JAMES HARMAN Strictly Live in '85...PLUS w/Hollywood Fats

Howdy Blueslovers!

Utbjuden till auktion är ett sprillans nytt ex. av JAMES HARMAN's senaste CD, "Strictly Live in 85...Plus" utgiven på Pacific Blues Records (PBGRC-20501). Denna skiva är inspelad 22-23/3 1985 på "The Belly Up Tavern" i Solana Beach, CA.

Skivan kom först ut på vinyl på Rivera Records 1985, men då utan Plus-låtarna. Nu är den re-mastrad och utgiven som s.k. 8-sidig Digipac/Pappfodral med en massa coola livebilder och info-text skriven av James Harman.....himself.


Den uppmärksamme kunde också se och höra James på TV, när "Musikbussen" var på besök på Åmål's Bluesfestival, upplaga 2005.

The players:

James "Icepick James" Harman - voc/hca
Michael "Hollywood Fats" Mann - gtr
David "Kid" Ramos - gtr
Stephen Taylor Hodges - dr
Willie J. Campbell - bs





>>Intro by John "Juke" Logan

1. By-Yourself Dance 1:51
2. Blues Walked In 6:22
3. Poor Boy 6:28
4. The book of mean 5:20
5. Little mixed up 5:20
6. You're Gone 8:58
7. That's Not Your Baby 5:05
8. Legs (Let the Little Girl Dance) 4:30
9. Goatman Holler &.33
10. Cornbread 3:04




"Finally ready for our customers to order! The re-issue of 'Live in '85, with 3 new songs (that's the PLUS! part). This is James' recording most asked about by fans, so it's the one he has wanted to re-issue for a long time! The package is an 8-panel fold out, with text written by James and photos from his personal collection. "

-Jerry Hall,Pacific Blues Record Co.







"James Harman is a California-based blues singer, harmonica player, songwriter, and bandleader with an agenda that definitely distances him from the rest of the pack. A veteran of the blues roadhouse circuit, he has led various combinations of the James Harman Band over the years, most featuring top-notch talent (like guitarists Hollywood Fats and Kid Ramos) to match his own. With roots in the deepest of blues harmonica sources (Little Walter, Walter Horton, Sonny Boy Williamson), Harman scores consistently both live and on record. His most recent recorded efforts show a genuine flair for writing original material (always more important to Harman than just regurgitating his record collection), all of it laced with a generous dollop of wisecracking good humor. Always willing to stretch the boundaries and conceptions of what a good bar band should be capable of, Harman combines rich traditons and beatnik craziness for a blend that's mighty hard to resist."

-Cub Koda, USA




"James Harman is the thinking mans blues artist. Over the years, Harman has made records combining original and intelligent songwriting with excellent musicianship to forge a sound that pays tribute to the classic blues form which preceded him while moving forward and creating music that is uniquely his own. As always, Harman is front and center on vocals and harp and has once again surrounded himself with a magnificent group of supporting musicians including Junior Watson, Kid Ramos and Bob Margolin."


-Barry T. Gober, USA



Betalning skall ske till mitt PG 5 arbetsdagar efter att jag kontaktat dig. -LYCKA TILL !





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"Few people who play the harmonica realize that it was inspired by the Chinese sheng mouth organ, which was introduced in Germany in the 1770s. Like the sheng, the harmonica produces sound by means of a free reed that vibrates in a small tube when blown by the player; the harmonica drastically truncated the tube and enclosed the whole apparatus in a small metal case of maximum convenience and portability.

As a result, the harmonica became a favorite of amateur musicians after the German Hohner firm began to mass-produce harmonicas in the late nineteenth century. Even then, Americans showed a special enthusiasm for the instrument. The harmonica's popularity in the twentieth century was maintained by its importance in the blues tradition, within which it was known as the "blues harp.

"Blues harmonica representations of the acceleration of a train take full advantage of the harmonica's characteristic breath pattern—the player, uniquely among Western wind instruments, sounds the reed through both inhalation and exhalation. Harmonicas come in "diatonic" and "chromatic" versions, producing seven-note (equivalent to the white-key scale on a piano) and twelve-note scales, respectively"