[Harp-L] Re: Harmonica Heroes Interviews

[MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx]

To Dave Shannon, from HOJO: Since you've agreed to do the project of  
interviewing famous harmonica players, let's make it easier for you. As you  know, 
Randy Singer has given a list of 37 names to contact. That's way too much  work 
for one person. 
 
May I suggest that members of  Harp-L who have interviewed  some of those on 
the list submit those interviews to you for publication. You  would choose and 
edit the interviews. 
You may need to get permission from the publishers and the harmonica  
players, and Harp-L, of course.
 
I've interviewed and published Howard Levy and Jerry Adler conversations,  
and you have my permission to edit and publish the interviews. If you're  
interested in those 2 interviews, contact me at _MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxxx 
(mailto:MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx) . That would be  2 of Randy's 37 listed harmonica heroes, a 
good start. Other Harp-L  subscribers could submit their interviews for your 
review.
 
Interviews could also be used from harmonica periodicals (with the  
publishers' and performers' permission). American Harmonica Newsletter (AHN),  although 
not publishing at this time, is an excellent source for harmonica  players' 
interviews. Newspapers also have interviews of harmonica heroes.
 
Please include these 3 harmonica heroes, not on Randy's list: Richard  
Martin, editor and publisher of The Harmonica Educator, and Al Eichler and Phil  
Lloyd, editors of the American Harmonica Newsmagazine . Although they  aren't 
performers like Toots Thielemann or Howard Levy, they certainly have  contributed 
greatly to the advancement of quality harmonica playing and  harmonica 
knowledge.
 
Three questions that I would include in the interviews would be:
1. What do you practice? 
2. What are your 3 most favorite music recordings (not your own  recordings)?
3. What music style and or technique would you like to learn, that you  
haven't tried before?
 
Let's all help Dave in this project. HOJO.