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Hello Listers, here is a Workshop presented by the Toronto Blues Society for April 25 - 2 - 6pm at the Silver Dollar Room in Toronto Canada. Please see details below.


Mark Stafford birdstafford@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.markbirdstafford.com (416) 533-3454




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Date: March 27, 2009 2:53:50 PM GMT-04:00
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TBS HARMONICA WORKSHOP BLOWS NEW LIFE INTO CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF CHESS RECORDS AND BLUES HARP LEGENDS

WHAT: Harmonica Workshop
WHERE: Silver Dollar
WHEN: April 25th, 2-6pm
WHO: Mark Stafford (host) with Bharath Rajakumar, Jerome Godboo, Mike “Shrimp Daddy” Reid, Pete Schmidt (guitar), Ben Caissie (drums), Dennis Pinhorn (bass)
How much: $10.00 TBS members, students / $12.00 non-members
Website: www.torontobluessociety.com


The Toronto Blues Society will hold a special workshop for harmonica players and blues fans on Saturday, April 25 at the Silver Dollar Room (486 Spadina Ave., Toronto) from 2-6pm. The workshop will be hosted by Mark ‘Bird’ Stafford and is designed to include both novice and seasoned players in an informative dialogue that will engage everyone in the room.

Stepping into The Silver Dollar Room on April 25th may feel like a blast from the past with all the vintage gear and sounds coming off the stage. A portion of the show will revisit the sound of the classic Chess Recording Era in so much as the harp amps, drum kit, upright bass and guitar will all be instruments of the 1950's sound that many harp players draw from. All these musicians come from the old school of playing harmonica in this type of genre and this is your opportunity to get up and close with them to find out how they do it. The afternoon will be full of great music and insight. It's all about the harp and the sounds on this special event day.

Mark ‘Bird’ Stafford is one of Toronto’s busiest harmonica players both as a performer and a teacher. He has been in and out of school class rooms for the last ten years as part of the Blues in the Schools program he helped create with the Toronto Blues Society. Mark’s passion to sweat, swing, and boogie is matched only by his abilities as a musician and harmonica player.

Bharath Rajakumar is completely self taught and plays harmonica in that mean toned, old time “Mississippi saxophone” amplified harmonica style in the tradition of blues fathers like Little Walter, Big Walter Horton, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Based out of Montreal, he is quickly becoming a name well known to the world Blues scene having performed with Junior Watson, Pinetop Perkins, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Bharath and the Catfish won the Toronto Blues Society Talent Search in 2004.

Jerome Godboo is a singer, songwriter and harp player extraordinaire. He has released twelve albums over twenty years, recorded and toured with the Phantoms, Dutch Mason, Jeff Healey, Ronnie Hawkins, and Jack de Keyzer, and has performed across Canada, the U.S., France, Finland, Portugal, Ukraine, Israel and beyond.

Mike ‘Shrimp Daddy’ Reid’s music whisks you to the juke joints of Mississippi and the hard edged blues clubs of Chicago through the music of the Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters. Originally from Montreal, Shrimp Daddy now calls Toronto his home and performs regularly with his band, The Sharpshooters.

The Harmonica Workshop is one of the most popular events in the Toronto Blues Society's ongoing programme. It is made possible by the generous support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, Wilson Music Services, Suzuki Harmonicas, and Lee Oskar Harmonicas.

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For more information, photos, interviews, please contact:
Tim Des Islets, Toronto Blues Society, (416) 538-3885, info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx






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