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Annie Raines joins me on episode 83.Annie is an early pioneer as a female blues harmonica player. Hailing from the Boston area of the US, she drew on the rich source of harmonica inspiration from nearby Cambridge, regularly attending a jam there in her youth, and meeting many great players and joining the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra. Annie then teamed-up with her long time musical partner, Paul Rishell, after also meeting him around the Boston area. They have now been performing and recording together for over 30 years, releasing seven albums, and winning a WC Handy award for one of them. Annie has also guested on albums with several other artists, including Pinetop Perkins.Annie teaches harmonica and has released an instructional video, and gives workshops at various harmonica gatherings. Links:Annie and Paul's website:https://www.paulandannie.com/John Gindick's website:https://gindick.com/harmonica/Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ReDMrEdmbAGeorge Mayweather: What I'd Say:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wp-pAk4epIBlues Harmonica Blueprint instruction:https://truefire.com/techniques-guitar-lessons/blues-harmonica-blueprint/blues-harmonica-blueprint-introduction/v5544Tomlin Harmonica School:https://www.tomlinharmonicaschool.com/Videos:Annie singing You've Been A Good Old Wagon:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKgydSYSC7kCharles Leighton playing In A Sentimental Mood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsPhW6UXE00Canned Heat Blues: from Live In Woodstock DVD:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux-lQaoZewkHarmonica UK Virtual Festival 2020:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD4PzISV2FQAugusta Blues / Swing week 2013:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXpwCMrs5cDuet with John Sebastien:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmPOnRUDZAEPodcast website:https://www.harmonicahappyhour.comDonations:If you want to make a voluntary donation to help support the running costs of the podcast then please use this link (or visit the podcast website link above):https://paypal.me/harmonicahappyhour?locale.x=en_GBSpotify Playlist: Also check out the Spotify Playlist, which contains most of the songs discussed in the podcast:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QC6RF2VTfs4iPuasJBqwT?si=M-j3IkiISeefhR7ybm9qIQPodcast sponsors:This podcast is sponsored by SEYDEL harmonicas - visit the oldest harmonica factory in the world at www.seydel1847.com or on Facebook or Instagram at SEYDEL HARMONICAS
Today's show features music performed by Clara Smith and Paul Rishell
Another edition of Blues is the Truth is here and ready to stream exactly when you want it... It's packed with excellent tunes and blues news. So hit the play button and enjoy songs from the likes of Eric Clapton, Ged Wilson, Geoff Muldaur, Family Fortune with Black Betty, Professor Longhair, Little Walter, Sunjay, Supersonic Blues Machine feat Joe Louis Walker, John Primer, The Nick Moss Band Feat. Dennis Greunling, Buddy Guy, Billy Price, Angela Strehli, Detonics, Mark Pocket Goldberg, Erja Lyytinnen, Altered Five Blues Band, Håkon Høye, JD Simo, Henri Herbert, Dave Keyes, Eric Bibb, Cliff Stevens, Lil' Red and the Rooster, Ivor SK, Colin James and Paul Rishell. Don't forget to like share and subscribe to make sure you don't miss the next show and join our Facebook group on facebook.com/groups/bluesisthetruth
21. Sheryl Crow / Live With Me 22. Stan and the Chain Gang / Hole in My Pocket 23. Rory Block / I'm So Glad (Skip James) 24. Buddy Guy / Hard Time Killing Floor (Skip James) 25. Robin Trower / No More Worlds to Conquer26. Hector Anchondo / Just Forget It 27. Rory Block / Parchman Farm Blues (Bukka White) 28. G Love & Special Sauce / Fixin' to Die (Bukka White)29. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Bell Bottom Blues 30. Rory Block /Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer (Bessie Smith)31. Sue Foley / Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith) 32. Black Keys / Wild Child 33. Kris Lager Band / Mean Old World 34. Rory Block (feat Paul Rishell & Annie Raines) / Rock Island Line (Leadbelly) 35. Creedence Clearwater Revival / Cotton Fields (Leadbelly)
