Tulsa Read's
Biography
Eric Anderson
Argent
Aztec Two-Step
Ginger Baker-Gurvitz Army
Randy Barlow
Theodore Bikel
Elvin Bishop
Blackfoot
The Box Tops & Dennis Yost
Blood Sweat & Tears
Blue Oyster Cult
Marc Bolan & T. Rex Jimmie Bratcher George Brett
Brewer & Shipley
David Bromberg
Dave Brubeck
Roy Buchanan
Paul Butterfield Buddy Cage
The Capris
George Carlin
Chambers Brothers
Harry Chapin
Tom Chapin
Cheech & Chong Michael Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Climax Blues Band
Billy Cobham
Commander Cody Richie Cole
Don Cooper Chick Corea
Larry Coryell
James Cotton
Bill Crofut
Dave & Sugar
Joey Dee
Del Fuegos
Paul Desmond
Al DiMeola
The Dovells
Connie Dover
The Deadly Nightshade
Dr. Hook
Dr. John
Les Dudek
George Duke
Aynsley Dunbar Electric Light Orchestra Elephants Memory
Terry Elton Krista Eyler Firefall Flying Burrito Brothers Good Old Boys
Good Rats
Martha Graham Dancers
David Grisman
Henry Gross
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Harlem Globetrotters
Hair-Broadway Cast Tour
Lauren Hart Keef Hartley
Ray Hildebrand
Chris Hillman
Hot Tuna
Howdy Moon
If
Thee Image David Johansen
Luther Johnson
Journey
Eddie Kendricks
B. B. King
Eddie Kirkland
Mason Krofot Pat LaBarbera
Paul Lavelle Orchestra
Lazy Lester Bobby Lewis
Robert Jr. Lockwood
Locomotiv GT
Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble
Taj Mahal
The Marcels
The Marvelettes
Pat Matheney & Lyle Mays
Charlie McClain
John McEuen
Brownie McGhee
Blue Mitchell
Airto Moreira
Alphonse Mouson
Maria Muldaur
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Nektar
Bonnie Nelson
New Riders of the Purple Sage
New York City
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ted Nugent Orleans
The Orions Lee Oskar Jaco Pastorius Bill Payne Pinetop Perkins
Point Blank
Pointer Sisters
Andy Powell
Ronnie Profit
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Bonnie Raitt
Kenny Rankin
The Regents
Renaissance & Annie Haslam
Buddy Rich
Jeannie C. Riley
Freddy Robertson David Ruffin
Dave Van Ronk
Rush
Chris Rush
Tom Rush Mark Sallings
Boz Scaggs
Eric Von Schmidt
John Scofield
John Sebastian
Wayne Shorter
Kim Simmons
Red Sovine
Al Stewart
Billy Taylor Livingston Taylor
Sonny Terry Kurt Thomas Chester Thompson
Ike & Tina Turner
The Vogues
Frank Wakefield
Weather Report
Kitty Wells
Lenny White
Johnny Winter
ZZ Top
Frank Zappa Joe Zawinul
Zhislin & Bauer
Musical & Technical Education
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Turtle Bay Music School, Manhattan, NY
Recording Engineers Institute, Levittown, NY
Seminars on: Theatre & Concert Lighting Design; Special Lighting Effects; Lighting Equipment Operations conducted by Eric Cornwell, Lighting Designer for the Joffrey II Dance Company and Trinity Theatre, Manhattan, NY.
Professional Skills
Concert Stage Manager
Concert Security Chief
Lighting Engineer
Audio & Recording Engineer
Harmonica & Percussion Instructor
Studio & Concert Musician ( harmonica, percussion, keyboard synthesizers, slide guitar & xylophone )
Music Physical Respiratory Therapist
Awards
1998 & 2001 First Place U.S. National Harmonica Championship - Blues Division.
1999 First Place U.S. National Harmonica Championship - Open Division.
1996 First Place Kansas State Championship - Misc. Acoustic Instruments-
Bluegrass & Country Harmonica.
1999 & 2000 Received recognition awards from the National Traditional Country Music
Association, Inc.
2000, 2003, Received awards from S.P.A.H., Inc. for his contributions of Knowledge
2004 & 2005 and Expertise Preserving and Advancing the Harmonica through Teaching.
2002 Received Tribute Award from the Kansas State Capital House of Representatives.
2006 Inducted into America's Old Time "Country Music Hall Of Fame" by the National
Traditional Country Music Association, Inc. 2014 Received Certificate of Appreciation Award from the Rotary International Club.
Stage Manager Employment
Capitol Theatre, Portchester, NY
Dick Clark's RKO Music Hall, White Plains, NY
The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, CT
Westport County Playhouse Theatre, Westport, CT
Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT
Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT
Longshore Inn Theatre, Westport, CT
Levitt Pavillion, Westport, CT
Candlewood Playhouse Theatre, New Fairfield, CT
Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT
Kennedy Memorial Stadium, New Haven, CT
Yale Bowl Stadium, New Haven, CT
Professional services provided for the following artists:
Employment History ( cont'd )
President of A Little Louder Productions, established in Wilton, CT from 1972 to 1990, offering professional services: stage managers, stage crews, security chiefs, security crews, roadies, sound and lighting technicians and body guards.
Conducted harmonica classes for: Wilton Board of Education, Wilton, CT; Johnson County Parks & Recreational Dept., Overland Park, KS.
Miscellaneous Information
Established the Kansas City Metro Harmonica Society in 1990 with Phil Duncan, author of various harmonica educational publications for Mel Bay Publications, Inc.; Established Harmonica On Line in 1999.
Studied chromatic harmonica instructions under the direction of China's classical harmonica virtuoso, Cham-Ber Huang.
A member of: The Society for the Preservation & Advancement of the Harmonica, Inc. ( SPAH ); Kansas City Blues Society; Tri-State Bluegrass Association; Heart of America Bluegrass & Old Time Music (HABOT).
Conducted harmonica seminars with: Lee Oskar; Harry Desko; Charlie McCoy; Kirk "Jelly Roll' Johnson; Little Hatch; Michael Peloquin; Cara Cooke; Tony Eyers; P.T. Gazell; Phil Duncan; Clay Kirkland; Lonnie Joe Howell.
Contributing writer for: The American Harmonica News Magazine; Harmonica Happenings Magazine; Harmonica Educator Magazine.
Employment Services
As of March of 2020, retired from teaching musical education for 50 years and performing for 54 years.
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