Posted: October 11th, 2011 Viewed: January 23rd, 2012
Article Summary:
This article is in memory of George “Mojo” Buford, a modern blues harmonica player, who died of a heart failure at 81 on Tuesday July 4th, 2011. The article recounts his life and how he made a profession out of his lifelong hobby. “He was doing what he loved to do right up until the end,” his son Abe said proudly. Buford moved to Chicago around 1953 where he ended up joining Muddy Waters’ band. He was out in the street drinking wine with his band when his pianist said, “Come on, Muddy Waters is just a man like you and me.” So he brought Buford in and told Waters that Buford was a harmonica player. Muddy Waters said, “You don’t say,” and Buford played with Waters off and on until his death in 1983. In 1963 Buford tried his hand at a solo career and issued several records of his own. “He’s the real deal. He is one of the last guys carrying this music on,” said the Fabulous Thunderbirds leader Kim Wilson.
Word 1: reputable
a) One of the most reputable harp blowers in modern blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds leader Kim Wilson, remembered the thrill of standing in Buford’s shoes when the T-Birds backed Waters at several mid-’70s gigs at Antone’s in Austin, Texas.
b) Reputable: having a good reputation; honoured, trustworthy, or respectable (www.thefreedictionary.com) c) Mr. Plonka is one of the most reputable English teachers around.
This article is in memory of George “Mojo” Buford, a modern blues harmonica player, who died of a heart failure at 81 on Tuesday July 4th, 2011. The article recounts his life and how he made a profession out of his lifelong hobby. “He was doing what he loved to do right up until the end,” his son Abe said proudly. Buford moved to Chicago around 1953 where he ended up joining Muddy Waters’ band. He was out in the street drinking wine with his band when his pianist said, “Come on, Muddy Waters is just a man like you and me.” So he brought Buford in and told Waters that Buford was a harmonica player. Muddy Waters said, “You don’t say,” and Buford played with Waters off and on until his death in 1983. In 1963 Buford tried his hand at a solo career and issued several records of his own. “He’s the real deal. He is one of the last guys carrying this music on,” said the Fabulous Thunderbirds leader Kim Wilson.
Word 1: reputable
a) One of the most reputable harp blowers in modern blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds leader Kim Wilson, remembered the thrill of standing in Buford’s shoes when the T-Birds backed Waters at several mid-’70s gigs at Antone’s in Austin, Texas.
b) Reputable: having a good reputation; honoured, trustworthy, or respectable (www.thefreedictionary.com) c) Mr. Plonka is one of the most reputable English teachers around.
Word 2: recruitment
a) Buford spent the past decade living at a senior care center in north Minneapolis, where he gave this account in 2002 of his recruitment into Waters’ band, whom he always referred to as “Muddy Waters.”
b) Recruitment: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army or for a job or a cause etc. (www.thefreedictionary.com)
c) Recruitment goes on at Woodstock School for the C.A.R.E. projects.
a) Buford spent the past decade living at a senior care center in north Minneapolis, where he gave this account in 2002 of his recruitment into Waters’ band, whom he always referred to as “Muddy Waters.”
b) Recruitment: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army or for a job or a cause etc. (www.thefreedictionary.com)
c) Recruitment goes on at Woodstock School for the C.A.R.E. projects.
Word 3: issuing
a) After a Waters gig in 1963 at the Loon nightclub in south Minneapolis, the harp blower decided to make the Twin Cities his home and tried his hand at a solo career from here, issuing several of his own records.
b) Issue: To be circulated or published (www.thefreedictionary.com)
c) Woodstock issued videos of their school play, Brigadoon.
a) After a Waters gig in 1963 at the Loon nightclub in south Minneapolis, the harp blower decided to make the Twin Cities his home and tried his hand at a solo career from here, issuing several of his own records.
b) Issue: To be circulated or published (www.thefreedictionary.com)
c) Woodstock issued videos of their school play, Brigadoon.
Response:
This article I found relates to one of my newest hobby and/or interest, playing the harmonica. A week or so ago I finally started to learn the harmonica, something I have always wanted to do since grade 8 when we were forced to watch this movie called ‘Perfect Harmony’ in music class. In the movie there is this southerner that plays the harmonica and I fell in love with the harmonica’s sound and, right then and there, I decided that someday I would learn how to play the harmonica. I probably won’t go on to make a career out of it like George “Mojo” Buford, but am enjoying it. So far I’ve learned how to play Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ and ‘When the Saints go Marching In.’ Anyways, I can totally relate to Buford’s love of playing the harmonica.
This article I found relates to one of my newest hobby and/or interest, playing the harmonica. A week or so ago I finally started to learn the harmonica, something I have always wanted to do since grade 8 when we were forced to watch this movie called ‘Perfect Harmony’ in music class. In the movie there is this southerner that plays the harmonica and I fell in love with the harmonica’s sound and, right then and there, I decided that someday I would learn how to play the harmonica. I probably won’t go on to make a career out of it like George “Mojo” Buford, but am enjoying it. So far I’ve learned how to play Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ and ‘When the Saints go Marching In.’ Anyways, I can totally relate to Buford’s love of playing the harmonica.
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