Today’s show features music performed by Clara Smith and Paul Rishell
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Barrett AndersonBarrett Anderson started playing the guitar at 13, and shortly thereafter discovered and fell in love with the blues. His first professional experience came at age 15, backing up the legendary Pinetoop Perkins and "Steady Rollin'" Bob Margolin. When he was 16, Anderson joined Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, who he played with from 1999-2002. During this period, he was also heavily immersed in country blues, studying with Paul Rishell, and was particularly taken by Son House and Skip James. From 2002-2005, Anderson was a member of The Monster Mike Welch Band, and is featured on the 2005 recording, Adding Insight to Injury.The Barrett Anderson Band,Blind Faith,HypnoBoogieThe Barrett Anderson Band,Good Man,HypnoBoogiemakingascene,Barrett Anderson,The Barrett Anderson Band,Grinnin' in Your Face,HypnoBoogieThe Barrett Anderson Band,The Long Fall,HypnoBoogie
The next hour of The Roadhouse goes straight to upbeat, without much of a break until last call. I've got Shirley King, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Johnny Iguana, and Boo Boo Davis. I've also got a set of regional blues, and a set of live blues-harp-focused tracks. The ultimate fact about this edition - that it is, indeed, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 807th Roadhouse.
The next hour of The Roadhouse goes straight to upbeat, without much of a break until last call. I've got Shirley King, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Johnny Iguana, and Boo Boo Davis. I've also got a set of regional blues, and a set of live blues-harp-focused tracks. The ultimate fact about this edition - that it is, indeed, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 807th Roadhouse.
Jason Campbell was born in Billerica, MA and has spent his life in New England. He has a degree in Illustration and is self-employed as a Typographic Designer. He also paints, draws pencil portraits and publishes web cartoons. He has been a blues enthusiast for decades, some of his favorite artists are Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Charlie Musselwhite and Guy Davis. When not listening to other blues artists he plays harmonica and sings at area Open Mics and Open Blues Jams. In whatever free time he can squeeze in he writes adventures for Dungeons and Dragons campaigns.
Performing a unique blend of jazz, folk, rock and blues, Beverly-based, rootsy, rockin & blue, Bob Kramer delivers high-spirited and enthusiastic performances every time he performs. His lively sets are packed with songs for any age and range from the Blues of the Delta to the classic Jazz of the streets to his own tasty originals. Bob is a seasoned performer and multi-instrumentalist whose love for the Delta and Piedmont styles resonates through his energetic playing and his rootsy singing. He performs using a variety of instruments to produce their jazzy folk/blues original sound, including slide guitar, mandolin and other guitars. Bob Kramer regularly perform at a variety of venues in the area, including the Topsfield Fair, and hosts the open mic at the Indo Pub, Beverly, on Monday nights.. Bob has opened for national recording artists, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines at Beverly First Night and the Pete Best Band (original Beatles drummer) in Newburyport and the Terra Blues Club in Greenwich Village in New York CityBob has released solo CDs, produced a compilation CD of Boston's North Shore singer/songwriters - North Shore Acoustic Project - which received a “ raving” review in Dirty Linen Magazine. He also received an Honorable Mention in Billboard Magazine's Songwriting Contest, and served as Chair of the Music Committee for the Yankee Homecoming Festival in Newburyport. His songs have been on radio playlists all over the world. Bob's CD Help Me Sing My Song is on the Oasis compilation CD Volume 5. You can purchase Bob Kramer's albums Help me Sing my Song and North Shore Music Project on iTunes as well as on CD Baby.
