. This book teaches enough of the basics to make a person comfortable playing in public. Single note playing, blues scale, simple riffs and enough music theory to understand the structure and meaning of a twelve bar blues. The recording that comes with the book includes a guitar for you to practice play with. 
and his band practicing in an empty lot preparing for a show at the 1995 Chicago Blues Fest. I asked if I could play harmonica, they agreed. I totally embarrassed myself and lived. 
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.Irish Sessions at Poroura Coffee House
I play whistle (penny whistle, tin whistle, etc...) on my own, in Irish and traditional music groups. Between a recorder and a tin whistle, the whistle is the better beginners woodwind (my opinion). Many good quality instruments exist that are extremely affordable.
My favorite whistle is the Clarke Celtic Tin Whistle - Key of D
I also play the Susato-D and High-D Whistle. Susato is a great company. I am still learning how to play the low whistle as effectively as the high -- I am trying to develop a habit for the piper's hold
I occasionally play the bodrhan -- the Irish drum.
Below are recordings of me playing in a session that meets in town here. These were made using the Zoom H2 Portable Stereo Recorder
Bally Desmond PolkaJohnny O'leary's 
