harmonica instruction and lessons for houston -
 
This site was created by Houston blues harmonica, guitarist, vocalist, and recording artist stalwart Sonny Boy Terry to serve the greater Houston area for all things harmonica. Yes, it's true - there are meny fantastic harmonica sites on the web. The only thing we are trying to do different here is do it from, but not limited by, a Houston vantage point. Here, we hope someday you can find out anything and everything harmonica around Houston or beyond. We want to support anything harmonica here at Houston Harmonica Lessons.

The primary focus is serving the greater Houston area as a source for private, corporate, educational or group harmonica lessons. Let's face it. Houston is a huge city and under represented in the harmonica world. Whether you are a total beginner or someone wanting to step up thier game wanting to play a better blues harmonica.  Here, we can teach anybody to play music while understanding a lot more about harmonica than you could have ever imagined..

You can buy private lessons online, watch videos,listen to cool harmonica blues, check out historic pics, chime in, debate, or plug a gig on the message board, buy cds, books, tickets, and other things harmonica. Soon, you will be able to do video lessons from Sonny Boy Terry.

  the harmonica festival

Houston Harmonica Lessons is the official sponsor of the 2010 Down Home Blues Harmonica Festival and Clinic on July 31st, at Dan Electros Guitar Bar. Please click on the link above and see what is happening there. You buy tickets here at www.houstonharmonicalesson.eventbrite.com and get continuous updates about the festival.


the background -

Terry is a full time professional blues harmonica player who cut his teeth performing and recording with the likes of Joe Guitar Hughes, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Jerry Lightfoot, and Calvin Owens the past thrty years. He has two excellent solo albums on the Austin boutique label Doc Blues Records www.docbluesrecords.com .

Sonny Boy has produced and played on sound tracks for documentaries, played harmonica on jingles for commercials, worked as a session musician for blues, rock, folk and country records and produced serveral of his own albums. 
  
Sonny Boy Terry performs with his top notch Texas blues band regularly all across the Texas gulf coast, the midwest, Europe and beyond.  He also works in a duo format regionally with renown mandolin playin' bluesman Rich Delgrosso and can even be seen occasionally with a harmonica on a neck rack while strumming a guitar emulating blues heros like Slim Harpo, Bob Dylan, Juke Boy Bonner and Jmmy Reed.



  why teach? enlightened self interest -

Sonny Boy Terry has been teaching private harmonica lessons to people from all walks of life for over 25 years now in music stores,  in his home, or if needed, video conferencing or at other people's homes. He has taught continuing education courses at local community colleges on a frequent basis. Not to mention, Terry has even worked  as a teacher giving group lessons at churches, non profits and corporations such as Shell Oil at House of Blues and hotel conferences for team building. it started out as a way to support his art and lifestyle as an authentic bluesman. But soon Terry got serious about it because every day, it keeps him focused on making music, studying his craft so he can communicate it to others.

Extremely comfortable and entertaining teaching in large groups like corporate conference environments with multi media or power point, in smaller workshops, school rooms or private one on one situations, Terry is experienced working with youth groups, retirees and everybody between. 

"I find teaching extremely rewarding", says Terry. "I get to know people on a one on one basis and I get to know folks from all walks of life," he states. "I realize how deeply important it for many people to be able to learn how to make music, even if it's just for personal enjoyment as a hobby or mentoring someone to become a professional. I take that very seriously, but at the same time, I want to help them have fun and inspire them to put that effort in everyday"

Feel free to click on the Sonny Boy Terry link here www.sonnyboyterry.com  to discover more about him. You can view youtube videos, historical photos, listen to his music online or purchase CDs or digital music.  

Please vsit the rest of Houston Harmonica Lessons and join in on the fun. For questions, feel free to call anytime at 713.869.7746 or shoot us an email at sbt@houstonharmonicalessons.com