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College professor / blues harmonica player & teacher / writer / runner |
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| Age: | 50 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 6' 0" |
| Zodiac: |  Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) |
| Last Login: | Jun 8, 2008 (91 days back) |
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About Me |
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| My life and career path have been an unusual journey. At 25 I was an English grad student at Columbia, freelance literary journalist, and marathoner. At 30 I was a street blues harmonica player in Harlem, partnered with Sterling "Mister Satan" Magee; a pit musician with the bus-and-truck tour of "Big River"; and a harmonica instructor at the Guitar Study Center in New York. At 35 I was Adam of "Satan and Adam," a suddenly-successful blues duo--touring with Bo Diddley, playing the New Orleans JazzFest and the Philadelphia River Blues festival, with a first CD, "Harlem Blues," nominated for a W. C. Handy Award. At 40 I was an English grad student at Princeton, a cover story (with Mr. Satan) in LIVING BLUES magazine, and the author of a memoir, MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE. At 45, after Mr. Satan's disappearance down in Virginia and my own unexpected visit to the intensive care unit of a Florida hospital, I was a credentialed Ph.D., author of an academic study entitled SEEMS LIKE MURDER HERE: SOUTHERN VIOLENCE AND THE BLUES TRADITION, and a visiting assistant professor at Vassar. Now, in my late 40s, I'm an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi; happily married; a proud father (Shaun David Gussow was born March 17, 2006); a freelance literary journalist; and a marathoner all over again. I am also performing once again, and delightedly, with Sterling Magee, who now lives in Gulfport, Fla. Many of these life-chapters, particularly my formative experience in the New York City blues scene, are touched on in my new book, JOURNEYMAN'S ROAD: MODERN BLUES LIVES FROM FAULKNER'S MISSISSIPPI TO POST-9/11 NEW YORK, published in June 2007. | |
My Interests |
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| When I'm not preparing lectures, grading papers, and researching books and articles, I teach blues harmonica. Please see my new website, MODERN BLUES HARMONICA (www.modernbluesharmonica.com). I'm also a competitive distance runner, delighted to be living in the beautiful hill country of North Mississippi. | |
Music:Albert Collins, Michel Camilo, Jimmy McGriff, Cowboy Troy, Ernestine Anderson, Soulive, Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Houston Person, Hank Crawford, Denise LaSalle, Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Del McCoury, Michael Hill and the Blues Mob, Frankie Paris, Irving Louis Lattin, Lonnie Johnson, Abraham Yameogo......Oh yes: and the harmonica: Little Walter, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, Nat Riddles, William Clarke, Carey Bell, Jason Ricci, Dennis Gruenling, Kim Wilson |
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Heroes:Martin Luther King, Jr., Pema Chodron, Haile Gebreselassie, Bill Moyers, David Deida, Houston Person, Sterling Magee, Marianne Williamson |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Religion: | Other |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | professor/writer/musician |
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My Blog |
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Journeyman's Road publicity tour |
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| It's late winter in Oxford, Mississippi--colder than you might expect if you're not from these parts--and I'm looking ahead to the publication of Journeyman's Road, my third blues book and one I am pl... Posted by Adam Gussow on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:04:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Sterling "Mr Satan" Magee, Jason Ricci & New Blood, Dennis Gruenling, Sufferin' Succotash, Ron Sunshine, Brian @ Harp Gear, Living Blues, sonya, Eric Bibb, Deak Harp, paul oscher, Michael Powers, dom!, Michael Dickinson, Junior Vegas and The Bad Cats, Sandy Black, Zi' Mchél, Paul, charlyharp, Doumé The CrossRoad Blues Band, Cooney & Eliot, CMA Colonna, Paul IV, Sugar Blue, AmishSteve, Ms. Paula a.k.a. Harmonica Lady, GSP, Mathias, VINTAGE-TIES.COM, Gary and Juli, Buzzter, Smokin’ Hound Dog, Mmmmm, TonySax, Blues Detour, Howard Livingston & Mile Marker 24 Band, Ryan, Brandon, JukeHounds, Bluessucker, Eddie Mac, The Harpman, Roots Connection, Underground Mastermind, Micu, Old Man in a Rock and Roll Band, Doctor Danny, Potch, GARY JEFFRIES, Richard Badowski, NGOspot, andyharp, GUS~O, Donna, AQUILA, Jack, Larry
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