[Harp-L] Lee and Sonny in performance

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There were a lot of terrific harp players out in San Jose at the  
Masterclass some years ago. M.Hummel, M. Ford, Charlie, Rod, Levy and  
Paul DeLay and a smoking harp concert that topped it off with Lee or  
as the headliner. I placed in the talent contest (Iceman won 1st  
place of course) as a result of the friend travelling with Lee  
insisting I compete. There were two things that really stuck out for  
me. Mark Ford was walking around the hotel lobby when he heard a  
pianist (a guy from C. Musselwhite's band) playing an open piano in  
the center of the lobby. With a smile as big as his harp case he ran  
over and pulled out a harp to spontaneously jam with the pianist. It  
just flowed out of him. And then a real harp players delight. Also  
spontaneously: Sonny Jr. and Lee Oscar trading riffs. Amplified riffs  
that became a song. As I remember it was kind of dark and  
mellifluous. Haunting veteran stuff. Both of these guys became their  
harmonicas. And the post song smiles between them. The acknowledgment  
of the moment. There's nothing like witnessing two artists feeding  
each other like that.  Precious.