Sam Brigger

Would you mind playing one that you like particularly?

Before you play the harmonica, I just want to say that, like all the instruments you play, you seem to be able to make it sound like you're playing two different parts on the harmonica. So I don't know if you do that in this song, but I just wanted listeners to keep an ear out for that.

Before you play the harmonica, I just want to say that, like all the instruments you play, you seem to be able to make it sound like you're playing two different parts on the harmonica. So I don't know if you do that in this song, but I just wanted listeners to keep an ear out for that.

Before you play the harmonica, I just want to say that, like all the instruments you play, you seem to be able to make it sound like you're playing two different parts on the harmonica. So I don't know if you do that in this song, but I just wanted listeners to keep an ear out for that.

I am playing two different parts.

I am playing two different parts.

I am playing two different parts.

John, that was great. Thank you. That was our guest, John Paxton, playing the harmonica. Was that hard to figure out how to do?

John, that was great. Thank you. That was our guest, John Paxton, playing the harmonica. Was that hard to figure out how to do?

John, that was great. Thank you. That was our guest, John Paxton, playing the harmonica. Was that hard to figure out how to do?

Okay. Well, that couldn't be more cryptic if I'd asked it to be. Yeah. Yeah, I watched a video of you playing and singing a song, Hesitation Blues. All right. No, no, no. But at one point, you were singing, and then you played the harmonica with your nostril at one point.

Okay. Well, that couldn't be more cryptic if I'd asked it to be. Yeah. Yeah, I watched a video of you playing and singing a song, Hesitation Blues. All right. No, no, no. But at one point, you were singing, and then you played the harmonica with your nostril at one point.

Okay. Well, that couldn't be more cryptic if I'd asked it to be. Yeah. Yeah, I watched a video of you playing and singing a song, Hesitation Blues. All right. No, no, no. But at one point, you were singing, and then you played the harmonica with your nostril at one point.

Well, thank you for doing that. Cheers. Our guest is musician Jerron Paxton. He's got a new album of his own original songs called Things Done Changed. We'll be back after a short break. This is Fresh Air. So you said you moved to New York because in part because of the difficulty you were having with your eyesight.

Well, thank you for doing that. Cheers. Our guest is musician Jerron Paxton. He's got a new album of his own original songs called Things Done Changed. We'll be back after a short break. This is Fresh Air. So you said you moved to New York because in part because of the difficulty you were having with your eyesight.

Well, thank you for doing that. Cheers. Our guest is musician Jerron Paxton. He's got a new album of his own original songs called Things Done Changed. We'll be back after a short break. This is Fresh Air. So you said you moved to New York because in part because of the difficulty you were having with your eyesight.

But I've also read that you moved to New York in part to learn maybe and play more stride piano. Was there no real scene for that in Los Angeles?

But I've also read that you moved to New York in part to learn maybe and play more stride piano. Was there no real scene for that in Los Angeles?

But I've also read that you moved to New York in part to learn maybe and play more stride piano. Was there no real scene for that in Los Angeles?

The Jalopy Theater has a lot of old-time music in it. But tell us about Stride Piano in particular. I guess one of your heroes is Fats Waller.