and sharing what they are good at. Big thanks much appreciated.
We are not all of the ilk of AG, but we all have our part to play in life. It's about working hard to find your gift in life and then working harder to give that gift away. Peace brother man and best wishes on your journey 🤘
Great Adam Satan would be proud Who'd think that the student came to be as great as the master Thanks for bringing the sweet pain of the blues into my life
Followed this guy on youtube for some time and watched his lessons. Today when I was listinging to BB KINGS bluesville on satilite radio i heard him on there. Just as soon as he started playing I was like hey thats Adam. One of the best harpist ive ever heard.
Gotta just love that.Thanks Adam.Having played blues harp for 45 years I can appreciate what's going on as far as being able to play like that well that's another story.Just inspirational really.In some ways I like it more than your Crossroads vid which is just a real jump and stomp number.Great ! Your keepin it real.
HI Adam, Can't thank you enough for being so generous with giving free harp lessons to the entire world! I think I've watched only 10% of them but I learned a few new things. - Ross
Just found Gussow today. Absolutely love this guy! If you're looking for solid advice and lessons ...please check out his many videos I've learned a lot from him. God Bless you Gussow
Approval. Just listened to the Crossroads video. Inspiring. I found my way to your website, Blues Harmonica, went through the lists, listened to the 20s and 30s and liked Alfred Lewis, Lee Brown, Jaybird Coleman, and Robert Hill. Thought of Cream-ing them or Led-ding and what it would sound like. Now back to your site.
Always cheers me up, these perfectly executed renditions of these two great tracks. We just don’t have that many blues guys over here in England. Thinking of you.
Awesome. Man, I love it.. I wanta go down to the delta and sit on one of those porches in Clarksdale and play and listen to some good blues.. yep that would be totally cool....
Man that is pure talent..Love it and will soon be learning to play myself..Due to rheumatoid arthritis I cant play stringed instruments any longer.Your a true inspiration.
I love this Music, many times I have listened to this Music an the video of Crossroads. A lot of good feeling with only harmonica and drum. Thumbs up for you!
Wah....you are the best harmonica player I had ever seen! Your soul is in the instrument! Call me if you are in Singapore and we can jam Besame Mucho or Hotel Carlifornia together on the beautiful Sentosa island!
I love listening to you play Adam. Your fantastic and obviously you love playing. I hear it and see it. So cool. So really cool. See you and Satan at the Riverwalk, Blues 2014 February. I can't wait. Never seen you in person.
i know i just write one comment.. but what the hell! its total madness! why nobody stop and listen to you? if i be one who pass you by i would stop and wait till youre done :) even few hours! i cant express how i like and admire that music of yours :) come to poland on turnee or sth :D
Adam, Mahalo (thanks in Hawaiian) for your continued flow in inspiration and instruction of playing the blues harp. Your personality and style of teaching makes it so accessible to padawan learners. Just when I get too frustrated or hyperventilated and want to put down the harp...there you are encouraging me via your vids. Thanks again, Jedi Harp Master. "Puka" is Hawaiian for "hole" thus I am the Ten Puka Man. Aloha, Adam.
Hey Adam man, would love to see you do a whole series on advice etc for street musicians. You could tell us about equipment you've had over the use, and the practical side and any other stories you have. I'm a very new wannabe street musician atm
So many people just walk by without stopping and enjoying this awesome free show. I would grab a cold beer and sit on that bench next to him. Them I would leave a big fat tip.
I got you
How could you hear this and not want to groove with it?
Amen to that, brother 🤘🏼
Oh yeah bro. Definitely!
Wow just wow this guy is really talented 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸
He was the professor for one of my English classes at the University of Mississippi. Very cool dude and a really good professor
Haha wow no way! xD Amazing.
Nice professor
He plays a mean Harp too.
cfl logistics He is considered among the best by many professional harp players.
Amazing And how could folk pass by? Guess they got no soul.
