'I work my ass off, but I love it.'
packed with clips of his playing and guidance for more than 38,000 subscribers. That’s where his harp teaching first took off in 2006, when he posted his first tutorial. “I had a video go viral,” he recalls. “That video now has 2.3 million views and the rush of inquiries and questions about harmonica were overwhelming.” He created his website two years later.
“My dad bought a harmonica for me when I was in college,” Shellist recalls. “Once when I was back home visiting family, I picked it up again and it just clicked. From there, I fell in love with the blues.” He dug deep into the instrument, researching his early harmonica heroes such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, William Clarke, Gary Primich and Big Walter Horton. Shellist began playing local stages in his then-home of Austin, Texas, before shifting to teaching online fans.
The harmonica was embraced by travelers, cowboys, soldiers of every nation, folk singers and vaudeville artists before an explosion in popularity with ’50s and ’60s bluesmen. The list of famous players stretches from the Harmonicats and Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson sideman Mickey Raphael. On the modern, bluesier side of things, there’s a long list of ace players, topped by Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
The majority of his students are men between fifty- and 70-years-old, but his classes also hold a number of women. He has also seen a recent increase in interested players between twenty- and thirty-years-old.
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