How would you like to learn the fundamentals of blues/rock harmonica
in a single session - and be jamming with a band at the end of four
hours?

That's what the organizers of Mouth from the South harp workshops
in Melbourne on the weekend of November 25-26 are offering.

The four hour workshops climax on a kind of evangelistic note as
enthusiastic participants go up the front and jam on their harps with
a full band.

"Not all of them get up, but we've found the majority do, and most of
them sound pretty damn good!" says workshop leader Tony Maguire,
aka 'Mouth from the South.'

Sydney-based Maguire earned the Mouth from the South tag when he
lived and played harp in the Northern Territory, where he can still
be heard each Saturday at the beginning of Clarry Satour's blues show
on 8KIN FM.

Sponsored by Hohner, which is providing a `C' harp for each
participant, the four hour session is called Introduction to the
Harmonica. There are two workshops at Fitzroy music venue The
Artery, the first 11:30am-3:30pm Sat Nov 25, then the second same
time on Sun 26, with 20 places per workshop.

Cost is $125 including lunch -- and participants walk away with the
Hohner harmonica plus an instruction and practice CD to hone their
new skills.

Workshop topics include:
· Trains and multi-note rhythm styles;
· Single-note blues and rock riffs;
· Playing through mikes, amps and effects units.

Enquiries Tony Maguire 0402 388742 tmaguire01@...