Todd Parrott’s Approach to Improvising and Songwriting with David Barrett @bluesharmonicateacher

Uploaded September 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Join me for a segment of my interview with country and gospel harmonica player Todd Parrott. In this video he shares his approach to improvising and songwriting. To watch the entire interview (~2 hours in length) become a subscribed member of BluesHarmonica.com

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