@wimharp: You mean: What drives a street musician to become a university professor? Great question! I decided that it wasn't enough just to play music for the people; I needed to honor my inner pedant.
I began playing Harp the day after Christmas (26th December) and I understand how skilled this guy is. When the Harp is played well it has a feeling words can't express as you feel it more than hear it.
People like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, Charley Patton etc go beyond words and this guy has it also.
I'm a Harp player & love U brother. Keep The Blues Alive !!
Thanks to all who have been kind to this video. It was filmed five years ago by my good friend Cliff Hall. I had been playing footdrums for only two months and was greatly enjoying this new career direction. I had no idea what I was doing, drum-wise, and was making it all up as I went along. The kickdrum was more "whap" than "thump," which is not ideal, but I owe Pete Farmer of Farmer Foot Drums huge thanks for helping give me the beat. Thanks, Pete!
playing the street is the most fun I've had. Adam makes it look fun.
hey adam this is is me taby who lives in dallas how r u doing
Just watched one of your lesson videos, my god that helped, too bad i dont know how to bend notes yet, i am mostly learning by just what i call shooting the breeze on my harmonica, a bluesband honer C
Muy bueno!!! Desde Argentina
Congratulation Adam.... What harp used....? Awesome !
Hard to ever stop listening to Gussow's incredible rhythm and soulful sound. In Clarksdale no less. One fine day in a man's life.
Neither pain nor disease can hit you while listening to this ..Great Sir ! Immune Efficiency !!
Adam, you are one of my harp teachers, thank you. Cheers from Urals mountains, Russia
The daddy of all harp players.this man is unbelievable, and for sharing his free advice videos- a legend and a gentleman.
Adam plays like we all aspire to one day, but sadly, the reality is- we won't. Why?? Cos no one plays the "devils music" on the harp like Mr Gussow. Thankyou for sharing Adam
I'm wondering how some people (in the video) can just pass by without a look or to stop, are they deaf??? Your music is so amazing!!!!
People who aren't terminally online and actually leave the house tend not to overreact to normal things on the street.
This is just another day of life in Mississippi... Talent and soul are common place within the older generations
@meettheworld6241 WZ just going to say something similar.
It's Clarksdale, Mississippi. They're probably jaded as they can be and see this all the time.
Your tip bag would be overflowing if all of us TH-cam fans were there :P
Great work!
Omg.. This man is absolutely great !
Love the way Adam incorporates modern jazz while never giving up the traditional blues feel. It's what the old timers would have done if those riffs were out there back then!
Just Amazing! Almost 3 am now and I wanna hear this again before I go to bed.. LOVE IT! Thank You Adam!
Adam, you're a hero.
A while a go I was really into your lessons and they helped me a lot!
Just wanna say thanks for those lessons.
I want an Adam Gussow action figure.
Great jams! Those passers by don't appreciate what they're missing.
I also spotted the new "Ain't going doggin' no more" video that just came up. Lovely.
Live long and Keep Harping!
Cheers
A treasure trove of licks that will keep me coming back for inspiration.
Excellent 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl' at the end too.
@talbot300889: Yes, it's a Bb harp. I've revised the "more info" extended description to include links to a video and tab for the first song, "Buford Chapel Breakdown," which I ended up putting on my first album. It got a lot of airplay on "Bluesville" XM/Sirius satellite radio.
adam as a harp player i just want to say thank you so much for the online lessons and your web site morden blues harmonica, has really helped me get better and become more musical cheers!
Hey you really got my attention man, God bless you.
@barkingchihuahua: Yes, I had a 50 year old student in a beginning class many years ago, and he became obsessed with the instrument. He practiced hours a day. Within two years, he was working regularly with TWO blues bands in New York City.
You should take a look at my website, Modern Blues Harmonica (dot) com. Lots of lessons there. Also, on my personal appearances page, a list of gigs. Chicago, New York, Copenhagen, Kansas.....and Mississippi, of course.
