Harpdog Marson
“Harpdog” Marson
Harmonica workshop for kids
Dan “HARPDOG” Marson will be doing a harmonica workshop with kids in the auditorium at Sloss from about 2:30 -4pm. Each child will receive a free harmonica to take home with them. At 4:30pm, all the participants in the workshop will hit the big stage for a short performance. So bring your child out and have Harpdog teach him/her the original alternative music…BLUES!
By day Daniel Marson , J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Neurology, Director of the division of Neuropsychology, and Interim Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. With his jam-packed schedule by daylight, Marson isn’t a prime candidate to pop up in a smoky bar at 2 a.m. This Neuropsychologist (likely the only one ever nicknamed “Harpdog") traces his fondness for the harmonica to his teenage years, when he was influenced by harmonica greats such as Little Walter and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.
“I guess it goes back to my childhood in Milwaukee as a dissolute youth,” he jokes. “I grew up in the ‘60s, and the Blues was sweeping the country at the time. It was a compelling sound. Living so close to Chicago, one of the homes of the Blues, the harmonica was a great fit for me. I just loved the sound.”
A member of the local group the Sandspurs until their breakup last year, Harpdog has been a familiar face on the Birmingham music scene. He’s honored the Magic city Blues Society with his presence at their regular jam sessions. He’s taught harmonica at UAB. And he’s agreed to entertain and teach a children’s class at our Blues fest.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 12:28 AM
Blues Fest 2007 •
I heard Harpdog will be giving lessons. What time and where? Thanks.
Posted by on 08/31 at 10:12 AM
Harmonica workshop for kids
Dan “HARPDOG” Marson will be doing a harmonica workshop with kids in the auditorium at Sloss from about 2:30 -4pm. Each child will receive a free harmonica to take home with them. At 4:30pm, all the participants in the workshop will hit the big stage for a short performance. So bring your child out and have Harpdog teach him/her the original alternative music…BLUES!
Posted by on 08/31 at 08:13 PM