Re: Harp Logo

[danallen <danallen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hugh Messenger says:
> 
>     >I'd just like to say ... I've never seen a 'cool' harp logo.
>     >Anything with an actual harp in it I've seen pretty much
>     >sucks. Harps are very difficult to represent 'stylisticly',
>     >unlike say a guitar. A guitar has a universally recognizeable
>     >shape. The harp is just a rectangular box with some holes in
>     >it.

>Winslow Xerxa says:
 
> I ALMOST agree. The shape of the harmonica is sort of arbitrary
> and isn't suggestive like the shape of a guitar or saxophone.
> Instead of caressing something human-looking, the harmonica
> player appears to be greedily and furtively stuffing something
> into his mouth - perhaps a rat or other small creature.


Dan Allen (that's me) says:

How about a line drawing of a harmonica player.  For example in the
book "The Blues Line: A Collection of Blues Lyrics" 1969 Grossman Publishers
(which is now out of print but available in libraries) there are several
very nice drawings of blues artists in performance poses.  One is of, I'm
almost certain, Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) playing his harminica
into a microphone.  Looking straight into his eyes, all you see is his face,
his hands which are obviously holding his harp, and the butt-end of a mic 
protruding from those huge hands.  It's a very effective harmonica picture 
...sans harmonica.