That's awesome unnamed person for recognizing that riff in Adam's video and messaging him about the Wille Brown Riff! 😄 Love ya Adam, thank you so so much for everything you've done for me and all of us! ❤️ ~Doc Patty & The Lickity Splitz
Brilliant lesson Adam I hope you teach the tongue blocking and head roll or hand roll to finish this Great lesson come on you got to Also if you have time would you show us the Riff by sonny terry from the song spread this news around been trying to get that riff since I was 18 I’m 45 now so go for it please Kindest Regards Nick From uk xx
Hey, i know this is probably a long shot... but i live in pelahatchie, ms and am wondering if there might be any way that i could meet you in person and get a few blues pointers on the c harp from ya...
I saw that movie recently because my recommendations kept showing the excerpt where Willie Brown made the train sound. The harmonica playing in that movie is great. Does anyone know if all of the harmonica tunes were played on a C harmonica?
I love Crossroads, but I hope that no one thinks that the Blues History in that film was real. The actual Willie Brown, the one that Robert Johnson mentions in Crossroads Blues, was a guitarist, not a harp player. To make things even weirder, the film's Willie Brown is mentioned to have used the alias Blind Dog Fulton, which is a slight-alteration of Piedmont guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. His group, The Smokehouse Boys, is a play on Barbecue Bob and Charlie Hicks Barbecue Boys from Atlanta, GA.
Excellent point. Yes, I have a long essay on the film in my book, "Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition." I do a deep reading of it, you might say, and I talk about the cultural work it performs, most notably in the way it responds to the transformations of the American blues scene in the early 1980s, when white artists (Stevie Ray Vaughan) first began to win blues awards that had previously always gone to black blues artists. I disagree vigorously with the film's rendering of Robert Johnson as devil-haunted. And of course the idea that Willie Brown is asked to sign an actual contract for his soul with one of the devil's associates is....silly. www.amazon.com/Beyond-Crossroads-Devil-Blues-Tradition/dp/1469633663/
Thanks for that Adam. Now that you metioned Phil Wiggins, could you do a video about his style? I've never found anything about him on youtube regarding to teaching his style!
2 draw, whole step bend means you constrict the airflow in a strong but subtle way as you're inhaling on the 2 hole, and the note drops one whole step. On a C harp, it drops from a G to an F. The F is called a flat seventh, relative to the G, which is your tonic or root note.
Three harp players contributed to the soundtrack: Sonny Terry (he played the opening strains; the film was one of the very last things he recorded); John "Juke" Logan; and Frank Frost. I'm almost 100% certain that this particular sequence ISN'T Sonny Terry--it just doesn't have his trademarked sounds--and Frost's contributions were all on-screen performances.
Yes, great point. I can't believe I didn't think of that, since I've played "Rollin' and Tumblin'" for quite a while now. Your insight helps explain the uncanny power of this simple riff.
That movie is the reason I learnt the harmonica. I’ve been looking for something like this. Thank you so much!
Gussow always delivers the business. Sounds like blues cos it is Gussow. Hes the real deal .
Thank you!!! I watched this movie thousands times in my youth. Wanted to learn harmonica like that.
Thank you Mr. Gussow. Great riff. Nice Blues Sound. Thanks for your precious time.👍🙏
Thank you for posting this! I've been looking for it! And i believe that's rolling and tumbling probably wrong
I love this movie, in my coveted dvd collection. Just watched it last week. Thanks Adam!
Sultry vegetative environment Mr. Gussow!! Greetings from México.
Thank You so much, Adam! It's always such a pleasure to watch Your lessons!
Brilliant little lesson Adam. Made me get my C out and have a play. Another riff in the bank. Thanks man. 👊
That's awesome unnamed person for recognizing that riff in Adam's video and messaging him about the Wille Brown Riff! 😄
Love ya Adam, thank you so so much for everything you've done for me and all of us! ❤️
~Doc Patty & The Lickity Splitz
This is the harp rift that started me playing harp and the gitfiddle . It was crossroads that set all in motion .
Great little riff, thanks Adam.
YES!!!!!!! I love this!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for this riff and video 🎼🎶🎙️😎
thanks Adam!!
Great lesson and That shirt👍👍👍
Thanks Adam! I'm learning a lot with your lessons and videos.
Great Lession! Thank you Sir!
Crossroads Willie Brown got to have it Willie Brown crossroads the movie 1:55
This is magnificent! Please keep on uploading.
Thanks Adam’
Awesome lesson Adam. Nice mention of Phil Wiggins .