Traveling Musician Sarah Rogo shares her travel storiesSarah Rogo is a musician, a surfer, a yoga instructor, an embodiment and mind body expert and has has lived a lot of life in her 26 years, more than most live in a lifetime. We met Sarah in the RV park we are currently #rvlife-ing it in this month. Sarah shares with us some stories of her from the road, as well as insights she has from a life well lived and well traveled. This episode will inspire you to get out of your comfort zone and experience more of the world. Not only does Sarah share her travel stories with us but also a song that is super appropriate for our recent move to Los Angeles. She also gives us a preview into her upcoming TEDx talk. Check her out at sarahrogomusic.comAbout Sarah: Sarah Rogo is a performer, surfer, guitar player and songstress making waves in the music scene. At a young age she has managed to embody the grace and intensity of the old time superstars. The bounce in her step and the twinkle in her eyes reveals her charisma and energy immediately. Her captivating performances include sliding on her resonator guitars, dancing, story telling, singing her heart out, and more. While she may look and sound like your prototypical Southern Californian, the 25-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter was born in New England. She moved to the seaside beach town of Encinitas, CA, less than two years ago, took the local San Diego music scene by storm and now lives in Los Angeles. “Everyone in my family has always known California was my home,” she says. “Ever since I was a young girl, I’ve dreamt of being a surfer.” A nominee for Best Singer-Songwriter at the 2017 San Diego Music Awards, Rogo first picked up a guitar at 13 as a way of performing the songs she’d already written. A self-proclaimed band nerd, she played saxophone, bassoon and clarinet and conducted the school marching band. Growing up, Sarah spent hours listening to music in the local public library, where her tastes ran from klezmer and Middle Eastern sounds to a 1991 live album recorded by Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Alone and Acoustic, which changed her life. “The whole thing is in the key of E and you just know they’re making up the words as they go along, but it totally captivated me,” she enthuses. “That’s the kind of music I wanted to play. I knew the blues had to come from the soul. That’s what made it so magical, what moved me, that authenticity, the mojo, even though I had no idea what those words meant until later. The blues just overwhelmed me.” Rogo apprenticed and performed with local Boston musicians, guitarist Paul Rishell, who once played with Son House, and world-class harp player Annie Raines, along with acoustic country-blues guitarist Woody Mann, a former student of the legendary Reverend Gary Davis. They introduced her to artists like Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Led Zeppelin and the bottle neck slide on the National Resonator Guitar – for which she’s since become a spokesperson -- then took her out with them on tour to Arkansas and Mississippi. Sarah proved an apt performer, and before long, she was writing songs in the vein of those whose music she idolized, evoking such contemporary singer-songwriters as Bonnie Raitt, Rory Block, Eva Cassidy and folk rockers Dawes. “The common thread in my writing is the dance between dark and light. I’ve learned to dance with my demons in a healthy way. Life is inherently hard and the blues has taught me how to navigate hardship and guide me into balance. In a nutshell, blues is the yin and yang and I take refuge in that. It’s a meditation and a prayer… it’s a wish, a hope.” That’s reflected in Rogo’s joyful and spunky performances on-stage, where her energy is contagious. She takes her inspiration from nature and the nearby ocean, always writing outdoors, where inspiration can strike at any moment, and usually does. “I’m fueled by nature. When I’m writing or wandering the woods or the beach I can hear the whisperings of my heart. There are melodies in nature and I scoop them up and take them home.” An eager student of the industry, Rogo met her current manager, veteran Mike Lembo, at the Durango Songwriter Expo in Ventura, CA, where they had an immediate connection. “Sarah’s fearless and talented, and I was drawn to her personality without even hearing her play,” said Lembo. “When I heard her sing and play guitar, I recognized an old soul, someone who can not only become a successful artist, but a world-class surfer as well. Sarah has what it takes to make it, and I’m looking forward to working with her on doing just that.” Rogo is currently recording her debut album, working with producer David Ricketts.. She’s paid her dues and is ready