Geneva Red & The Roadsters - When I Wonder

Album: Gettin’ Cocky | Website: | Buy Album: Geneva Red is one of the top female instrumentalists performing on the “blues harp“ as well as leading her own band, The Roadsters. Red was born and raised in a small town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. She grew up performing in musical shows somewhat like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and other show business performers had in their early years. Both her parents were actors and made their living operating a small theatre troupe. Red was encouraged to perform in this troupe from the time she could walk. By the time she graduated from High School Red was already a seasoned performer but had yet to discover her true love, the music known as blues. While performing as many as two shows per day 4 - 6 days a week for the family troupe and attending dance and voice lessons in her free time, Red was becoming disenchanted and rebellious of the whole theatre scene. About this time, a musician friend who worked for the family invited Red to join him in Chicago during the blues festival. This experience would forever change Red’s course and set her on a new path, a new stage and offer a new breed to the blues industry. Not only did blues touch Red’s musical soul deeply, but something she can’t explain drew her to the harmonica. Red became anxious to understand the subtleties and complexities of the mouth harp. However, it wasn’t going to be as easy as she expected. The first attempt she made to breathe life into the tiny wind instrument, she ended up partially collapsing a lung. Oddly enough, this experience would have been enough reason never to touch the harmonica again, but after a while, something induced her to try it again. She picked it back up and began teaching herself the various positions and sounds. Now Red was learning all she could about the tradition of the blues and more specifically, the amplified and un-amplified harmonica sounds of Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Jimmy Reed, Billy Boy Arnold, Jr. Wells, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield and many other great harp players of the 50s and 60s. Read more - 🎧 Don’s Tunes is about the music. It’s about the sound. It’s about the real thing. My mission for over 10 years is to collaborate with & promote lesser known, but extremely talented blues & jazz artists and bring you a selection of tunes with an audiophile sound and real emotion. On my website you can read more about the artists featured on the channel: ​ If you’re an artist or label and want to me featured on the channel, Spotify and my website visit: ​ & write me on don@ The song is used with a promotional purpose. All visual & audio copyrights belong to their respective owners. Re-uploading this video on other channels is prohibited. ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Spotify ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Facebook: ▶️ #blues #bluesmusic #whiskeyblues & Jazz Group: ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Instagram: ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Twitter: