[Harp-L] Dan Lynch (nyc bio stuff)

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Back then there was also Danny Russo and Sugar Blue and Nat Riddles.  
Bill Dicey initially was teamed with the guitarist Robert Ross who is  
still a vital musician. And then there was Victoria Spivey who used  
to record all these guys. I was essentially thrown out of Lynch's for  
my thirsty (as in alcohol) insanity but god I loved the harmonica and  
mythologized those local icons. Being 120% self taught I had a kind  
of Butterfield tone without the abilities to emulate Russo or his  
mentor W. Horton or any other tongue blocker. I have always done the  
u-block thing. I was in awe of most of these guys. Paul (Brooklyn  
Slim) Oscher was around at that time too. He was always relatively  
menacing looking but an encyclopedia of the blues. Back then I met  
Muddy and Johnny Shines. There was Tramps and the Bottom Line and the  
Roadhouse. I miss some of the music but none of my behaviors. The  
former I still play and the latter I gave up more than 20 years ago.  
Forgive the NYC indulgences.   dennis moriarty