to ride the wave into a promising, exciting future. “I just want to learn and have fun with new people in new places. I live to perform and collect stories” she says. “I want to dive right in and fearlessly be myself in this giant shark tank known as the music business” If anyone can surf those dangerous waters, it’s Sarah Rogo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Check out episode 7 of The Hexagon: A Podcast For Singer-Songwriters. It's a podcast about 6 aspects of being a singer-songwriter today (songwriting, performing, recording, business, growth, and life). Georgia English and I talked about the various ways she approaches songwriting (as well as how songwriting theory can sometimes get in the way of the natural flow of songwriting), her recent tour and collaborating with a booking agent, teaching others the craft of music, and more. Some other things we mentioned: Leesta Vall Booking http://leestavall.com All You Need To Know About The Music Business by Donald Passman Georgia mentions some teachers she worked with in the past: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines (in Boston area) Dave Ricketts (in San Francisco area -- not Seattle, as mentioned in the audio)
1. Joe Bonamassa-Sloe Gin 2. Ry Cooder (Crossroads)-Willie Brown Blues 3. Leon Redbone- Diddy Wah Diddy 4. Little Charlie Nightcats-Run Me Down [Live] 5. Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan-Ride that train 6. Eric Clapton-It hurts me too 7. Paul Rishell & Annie Raines-Step it up and go 8. Ronnie Earl- The Stumble9. ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues10. Gov't Mule - Worried Down With the Blues
The music of Roland Chadwick and Nick Linnik, Paul Rishell
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King (Get Out There And Get It); Magic Slim and The Teardrops (Bad Boy); Eddie Taylor (If You Don't Want Me Baby); Rick Estrin and The Nightcats (One Wrong Turn); Paul Rishell and Annie Raines (Moving To The Country); Big Joe Williams (Providence Help The Poor People); B.B. King (Recession Blues); Son Jack Jr. and Michael Wilde (Skinny Woman); The Blind Dead McJones Band (Try Some Wrong); Wesley Pruitt Band (Gone Gone Gone); Kenny Neal (Another Man's Cologne); Mance Lipscomb (Baby Don't You Lay It On Me); Tampa Red (She's Love Crazy); The Motives (Burning Angel); The Blues Broads (Livin' The Blues).
In this edition of The Roadhouse, you can look forward to Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Samuel James, Paul Rishell, Albert Ammons, and some new music from Robert Cray. I've got a set of acoustic blues, some piano blues, and some straight ahead Chicago stemwinders . It's all wrapped up in a clean blue package of the finest blues you've never heard - the 398th Roadhouse.
The Roadhouse continues to roll on rollin' out great blues. With only an hour, it's a broad view of blues with more than a surprise or two. Billy Boy Arnold, Cash Box Kings, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Paul Rishell, and Cassie Taylor, take the little bandstand in the corner. The bartender's got a good ear for your problems and you're gonna need your dancing shoes. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 384th Roadhouse.
After two weeks of blues rock shows, The Roadhouse returns to basics this week with a strong hour of pure blues. Mighty Lester, Paul Rishell, Dave Fields, Cedric Burnside, and Aaron Moore are all part of the big broad picture of the blues and make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 198th Roadhouse Podcast.
After two weeks of blues rock shows, The Roadhouse returns to basics this week with a strong hour of pure blues. Mighty Lester, Paul Rishell, Dave Fields, Cedric Burnside, and Aaron Moore are all part of the big broad picture of the blues and make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 198th Roadhouse Podcast.
In a return to The Roadhouse Studios, Roadhouse 028 is an eclectic mix of acoustic, electic, jump, old-time, and borderline roots rock tunes. Ryan Reardon and the Levee Breakers, Michael Heyman and The Powerhouse, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Johnny Nicholas and the Texas All-Stars, and Jim Suhler set the mood. It's a full hour of the finest blues you've never heard – The Roadhouse.
In a return to The Roadhouse Studios, Roadhouse 028 is an eclectic mix of acoustic, electic, jump, old-time, and borderline roots rock tunes. Ryan Reardon and the Levee Breakers, Michael Heyman and The Powerhouse, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Johnny Nicholas and the Texas All-Stars, and Jim Suhler set the mood. It's a full hour of the finest blues you've never heard – The Roadhouse.
From Kansas Joe McCoy in 1930 to Paul Rishell in 2004 - a mostly acoustic show this week