Harmonica Instrumentals & Michel Herblin

[Iceman6300@xxxxxxx]

My favorite French harmonica player, Michel Herblin, also has an excellent 
instrumental CD. Ben, do you know if it is still available or if there are 
new releases?

Michel was quite a character at the SPAH/Hohner International Competition 
combo in the 1990's in Detroit. He is very tall and arrived at the hotel 
announcing "I've come to win the competition". At first, this seemed like a 
pompous statement, but he did indeed have everything it took to win first 
place in 2 of the 3 diatonic catagories. I believe he came in second in the 
third catagory. Getting to know him was a blast and his personal confidence 
in his own abilities was part of the package.

Great songwriting and playing. My only personal critique is that a lot of the 
back up music is very "French Pop" style, a bit too syrupy for my ears to 
fully enjoy the whole CD in one listening.

The Iceman