Re: Harry Bee

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MN wrote:

Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:56:27 +0000
From: "M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Cruising with Harry Bee

My dad just returned from working as a ship's dentist on a cruise around 
South America. On the ship, there was a chromatic harp player in the
show 
band. My dad, a classical clarinet/piano player by hobby, was quite 
impressed. When I asked him the guy's name, though, he couldn't
remember. He 
went home, looked it up and sent me this e-mail:
"I looked through my programs for the harmonica player who performed on
the 
cruise: Harry Bee. I should have remembered, because one passenger 
introduced me to another on the ship, and the second guy thought I was
Harry 
Bee. He had been listed in the program, but it did not say what he
played. 
The guy had seen Harry before and thought he was very smart knowing what
he 
played. The conversation got very confused somewhere along the line as
he 
asked me if my instrument was something that I could hold in my hand and
I 
began to think he was kind of strange. I said something stupid and the
other 
four people just stood there
laughing. He was somewhat embarrassed when he found out I was just the 
ship's dentist and had not known he was talking about a mouth organ. The
guy 
really was very good, and did a lot of different kinds of music. I'm
sure he 
said he had been in the Harmonicats."

Anyone familiar with Harry?
MN
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And BH responds:
Do I do the giglist for nothing? Harry, now living in Arizona, has long
been 
included on the giglist, playing cruises exclusively. He is very active,
and 
continues to impress his audiences. And no, he was never a member of the 
Harmonicats, but friends with them. He did tour with Horace Heidt's
orchestra 
years ago.
See: http://www.bassharp.com/bh_itin.htm and
http://www.bassharp.com/mckelvyr.htm
Danny
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Danny Wilson - Santa Clarita, CA
BassHarp: http://www.bassharp.com
Dave McKelvy Harmonica Trio: http://www.bassharp.com/mckelvy.htm
Ace of Harps: http://www.bassharp.com/ace.htm
Harmonica Trio Concepts: http://www.bassharp.com/bh_trio.htm
Harpers Giglist: http://www.bassharp.com/bh_itin.htm