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From: Steven Levine
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:24:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: DC Blues Festival

Well, I had my "fifteen minutes" this weekend, playing at the DC Blues
Festival and instructing at the harmonica workshop. I played with the DC
Blues Society Band. We had a small but appreciative crowd (we started
pretty much when the gates were opening). It wasn't the best I've played,
but certainly the biggest venue and one of the most memorable I've
played. Bob Gray, the DC Blues Society President, told me that from where
he was sitting the harp sounded great (of course, he might have meant
that he was sitting in his car listening to a Little Walter tape). :-)

Little Bit of Blues was on after us, and my friend Jay Summerour played
some nice acoustic harp to accompany Warner Williams' guitar and vocals.
Little Sammy Davis was on after Warner and Jay and he also played a very
nice set (although he didn't play my "Shorty," my favorite song on his
album). Sammy is a fantastic player and singer who mixes a lot of soul
and jazz with his blues playing. See him if you get a chance.

The workshop went really well. I brought my little Silvertone amp to play
through and Jay played through the PA. This was we were able to
demonstrate acoustic and electric harp playing. We jammed on a few tunes
and I discussed some of the techniques we were using and gave some
pointers on various things, like rhythm playing and tone.

There were a lot of har players at the workshop and we got a few of them
up to play a little. Harp-lers Bill Grogan and Charlie Williams were
among the jammers, and they both sounded great. We finished the workshop
by doing a few songs with Warner Williams.

There is another free blues festival this coming weekend in the DC area -
the Bluebird Blues Festival, this Sunday (sept. 15) at PG Community
College. Satan and Adam are among the featured acts, and I'm looking
forward to finally hearing them live and meeting Adam.

- -Steve