Modern Blues Harmonica
Welcome! With more than 21,000,000 views since 2007, Modern Blues Harmonica is the #1 blues harmonica channel on YouTube. Here you'll find literally hundreds of teaching videos, for beginners and more experienced players alike. Most of my conversation is oriented towards intermediate and advanced players who have learned some of the basic techniques but KNOW they are missing something. I drill down into that "something" in my videos.
You'll also find performance clips of my own ensembles (Satan & Adam, the Blues Doctors, the New Delta Jukes, the Gussow one-man band) and other remarkable blues harp players.
If you're a beginner looking for guidance, or if you're an intermediate or advanced player seeking additional challenges, please visit my website, ModernBluesHarmonica.com, where I've got a range of blues harp materials for sale.
--Adam Gussow
Oxford, Mississippi
My Family and I: A Mississippi Memoir (the Harlem blues angle)
Gussow OMB rehearsal - "Hot Rod" (1955)
25 Miles + SRBD tour advisory
preview of SRBD tour + amp sound check
"Whose Blues? Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music," by Adam Gussow (preview)
"Come Together" conversation (Common Ground Committee)
Common Ground Committee - Come Together
Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors - new album
Hill Country Harmonica - 2019
"Satan and Adam" trailer (2019)
Hill Country Harmonica 2018 + quick lesson
blues harmonica workshops 2018
Beyond the Crossroads The Devil and the Blues Tradition (longer preview)
blues harmonica t-shirts
Global Blues Harmonica Summit - prize drawing & final notice
John Nemeth & The Blue Dreamers - Country Boy (2017)
Global Blues Harmonica Summit
10 years of blues harp lessons on YouTube!
Midwest Harmonica Workshop - Nashville 2017
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," The Blues Doctors (2016)
"Cissy Strut" - The Blues Doctors in Kansas City (2016)
"Crossroads Blues" in KC (Blues Doctors, 2016)
Blues Doctors @ Bentonia Blues Fest 2016 (#3)
Blues Doctors touring - summer 2016
Watermelon Slim @ the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic (2016)
Blues Doctors @ Bentonia Blues Fest 2016 (#2)
Blues Doctors @ Bentonia Blues Fest 2016 (#1)