Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Important harmonica safety warning

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hey Steve...
 
I was JUST about to respond to that thread with an:  "at least  that's ONE 
problem I know I'll never have onstage playing harmonica",  lol
 
when you wrote:
 
"Does this apply to women?  Sarah Allen, flute player with the  traditional 
band Flook, is notorious for standing on one leg.  I  can't quite get my head 
round whether the tight underwear comment  would still apply...

Steve

Harmonica content:  she also  plays the piano accordion, which has reeds like 
a harmonica.  ;-)"
 
.....so now I'm flummoxed...since my sense of it is that  women...despite the 
tightest of underwear, thong or whatever,  simply lack the "accoutrements" 
necessary to result in  that leg-lifting the male of the species are somewhat  
susceptible to     :)
 
I DO find I play much better if I kick off my boots and play  harmonica while 
bare foot, tho.....lol
 
Elizabeth
 
">> >From a recent interview with Jethro Tull's Ian  Andersen:
>>
>>   Question: How did you  develop your famous on-stage persona, such as the
>>overcoat and  standing on one leg while playing the flute?
>>
>>Ian  Anderson: "It came not from playing flute, but actually from  playing
>>harmonica. I used to play harmonica standing on one  leg, because you suck 
>>more
>>than you blow the  harmonica. And when you suck in those really high notes, 
 
>>it's
>>good not to be wearing overly tight underwear.  Otherwise you get an 
>>involuntary
>>leg-lifting  action. You should check it out at home, but make sure you  
>>have a
>>doctor or paramedic in  attendance."
>>
>>'Nuff  said.
>>
>>JG"