Happy Hour Harmonica Podcast Adam Gussow interview
Adam Gussow joins me on episode 73.
Adam is a native New Yorker now living in Mississippi, working as a professor at the university there.
Adam rose to stardom as part of the blues duo Satan and Adam in the late 1980s. They found their audience on the streets of Harlem, where they were briefly filmed and appeared in a U2 documentary and album. Satan & Adam enjoyed great success, playing together for 15 years, releasing three albums before disbanding in 1998, re-forming some years later and releasing another album.
With the passing of Mr Satan, Adam formed his own one-man band, then a duo which has recently added Mr Satan’s nephew: Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors.
Adam was the first person to release blues tuition videos on YouTube and has had over 20 million hits, accompanied by his website Modern Blues Harmonica.
Links:
Adam’s website:
https://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/home.html
Satan & Adam documentary:
http://satanandadamfilm.com/
Pete Farmer kick drums and harmonica holders:
https://www.footdrums.com/
Videos:
U2's Rattle and Hum clip of Satan and Adam:
https://youtu.be/x6M2aWVx0LA
Ronnie Shellist ‘Funky Blues Harmonica’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs_OchfmBc8
Gussow's classic blues harmonica videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfYHJbTZklgZU1bEVLaZyvQ
Modern Blues Harmonica YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kudzurunner
YouTube video teaching Sunshine of Your Love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqFnpCcvUvQ
Adam busking solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-E3qQ59VcQ
Crossroads video:
https://youtu.be/KeMis-B7f58
Sir Rod and the Blues Doctors: What’d I Say:
https://youtu.be/retCfgoCO3M
Podcast website:
https://www.harmonicahappyhour.com
Donations:
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https://paypal.me/harmonicahappyhour?locale.x=en_GB
Spotify 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-j3IkiISeefhR7ybm9qIQ
Podcast 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
and Blows Me Away Productions: http://www.blowsmeaway.com/