[Harp-L] like someone famous

[Bobbie Giordano <bobg@xxxxxxx>]

Found this Washington Post article a bit amusing at the end.  It was about
the Bluemont outdoor concerts in northern Virginia, one of which featured the
group "Howard Levy, Paul Reisler & A Thousand Questions".  Let's hope the
musician mentioned learns about Harp-L before too much longer!  The "chuckle"
part is reprinted below.  :)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/01/AR200508010157
1.html

One other side point about famous players and the perceptions and status of
the harmonica these days, it is nice to note that every article I've seen
over the last couple weeks reviewing Bruce Springsteen's ongoing solo concert
tour, there has been mention of him playing guitar, piano and harmonica in
every show.

Can't hurt, eh?!

Bobbie
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"Others said they'd come because they are fans of folk music or of specific
band members. Levy, the harmonica player, is a Grammy Award winner who played
with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; Reisler was the co-founder and leader of
a popular folk band called Trapezoid.

One major devotee on hand was John Lee, 26, a guitarist and harmonica player
from Oakton who had learned that Levy was playing and was able to get a
lesson from the master before the show. "He invented a way of playing
chromatically on a diatonic instrument," Lee said nonchalantly while watching
Levy play the harmonica. "He invented this strange way of using his mouth to
create new notes. Like, there's no one that can do that."

Lee stared straight ahead, grinning slightly as if he couldn't believe what
he was witnessing. "He's playing classical music on that thing," he said. "I
don't know if all the people here know who he is. It's like seeing someone
famous."