Thank you !
Crossroads, the movie, Willie Brown, the movie Willie Brown crossroads get it
Great movie!
I like it.
What about the Sonny Terry stuff in that movie.. an what Sonny did in color purple movie..the juke joint scene..
Great scene, just too short.. :)
thanks sounds really good
You are good.....
So relieved that Adam did NOT sell his soul to he devil....It's been on my mind lately.
I'm pretty sure there's a Jimmy page riff on a zeppelin song that uses a very similar riff
Thanks Professor
Someone got the tab?
Brilliant lesson Adam I hope you teach the tongue blocking and head roll or hand roll to finish this Great lesson come on you got to
Also if you have time would you show us the
Riff by sonny terry from the song spread this news around been trying to get that riff since
I was 18 I’m 45 now so go for it please
Kindest Regards Nick From uk xx
Hey, i know this is probably a long shot... but i live in pelahatchie, ms and am wondering if there might be any way that i could meet you in person and get a few blues pointers on the c harp from ya...
Sounds really good alright? I need to practice more? I'm not that good.
Having fun
Has anyone actually succeeded at playing this?? I can’t get my bends to sound chromatically precise enough or clean enough
That cudzu is outta control here in alabama 🤣
Kudzu!
I like your glasses
I saw that movie recently because my recommendations kept showing the excerpt where Willie Brown made the train sound. The harmonica playing in that movie is great. Does anyone know if all of the harmonica tunes were played on a C harmonica?
I don’t know if you’ve already done it, but I’d like to see the harmonica solo from Good Time by Alan Jackson
Cool alright!
I love Crossroads, but I hope that no one thinks that the Blues History in that film was real. The actual Willie Brown, the one that Robert Johnson mentions in Crossroads Blues, was a guitarist, not a harp player. To make things even weirder, the film's Willie Brown is mentioned to have used the alias Blind Dog Fulton, which is a slight-alteration of Piedmont guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. His group, The Smokehouse Boys, is a play on Barbecue Bob and Charlie Hicks Barbecue Boys from Atlanta, GA.
Excellent point. Yes, I have a long essay on the film in my book, "Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition." I do a deep reading of it, you might say, and I talk about the cultural work it performs, most notably in the way it responds to the transformations of the American blues scene in the early 1980s, when white artists (Stevie Ray Vaughan) first began to win blues awards that had previously always gone to black blues artists. I disagree vigorously with the film's rendering of Robert Johnson as devil-haunted. And of course the idea that Willie Brown is asked to sign an actual contract for his soul with one of the devil's associates is....silly. www.amazon.com/Beyond-Crossroads-Devil-Blues-Tradition/dp/1469633663/
I thought the lick sounded somewhat familiar. 😀 You got me going: I will go upstairs and grab my C right away…
Thanks for that Adam. Now that you metioned Phil Wiggins, could you do a video about his style? I've never found anything about him on youtube regarding to teaching his style!
Been looking for this,and thankyou.but im fairly new to harmonica can someone explain what a 2 draw hole step bend is?thanks.
2 draw, whole step bend means you constrict the airflow in a strong but subtle way as you're inhaling on the 2 hole, and the note drops one whole step. On a C harp, it drops from a G to an F. The F is called a flat seventh, relative to the G, which is your tonic or root note.
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I can’t get the 2 draw to bend all the way down to that note. Any tips?
Try saying Kee Koo slowly as you draw on the hole. Check out John Gindick's videos.
I thought Sonny Terry did Wllie's harp in that movie?
Three harp players contributed to the soundtrack: Sonny Terry (he played the opening strains; the film was one of the very last things he recorded); John "Juke" Logan; and Frank Frost. I'm almost 100% certain that this particular sequence ISN'T Sonny Terry--it just doesn't have his trademarked sounds--and Frost's contributions were all on-screen performances.
Wasn’t in D key ?
Nope. th-cam.com/video/NaG5iLBSfQc/w-d-xo.html
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Thanks Adam. Question, Willie is tongue splitting the rest of that riff isn't he ?
This guy sounds familiar
This is kind of rollin and tumblin... Maybe...
Yes, great point. I can't believe I didn't think of that, since I've played "Rollin' and Tumblin'" for quite a while now. Your insight helps explain the uncanny power of this simple riff.
Did you hear about the dyslexic harp player who sold his soul to Santa
Hahahahaha lol
Old MacDonald was dyslexic
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This guy sounds familiar
This guy sounds familiar
This guy sounds familiar
This guy sounds familiar