Joe plays a DeFord Bailey medley at the National Harmonica League Festival, H2006, at Bristol, UK, last year. It is uploaded with Joe's cooperation. He had a sore throat so we have scrolled his vocal tribute.
Three performances of Summertime by Larry Adler - orchestral, solo with piano and a great performance with Itzhak Perlman - excellently edited together. I would love to be able to credit the editor. Larry was a consumate musician and entertainer. These performances were from the 1980s when Larry was in his 70s and were part of a review of Larry's life on the British TV Channel Four.
Fata Morgana, a quartet from Holland, celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2006. Their set included this Tom Jones Medley and the American Medley they developed for their appearance at SPAH 2002 in Dallas. www.harmonica.co.uk
Eddie Martin sings and plays Queen of Spades by Robert Johnson at the National Harmonica League H2006 Festival Concert at the Folk House, Bristol, UK, Oct 2006. www.harmonica.co.uk
Steve Baker leads Joe Filisko, Laurie Garman, Eddie Martin and singer Phil King from the Forster-King Band into the close of the evening concert National Harmonica League H2006 in Bristol, 28 Oct, 2006.
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Ben Hewlett demonstrates the Khaen (from the Isaan district of Thailand), and then improvises a trio performance with Kirsten Hammond (Violin) and Mike Fry (Tabla) - see www.harmonicaworld.n et , ben@harmonicaworld.n et
Secret Love edited to 10 mins - Rhythm & Reeds at Norden Farm, Maidenhead, UK June 2005. They have played for over 40 years in the UK. Chromatic harmonica and accordion jazz with Bobby Orr, Peter Morgan and Don Innes
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan play "It's your Red Waggon" at the National Harmonica League H2003 Festival Concert at the Folk House, Bristol, UK, Oct 2003. Sorry for the shaky hands. We used a tripod in subsequent years. www.harmonica.co.uk
Brendan Power, Rick Epping and Mick Kinsella play occasionally as Iron Lung. Here is part of their collective performance at H2004 in Bristol, UK. www.harmonica.co.uk
Jim Hughes was one of the players in the Golden Age of the Chromatic section of the H2004 concert. He is the leading performer and teacher in the UK. Philip Achille is one of his pupils. Here Jim plays "The Pink Panther Theme" and "When Sunny Gets Blue". www.harmonica.co.uk
Pat Missin makes a rare appearance in this old video from the NHL festival in Ely, UK, in 1999 - before he left to live in the USA. The music is "Apu's Theme" from the
Sanjit Ray film "Pather Panchali" and was composed by Ravi Shankar. www.patmissin.com - www.harmonica.co.uk
The end of concert finale when Pete invited Paul Gillings and Keith Parker to play with the Magnitones at NHL H2007 festival concert at the Bristol Folk House.
Donald Black played some airs on a diatonic harmonica during his set of Scottish music at the NHL H2007 concert and this one is called The Cuckoo. It is on his new CD Keil Road. He usually plays tremolo.
Rick Epping is a versatile musician and his solo in the Iron Lung performance involved playing both a concertina and a rack harmonica. Here he plays two versions of "The Blackbird". www.harmonica.co.uk
