Re: [Harp-L] Bo Riddle

["Stanley Yoder Sr" <yoder_doyle@xxxxxxx>]

Hey jojo, did you ever know of a boot maker by the name of Bo Riddle?  He told me of a harmonica player in Nashville by the last name of McMillan, or something like that, and was spoken quite highly of by BO.  Bo writes music and plays several instruments, and just moved to the Ozark area.
Doyle Yoder
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe and Cass Leone
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:07 PM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] DeFord Bailey


On Jan 11, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Stephen Seifert wrote:

> Mr. Leone, do you have any stories about Deford Bailey that you could  
> pass
> along? Where was his shoeshine store? What's his son's playing like?  
> Where
> can we go in Nashville to hear good harp playing?
>
> Stephen Seifert
> Nashville, TN
> www.stephenseifert.com
>
Dear Steve, I'm afraid you may have me mixed up with someone else.  
While I did hobo around the south for a year (60-61), and heard many of  
the old great harpers, I never got to Nashville until 78. I had been on  
a telethon  in Pittsburgh and was invited to go there for a show. I was  
to do ONE number solo, the rest back-up. I was invited back several  
times, but my state job wouldn't permit it. I only went back a couple  
times. My back-up was Al Petty, a terrific pedal steel man from Tyler  
Texas.
  I never had the pleasure of meeting DeFord but know his stuff. He is  
before my time (I am 62). The only thing we share in common is that  
when I was small and we lived in Bensonhurst (Brooklyn), I shined shoes  
on the Staten Island Fy (Illegal), but they didn't bother you as long  
as you didn't hassle the passengers. As I have only been to Nashville a  
couple times, I can't tell you much. There is a guitar player down here  
John (Jackie Lee) Morgan, who WAS a studio musician up there. He tells  
me Nashville is just a mere shadow of it's former self, as all the  
"happenings" are now in Branson, Mo. btw, Charlie McCoy ALSO lives here  
now.
  Sorry I couldn't help.

smo-joe   (p.s. what's with the "Mr."?  :) just cal me jojo)

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