[Harp-L] Subject: Re: there's the Blues and then there's Blues

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

The recent talk here about playing emotively and with one's whole body  
brings me to something I've been curious about for some time, but  recent 
circumstances have made this a more imperative question:
 
..While I understand a great many people here play Blues music..and we know  
that the word in its purest form denotes being sad or "blue" and given as  
well that some of the very best (and most emotional) songs stem from  the deepest 
pain.....just how do you handle it as a harmonica player  when the level of 
your personal heartbreak makes it well-nigh impossible  for you to play? 
 
 Or does it?   Can you play your harp anyway?
 
One can easily still play piano or guitar, but the harmonica is unique  in 
that it's a bit tough to continue producing notes while tears are  running into 
the mouthpiece, I've found.  So how do you manage,  those  of you who have to 
show up to please an audience, no matter what?  
 
Elizabeth