Blues Harmonica Master Adam Gussow to give a rare clinic in Philadelphia

Adam Gussow, harmonica master and part of the blues duo Satan & Adam, returns to Philadelphia - after their sold out concert this past summer - for a much anticipated Blues Harp Clinic.

The program will include a short set by the "Gussow’s One-Man Band", Adam’s new incarnation as a harp-and-foot-drums dynamo.

Adam Gussow – harmonica player and teacher, college professor, and author of three award-winning books on the blues will be presenting a harmonica workshop (and rocking the house!) on Tuesday, December 29th 2009 at Rembrandt’s Restaurant (www.rembrandts.com) from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Additionally, Adam is offering a sneak preview of the new Satan and Adam album, which will have wrapped recording the prior week out of a studio in Tampa. PLUS Adam's critically acclaimed autobiography "Mr. Satan's Apprentice" is being republished and Adam will also be signing books before and after the performance.

"I'll be exploring a range of approaches to contemporary blues harmonica playing," says Gussow, "and I'll be taking apart several of the classic songs in the repertoire, including 'Got My Mojo Working' and 'Saint Louis Blues.' I'll also talk about the Satan & Adam songbook. As for the one-man-band: I'm really excited by this new development and I look forward to sharing that with my friends in Philly.”

According to a reviewer for American Harmonica Newsletter, Gussow's harmonica playing is characterized by "technical mastery and innovative brilliance that comes along but once in a generation." When Satan and Adam were honored with a cover story in Living Blues magazine in 1996, Gussow was, according to editor David Nelson, "the first white blues musician to be so prominently spotlighted in the magazine's 26-year history."

ADAM GUSSOW spent more than a decade working the streets of Harlem and the international club and festival circuit with Mississippi-born bluesman Sterling Magee as the duo Satan and Adam. He currently performs with both Satan and Adam (recently reformed as a trio) and the guitarist Charlie Hilbert in addition to performing solo.

Most recently, Adam Gussow's ongoing series of instructional videos posted at YouTube—more than 175 to date--has drawn international acclaim. His website, ModernBluesHarmonica.com, offers players of all levels a series of skill-graded video tutorials and tabs for immediate download, as well as the “Dirty South Blues Harp Forum,” one of the most popular harmonica chat-spaces on the web.