Bay Area blues singer, harp player, and songwriter Big Harp George burst onto the national blues scene in 2014 with a debut album entitled Chromaticism that was nominated both for a Blues Music Award and Blues Blast Magazine award for “Best New Artist Album.” As one blues critic commented: “I haven’t been this impressed by a harmonica player’s national debut since William Clarke’s 1990 tour de force Blowin’ Like Hell.”
Named one of fifteen rising harmonica stars by Living Blues Magazine that same year, George may be the first and only recorded blues player to make the chromatic harmonica his featured instrument. The results are a fresh and sophisticated sound, with influences from jazz and swing.
George’s second album, Wash My Horse in Champagne, finished 2016 at #3 in the jazzy blues category of the Roots Music Report. With that release George staked out a claim as one of the most interesting and provocative songwriters in the blues genre today. His tunes are streaked with wry humor, but also pathos and insight into the human condition in the new millennium.
This performance will celebrate the release of George’s latest album, Uptown Cool, a masterpiece of twelve original songs ranging in topic from online dating to the human costs of disruptive technologies. No one is spared George’s irreverent wit – neither the powerful, nor aging blues fans, nor himself – but all in the spirit of rollicking good fun. George will be joined by most of the musicians from the recording sessions, including the brilliant and dynamic Kid Andersen on guitar.
Big Harp George is not only redefining the role of chromatic harmonica in blues. He is also commenting perceptively – and often hilariously – on life in the twenty-first century. In doing so he is blazing a path toward restoring the blues to rightful prominence in American popular music.
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Named one of fifteen rising harmonica stars by Living Blues Magazine that same year, George may be the first and only recorded blues player to make the chromatic harmonica his featured instrument. The results are a fresh and sophisticated sound, with influences from jazz and swing.
George’s second album, Wash My Horse in Champagne, finished 2016 at #3 in the jazzy blues category of the Roots Music Report. With that release George staked out a claim as one of the most interesting and provocative songwriters in the blues genre today. His tunes are streaked with wry humor, but also pathos and insight into the human condition in the new millennium.
This performance will celebrate the release of George’s latest album, Uptown Cool, a masterpiece of twelve original songs ranging in topic from online dating to the human costs of disruptive technologies. No one is spared George’s irreverent wit – neither the powerful, nor aging blues fans, nor himself – but all in the spirit of rollicking good fun. George will be joined by most of the musicians from the recording sessions, including the brilliant and dynamic Kid Andersen on guitar.
Big Harp George is not only redefining the role of chromatic harmonica in blues. He is also commenting perceptively – and often hilariously – on life in the twenty-first century. In doing so he is blazing a path toward restoring the blues to rightful prominence in American popular music.
Bay Area blues singer, harp player, and songwriter Big Harp George burst onto the national blues scene in 2014 with a debut album entitled Chromaticism that was nominated both for a Blues Music Award and Blues Blast Magazine award for “Best New Artist Album.” As one blues critic commented: “I haven’t been this impressed by a harmonica player’s national debut since William Clarke’s 1990 tour de force Blowin’ Like Hell.”
Named one of fifteen rising harmonica stars by Living Blues Magazine that same year, George may be the first and only recorded blues player to make the chromatic harmonica his featured instrument. The results are a fresh and sophisticated sound, with influences from jazz and swing.
George’s second album, Wash My Horse in Champagne, finished 2016 at #3 in the jazzy blues category of the Roots Music Report. With that release George staked out a claim as one of the most interesting and provocative songwriters in the blues genre today. His tunes are streaked with wry humor, but also pathos and insight into the human condition in the new millennium.
This performance will celebrate the release of George’s latest album, Uptown Cool, a masterpiece of twelve original songs ranging in topic from online dating to the human costs of disruptive technologies. No one is spared George’s irreverent wit – neither the powerful, nor aging blues fans, nor himself – but all in the spirit of rollicking good fun. George will be joined by most of the musicians from the recording sessions, including the brilliant and dynamic Kid Andersen on guitar.
Big Harp George is not only redefining the role of chromatic harmonica in blues. He is also commenting perceptively – and often hilariously – on life in the twenty-first century. In doing so he is blazing a path toward restoring the blues to rightful prominence in American popular music.
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Named one of fifteen rising harmonica stars by Living Blues Magazine that same year, George may be the first and only recorded blues player to make the chromatic harmonica his featured instrument. The results are a fresh and sophisticated sound, with influences from jazz and swing.
George’s second album, Wash My Horse in Champagne, finished 2016 at #3 in the jazzy blues category of the Roots Music Report. With that release George staked out a claim as one of the most interesting and provocative songwriters in the blues genre today. His tunes are streaked with wry humor, but also pathos and insight into the human condition in the new millennium.
This performance will celebrate the release of George’s latest album, Uptown Cool, a masterpiece of twelve original songs ranging in topic from online dating to the human costs of disruptive technologies. No one is spared George’s irreverent wit – neither the powerful, nor aging blues fans, nor himself – but all in the spirit of rollicking good fun. George will be joined by most of the musicians from the recording sessions, including the brilliant and dynamic Kid Andersen on guitar.
Big Harp George is not only redefining the role of chromatic harmonica in blues. He is also commenting perceptively – and often hilariously – on life in the twenty-first century. In doing so he is blazing a path toward restoring the blues to rightful prominence in American popular music.
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