Re: [Harp-L] Don Les

[Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe Hans?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgEidi5TJ6I

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Mick Zaklan wrote:
>
> >   Pat, I believe, knew exactly who Don Les was.  One of my enduring
> > memories of the that fest was Don appearing to flee Pat, who was in his
> ear
> > and matching him stride for stride.  I think that Pat might have even had
> > his casino card dealer work clothes on.  Pat was having a ball
> interacting
> > with everybody.  I remember him in a hallway with some chord and bass
> > players really cooking on a "My Babe" or "This Train" type jam.  He was
> > just eating up that chord progression.
> >   I think that fest was Don's last one; that he passed away before the
> > next one.  One of the sweet things was that a young kid, maybe 12 or 13
> > years old had come from Germany with his dad.
>
> Ewe Penzoldt
>
> >  Don was his idol.  The kid
> > had memorized Don's diatonic solos and wound up onstage with him.  I
> think
> > that had to make Don feel really good; it was like a torch was being
> > passed.  I often wonder what happened to that kid.
> >
> > Mick Zaklan
>
>