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the Blues harmonica of Chicago Blues masters such as Big Walter Horton James Cotton & Junior Wells **** * **** *****
Harmonica Guy "The Rye" Dagan is one of Israel's leading Blues Harmonica Players, as well as a vocal performer/composer/lyricist and musical producer. Among his harmonica students you can find israeli performers, theater actors & cinema actors as well as rappers hip hop singers and recording artists.
He got his first harmonica at age 10 from his step-father, and never stopped playing since, learning anywhere he could, mostely from old recordings, having no other harmonica players around to teach him. *
. Son to one of Israel's most famous soul singers, Tsillah Dagan, as a child he followed her live shows always, later becoming her personal composer & stage partner for the 10 years prior to her untimely death from cancer.
Guy Dagan, together with 'Lightnin' B' Assaf Barak makes the Lightning' Hits The Rye Bluesrock duo .
Getting together with legendary Israeli performer Ephraim Shamir, former member of Israel's mythological seventies band Poogie (Kaveret), he plays the blues monthly at the Shablul Jazz club down at Tel Aviv's old port area.
Guy also Sings and plays soul chromatic harmonica on the israeli Stevie Wonder Tribute.
These days Guy is leader of the Heeby Gee Bees , an electric Chicago style blues band. He also works as a recording session harmonica artist. Married and is a proud father to a 1 1/2 year old boy.
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You need to check out the new Victoria "Blowbox" Harp amp! I was instrumental in designing and getting into their line of top shelf amps. Go to youtube and search me "James Reeser" and there are a couple of recent vids featuring it.
It is a 45 watt 2X8 amp. It looks like a tweed head but yes it has 2 8" speakers in it. No one can believe such a fat rich tone comes from a little amp. It is versatile... light weight... It can be plugged into any speaker cab as it has 2, 4 and 8 ohm output taps. It also has a switch that makes it either a stock 59 Bassman if that is your tone (also for guitar if desired) or flip the switch for the harp special circuits and rich fat harp tone! And yes has plenty of power as a stand alone to keep up with just about any band.
Hey now Guy - listened to your newest sounds - Truly excellent harp playing, and a tight authentic blues sound. Good luck with the Heeby Gee Bees and your new shows - if you make it down to the Negev - will love to hear you. Ron
Hey thanks for the invitation, I wish I could be in the clean air&exiting atmosphere of Tel Aviv&see the E.Clapton gig,if I only had a ticket... May God Bless U, Aki
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Cool Harp! is a pleaser to listen to your playing