有好老師，成功一半。
The second half of this song is one of the hardest harmonica songs I’ve ever seen ever
It’s harder than Freebird
This one’s actually giving me a headache trying to learn it I’m getting there though
Mississippi 2009 reaches Lisbon 2020. Thanks for this and for your blues harmonica teaching/tips videos!
Kool so Kool ,we spend most of our lives not doing the things we should do.and the many talented people out there doing what they love and sharing what they are good at. Big thanks much appreciated.
Adam followed you for a while now...Mate this is awesome very talented guy.....just wish i could play. Col ( England)
Just awesome..... love it 👌👌👌👌
Adam, you are the genuine artifact, and an asset to the blues harp community, thanks for all the great videos.
Mr Gusson tanks for share your knowledg with us you are a simple man congratulation. My name is Marcelo from Brazil.
Brilliant!.... I could listen to that all day...thanks
Truely a man that makes the world a better place. Why can't everybody do things like him.
We are not all of the ilk of AG, but we all have our part to play in life. It's about working hard to find your gift in life and then working harder to give that gift away. Peace brother man and best wishes on your journey 🤘
Cuz we ain't superhuman.
Mississippi 2009 in lockdown London 2020. Keep playing Adam!
Great blues, what a wonderful musician! Thanks for posting this.
Thank you for sharing sweet sounds of that land
WA-O!!!
I like your Music and Your Play Style.
Great Adam
Satan would be proud
Who'd think that the student came to be as great as the master
Thanks for bringing the sweet pain of the blues into my life
Followed this guy on youtube for some time and watched his lessons. Today when I was listinging to BB KINGS bluesville on satilite radio i heard him on there. Just as soon as he started playing I was like hey thats Adam. One of the best harpist ive ever heard.
Shades of a Great Duo! Always great Adam
Gotta just love that.Thanks Adam.Having played blues harp for 45 years I can appreciate what's going on as far as being able to play like that well that's another story.Just inspirational really.In some ways I like it more than your Crossroads vid which is just a real jump and stomp number.Great ! Your keepin it real.
HI Adam, Can't thank you enough for being so generous with giving free harp lessons to the entire world! I think I've watched only 10% of them but I learned a few new things. - Ross
Adam thank u for the music n the lessons u put up on YT❤
Just found Gussow today. Absolutely love this guy! If you're looking for solid advice and lessons ...please check out his many videos I've learned a lot from him.
God Bless you Gussow
+1 on that. Great player, great teacher!
Approval. Just listened to the Crossroads video. Inspiring. I found my way to your website, Blues Harmonica, went through the lists, listened to the 20s and 30s and liked Alfred Lewis, Lee Brown, Jaybird Coleman, and Robert Hill. Thought of Cream-ing them or Led-ding and what it would sound like. Now back to your site.
O man, i loved an one-man Mississippi Blues Band, thanks!!!!
7.77万登録おめでとうございま👏🏻🎉✨
素晴らしいブルースです💙💙💙
A real HAPPY 66th Birthday to Mr. Adam Gussow and really ALL the best to him ... (2024-0403)
the second coming might be a while off yet....but this bloke will do until he gets here.....what a talent!!!!!!!
It's so good just to hear you play! Thanks.
Just awesome Adam you are so talented rip Satan
Perfection is what this man is,thank you sir!
Very nice job Mr. Gussow. Watching many of your vids for lessons......
Just love your talent Adam!
HD, from BC... Canada
Always cheers me up, these perfectly executed renditions of these two great tracks.
We just don’t have that many blues guys over here in England.
Thinking of you.
Awesome. Man, I love it.. I wanta go down to the delta and sit on one of those porches in Clarksdale and play and listen to some good blues.. yep that would be totally cool....
Goosebumps. Then I know... perfection
Just awesome! I was really suprised hearing Ronnie Earl tune on harmonica - sounds just amazing!
