Re: [Harp-L] Harps and travel restriction

["Cliff Hall" <12barz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not nearly that dramatic or socially meaningful.  Miscellaneous blues licks
on each of six diatonics in rapid succession.  My sense of it was that he
really just wanted to be assured that sounds, not bullets would come out.
But now that you've raised the question, I sure do wish that I had had
something cool and pithily appropriate to the circumstance ready for
performance.  Any ideas?  What should we play for the TSA guys at airport
security checkpoints?

On 8/11/06, Suave Blues Man <res6k2zt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey 12barz,
>
>      What did you play? Once again, a demonstration of music soothing the
> savage beast!
>
> Be Blues,
> Suave Blues Man
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cliff Hall" <12barz@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:05 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Harps and travel restriction
>
>
> > Of course the new official restriction has to do with liquids, pastes
> and
> > gels, but it's also reasonable to expect a heightened suspiciousness and
> > level of surveillance on the part of the inspectors at check-in.  I was
> > once
> > told by a TSA guy that harmonicas can look funny on xray, and he had
> once
> > thought one might be an ammo clip.  Ever since then, I've taken my
> > harmonicas out of my bag and run them through the xray machine
> separately,
> > just as you would a laptop.  I was once asked to play one a little, but
> > aside from that, no problems.
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