tipitina
03/23/21
2nd Series, please!
This is one of the best courses I've found on Truefire. Annie is a great player and methodical, intuitive teacher. I would love to see a follow-up course come soon.
Annie Raines
Annie Raines was born in 1969 in Boston and grew up in the suburb of Newton, Massachusetts. She picked up the blues harp at 17 and made her stage debut at the 1369 Jazz Club in Cambridge a few months before her high school graduation. Enthralled by the recordings of Muddy Waters, Little Walter Jacobs, Big Walter Horton and Sonny Boy Williamson, she became a fixture at Boston area blues jams. One of the few female blues harmonica players in the country, Annie played the New England club circuit with local bands, and traveled to Chicago where she met and played with many of her musical idols, Some of whom became Annie fans: Harmonica legend James Cotton calls her "James Cotton Junior" and Muddy Waters sideman Pinetop Perkins said "She plays so good it hurts!"
In 1992, Raines paired up with Country Blues master (and author of Truefire's Country Blues course, Dirt Road Blues by Paul Rishell. Touring internationally at festivals, clubs, and concert halls, and teaching workshops and seminars, Rishell & Raines have earned loyal fans around the globe. They won the W.C. Handy Award in 2000 for Acoustic Blues Album of the year for Moving to the Country. The duo have recorded 7 albums together and performed on diverse radio and TV shows including A Prairie Home Companion, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and PBS’s Arthur, and are featured in the new jug band music documentary, Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost. They have performed and recorded with Susan Tedeschi, John Sebastian, Pinetop Perkins, and Rory Block. For more about Paul and Annie, visit their website: www.paulandannie.com
In 1992, Raines paired up with Country Blues master (and author of Truefire's Country Blues course, Dirt Road Blues by Paul Rishell. Touring internationally at festivals, clubs, and concert halls, and teaching workshops and seminars, Rishell & Raines have earned loyal fans around the globe. They won the W.C. Handy Award in 2000 for Acoustic Blues Album of the year for Moving to the Country. The duo have recorded 7 albums together and performed on diverse radio and TV shows including A Prairie Home Companion, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and PBS’s Arthur, and are featured in the new jug band music documentary, Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost. They have performed and recorded with Susan Tedeschi, John Sebastian, Pinetop Perkins, and Rory Block. For more about Paul and Annie, visit their website: www.paulandannie.com
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Alominium
02/05/21
Great Course
This helped me a lot when beginning harmonica. Now I am playing for two years and still sometimes I look up the course for some reasons. Annie explaines very nice and it is fun to listen and work with her. Starting at zero the course teaches the basics and ends with very cool advanced stuff.
Paul
02/03/21
Got the bends!
Annie's advice on bending finally helped me nail the technique in a way that didn't sound like a chicken laying an egg. Thanks Annie!
aditya2509
10/15/20
Amazing
So I am total beginner when it comes to harmonica, I decided to be productive in this lockdown and decided to learn. The initial process was a little tough, but Annie's lessons came through and were a huge help! The lessons were very easy to follow, engaging and precise. The Blues Harmonica Blueprint was the best series I found so far! Thankyou, keep more lessons coming!
klog52
12/21/19
Fun Course
Annie Raines harmonica course is one of the most fun courses I have ever taken, loaded with easy to read and print out tabs. She explains and breaks down all the notes making it very easy and fun to follow along! She will take from the very beginner to a level you could never have imagined by the end of this course. If you have ever wanted to learn harmonica this is the number 1 course you should begin with!
