Last time I looked it was up to around $500. Perhaps that’s high, but if you have that much money to spend, what else would you waste it on? When I hit the lotto, I will be bidding on this kind of stuff.
eBay: William Clarke’s SHURE Microphone up for sale!! Harp (item 190092898991 end time Mar-24-07 15:04:50 PDT)

There will be a Paul deLay Memorial Concert, Sunday, April 1, 2007, 7 pm – midnight, Kridel Grand Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park).
If you are in the Northwest that weekend, head on over and raise a glass to Paul for me.

Here are four more videos from the Mark Hummel Blues Blowout. These are very short, but they give you the flavor of the show.

Charlie Musslewhite Long and Tall on Vimeo

Kim Wilson at the Harmonica Blowout on Vimeo

Mark Hummel on Vimeo

Kim Wilson at the Harmonica Blowout March 11 on Vimeo

I took a bunch of pictures and a few video snippets at the March 11, 2007 Harmonica Blowout in Ringwood, NJ. Here a few of the pictures. I will try to get the videos up later this week.

The camera was acting up and kept forgetting that it was a camera so some of the pictures came out funky.

Here is the usual picture of your webmaster annoying the talent. I am saying “take the damn picture”.

I went to Ringwood NJ this weekend to see Kim Wilson, Charlie Musslewhite, Mark Hummel and Rusty Zinn. Linda Gieger came along with us. I didn’t know that she was a blues drumming star! Mark and Charlie called her up on stage to play for the finale and I caught some of it on video.

Linda Geiger, Musslewhite, Wilson, Hummel, Zinn on Vimeo

Google video wasn’t working and the clip was too big for Yourtube so I tried Vimeo – I like this site. I will use it for the rest of the video clips that I took.

Paul deLay, the incredibly brilliant harp player, died today of complications from leukemia.

Paul was a wonderful person as well as a harp player. This came as a complete surprise to everyone. I just talked to him a few weeks ago. He will be missed.

Next weekend, March 9 & 10, 2007, is the Virginia Harmonicafest.

The 10th annual Virginia Harmonicafest will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia on 9 and 10 March 2007.
Hotel reservations may be made by calling 800-962-4743. The special rate for the festival is $72.00.
The address for the hotel is:
351 York St
Williamsburg, Va 23185.
This year’s entertainers include Sandy German, Bob Meehan, and Stan Harper and others.
There will be seminars, raffles, door prizes and open mic time.
The price at the door will be $50.00.
For further information contact Tom McCraig at 757-340-7523(H) or 757-486-2001(W).

You can also e-mail him at harpplayer@vabch.com

Send me your pics when you get back and I’ll load them up here. I’m sorry about the lateness of the news, but I just heard today. It sounds like a cool mini-spah. If you live around DC, coastal Virginia or Northeast NC, it will be well worth the cost of the gas.