Alec Drachman is the harp player, bassist, and vocalist of GRBC. Alec grew up in a musical family playing classical music until the rock and blues bug bit him in his early teens. After getting a Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee record for Christmas at age thirteen, he began devoting himself more to blues harp and guitar. He played guitar and harp in various rock bands in high school, and while attending Michigan State University, hooked up with a rock/blues band called "Sam-I-Am" which evolved into GRBC.  Alec spends much of his spare time in the wide world of harmonicas:  customizing them, giving lessons, and attending conventions. His main influences are Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Kim Wilson, Carlos Del Junco, Gary Primich, Rod Piazza, and Magic Dick. Alec plays Hohner Special 20 harmonicas, which he customizes himself, and plays Hohner 270 and 280 chromatic harmonicas. His favorite harp mic is a Shure 545s and he now uses a Holland "Westside 35" amp which he won at the 2000 "Global Harmonica Summit" in Minneapolis.

Thanks for visiting my home page. This is updated often, so be sure to drop in periodically.

For more harmonica music click here: Karina's web site This is my daughter's website which contains some songs we recorded together inlduing "He Caught the Katy", and some violin and harmonica duets.

Click here to hear a recent diatonic harmonica solo. This is from "I Ain't Got You" off our latest cd: Solo

To hear more music from our two CD's, click here: Music

If you are interested in harmonica lessons or harp repairs, e-mail me: alec@bluecats.org

Links:
http://www.bluesharp.orgThis is a great harp site with all kinds of cool stuff and good links.

http://www.harmonica.org  This contains links to SPAH (the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica) and harp-l, the internet's largest harmonica listserv.

http://members.tripod.com/~diatonic/  This is the most comprehensive diatonic harmonica site on the web. If you like harp, you'll love this site.

http://www.rootsworld.com/hunter/This is another fantastic diatonic site by the guy who literally wrote the book on Jazz Harp, Richard Hunter.

http://www.angelfire.com/music/HarpOn  This is the most comprehensive chromatic harmonica site on the web.

http://www.coast2coastmusic.com/   This is a fantastic site which not only offers great prices on harmonicas and related items, but also offers free harmonica lessons and access to "harp-talk", which is another great harmonica listserv.