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Big Nancy

A harmonica in the wrong hands is a dangerous weapon.... visit www.bignancy.com

About Me

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================================= We had a ball playing with Sonny Rhodes at Levon Helm's MIDNIGHT RAMBLE! Here I am blowing twin harps with Little Sammy Davis. Photos of Sonny and Sammy are courtesy of Paul LaRaia. ================================= I have been a professional blues harp player for over thirty years and have toured the US and abroad with blues legends Sonny Rhodes and Blues Man Willie. My love of blues has placed me on stages with Clarence Clemmons, David Johanson, Levon Helm, Gatemouth Brown, Willie Dixon, and Taj Mahal to name a few.It has been a charmed life in that I have come to know the men and women that we regard as our musical heroes. I have great memories of the time I spent with them. However, it is the bevy of friends that I have made along the road that I cherish most.Please feel free to browse my website at www.bignancy.com or GIVE A LISTEN at www.myspace.com/courtsupreme. ============================== ==== PLEASE VISIT www.bignancy.com AND our band page www.myspace.com/courtsupreme ======= ==== VISIT www.bignancy.com AND the band page www.myspace.com/courtsupreme ======= ==============================Through the years....


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Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox ! =========================== Recently I was approached about doing a movie about the characters and culture of New Brunswick's Court Tavern. This is an excerpt. I spent a wonderful afternoon there with the first man to play music in the Court Tavern and the man who got me started... Bob White. There amid the characters we played a little.... and laughed a lot! ========================== ===========================

My Interests

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============= YOU ARE LISTENING TO something that I recorded with Texas Blues Legend, Sonny Rhodes, when I toured with him in the late eighties/early nineties. Excuse the mislabelling - - I uploaded this through the Supreme Court Page.============
Bernie Brausewetter, Floyd Phillips, Helyn Chrobocinski, Johnny Clyde Copeland, and Dennis Kronemeyer.
I was a hack for a while.... some say I still am! =============I use this page to bring like minded people together. My friends and comments sections are subject to theme - be that musical, philosophical, geographical, promotional, whatever.... mostly it is subject to my whim. Know that you are not excluded, but rather invited to join in the fun! =============

I'd like to meet:

... a drummer who keeps time!===========================
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Music:

=============Deep Blues like Sonny Terry, Blind Willie McTell; Soulful Blues like Little Milton, Bluegrass like Seldom Scene, Country like Bob Wills, R&B like JB, Jazz like Prez & Dolphy, Funk like P-Funk, Zydeco like Clifton Chenier, Chubby and Buckwheat; John like Prine; Tom like Waits; and E like Esquerita... oh, and Link like Wray! =============

Movies:

=============Freaks, Harold and Maude, Cuckoos Nest, Clockwork Orange, Un Chien Andalou, Blue Velvet, Blue Angel, Valley of Gwangi, Baby Jane and Charlotte, Lolita, Sunset Blvd., Reptilicus, Hammer Films, Thunderbirds are Go (1966), Dead Man, Fleischer Bros. Cartoons, Stormy Weather, Down By Law, Mystery Train, Trainspotting, 2001, David and Lisa, Clean Shaven. Francoise Traffaut, Hitch, Lorrie, Jim Jarmush, Lynch, Kubrik, "Ray Harry", Waters, Fellini... if it's really good or awfully bad.... chances are I love it! =============

Television:

=============Thunderbirds, Stingray, Supercar, Man From UNCLE, Dodo the kid from Outerspace, Col. Bleep, Bugs, Boop, Popeye, Topper, Zorro, Prisoner, Pixie and Dixie, Augie Doggie, Heckle and Jeckle, T Zone, You Bet Your Life, Diver Dan, Racer X, Gigantor, Lancelot Link, Sargent Preston, Secret Squirrel, Soupy Sales, Sandy Becker, Charlie Chan, Austin City Limits, TV Funhouse, Let's Go Bowling, Sherlock Holmes, Dark Shadows... Nothing much since 1974. =============

Books:


Lentil, Jack Kerouac, Kafka, Saki & Seuss ===========

Heroes:

=============My Husband! He is my champion first and last! ============== My friends and fellow musicians, Denny Kronemeyer, Helyn Chrobocinski, and Bernie Brausewetter...rest well my friends! ============== Sonny Terry & Johnny "Clyde" Copeland are my musical idols... ============== My friend and favorite photographer Paul "Pearlyboy" La Raia is just my hero! ==========================MY ROAD SNAPS...enjoy!=============


My Blog

Girls that Rock are FUN!

Hey I got to play with 35 women last week and I had a ball!!!  Thirty years in this business and I have been playing with the boys so long that I forgot that it could be cool to hang with my...
Posted by Big Nancy on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:48:00 PST