Re: Johnny Mars and Harp Belt

["Charles Williams CS" <CWILLIAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve, I for one appreciated your remarks about Johnny Mars. Many times harp
players are labeled as "blues harp" players when in fact many of us really do
try to play all types of music including non-blues originals even though our
first love or exposure may have through the blues/rock artists on the radio or
record.

I for one have been willing to try new effects for variety as well as for
innovation-like playing Christmas carols with a chorus pedal and space echo. I
believe Peg of My Heart was recorded with a primitive attempt to record with a
very fat reverb/delay effect by miking the harps into a amp that was put out
in a stairway with a recording mike. Of course the so called blues experts
don't like it when we stray too far but then how many of them have ever
listened to other harmonicists who refuse to limit their playing to blues
related musical styles or chord progressions. Even Little Walter use of amps
was to me a way to achieve "special effects". That was the 50's and now were
in the 90's so why not try new things.

>I stand by in trepidation for any brickbats coming my way out of this
>- it's only what *I* think, and anyway my mother loves me!!
> Steve Jennings, Editor, Harmonica World

Re: harp belts? If you like OD green try to find an old WW2 M1 rifle ammo
belt. The pockets are perfect to hold 10 diatonic harps. You can even find
hanging pockets to attach for your larger Steve Baker Special models.

cwilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Williams, Clarksville, MD)
alias Choo Choo Charlie - Disclaimer "all opinions are my own".