Steve "The Harp" Mehlberg
Vocals, harmonica, keyboards, songwriter.
Band Leader of Steve "The Harp" Blues Band. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
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Band Leader of Steve "The Harp" Blues Band
A native son of Bloomington, Illinois, Steve has been blowing harp around the Illinois area since 1972. Steve has played with Stanley Jordan, Tommy Castro, Magic Dick, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Charlie Musselwhite, Melvin Taylor, Studebaker John and Hawkeye Herman.
Steve "The Harp": Plays Fender Amps, Hohner Harmonica's, Yamaha Keyboards, Astatic microphones & Shure Microphones.
Influences:
Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, James Cotton, Rice Miller, Gary Smith, Rick Estrin, Big Walter and Al Wilson.
Steve is a Master Harmonica Instructor with over 30 years experience. Steve "The Harp", a veteran and now a retired Normal Fire Department Lieutenant, says," come on out to see us, you'll hear many of your old and new Blues favorites."
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Influences
Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter & Paul Butterfield, James Cotton. Rice Miller and Gary Smith, Studebaker John, Mark Hummel & Rick Estrin
Sounds Like
Little Walter or Paul Butterfield
Record Label
Bluesman Records http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevetheharp
Steve "The Harp" Mehlberg
Vocals, harmonica, keyboards, songwriter.
- Band Leader of Steve "The Harp" Blues Band
A native son of Bloomington, Illinois, Steve has been blowing harp around the Illinois area since 1972. Steve has played with Stanley Jordan, Tommy Castro, Magic Dick, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Charlie Musselwhite, Melvin Taylor, Studebaker John and Hawkeye Herman.
Steve "The Harp": Plays Fender Amps, Hohner Harmonica's, Yamaha Keyboards,Astatic microphones.
Influences:
Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, James Cotton, Rice Miller, Gary Smith, Rick Estrin, Big Walter and Al Wilson.
Steve is a Master Harmonica Instructor with over 30 years experience.
Steve "The Harp", a veteran and now a retired Normal Fire Department Lieutenant, says," come on out to see us, you'll hear many of your old and new Blues favorites."
Purchase BACK IN THE BLUES Today @ http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevetheharp
Just wanted to drop you a quick note and invite you to an Acoustic / Singer-Songwriter Open_Mic at Jake's (in Bloomington). A sign-up list is put out at 7pm, and we start at 8pm; PLUS, "Bands" will also be welcome to play and have 45minutes to perform (two slots, starting at 11pm with 15min's to set-up & take-down = 1hr.total)
We are working on having a "feature" night(s), at venues in Bloomington, Indy, Louisville, and even Nashville (TN) for the best performances ,,, Also, a great night to test out new material / tunes.
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.
The RockHopper is coming to Oxford for 1 day only. Record your song and get an HD video of your live performance on October 17th. Visit http://www.rockhopper-mobile.co.uk/ to book a slot at a ridiculously low price courtesy of TopoftheOx. Limited places available so book up now for this one off opportunity.
Booking enquiries at http://www.rockhopper-mobile.co.uk/
Subsidised by TopoftheOx for 1 day only in Oxford
www.topoftheox.co.uk
The venue will be in Marsh Baldon just outside Oxford at the Seven Stars pub
Making my way around to thank you for your great music.. We as fans are proud to have you as our friend. Thanks again for being mine. R-n-R Keep it Loud
Steve, My mom is sitting beside me and she wanted me to send a note to let you know how special you are. Because of your birthday greeting, You had helped make her birthday a little more special. I want to thank you for doing that for her. I cherish our friendship very much and if you ever need a friend to just talk to, I am here. It is because of friends like you, My world is complete. Again, I thank you and my mom thanks you. She had a smile as big as Texas and you helped put it there. Take care, My friend, Kenny.