I have watched you for years your awesome
Man oh man some good old music for yah right here great job great skills pray that god yes your mighty for his kingdom
This is top notch playing here!
Man that is pure talent..Love it and will soon be learning to play myself..Due to rheumatoid arthritis I cant play
stringed instruments any longer.Your a true inspiration.
Blues Magic thankyou this is unforgetable
Come to Manchester Adam we appreciate talent like you here.
You are totally awesome Mr. Gussow!!!
Loved every bit of it..a shame people can't drop some silver into the bowl for a musical treat like that out on the street!
I love this Music, many times I have listened to this Music an the video of Crossroads. A lot of good feeling with only harmonica and drum. Thumbs up for you!
Wah....you are the best harmonica player I had ever seen! Your soul is in the instrument! Call me if you are in Singapore and we can jam Besame Mucho or Hotel Carlifornia together on the beautiful Sentosa island!
This is an awesome Video! Great playing! I love to jam with this with my Bb harp. :)
this is great man enjoy your music im all the way in australia geraldton !! keep them coming
Super Adam
votre feeling est excellent continuer a nous faire plaisir...vive le blues
salutations de Suisse
whaaaoooooo !! super adam !
great blues ! très belle prestation !
sincerly...
gabriel cedra.
amazing flow and grace. Very very beautiful. Excellent timing and sync.
Adam, thanks for that: that's just great.
I'm learning harminco and you inspire me every single day
great stuff I can listen all day long this guy playing his music...
If I was walking on the street in that area there ain't no way I would not stop and drop my jaw. WOW that is awesome.
Bet you can not sit still and listen to this very talented man ! If you can - check for a pulse - it is probably missing!
Hello Adam great stuff I really like it. You have become a master of the street busking no doubt about it. big Hug from london Charlyharp.
Awesome Adam, you are the best. I´m your big fan. Best wishes from Brazil.
My mentor came from clarksdale mississippi and he said he personally knew Adam Gussow!!! How cool is that?!?!?!?!
Cant stop listening to it !
I love listening to you play Adam. Your fantastic and obviously you love playing. I hear it and see it. So cool. So really cool. See you and Satan at the Riverwalk, Blues 2014 February. I can't wait. Never seen you in person.
Adam,
You inspire me!!!
Tahnk-you
No words need describe definitions of sound's magnificent s
What can can I say... hats off!... great performane. regards.-
Just heard this now , 2016 awesome Adam
Great tone on that harp. Reminds me of Butterfield tone. Awesome blowing Adam.
Just brilliant. What a gem.
Really outstanding music.
adam,
i picked you up at old suzanah, and havent put you down since. thank you sir.
Wow.. Amazing skills. Not many people can rock a harp like that. Please upload more!
Raucous and Raw, Awesome, thank you!!!!
i know i just write one comment.. but what the hell!
its total madness! why nobody stop and listen to you? if i be one who pass you by i would stop and wait till youre done :) even few hours! i cant express how i like and admire that music of yours :) come to poland on turnee or sth :D
Damn, in my dreams, I wish I had your talent.
A legend. Thank you.
Excellent,first class loved it
Adam, Mahalo (thanks in Hawaiian) for your continued flow in inspiration and instruction of playing the blues harp. Your personality and style of teaching makes it so accessible to padawan learners. Just when I get too frustrated or hyperventilated and want to put down the harp...there you are encouraging me via your vids. Thanks again, Jedi Harp Master.
"Puka" is Hawaiian for "hole" thus I am the Ten Puka Man. Aloha, Adam.
Thanks Adam. I watched your videos on your website, I really liked the documentery on Saten and Adam. (in Harlem)
He is so great thank you
Hey Adam man, would love to see you do a whole series on advice etc for street musicians. You could tell us about equipment you've had over the use, and the practical side and any other stories you have. I'm a very new wannabe street musician atm
Cracks me up the way people walk by and don't even look at you! You're The Elephant in the Room!
❤ lovely! Congrat's!