Daily Almanac - August 22

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Harmonica band player and archivist Art Daane was born on this day in 1934.
Art has been playing since the age of ten and was working with the Hotcha
Trio in the late 1940's.  He's been active with the harmonica ever since,
playing in various bands as well as running one of the best sites on the web
for harmonica history and running the International Harmonica Hall of Fame.
For more about the life and career of Art Daane, please visit:
http://www.eharmonica.net/art_daane.htm

Harmonica technician extraordinaire Rick Epping was born on this day in1949.
Rick studied music in Ireland in the 1970's and was the All-Ireland
Harmonica Champion of 1975.  He's Hohner's head technician here in the US.

That's all I have for today.  Have fun and practice.

Peter Krampert, author
The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica
http://www.eharmonica.net