[Harp-L] FW: Sam Hinton - Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica (CD release)

["Rick Epping" <REpping@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

I had the opportunity to see and do some workshops with Sam Hinton back
in the '70s.  Really a wonderful player.  Also of interest on the CD are
some tracks of Sam playing the rare organ pipe harmonica, which is
coincidentally tuned the same as that I've been using for fiddle tunes:
standard 10-hole Richter with the 2 and 3 draw notes lowered two
semitones each.

Best regards,

Rick Epping
Hohner, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Miller <autoharper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:30:30 
To:Adam  Miller <autoharper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Sam Hinton - Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica (CD release)

NEWS RELEASE

March 31, 2005

Contact: Adam Miller (650) 804-2049
autoharper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

SAM HINTON - MASTER OF THE SOLO DIATONIC HARMONICA (CD RELEASE)

On March 31, 2005, folksinger, author and harmonica virtuoso Sam Hinton 
celebrated his 88th birthday.

On Saturday, June 4th, Hinton's latest recording, "Sam Hinton - Master 
of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica," will be released at the Sam Hinton 
Folk Heritage Festival in El Cajon, California.

Hinton is, perhaps, the greatest and most innovative non-blues (first 
position) solo diatonic harmonica players of all time. He is without 
peer in his use of simultaneous melody, counter melody and moving bass 
lines on the standard ten-hole diatonic harmonica.

Of the more than 200 songs that Hinton recorded commercially between 
1947 and 1992, only two tracks contain any harmonica playing.

"Sam Hinton - Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica," is a double audio 
CD featuring over two and a half hours of tunes and stories, from one 
of the most respected folksingers in the United States.  The astounding 
harmonica solos on this album include Celtic, American and European 
folk melodies, reels, jigs, double jigs, airs, fiddle tunes, Yiddish 
melodies, hymns, hoedowns, and hornpipes.

At the time the studio tracks on this album were recorded (2001-2003) 
Hinton had been playing the harmonica for over three-quarters of a 
century.  The album showcases vintage live performances recorded at the 
San Diego Folk Festival, as well as a rare 1937 transcription of the 
"Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour," featuring a 19-year old Hinton 
making his radio debut.

Produced by George Winston and Adam Miller, this beautifully packaged 
recording  contains extensive liner notes, illustrations, photographs 
and over 120 songs and stories.

"Sam Hinton - Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica" is available from:

Eagle's Whistle Music, P.O. Box 620754, Woodside, CA  94062  (650) 
804-2049
www.Samhinton.org