Adam Gussow

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Adam Gussow

Adam Gussow (born April 3, 1958 in New York City ) is an American scientist and harmonica player. One critic describes his game as follows: "Technical mastery and innovative brilliance that comes along but once in a generation."

Life

He spent his youth in the New York suburb of Congers. He was trained at Princeton University (BA 1979, English and American literature; Ph.D. 2000, English literature) and at Columbia University (MA 1983, English and comparative literature). For a blues musician he has an atypical way of life.

His passion for music was sparked by Nat Riddles, an accordion player from the Bronx . In 1986 he formed the duo Satan and Adam with the Mississippi blues musician Sterling Magee. They performed together on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 125th Street , where they soon reached a large audience. In 1996 the duo was given a cover story in Living Blues Magazine; Gussow became the first white musician to receive this honor. Until their split in 1998, they recorded albums and played regularly on the streets. The duo split when Magee moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. In the same year Gussow published the book "Mister Satan's Apprentice", in which he described the collaboration with Magee. In addition to books, numerous articles have appeared in various publications such as American Literature, African American Review, Southern Cultures and boundary 2. Since 2002 Gussow has been an associate professor at the University of Mississippi for English and Southern Studies. In 2007 he started a series of tutorials on YouTube teaching harmonica. The series now consists of around 150 episodes.

Discography

  • 1991 Harlem Blues Flying Fish
  • 1993 Mother Mojo Flying Fish
  • 1996 Living on the River Rave On
  • 2007 Blues Classics Modern Blues Harmonica
  • 2008 Word on the Street [live] Modern Blues Harmonica
  • 2010 Kick and Stomp Modern Blues Harmonica

Books by Adam Gussow

  • Mister Satan's apprentice . (Minneapolis, 2009). "Keeping the Blues Alive", Award from the Blues Foundation
  • Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition (Chicago, 2002).
  • Journeyman's Road: Modern Blues Lives From Faulkner's Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York (Tennessee, 2007).
  • Beyond The Crossroads: The Devil And The Blues Tradition (Chapel Hill, 2017)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American Harmonica Newsletter
  2. ^ A b University of Mississippi homepage
  3. ↑ Gussow, Adam. Mister Satan's apprentice. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
  4. ↑ All Music Guide Satan & Adam biography of Richard Skelly
  5. ^ Living Blues, # 129 1996 9/10
  6. ↑ All Music Guide Discography

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personal data
SURNAME Gussow, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American harmonica player
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City