![]() Jimmy Little is a prominent from the Alnwick area who has released a couple of CDs. He plays locally with his band and has an active YouTube and Facebook page. Roy Hugman is another Geordie moothie player from Morpeth, who has promoted music from Northumberland and taught tremolo for HarmonicaUK is. Ernie has been a big supporter of HarmonicaUK for 20 years which has help to raise the profile of the moothie. He is a fine musician who also plays the pipes and drums as well as music from countries like Greece where he lived for a few years. There are several CDs of him playing solo or with The Shepherds (Joe Hutton and Willie Taylor).Įrnie Gordon ( The Geordie Jock) from Alnwick was a friend of Will’s and spent a lot of time with him, learning many of Will’s tunes. His repertoire included a very large number of local and Scottish tunes and he was renowned for precision of his playing. Will knew and played with many of the musicians like Jimmy Shand at musical festivals in the Scottish Borders. Later in his life he returned to the tremolo harmonica. He played mouthorgan and melodeon as a child before moving to the accordion and playing in a local group. Will came from a musical family and was a shepherd for most of his life. Will Atkinson (1908-2003) from Northumberland is the best known English traditional harmonica player.
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