Acoustic Solos for “The Lucky One”–Whadaya Think?
As I work on the repertoire and arrangements for “The Lucky One,” my producer Ed Abbiatti and I are putting the songs into a meaningful order. For the last few days, I’ve been wondering whether that order includes solo acoustic harmonica pieces. My first full-length…
RIP Toots Thielemans
I learned a few minutes ago that Toots Thielemans died at the age of 94. It’s impossible to overstate how important Toots is and was to the development of modern harmonica styles. If you play chromatic harmonica, you had to decide whether you were going…
One Month to Go to “The Lucky One,” and We’ll be Ready
The recording sessions for “The Lucky One” begin Sep. 16 in Philadelphia. I’m still writing lyrics and music for this project, and I’m feeling good about the repertoire. Producer Ed Abbiati and I conferred on the final song list a couple of days ago, and…
An Outtake from “The Lucky One”: Waka Blues
The sessions for my upcoming record “The Lucky One” are taking place in Philadelphia in the third week of September, and preparations are feverishly underway. My producer, Ed Abbiatti, passed on this piece, a basic blues driven by an auto-wah harmonica part. If we’re not…
Another day, another (country) session
I took some time off this week from working on the songs and arrangements for my upcoming record, “The Lucky One,” which is set for recording in the third week of September in Philadelphia, to record harmonica parts for Austin TX producer Bobby Flores. (Congratulations…
Harp players may not all use music theory, but they ought to respect it
A post to Harp-L last week, and some of the responses to that post, reminded me that many harmonica players don’t know much about music theory, and some of those players have attitudes towards theory that are not helping them to grow as musicians. So…
My Favorite Song in Da Whole Wide World: Big Country, “In a Big Country”
The Kickstarter Campaign for “The Lucky One” is over…
… and we didn’t make target, alas. Thanks to everyone who offered to contribute; we appreciate it deeply. The project is moving forward, come Hell or high water, and we’ll be back with a new campaign soon (and with a record this year, whether the…
“Make the Noise You Came to Make”: Lyrics from “The Lucky One”
I’m writing lyrics and music every day for the record I’m cutting in September, “The Lucky One.” These lyrics are for my song “Make The Noise You Came to Make,” and maybe later I’ll post the rough demo with music. In the meantime, enjoy these….
“The Lucky One” quote of the Day June 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.” F. Scott Fitzgerald Click in this space to check out the Kickstarter campaign to fund Richard Hunter’s 21st century rock harmonica record “The Lucky One”!
