Re: [Harp-L] tweaking harps and lost in the blues

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:16 PM, SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> One of the fellow harpers asked me if Sonny tweaked his harps. I had to
> chuckle as Sonny probably would, he was Blind!!! Number one the harps 
> were made
> completely differently back then, and Little Walter could just flat 
> out play
> the  snot out of the harp because he lived it. Really hard to pull up 
> in your
> Porsche  and play some blues that will make people cry cause they can 
> feel the
> harp  player's pain in his music.

 Well, all my life I had to drive used cars but currently have a red 
Maserati. (I got it the hard way). So now I have to wear an argyle 
pull-over draped over my shoulders, change my name to Skip or Chip and 
give up my blues playing.     :)

smokey joe with Kiss my Brass, Thursdays at La Parilla Argentine Tango 
Palace.